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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-08-16
WAS A NURSE IN FOUR WARS
Enolish Woman, Veteran OF Many
Previous Campaigns, Served in
World Struggle.

Nrs Teresa Eden Richardson. VINO
died recently at Bath. England: was
worker in the hospitals OF four wars.
Sic held the South African medal, me
Order Of the Crown Of japan. the Jap
.rosa Red Cross Order of Merit. two
Greek medals and the 1914 Star
During The South African war, says
rho London Times. Mrs. Richardson
nursed at n hospital at Bloemfonteln,
when the epidemic Of enteric fever
.,iaa tn the utmost the resources or
tire medical staff. Afterward, through
the Japanese minister, she was AT
t,ched TO the Red Cross society OF
Ion,n during the war with Russia.
e+er she nursed at Athens during
rho war between Greece and turkey
and when the present war broke out
hainp then sixty-eight years old. she
,,a,t ia Rrierfort, near Brussels. After
rho German armies had occupied that
MACE she nurseu at one OF the nos
n;ta,s of Antwerp throughout the bonn
:, rdnent. she and her maid being the
only nersons who remained at her no
70, Mrs. Richardson was one of the
l,st to leave the town. escaping down
the Scheldt in a coal barge crowded
With refugees. The privation endured
at this period seriously affected bel
health and she was compelled to aban
don further attempts to render hell
in Red Cross hospitals in London ant
Nice.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-08-16
CHAPTER v.
A Game of Checkers.

The uneasy mood of the desert. the
wind-blown sand, drove people indoors
the next morning. Richard was served
a substantial indifferently cooked
breakfast in the dining room of the
Desert hotel, whose limitations were
as conspicuous TO the newcomer as
they were nonexistent to the other
men. They were finding it a soft con-
trast to sand-blown tents, to life in the
open.
Later he wandered through the
group of staring idlers in the office.
past the popular soda stand and the
few chair-tilters on the sidewalk. go
ing on. as If without purpose. to the
railroad sheds, and then on. down to
the offices of the Desert Reclamation
company. He discovered ii to be the
one engaging spot in the hastily
thrown-together town. There were
oleanders rose and white. blooming in
the patch of purple blooming alfalfa
that stood for lawn. Mornings leries
clambered over the supports of the
yeranda, and on over fhe roof. Rick
ards deductions led him to the Har-
dinS.
What school of experience had so
changed the awkward country fellow?
He had resented his rivalry. not that
he was q rival but that he was bOor.
His kisses still warm on her lips. and
she had turned to welcome, to cOquet
In In
was to be his wife must be steadier
than that! 1t had cooled his fever.
| Not for him the aspen who could
shake and bend her pretty boughs to
each rough breeze that blew
Men tossed into desert. fighting to
keen foothold. do not garland their
Offices with morning-glories Was 1t
the gracious quiet influence of wife,
| n Gerty Hardin? The festive build
ing he was approaching was as unex-
nected-as Captain Brandon Richard
walked on. smiling.
He was fairly blown into the outer
room. the door banging behind him.
Every one looked up ut the noisy inter-
/ ruptjon. There were several men in
1
the long room. Among them two alert.
clean-faced youths. college graduates,
ar students out on furlough, the kind
If stuff in his class at Lawrence. Three
of the seasoned. road-coached type
we're leaning their chairs against the
cool thick walls. One was putting az
n cigar. The other, Il big, shy giant,
was drawing clouds of comfort from ii
nine. There was a telegraph operator
at work in one end of the room, her
Instrument rapidly clicking. In an OPP
posite corner was a telephone ex-
change. A girl with metal band
around her forehead was punching
connections between the valley towns.
Richard lost the feeling of having
gone into q remote and isolated re
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-08-16
TRAP-NEST ALL LAYING HENS
Tame Birds Tend to Increase Egg
PARLIAMENTARY to Eliminate
Nonproductive Fowl.

