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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-02-28
Soda Fountains Are More
Profitable Than Liquor
Bars in New York City

Most of the soft drinks now sold are
too sweet to suit the taste of the av-
erage man, according to a writer in
the New York Commercial. Old-fash-
toned ginger beer and ginger ale made
with real ginger, instead of red pep
per, or capsicum, as the trade calls the
extract, would make hit when prohi-
bition comes in force. Raspberry vine
gar, loganberry juice, pure apple juice,
grape juice, lemonade and similar
drinks should command large sale in
the soft drink bars and our hotels aft
er July l next. The great thing is to
give the people pure beverages at fair
prices. Today soda fountains are more
profitable than liquor bars in many
parts of New York city. In the alco-
hol-less poor mems clubs of the pro-
hibition period that will supplant sa-
looms, the secret of success seems to
lie in furnishing beverages that do not
clog or sicken. There are plenty, if
those in the business are wise and
honest enough to sell them.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-02-28
FARMERS AND BUSINESS MEN
Young Man of Present Day Learns by
Study and Practice of Modern
Business Methods.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Farming is being adapted more and
more to a business basis, and farmers
are being recognized by the business
men of the cities as having real
business standing. The expression,
Farmers and business men," has be-
become Farmers and other business
men," Once the young man learned
the farming trade by working mostly
with his father and brothers; now he
learns farming in that way and also
in school and college, and by the study
and practice of modern business meth
DDS, so that he becomes a different
type of farmer from the countryman
Of one or two generations ago.
The demand of the present farmer
has brought about a new method of
dealing with him and supplying him
with any available information he may
desire. 1t is recognized that it is not
good practice to load farmers with ad-
vice-to tell them what to do and
when to do it-and this changed at
titude brings more satisfactory rela-
Gons to all concerned. It has re-
suited in freer consultation and the ar
rival at safer conclusions and more
correct practices than could possibly
come from working separately.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-02-28
WOOD ASHES AS FERTILIZER
Expert Figures That Ton Is Worth
$54-crops Need Every Pound of
Potash Obtainabie.

Save the wood ashes. At present
prices of potash an expert figures that
the potash in 100 pounds of hardwood
ashes is worth $3.50, and in addition
there are in the same ashes 20 cents
worth of phosphoric acid. This would
make a ton of dry, hardwood ashes
worth S54. At ehe same rate pine
ashes are worth $50 ton, and should
be carefully saved. Give the ashes
that come from the stoves and fur
naces the same protection and use
them on the land just as intelligently
as would be given the high-priced
commercial fertilizer. The crops will
need every pound of potash that can
be obtained from ashes and every
other available source before the Eu.
ropean mines are again operated for
export.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-02-28

screwed down, so that the paint will
not become hard.
Wipe the bowl OF pan to be used
with a clean, dry cloth and squeeze into
| it little of the color required. Pour
! over this little gasoline and use the
| brush to mix the paint and gasoline,
moving it about until the paint Is thor
oughly dissolved. Dip into this a
small piece of the goods to be tinted.
If the color proves too dark, add more
gasoline; if too light add more paint.
Sufficient gasoline must be poured in
the bowl to cover the material to be
tinted.
Prussian blue, burnt umber and
/ black are very strong paints and very
little of them is required to make a
light tone. To make different colors
one must mix the paints, unless the
tone required can be bought ready
mixed. The following paints will pro-
duce many colors when properly
mixed: Prussian blue, ivory black,
silver white, kings yellow, burnt UNI
ber, sienna, Naples yellow, mauve. pnS-
pie lake and geranium lake.
Red or geranium lake in gasoline
will tint pink. Prussian blue will pro-
duce light blue. Black makes gray
shade; burnt umber makes tan. Sew
eral shades of brown may be produced
by mixing white and brown. Purple
lake makes lavender. Black may be
mixed with green to deepen. its tone,
and white to tighten it. Red and vel
low give an orange tone; blue and vel
low produce green. White. lake, and
vermilion make flesh color. Yellow,
white and little Venetian make buff
When the material has been tinted
squeeze it out of the gasoline and
shake it in the open air. 1t will dry
very quickly.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-02-28

