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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-30

Of house we can afford. or wear the
KIND of clothes we can pay for, or
indulge In the amusements within our
means, We must initiate those who
are better off, We have champagne
taste ON n beer income, and therein lies
our doom, Y
There Is no torture equal to that Of
gentecl poverty that tries to keep up
appearances; hat starves to give n
pink tea occasionally; that huddlos the
whole family into a couple Of rooms to
have a good address, and that ahivers
under sleazy silk instead Of being
warm and comfortable in honest home
spun,
But dhere Is u JOY and comfort in the
poverty that accepts poverty frankly,
that wears the kind Of clothes II can
afford without aping the fashions of the
rich. that sets before It's guests the
kind Of Il meal that does not run 1t into
debt and that has no heart burnings
over what people better Off have, he
cause L does not compete with them,
It's trying to keep up with the Jones
that make the bitterness of being poor
Girls are especially victims Of the the
DRY that they must disguise their nov
erty and appear to be wealthy young
women engaged IN labor for a lark In
stead of honest working girls, II Is
what makes the little |stenographer or
clerk nc without food she needs to
keep her strong and we'll, In order to
buy Sl4 white boots with two-inch heels
IN which she suffers tortures, instead of
taking care OF her health by eating
properly and buying the kind of sub
atantial footwear in which she would
find solid comfort and wear.
And It il what makes girls 60. IN for
the occupations that they consider gen
,teel but for which they have no aptt-
tude, and In which titetMtll always be
ul-paid hunglcrs,, instead Of taking up
the kind Of work they are fitted for,
and In which they would make money.
a In tho course of a year hundreds and
Hundreds of girls write to ask my add
Nico about going on the stage and he
coming authors and artists and they
invariably wind up by saying that they
consider these occupations elegant.
That's why they want to go into them.
Not because they have any burning tai.
ent in those lines. Advertise for a
secretary or a clerk and you get scores
of applicants, hut YOU walk your feet
off hunting Il good cook.
Yet cooking Ia woman's hereditary
occupation, and there are thousands Of
girls who love u, and who would far
rather be In a nice kitchen in your
house than In your office and who
would make tw4cN as much money at
cooking Az they do at typing, but who
turn down the profession Ia which they
would shine because they don't consid-
CT " gcntccl,
After all. poverty and riches are
merely comparative terms. The rich
man who is mover satisfied Is always
poor and his money buys him no hap
ptncss, whereas the poor man who Ia
u~naShamcd Of his poverty Is exceeding
" rich and his poverty buys him the
happiness Of q great freedom.
Copyright, 1919, by the Wheeler Syn
dictate, lnc,)
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-30
Copyright. 1919, by Mcclure Newspaper
S~yudiCatc1
BY HOWARD r.. GARiS,

ouch; Oh, dear, Ny N.Y.
That was what Nurse Jane Fuzzy
Wuzzy heard one day in the hollow
stump bungalow. She was just getting
breakfast for Uncle Wiggily Longears,
the bunny gentleman.
My goodness me sakes alive and a
basket Of potato chips,' cried Nurse
Jane, accidentally dropping a stcwed
carrot into the turnip marmaladc. IL
hope h SkeeZicks, or the Ptpsisewah
or the Skuddlemagoon hasn't caught
Mr.. l~oHEears,'
She looked in the dining room. The
bunny mad Just come downstairs to his
breakfast.
ouch, Oh. me, oh, N.Y. groaned
the bunny as he sat down in his chair,
which was gnawed out Of a grapevine
root, rs
why, no one is biting him" said
Nurse Jane, as she looked all around.
Whatever IN the world is the mat
ter, Wiggy?" she asked, bringing in
his breakfast turntp.
"oh, I'm getting old, | guess" he
answered. My joints are surf, and IL
isn't an rheumatism, either. can't
move around as spry as I'd like to.
Every time | bond over, or stuop, or
try 70 hurry I get aches and pains and
"oh, nonsense" laughed Nurse Jane.
You only imagine it. You're as young
as ever! What you need Is some one
lively around the house. Some one 10
chase you, to tag you, and make you
spry, ] can't do II, because | have the
homework to look after. But If you
could get some bright, risky. lively
little ehap-why you'd DO a different
rabbit
II s'poss I would" said Uncle Wig
Oily, DO you mean to get Johnnie or
Billie Bushytail. one Of the squirrel
boyH7 They're lively enough"
Yes, they're lively enough" said
Nurse Jane, but they have to frlsk
around their W homo nest, You
want some ONE TO stay here with you
q long time"
"AlG right" said Uncle wiggily, sad
like and not very hopeful. After break
fast Ill go to the five and six cent
store n see II l can get a lively little
chap to cheer me up."
You won't find any at the five and
six, nor even at the ten and eleven
cent store" said Nurse Jane. True,
the little mousie girl clerks are lively
enough, but they have to work. You
Aeed R-weli, a sort OF companion. I'm
getting too old for you"
NONSENSE" scoffed Uncle Wiggily,
But as he hoped over the fields and
Through the woods after breakfast the
more he thought of what Nurse Jane
had said the more he knew she was
right,
Il need some n lively to make me
jump around" thought the bunny. III
only ] could get a"
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WHO'S TO BLAME
ETHEL LLOYD PATTEHsoN