prepared by the United States DEPART
ment of Agrieulture.)
When possible it is advisable TO.
trap-nest the layers for the following
reasons: |. To tame the birds, there
by tending toward increased egg pro-
duction. .. To furnish definite knoWi-
edge concerning traits and habits OF
individuals. 3. To furnish the only
satisfactory basis for utility or other
breeding. 4. To eliminate the nonpro-
ductive hen. 5. To add mechanical
precision to judgment and experience
in developing and maintaining the
utility of flock. For further Informal
ton and plans showing the construc-
ton of trap nest send for Farmers
Bulletin 6S2, "A Simple Trap Nest Tor
Poultry"
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-08-16

the Overland Pacific system. He was
not the sort of man a son could spear
lightly of disobeying.
"Of course everyone calls me Jun
ior."
.I guess you'll go back if he wants
YOU to-" smiled Richard.
5"Oh, but what rotten trick II
would bel" exclaimed the son of the
man of iron. ITO throw me out OF
college, was daffy to finish with my
class. and to get me here, to get me in
terested-and then after I've lost my
place to pull me back. Why, there are
things happening every day that are a
liberal education. They are only just
beginning to understand what they are
bucking up against. The Colorado's
an unknown quantity; even old engi-
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-08-16
He Saw the Face, Carefully Averted.

See that ditch? That is Mexico, on
the other side. Those sheds you can
see are in Mexicali. Calexico's twin
sister. That painted adobe is the GUS
tom house. Nexicali's not dry, even in
summer! You can bet your life on
that. You can get all the bad whisky
and stale beer you've the money to
buy. We work in Calexico, and drink
10 Mexicali. The temperance pledge is
Kept better in this town than any other
town In the valley. But you can see
tnls procession every night"
The Amazon with a handkerchief
apron brought Richard his soup. He
was raising his first spoonful to his
mouth when he saw the face, carefully
ayerted, of the girl he had met at the
Marshalls' table, lines Hardin. His
eyes jumped to her companions, the
man a stranger, and then. Gerty
holmes. AT least, Mrs. Hardin Some
now. It surprised him to find her pretty.
she had achieved a variety Of dis
unction, preserving. moreover, the
ciear-cut babyish chin which had made
It's early appeal to him. There was the
same fluffy hair its ringlets bit arti-
ncial to his more sophisticated eyes.
the same well-turned nose. He had
peen wondering about this meeting; he
round that he had been expecting some
SOFT OF shock-who said that the love
oI today Is the jest of tomorrow? The
discovery that Gerty was not a jest
Drought the. surprised qualification
which we award letter or composition
written in our youth. Were we as
eiever as that, so complete at eighteen
VI twenty-one? Could we, now. with
aii our experience. do any better, or in
aeed as we'll? That particular SEN
renee with wings! Could we make il
ny Today as it scared yesterday? Rick.
ard was finding that Gerty's more ma.
lure charms did not accelerate his
nearf-beats, but they were certainly
nattering to his early Judgment. And
ne mad expected her to be shock!
He was staring into his plate OF
chilled soup. Calf-lovel For he had
loved her, or at least he had loved her
cnin. her pretty childish way of lifting
". She was prettier than he had pic
snrcd her. Queer that man like Har
ull sould draw such women for sister
ana wife-the blood tie was the most
amezlng. For when women come t.
marry. they mike often queer choice
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-08-16
|T)0UIIN N|OIE(
4 GEpezz i NJ

One of the best inside Innings for
poultry houses is tar paper tackled on
smoothly. Mites do not bother 1t.
II is said that farmers lose millions
of dollars annually on account of poor
methods Of producing and handling
eggs.
Be a crank about cleanliness, mites,
lice and disease in your poultry. yard
and see If II doesn't pa? a big divi-.
dend.
Diseases of poultry are frequently
transmitted through The drinking wa
ter; the drinking fountain should be
cleaned daily.
Help save eggs by keeping the nests
clean and free from lice. Gather egs,
twice daily. keep .hem in a cool. dry
room or cellar, and market twice q
week.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-08-16