Besides the method given for tint
ing crepe georgette and thin silks by
means of coloring matter dissolved in
water, there is the method of tlnt1ng
with gasoline and tube paints. BY
these means G greater variety OF tInts
and colors are possible and one may
match shades. The blouse or veil or
fabric to be tinted must first be
washed, if it is soiled, or cleaned in
gasoline, and dried. If washed, make
suds of warm water and a pure
white soap, and dip the garment or
material in it, squeezing it gently
through the hands and lifting it up
and down in the suds. When clean,
rinse it in two or three waters and
fold in towel. Do not wiring with the
hands, but put through wringer.
For tinting laces, georgette crepe,
chiffon or light silk with gasoline, one
may produce any color or tint by Sc
curing the necessary tube paints, and
they must be fresh. To ascertain that
they are, remove the top of each tube
and see that the paint flows out easily
when the tube Is squeezed. Manufac-
turers of paints provide many colors
and shades ready to use, so that 1t is
not often necessary to mix colors.
A large china wash bowl and tin
pan are needed for this tinting proc
ess. When used, the bowl must be
perfectly clean and absolutely dry.
Gasoline for tinting must be left in an
air-tight can so that it will not evap-
crate, and small bristle brush must
be kept clean and dry, ready for use.
Tinting should be done in the open air
or near an open window, as the fumes
from gasoline often cause headache
and are highly inflammable. Never
do tinting in room with fire or
gas jet. Always keep the tops of tubes
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-02-28
JelIied Vegetable Salad.

Take half cupful of finely shred
ded cabbage, one-half. cupful of cooked
peas, a tablespoonful or two of small
cubed cooked beets and half cupful
of peanuts. This will be good COM
bination, Soak one tablespoonful OF
gelatin in one-quarter of cupful OF
cold water and dissolve in one cupful
of boiling water; then add one-quarter
of cupful of sugar, the same amount
of mild vinegar, one tablespoonful of
lemon juice and one-half teaspoonful
Of salt. Strain, cool and when the
mixture begins to thicken add the
vegetables and nuts; there should be
about one and three-quarters cupfuls.
Turn into ring mold and chill thor
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-02-28
Former Kaiser Tried to
Be Sure of "Me und Gott"

The kaiser's religious mysticism of.
fers a very inadequate shield for his
conception of personal sovereignty,
David Jayne Hill says in his "Impres-
sions of the Kaiser" A mystic he
seems to be, but in practice he is a
realist and an opportunist of the most
strenuous type.
In Turkey he wore the dress and
uttered the speech of sincere Moham-
medan.
At Rome he visited the pope and
sent gifts to him as if he were a fer
vent Catholic.
Ex-oficio he was a Lutheran and
urged all to help him ''maintaiR re-
ligion in the people"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-02-28
Uses Blocks of Ice in
Making Hollow Concrete

According to the Bruckenbau, the
production of hollow concrete bodies
completely inclosed, which has hither-
to only been possible within certain
limits, is made easier by the new pat
ent system of Stefan Rohm of Munich,
who proposes to inclose block of ice
of the required shape in concrete. OF
course, small openings or channels
would be left, by means of which the
thaw water could escape. In this way
it is possible to produce not only small
concrete bodies with hollow center but
large ones as well. The process can
be applied to artificial stone.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-02-28
LOVER WITH WINGS

No more your chariot with wings
Shall sail the conquered skya
How long before my heart shall cease
To hear you planning by?
You went the hard way to the stars,
Lover of mine with wings!
So often and so long outsoared,
The trail of earthly things
Was but the chain of gossamer
That snaps at Moons fierce kiss;
Nay, was the love that bound our souls
So frail thing as this?
o fine fair spirit! Dreamward-bounds
I climb your trackless space;
Is there yet room among your stars
For my remembered face?
M
Music you made for me is hushed;
Yet still, on mute6 strings,
hear the throbbing of your flight
Lover of mine with wings!
Ethel NJ Hewitt in Harper's Magazine.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-02-28

upon their cooperation. The effect
has been to bring farmer and town
resident :nto more cordial relations.
Provide Harvest Labor.
The results achieved along this line
are especially helpful toward providing
the harvest labor needed in constant
ly enlarging agricultural program. Too
much emphasis, it is believed, cannot
be placed upon the phase Of the labor
that has to do with bringing into close
cooperation and alignment all the
forces which have more or less to DO
with the labor problem and framing a
program that will eliminate as far as
possible the loss due to having an over
supply of labor at certain places and
shortage at others, and that will make
possible the use of all the local labor
to the fullest extent and thus save
transportation of workers, from dis
tant areas and necessary loss of time
occasioned in such travel.
The success in dealing with the farm
labor situation during the past year Is
thought to justify confidence in meet
ing any situation that may develop In
1919.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-02-28

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agrieulture)
One of the greatest achievements of
the farm-labor activities conducted by
the United States department of ag-
riculture during the past year in farm
ing sections all over the country where
labor was needed was the establish
ment of cordial cooperation and SYM
pathetic understanding between farm
ers and local business men, department
specialists state. -
City Folks Help Harvest.
AS q result of this cooperation
crops have been harvested by aid OF
the business men from cities and towns
In hundreds of localities where large
losses would undoubtedly have re-
suited from lack of labor. About 3d.
600 town and city dwell ers helped har-
vest in Kansas, 1900 in Nebraska,
10000 in Oregon, 10000 in Missouri,
1900 in Indiana, 25,O00 in Illinois, and
proportionate numbers in practically
all other states. The farmer has thus
learned that local town and city folks
: can assist greatly in this emergency
work. and has come to look with favor
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-02-28
TEMPERATURE FOR CHURNING
Very Common Practice During Winter
Weather to Permit Cream to
Get Too Cold.