The wise woman prays for guidance to the plumn
and happy little Goddess Of Common Sense,
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(RE6.Hnpkr, cEFl
BY NC. 3D..


WITH HER eyes wide open.
AND PRETENDING she knew.
WHAT THEY were all about.
But Sue didn't.
UNTIL WE got TO tho one.
WHERE CHRISTOPHER said.
HE'D LIKE to have a lot of ice
wagons,
DOWN ALI. the ~suu-curscd byways
of the town"
AND "TRALED by grimy tots.
THEIR RAGGED shirts half of
them with excitement.
"pABBLING TOES and fingers in
our leakage.
"A LUCKY few up sitting with the
driver"
AND AFTER that.
THE PlNCHED white checks and
their pathetic gladness,
THEN WE would know that arms
were made for aching"
AND JERRY went to sleep on that,
WITH 4 little bit of a smile,
AND LAY there,
AND | went on and read.
HALE THfouGH the book,
AND FORGOT about my work.
AND DIDN'T care.
AND LAID aside the book,
AND LOOKED at Jerry.
AND WAS glad.
THAT HER checks we're pink,
AND JERRY aweke.
AND WE pu! on her little coat
AND SHE went home.
AND thanked Jean.
FOR BRINGING her over.
AND ! want 70 thank Christopher.
FOR HIS book Of poems,
AND TO tell him.
THAT I'M going 10 finish It.
ON THE very first day.
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OKt@5paT
h, 80
II Roy KWoQNm.
FREEDOM.

FREEDOM.
Women scream for freedom.
They demand the ballot.
They picket the White House,
They get out suffrage papers,
They stump the country,
Which is all right,
Of course.
They demand freedom
They demand Sreedom
and AN then wear skirts so tight
In their own parades.
They are queer critters, women.
As queer as the men. \
Mis-. W. Ws, es Pl is ssDs TO ssse t that he marriage : q !, N, Waterbury and
ACHIEVEMENT EFT SEQ.
Just once we hit the colyums top
a bully place to ketch a holt on
And now our verses cannot stop;
They daily poster Mister Mouton.
IT'S ALI RIGHT WHEN YOU READ 1T TWICE.
Fire Truck Driver and Mrs. Butler w. Phillips. of East Wood
street are the parents of a daughter, born Monday.-Parls Gnl Beacon.
One of the militant suffragetes who have been hanging around
years old, which admission makes her one Of the most remarkable mill
q N. sun .e IN this or any other country--not her age, but the
tending to his own business and being Industrious and polite, any man
can make a lot of enemies"
Brest deep.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
Get a dozen eggs, a pumpkin pie, a loaf of bread, a pound OF we-
r res, = rasn REGISTER TSn rh and !, a box Of paper napkins and start a chain of
proLtapl gu can retail egg sandwiches at 20 cents each. giving -
into IL pieces and can retail the pieces ssA It ,; 20 cents emit =: thus ,nS p u na pie pie
you s2.4O; representing a profit of 1000 per cent as The orwnai
serving two small slices of toast for 10 cents. It is beinr do Dres a1. y
usia ho % la Is n fare Is concerned the public simply eats It up !.
After July 1 We trust the village OF Brandyvin. III, ...,u
Us name 2 sodap0p or something that win sound legal ""As'
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new theories and unusual diseases win
be discussed.
This day is not a favorable one for
initiative in any commercial enterprise.
Relations between Great Britain and
another power may he strained through
some incident ON this months calendar.
Persons whose hirthdate 1t is may
have Ru anxious year. They should
make nc changes and should safeguard
the health as well as business affairs
Children born on this day may have
many difficulties to overcome. These
subjects of Taurus are unusually self
reliant and determined, so they finally
succeed.
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SOCIALISTS TO BE TRIED.