handed by lackeys? Richard had al
ways acted as if it had been something
to be ashamed of. 1t made him sick.
They've done it this time. It's a
fool choice"
Again that look of pleading from In
mes. Gerty had a shiver of intuition.
Fool choice?" Her voice WAS omi-
nously calm.
Hardin shook off lines eyes. Better
be done with it. Hes the new gem
eral manager"
He's the general manager!"
I'm to take orders from him"
Gerty's silence was of the stunned
variety. The Hardins watched her
crumbIing bread on the tablecloth,
| thinking, fearfully, that she was going
to cry.
Didn't | tell you?" Her voice, re-
pressed, carried the threat of tears
Didn't | tell you how it would bel
Didn't say that you'd be sorry if you
called the railroad in?'
Must we go over this again?" asked
her husband.
why didn't you tell me? Why did
you let me make goose of myself!
| She was remembering that there had
been no protest, no surprise from In
mes. She knew! A family secret
She shrugged I'm glad, on the whole
that you planned it as surprise. Fol
| carried it off as if we'd not been in
suited, dSgraced."
''Gertyn' expostulated Hardin.
"Gerty!" implored lines.
And we are in for a nice friendly
dinner.'
Are you quite finished?" Hardin
got up.
AS the three passed out of the dining
room, Richard caught their several eX
pressionS: Hardin's stiff, Indifferent
flashed finished, brave little smile il
his direction. The sisters bow wa:
distinctly naughty.
In the hall, Gerty's laugh rpplet
out 1t was the laugh Richard remem
bered, the light frivolous cadence
which recalled the flambOyant patterl
of the Holmes parlor carpet, the long
crowded dining table where Gerty ha'
rejgned. 1t told him that she was in
different to his coming, as she mean
it should. And it turned him back t.
dark corner in the honeySuckle
draped porch where he had spent s.
many evenings with her, where one
he had held her hand, where he toll
her that he loved her. For he ha
loved her, or at least he thought h
had! And had run away from her eS
pectant eyes. A cad, was he, becaus
he had brought that waiting look int
her eyes, and had run from it?
Should q man ask woman to Civ
her life into his keeping until he
quite sure that he wants it? He wa
revamping his worn defense. Shout
he live up to minute of surrender, @
tenderness, if the next instant bring
sanity, and disillusionment? He coul
bury now forever self-reproach. ID
could laugh at his own vanity. Cert
Hardin, it was easy to see, had forgo
ten what he had whispered to Cert
Holmes. They met as sober oil
friends. That ghost was laid.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-08-16
MIXTURE FOR LITTLE CHICKS.
Give Equal Parts of Hard-Boiled Eggs
and Rolled Oats or Stale Bread
Soaked in Milk.

prepared by the United states Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
For the first three days chicks may
he fed a mixture of equal parts OF
hard-boiled eggs and rolled oats o..
stale bread. or stale bread soaked In
milk. When bread and milk are used
care should be taken tc squeeze all the
milk out of the bread. From the
third or fourth day commercial. chick
feed may be fed until the chicks are
old enough to eat wheat screenings or
cracked corn.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-08-16
CHAPTER IV-continued.

-, r;obt across the hall. Only
loft in the house" The proprietor
raod him the valley stare. Going
a"a hore long?" He passed the last
rho rack to the darby stagger-
under motley of bags and suit
aa s Richard recognized his ana FOL
lowed. .
II may get you another room tomor-
-o,rp called the proprietor after him
az he climbed the dusty stairs.
Tho signals of a new town were
.,,;no IN the dining room. The ma
.ar,ty NJ the citizens displayed their
.s,rt sleeves and unblushing suspend
.rs Ono large table was surrounded
nv men ir khaki; the desert soldiers
onoineers The full blown mattresses.
elaborately pompadoured, were push
10 through the swingdoors, carrying
heavy trays. Coquetry appeared TO De
thair occupation, rather than meal
serving, the diners accepting both varie-
,ies Of attention with appreciation. The
supremacy of those superior maidens
was menaced only by two other wom-
en- who sat at a table near the door.
Richard did not see them at first. Inc
room was as masculine as restaurant
in a new mining town.
Richard left his indoor view to look
through the French windows opening
on side street. He noticed a slender
but regular procession. All the men
passing fell in the same direction.
cocktail route" explained one of
h;s nejghbors, his mouth full of boiled
beef.
aOyster cocktail?" smiled the new
conner.
1.-THE real thing! Calexico's dry. like
the whole valley, that is, the county.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-08-16

quarters. For example, farmer in
Virginia reported 20 turkeys killed by,
these pests in night. Another. in
Kansas. lost between geo and 300
chickens and many eggs by rats dur
ing the course of one summer. His
ncighbors had similar experiences.
From New Jersey has come q report OF
rats killing young ducks An OhIoan
las complained that the animals bur
row beneath his cOOpS and take
chicks from under the hen. In GER
tain neighborhoods of Massachusetts
half Il seasons hatch of chickens ana
ducklings have been killed by rats.
Rats multiply rapidly when left I'M
disturbed, where there is plenty to
eat. One pair may Increase to more
than 1000 in single year. Whoever
allows his property to become over
run by them invites veXation and loss
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-08-16
INV WILL HARDIN AND HIS WIFE RECEIVE HlM?-RICKARD
IS NOT LEFT LONG IN DOUBT.

c.. o the
Office of President Marshall n
of
te the efforts Thomas Hardin Desert Reclamation
Hardin an eastern
Richard
valley wishes charge
he
over Rckard CaleXco
a'. Or. mncb about Hardin and his
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-08-16
Calls for Bio Expenditure.