During the cold months of the year
cream should be churned at higher
temperature than during the summer
months. For this reason a careful
regulation of the temperature is neces-
sary to give the proper ease in churn-
ing. If the temperature at which one
churns is not high during the winter
months, the cream must be churned
churn at so low temperature that
butter will not form with a reason
able amount of churning. 1t is very
common practice during the winter to
allow the cream to become so cold that
Il will not churn.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-02-28
SOY BEANS QUITE VALUABLE
May Be Combined Advantageously in
Many Systems of Crop Rotations
Seed Is Valuable.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
The soy bean may be combined ad-
vantageously in many systems of crop
rotations. 1t is especially adapted to
short rotations, taking either an entire
season or a part of season following
some grain crop. The cash value of
the seed is sufficient to encourage
growing the beans as one of the main
crops. When the whole season is thus
devoted to soy beans, they may take
any place in rotation system where
corn can be Used. In the southern
states the crop is adapted to practical
ly the same place in rotations as cow
peas.
The small grains may follow soy
beans, and the soil requires but little
preparation after q crop of soy beans.
In North Carolina and Tennessee a
soy bean crop is often grown between
two wheat crops or between two oat
crops. A rotation of corn, soy beans,
wheat, and clover is practiced quite
generally in many sections north of
the Ohio river. In some sections the
soy bean is substituted for oats in
such four-year rotations as corn, oats,
wheat, and clover or potatoes, oats.
wheat, and clover. The soy bean can
also be used as a catch crop where
new seedlings or grass and clover have
failed and on wheat or oat stubble
fields where clover or grass has not
been sown or has not succeeded. AS
a crop after early potatoes or cannery
peas and as an orchard cover crop, the
soy bean is highly recommended, as it
will produce large quantity of fall
pasturage or material for plowing un-
der on soils in need of organic matter
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-02-28
DOU YOU KNOW

That 1t costs about as much
to raise a 500-pound scrub as it
does to raise a 1,0OO-pound we'll
bred steer?
That there is nothing better
than alfalfa hay for balancing
8 ration?
That a dairy COW requires an
ounce of salt day?
That some form of protein
(skim milk, buttermilk, tankage,
or meat scrap) is needed to
keep up winter egg production?
That high tight board fence
on the north and west side of
the barnyard saves feed and
makes a comfortable summing
place for stock in winter?
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-02-28
TEMPERATURE OF THE WATER
At Depth of 40 to 60 Feet 1t Is About
so Desrees-Uniform Through
out the Year.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
The temperature of ground water
varies with latitude, season, depth
and geological conditions. Ordinarily at
a depth of forty to sixty feet it is about
80 degrees, and is nearly uniform
throughout the year. At lesser depth
seasonal and atmospheric changes are
likely to affect 1t. Hence If there is
much fiuctuation in the temperature,
or If the water is made turbid by rains,
a supply of shallow origin, is indicated.
Deep ground waters are generally pro-
gressively warmer the deeper obtained
the increase running about one degree
for each fifty to sixty feet increase in
depth.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-02-28
Superstitions About Salt
"A Symbol of Immortality

Superstitions concerning salt are
among the earliest known to mankind.
There is much evidence in Holy Writ
for the ceremonial uses of it, and the
old Mosaic law commands that every
sacrifice of a meat offering shall be
seasoned with it. Homer calls 1t di-
vine, and many of the old Teuton
races loked on salt springs as holy
and worshiped at them. The origin OF
this superstition seems to be that since
salt cannot corrupt it should be re-
garded as syGlbM of immortality.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-02-28
Mourning in Italy.

In Italy the women wear white gar
ments to show their grief, and the
men clothes of brown hue. In China
white is used for mourning by both
sexes. In Turkey, Syria, Cappadocia
and Armenia celestial blue is the usu-
al tint. In Egypt yellowish brown,
the hue of the dead leaf, is deemed
proper, and in Ethiopia the natives
wear gray for mourning.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-02-28
Tomato Salad.

Tomatoes may be served In number
less ways as salad. Cut in cups and
filed with chopped cucumber. an onion
and a good dressing Is one very appe-
tizing way. A thick slice of tomato,
topped with slice of hard-cooked egg
and a spoonful of salad dressing; a
slice of tomato heaped with chopped
celery and onion and salad dressing,
all are good.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-02-28
FACTORS OF SOIL FERTILITY
Plant Feeding Is Not Simple Problem
of Supplying Manure and Com.
mercial Fertilizers.