BERLIN, April 80, tBy the Associated
Press. l-4GeorE Ledebour, the social
democratic leader, and Herr Daemig, a
socialist editor, will be placed on trial
May la pr alleged completely in the re-
gent ~disotders in Berlin.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-08-07
DON'T FORGET LIME

The farmers in southern Madison
county have used IL carloads OF
ground limestone since January T.,
$40. The results can plainly be
seen.
Let us not forget lime. All the
soils of this section will profit by an
application of lime. Some of them
need lime more than anything else.
The sweet soil - the soil rich in
lime - is ready to make the best
use of manure or fertilizer, ready
to grow the legumes which will fill
it with nitrogen and organic matter.
The sour soil - the soil poor in
lime - will not grow some of the
legumes at all and will grow few or
none of them as well as the soil well
supplied with lime. Use lime to
grow legumeS, and so lay the foun-
dalton for permanent soil improve
ment and continued good ca ops.
Berea College Farm can show just
what lime has done and what it is
doing now. When you have some
spare time call on the farm superln-
tendent, and he will be glad TO show
you lime demonstrations. Call and
see w. A. and John Johnson, J. w.
Braicher, C.. A. Moore, Pleas Evans,
Simon Muncy, Chester Parks, and a
score of other good farm ers in
southern NJ olson county and see
what they have done and hear what
they have to say.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-08-07
KEEP THE LAND COVERED

Nothing will pay the farmer so
well as holding on to the fertility in
his land. This valuable material
can be washed away by the driving
rains especially when freezes and
thaws have loOsened the soil.
Cover crops planted this late sum-
mer and fall will save the fertility
already in the soil and add more
vegetable matter 10 rot and make
the soil drouth proof next season.
If land is idle at. this time it can be
put into condition ard sowed TO
crimson clover or Vetch. Later rye,
wheat or barley can be planted
TO grow all winter when the weather
is mild.
Sure, of course, tO-be-sure, seed
is high priced; but so are fertilizers
and land. A iirst-class green cover
crop turned under in the spring will
add fertility TO the soil and at the
same time make cultivation an easy
operation. The farmer who has had
experience with green crops, will
need no urging; but the agent hopes
some of those who have not sown
cover crops will try them this year
and be convinced.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-08-07
Fall Term Begins September IL.

bred poultry properly managed is a
paying industry. and that the old
barnyard mongrel hen must get out
Of the way for standardized. uniform
fOcks.
The county agent Of Drew county
has placed 30 pens Of one male and
four females each OF pure-bred Bar
red Plymouth Rock and Rhode Island
Reds on 80 farms. In charge OF boy
and girl poultry-club member The
Monticello Chamber Of Commerce and
the banks of Monticello have advanced
the money to purchase these pure
bred fowls and have assisted In their
distribution. In addition to the 10
pens OF chickens, over 100 slttings
OF pure-bred Matching eggs have been
secured foi the club boys and girls,
The Farm aud home demonstration
agents OF Ashley, union ana Desha
counties are busy with pOultry-club
work on farms ana In the Organiza-
ton OF poultry clubs. In each Of these
counties an effort Is being made 10
double last years pOultry-club enroll
ments.
On March - the Southwestern Ar
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-08-07
MORE AND BETTER, CHICKENS
Owner Of Common Monarei FIoet
win Soon Apologize for lts Exist
ence-keep Pure BREEDS

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture)
II will not be long before the owner
OF IA common mongrel flock will apollo
gize for its existence. T.lls is the opin-
ion of the poultry-extension worker OF
the United States department OF agri-
culture who Is "A leader In the cam
paign for more and better poultry on
farms IN south and southwestern Ar
kansas. In many parts Of Arkansas
the importance of better poultry and
more efficient management Is being
recognized by progressive business
men, commercial organizations, bank
ers and others and they are active In
their moral and financial support In
cooperating with the government and
state extension forces In their efforts
10 CONVINCE the farmer that standard
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-08-07
MAKE JITNEY JOURNEYS

The enormous rush of the early
summer is gone. The farmer can
now draw a long breath and plan to
use his jitney for some little jour
neys about the neighbofhood and
over into the surrounding country.
The farmer and his family can
make these jitney journeys pleasure
trips and profitable trips at the same
time. Plans can be made for a trip
which will allow the family to visit
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-08-07
MAKING WAR ON GRAPE PESTS
Most Destructive Insect Is Curcslio,
Which Feeds on Foliage From
Spring TO Fall.