If plans for standardizing the gauge
of the railways of Australia as recon-
mended by the chief engineers of the
different lines he Carried out it will
mean an expenditure Of SlSO.UOOOOQ.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-08-16
Soft-sheIled Eggs.

A lack of lime will mean soft-sheIed
eggs or eggs that break. easily during
transit. and this increases the cost
of producing the eggs that are mar
ketable. &9 ID
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-08-16
Carrier Pigeons on Job.

In spite Of the competition Of wire
Tess. carrier pigeons have not lost their
lob. They are carrying messages faith
fully for French and British naval air.
inen.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-08-16
pouIts Are Delicate.

The baby turkey is very delicate,
and If it gets chilled or wet 1t gains
very slowly and in many instances
dies. ss9
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-08-16
Harvest Own Green Food. I

When green food is abundant out
doors the hens should have plenty Of 1
range so that they can harvest their
own green food.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-08-16

Keep Hen House Sanitary.
Clean the floors and keep the house
IS sanitary as possible.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-08-16

Richard moves to save the
valley in what seems to him the
univ possible way. His views do
not coincide with those OF Har-
din. The next instaliment tends
to Justify the forebodings with
which Richard undertook his
great task. Do not fail to read it.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-05
French Press Resents
Fact Longuet's Reply
Reached Reds Tin u. S,
By Wireless

Copyright, 1919. New York Tribune Inc. }
PARIS, Feb. 4. - A section of the
French press resents the fact that the
reply Of Jean Longuet, leader of the
Radical Socialists, to Tchitchern, Boil
shcvik Foreign Minister, which the
French government refused to send
reached Russia by way of America.
PARIS, Feb. 4.-President Wilson ha 4
nothing to do with the transmission OF
the reply of M. Longuet to Boshevil;
Foreign Minister Tchitcherin concern
ing Bolshevik participation in the pro-
posed Princes Islands conferaacc. ac-
cording to NJ. Longuet's newspaper
"Populaire." Nj. Longuct had received
a semi statement from this Boil
shevk government concerning the con-
ference and the French government re-
fused to permit the use OF its wireless
in sending n reply.
"The refusal of the French govern
ment." says the article, "to allow US to
communicate freely with Rusaja CON-
PEELED us to use another form OF trans-
mission without being compelled to
undergo the censorship which we com
bat.
"Whose fault Is it IL press wire
less la sent from Paris to New York
and 1t Is also received by ail wireless
stations, including that at Tsarkoe
Selo?"
New-York tribune., 1919-02-05
Wilson Would Sound 7. s. Public
On American Mandate in Near East:
League Is Narrowed to Two Plans
Big Fiue = to Tone DoUn Greek Claims
By Frederick Moore
(Bu Wirelessl

Copyright, 1919, Ne,O York Tribune lnc)
)AKs Feb 4The big Five" snag TODAY when ven
zelos presented the Greek
r ofered such strong argument that finally
o committee composed of delegates States
oiec ofan France Italy
the policy OF the Big Five" to shelve knoty problems
ia'er ha concentrate them until reached
ohoer secret treaty and by racial religious and historical
gh Venzeos asks for southern Albania including
sahnop the southern running through to the
~ ea ana IN ASIA Minor part of Smyrna, including
board and the islands of the 4gean
'hese demands are granted the larger
~ 'umahla or Austria Turkey would practically disappear
pana would be the size of Monenero and P
garla would be deprived of outlet the 4Egean
An interesting point America NOT At war with
Bulgaria. w w.
Veneos enjoys the support the Allies on certain f
MS demands but single claim upheld by of them eomnro
mise will probably be reached highly
tlnople Smyrna will Greek control
New-York tribune., 1919-02-05
Cost of Var Placed
At S45O,OOO,O 900