The expression, "soil fertility" is
used to include the factors which make
a soil productive. Plant feeding is not
simple problem of supplying manure
and commercial fertilizers. An abund-
ance of available plantfood is an essen.
tial factor of soil fertility, but there
are other important factors.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-02-28
MODlSH NOTES

Glove skin is a good substitute for
vsol and is ideal for street frocks.
Beaver and myrtle green are favor
ite colors for winter wear.
A soft faille silk and wool is very
much like the old-fashioned eolienne
Write grounds with hairline stripes
are promised in future suitings.
Black velvet girdles are silver lined
and tie in a big bow at the side front
Narrow belts of black silk braid are
seen on many of the serge dresses.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-02-28

narrow and finished with wide hem.
This frock will prove a good choice
for the unpretentious weddings that
are due to arrive at Easter. 1t is
practical as we'll as beautiful and
would serve for the bridesmaids, or
for bride when the wedding is to be
simple. There are some lovely tones
in the new spring colors, as seagull
gray, champagne, coral, Alpine blue
and orchid tints. But this model, in
darker shades, will make an afternoon
and dinner frock that will prove a
iOy to its DOSSeSSOr
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-02-28
Colors for Brunette,

Generally speaking, bright colors,
red, yellow, bright green or purple, are
most becoming to a brunette. But a
great deal depends on the Individual.
Some brunettes with pale cOmplexions
look much better in lighter colors; 9TH
ers, with richer coloring, look better
IN brown, bronze or dark crimson
The color which sets off your eyes,
makes your coloring deeper, is the
most becoming one, no matter what
your complexion is. Dark blue is a
goo9 standard shade.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-02-28
Food for the Family.

A variety of salads, crisp, simple,
we'll dressed with a simple French
dressing, makes the task of planning
meals easier and the meal more whole
some. For a dinner salad, lettuce, wa
ter cress, endive or Chinese cabbage,
with a plain dressing of any kind pre-
ferred, Is liked.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-02-28
Three
Judgments
By REV. L. W. GOSNELL
Assistant Dean, Moody Bible
Institute. Chicago

TExT-But with me it is a very small
thing that I should BE judged of you, or
of mans judgment: yea, I judge not mine
own self, for know nothing by CR. ".
againsD myself yet am not hereby JUS
tilted: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
Therefore judge nothing before the time,
until the Lord come, who both will bring
to light the hidden things of darkness,
and will make manifest the hidden coun-
sells Of the hearts: and then shall every
man have praise Of God.-I Corinthians 4:
3-5.
The text speaks first Of mans Judg-
ment. Paul had a proper regard for
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-02-28
In Queensland.

The natives of Torres Straits.
Queensland, make numerous orna-
ments out of tortoise and pearl shells.
Hair combs. earrings, finger rings,
chains and brooches made of tortoise
shell and inlaid with mother of pearl
are given an artistic finish. And often
the only tool used is, a knife or q
piece of broken glass.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-02-28
Every moment, Lord, I need
The merit of thy death.

Finally, Paul speaks of the judgment
Of the Lord, concerning which several
interesting statements are made.
To begin with, the Lords judgment
will be complete, for he will bring 20
light the hidden things of darkness
and will make manifest the counsels
Of the hearts" This is solemn
thought, yet how comforting! Only
God knows the deepest things in US
and we shall be manifested at the
judgment seat Of Christ. A story is
told Of a man who had a reputation
of being most miserly. After his death
1t was discovered that he had pinched
and saved to bless a woman whom he
had loved years before and who had
married another, and to help her chill
dren. The money that came so mys-
teriously to that poverty-stricken fam
lily, and which made education and all
good things possible, game from the
miser who lived in the next street and
whose name was a by-word in all the
town. What revelations the "day Of
Christ" holds for US!
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-02-28
PIq Iron From Sands.

Experiments in New Zealand have
demonstrated the practiccbility of pro-
ducing pig iron from iron sands. The
development of the industry has
reached the stage where iron is actual
ly produced at the rate of Is tons per
day. Plans are now being made for
greatly enlarging the plant.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-02-28

=
of his fellows, for
in Romans 1877
he exhorts: "Take
thought for things
honorable in the
sight of all men,"
If he had been a
church treasurer
he would have in
sisted on having
his books audited !!
Yet he was aware
of the fallibility
Of mans judg-
ment and es-
teemed it a small
thing when COM
pared with the
.iudpnaDt of God.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-02-28
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
WISE AND OTHERWISE

It spoils a favor If your are
asked to return 1t.
Nothing boosts the value of a
blessing like its removal.
The orator who deals largely
in quotations speaks volumes.
Sometimes a man avoids a lot
of trouble by having bad mem
ory.
Only those who have plenty
of gold ever get anything out Of
a silver wedding.
Make the truth your motto
and your guide and you will be
the gamer in the end.