prepared by the United states Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
In many localities in the eastern
part OF the United States the grape
curcullo, which feeds upon the leaves
from spring 10 frost. Is the most de-
structive insect attacking this fruit
II may be practically unknown In
may appear In such destructive num-
bers as 10 destroy each year from 30
Ia 100 per cent of fruit on all grape
vines that do not receive protection.
Another insect pest that Is a men
ace 10 many grape owners In the east
ern part OF the country Is the root
borer. which burrows into the roots
and causes injury similar To severe root
pruning. The curculio can be success
fully controlled by arsenical sprays.
the bulletin says, but the only method
OF combating the borer now known Is
through cultivation. which destroys
larvae and pupae In the cocoons, and
the practice OF such cultural methods
as VIII induce vigorous ana RAPID
growth OF healthy vines.
The adult curcul'o Is small and In
conspicuous, and grape grower viii
frequently lose within a short time an
entire crop Of fruit without being
able TO determine the nature OF the
enemy. The grapes will suddenly be-
come wormy and will be ruined. Al
about the time Concord grapeyines
bloom the curculio beetles emerge
from Information and appear upon the
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-08-07
SOY BEANS AND CORN FOR
HOGGING

The County Agent has just made
a visit TO R. T. Dunn's, Terrill, Madi-
son county, for the purpose of see
ing results from inoculating soy
beans by using soil method. The
following results were found: IS
nodules to the plant and 81 pods;
plants from two to three feet high.
Mr.. Dunn expects to hog this corr
and sOybeans. Call and see his
wonderful crop. Talk the matter
over with him; you will enjoy it.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-08-07
KEEPING POULTRY IN TOWNS
Especially In Suburbs Of Large Cities
Families Should Keep Small
Flocks Of Hens.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
When conditions render IL feasible
small fiOcks Of poultry should be kept
by families In villages, towns and es-
pecially in the suburbs Of large cities.
The need for this extension Of poultry
raising is particularly great where con
sumption exceeds production, as in the
northeastern states. Through utiliza-
ton Of table waste. scraps and other
refuse as poultry feed much whole
some food in the form of eggs and
poultry for home use may be produced
at relatively low cost.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-08-07
MOUNTAIN AGRICULTURE
by Farm Demonstration and Special
Investigator

some farm where the use Of ground
limestone has sweeiened field so
that sweet clover or alfalfa will
grow. Another day a farmer who
has made a success feeding hogs may
be seen. Visit Charles Venable, Be
rea. Route I, and see his sweet clo-
yer: John Anderson, Big Hill: and
w. C.. Johnson, Orlando. Visit Simon
Muncy and +. r. Fish. Berea. and
see their hogs, feeding, etc.
The farmers wife could use the
machine to call upon some woman
who has installed waierworks or an
electric light plant in the home
She might rake a point of passing
some homes where the planting of
shrubbery or trees has made the
farms especially attractive. Visit
James Moore and Ed Smith, Hiatt
and see water equipment. Visit r.. l.,
Potts, and Harry Morgan, Whites
station, and see country homes
lighted.
In other words now that a breath
ing spell has come use the car as a
pleasure and an observation car at
the same time. BY taking these
little jitney journeys the car can
be made TO pay for its keep by edu-
eating the farmer and his family
through seeing what other people on
other farms happen to be doing.
Visit Charlie Blythe. William Stout,
b. $. Terrill, and Hugh Parks and
watch their silo construction. Go
TO :. p. Caudilrs, Conway, if you
want to see a good bull, 5000. Visit
J. w. Riddle, Orlando, if you want to
see how to grow melons and
potatoes on The same ground. Visit
II. o. Lamb, Wallaceton, for alfalfa
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-08-07

through the Union stock harhs ID 'he
past ninety days ana VIII oner
splendid opportunity Tor teeuers "n"
dealers.
Although lesser sum was assignee
to the beef cattle department las' year
n most encouraging exhibition was the
response TO the Fairs substantial pre-
MUM awards and arguing from 'his
fact II Is expected That the coinpeu'
tlon and auction In the cattle depart
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-08-07

leaves. The pesr reTs On the upper
surface OF the leaves throughout the
season. Ants are their natural enc
mics. and some forms OF ground
dwelling spiders feed upon them. A
number Of parasites aid In their de-
structiOn.
In several cases practically com
plete freedom from attack has been
obtained by applying two sprays of
lead arsenate, three pounds Of the
paste form TO so gallons Of water. the
first Just after the blossoms have
dropped and the second three or four
weeks later.
Like the curcullo. the grape root
borer Ii inconspicuOus In all OF Its
stages. The borers rarely kill the
vines. but cause infested plants TO lin
ger for years. making meager annual
growth and bearing reduced crops OF
fruit, the owner often being unaware
of the cause. The newly hatched
larvae feed entirely on the roots, both
large and small roots being attacked.
The borer feeds over 80 wide an area
that digging for the pest as a prac-
ticable method Of destruction is out
OF the question, and even soil fumi-
gants ARE, for the same reason, OF
doubtful value. The use Of fertilizers
and the application Of other cultural
methods which promote rapid. vlgor-
Gus growth. offsetting the root prun-
ing caused by the boreR are the best
known methods of controlling the
nest
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-08-07