T ONDON, Feb. a British
IL Wireless Service) The di-
rect cost of the war is estimated
at G4O,o00,000,00O (s20O,0OO,OoO
o00) in special article in 1.-THE
Daily Telegraph" to-day. The
author estimates the indirect cost
of diminished trade and financial
disturbance at e5O,O00.00O,0O0
(S250,000,0 ,o00).
Vast sums" he says, "have
been used for sheer destruction
and vast public debts have been
incurred for which there is no
corresponding property. Through
out two-thirds of the world the
work Of useful production has
been suspended during four years
and its place has been taken by
work for the slaughter Of human
lives and annihilation Of accumu-
lated wealth"
New-York tribune., 1919-02-05
Movies Lure
McAdOO Into
100000 job
Former Secretary To Be
Counsel for Pickford-Fair-
banks-Chaplin Combine
,OOOOfered by Rivals
big Five Determined s'Not
to Permit Any Trust to
Blight Their work"

William Gibbs McAdoo, former Sec
rotary of the Treasury and Director
General of Railroads, has accepted the
position of general counsel to the
United Artists Distributing Associa-
ton, an organization of the biggest
stars of the motion picture world, it
was learned here yesterday.
Mr. McAdoo signed his contract, sig
mailing his return to private practice,
in Los Angeles, where he has been rest
ing since he gave up his duties as
Director General of Railroads.
AS Secretary of the Treasury, Mr..
McAdoos salary was $4,000 a year,
and it was the limitations of this in
come which he said impelled him to re-
sign. No mention of his income from
the movies" was officially received
from California yesterday, but Robert
Gray, brother of D. w. Griffith, one
of the members of the association, de-
clared last night it could hardly be
less than 100000.
Besides Griffith. Mr. McAdoo will
now represent legally Charlie Chaplin,
Mary Pickford, William S. Hart and
Douglas Fairbanks, known to the
screen world as the "Big Five
Defiance of Trust
In a statement issued Immediately
after the signing Of his contract, the
former Secretary of the Treasury said
"They (the big tiveD have deter
mined not to permit any trust to de-
stroy competition or to blight or in
terfere with the high quality of their
work. They feel that it is of the ut
most importance to secure the artistic
development Of the motion picture in
dustry. and they believe that this will
be impossible If any trust should get
possession of the field and menace the
business
Discussing the acquisition of Mrs Nc
Adoo in the broader aspects of its re-
iatidn to the moving picture business.
managers here ali expressed the great
est satisfaction last night.
eve think that the entrance of Mr..
McAdoo into the industry is sure to
prove bully good thing" is the way
Carl Lacmmle, president Of the Uni
versal, summed it up.
He's fine man, and we're mighty
glad to have him come in" said Sam
uel Goldwyn.
"rhis is step in the right direc-
t!on," Richard A. Rowland, president of
the Metro, said. "Men Of Mr.. Nc
McAdoo's type will put the industry
where it belongs. There is still room
for moro Of the same tyne"
Signed by Fairbanks
Credit for securing the services of
Mr.. McAdoo was assigned last night by
New-York tribune., 1919-02-05
British Call On
u. S. to Pay for
Liquor Losses
England to Ask $l5O,OOO,-
900 for Brewery Stock
Destroyed by S'Dry7' Act
Now York Tribune
Washing Buredu

Ncw York Tribune
Washington Bureau
WASlllNGTON, Feb. An interna-
tional aspect of prohibition has been
developed by representations of the
British government through diplomatic
channels to the State Department
Great Britain has politely called the
attention Of the government of the
United States to the advisab;li{y of
having the money in hand with which
to compensate British investors for the
losses occasioned to them by the de-.
structlon of the brewing and distilling
business through prohibition.
1t is stated that there is $3.50. 900, 900
of British capital invested in the
liquor business in America, chiefly in
brewing corporation stocks About ff-
brewing corporation stocks
The contention is that since the GOV
ernment of the United States is about
to destroy a great industry by it's own
direct Legislative action, there can be
no question of its responsibility for the
loss of British capital thereby affected.
1t IS pointed out that, in way, the
case is parallel to the Mexican oil diY,
pute.
The United States is deliberately de-
stroying the values of British property
in this country, and, although this NAV
be an inevitable incident of wise do
mestic policy with which Britain has
no quarrel, she does take the position
that If the United States so changes
its organic law that what was valuable
property of her subjects becomes there
by valueless it is mere matter Of
course for the trespasser to pay the
damages.
1t is reported that Italians interested
in the California wine industry are
meditating following the British ex-
ample and putting in a bill for the
practical destruction of their wineries,
since their business is to be killed BY
prohibition.