or the $4,000 offered In prizes for
live stock and agricultural exhibits st
the seventeenth annual Kentucky
state Fair Ia be held In Louisville the
week ~ September S-l3, $4,000 has
been apportioncd To the Beef Cattle
and Fatted and Feeding Cattle Depart
ment alone. IN consequence, II II ex-
pected that the greatest exhibit Of fine
cattle IN the history Of the Fair viii
be entered for competition In this de
partment.
II was the purpose Of the State Fair
management. In assigning this gigantic
sum &c the cattle division of the Fair
10 stimulate the rapidly waning Indus
try Of cattle raising and breeding and
the interest already exhibited proves
the potency Of the move.
Three Of the leading brokers of
America have entered many carloads
sf the choicest steers and she stun In
the fatted and feeding cattle class
and the whole allotment Will be sold
at pubic auction to be held on the
State Fair grounds. beginning Thurs
day Of Fair week Jack LAWYER. Sher-
rell and Lett and william Daniels and
Brother OF Chicago. are the conslgnors
Of three cars Of steers and two OF
heifers for the first, three cars OF
steers and two Of heifers for the sec
ond. and four cars Of steers and one
OF heifers for the last named.
These entries have every one been
selected by competent Judges from
the many thousands Of cattle passing
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-08-07
GULL THE STACKER HEN

County Agent Spence and A. $
Chaplin, state Poultry Specialist,
will be at the following places on
the following dates 10 give Poultry
Cullinq Demonstrations.
September
300 p.m.-Mrs. VI. NJ. Robinson, Be-
rea.
400 .. MIR. A. p. Smith, Berea
September q
900 a. MFRS. J. 4. Hulctt, Rock
ford.
HOO m.-George GatlifI, Dispu-
tanta.
300 p. MFRS. 5. p. Caudill, Con-
way.
September 3 ,
500 a. MFRS. Julia Rice, Conway
900 a. m.-John NJ. Rice, Conway.
1880 a. nj. f. Calihan, Conway.
800 p. MFRS. Atkins, Wilde.
September 4
700 a. MFRS. w. T. Hicks, Will
die.
Return to Berea on the fourth.
September S
800 a. MFRS. J. l.. Green, Berea
Route 1.
1000 a. m.-Mrs. Will Bates, Coyle
1880 a. MFRS. Luther Todd, Coyle
800 y. MFRS. g. w. Todd, Brass
field.
September 6
700 a m.-Mrs. r. C. .Coomer
Speedwell.
$50 a. m.-Mrs. A. T. Hale, Speed
well.
80 a. m.-Mrs. Luther kimberlain
Dreyfus.
800 p. m.-Mrs. Roy Kelley, Drey-
fus.
Return TO Berea for the night.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-08-07

kansas Poultry association was organ
lied at Magnolia with Is charter mem
bers. II is reported that practically
every business man in the town will
become u member and lend his infiu-
ence and support for more and better
poultry. Plans have been made to hold
the state poultry show at Magnolia
November % to 2s. where the finest
aristocrats Of the barnyard will be
on display competing for the coveted
American Poultry association gold
medal offered TO only one association
In each state.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-08-07
BEREA BANK MEDALS FOR BOYS
CLIJRS

The National Bank of Berea has
just purchased twenty solid bronze
medals, worth $3.50 each, to be given
away as rewards to Junior Agricul-
tural Club Members winning in their
division this fall
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-08-07
SILOS

B. 5. Terrill, Hugh Parks, William
Stout and Charley Blythe are build
ing sllos this month. Call and see
these men, and do likewise if you
have any cattle to feed.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-08-07

The Berea Bank & Trust Company
is cooperating with the County
Agent in framing the charters for
eight Junior Agricultural Clubs,
which will cost $50.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-08-07
Radicals Plant HIOh.power Explosives.

laramie, Italy IIigh-power explO-
sives, said by police to have been
placed by radicals in order TO terrorizs
persons during the proposed general
strike on July n, exploded near CHA
tona. Five persons were killed. Parts
Of their bodies were thrown several
hundred feet In the air, No damage
was done To the railway line