davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1920-04-29
WORK THESE OUT.

what has a neck but no head?
A head but no neck?
Hair but no comb?
Comb but no hair?
Mouth but does not talk?
Feet but does not walk
WM. SCHETZEN.
To what branch OF the lizard ram-
iIy do those al second and T. street,
northeast. pretend TO belong? l 70
fer to the trade boosters" h
The Washington times., 1920-04-29

GEORGE FENWICKS celebrated
borrower had s21 to start with. these
experts state: w. J. YEATMAN, w.
J. BERRY. DEWEY l.. SUIT. ROY w.
JANDREW, c. B. STEWART. r. A.
p, j. p. SIMPSON. T.. B. CARRIER.
The Washington times., 1920-04-29

form"
Congressman Dyer deeply interested in suffrage
for voteess Washington that he introduced in the Sixty
fifth Congress bill providing for advisory referendum
by the citizens of the District ION certain questions relating
municipal self government and representation in Con-
gress."
Mr.. Dyer was resident of Washington long time
prior to his election to Congress He pracced law here and
is intimately acquainted with District conditions and needs
The Washington times., 1920-04-29
Another Contribution

Another Contribution
From Jeanne.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
"The Thinker" seems TO have the
makings OF an "honest-to-goodness'
pal that IL, according to my par
ticular Interpretation Of the word.
Also from the tone Of his letter hc
appears to be a gentleman, and I
rather fancy I should like to make
his acauaintance- JEANNE
The Washington times., 1920-04-29

Friend-"When your wife's hair Is
hanging down her back she looks like
Anna Held"
Husband-"Her hair also looks like
Held when it's done up"
LAWRENCE GRANGER.
The Washington times., 1920-04-29
ADAM AND EVE-H. c. l..

DEAR BILL: When / see the .
price Of clothing / feel that Adam
and Eve had a soft time. Them
fig leaves was sure cheap. May
be Paris will some day start fig
leaf clubs to beat the clothing
barons. r. n.
The Washington times., 1920-04-29
Votes For Washington

IF the people of the District of Columbia desire su
frage favor of letting them have it, declares Con
gressman L. G. Dyer of Missouri.
Mr. Dyer chairman of the subcommittee of the House
The Washington times., 1920-04-29
SOME STATEMENT THIS.

MISSOURI inquired of WEST viz
GINA: as DELAWARE or the
MAINE trouble at MARY-LAND'S last
tea party?" 1t seems that the sisters
CAROLINA got into panic because
INDIANA said MINNESOTA IVA
MISSISSIPPI that PA. had often de-
clared: IOWA large proportion or
my popularity to the free dispensa
tion of good old Ky. X H. Ihis
frapls avowal caused some of the
guests to look quite Ill. One lady,
in a snort NEW JERSEY. exclaimed:
20. LA. don't get too GA. or some
body might be tempted to FLA. you
alive, and TENN. to ono you'll NEN.-
VA. repeat IL again" The party then
broke up en- MASS. in CONN-fusion.
T.. J. WILLOUGHBY.
The Washington times., 1920-04-29

Farming and Monsieur Caillaux

The Secretary Of Agriculture requests business mon TO
work on farms this wise request for farmers
cannot get enough workers pay what the workers
demand.
The trouble is that the from the city hardly
earn board and lodging the farm that even working
for nothing, he is a liability
A man not used to working CAN'T work, a man not
used to thinking CANT think
Business men might be useful at picking up potatoes
or sprnng potato bugs although they would have to sit
down quite often stand and stretch out their backs
We might wisely do in this country what they do In
New Zealand There the when farmers are In
greatest need help they stop public works and all other
work possible compel workers to help farmers
60 without work
Also when q man goes in search of work on farm,
the railroads, OWNED BY THE GOVERNMENT of New
Zealand carry him to his destination without charge II
he doesn't find work that he wants they bring him back
free he finds work. he pays both trips the return
journey We should call that socialism in the United States
They call 1t common sense in New Zealand
Some day the farm problem will be solved on perma
nent basis Farmers will live in village communities not
isolated on lonely muddy roads, condemned to solitude all
winter when they have leisure, and to hard work all
summer.
They will live together in wellplanned villages, have
running that doesn't freeze up, sidewalks instead Of
mud roads, moving picture theates and other gathering
places They WILL 60 out to work on tner 1armS IN auto
mobiles in summer time. In winter they will work in fac
tories the factories running in the summer
time.
Henry Ford of Detroit is trying to solve that problem
on small scale example. He planning to establish
factories here and there wherever there cheap water
power He will run the factories in winter enabling farm
their and daughters to good instead of
sitting around the stove waiting for spring to come To
the extent that may be necessary he will close down such
factories in the time That is constructive common
sense.
Cailaux of the best known of French politicians
is sentenced to three years Jail and five years Danish
ment for communicating with the enemy.
It is interesting know that the article of the military
code under which he sentenced written in 1908 and
devised punish Frenchmen guilty of corresponding with
Enghmen giving them stock exchange figures and other
information during the continental blockade
Invented to punish Frenchmen for dealing with Eng
shmen hundred and twelve years ago. is used today
punish Frenchman for dealing with Germans One hun
dred and twelve years from the thing may be turned
around again.
The Washington times., 1920-04-29

Government Printing Office folks
have a cooperative store at 43 G
street.
The Washington times., 1920-04-29

Committee on the Judiciary,
before which hearings on the
matter of national representa-
ton for the District are to be
held.
But" he added, "the re-
quest to Congress for a re-
turn to the voting privilege
should come from a majority
of the citizens and not q hand
full of men who claim to rep
resent the sentiment of the
District. Then, the people
must decide what form of
government they desire,
whether two Senators and a
Representative or some other
The Washington times., 1920-04-29

The blue jeans movement may
wound the feelings of a wife when
hubby casts aside his SHINEY suit,
depriving her of full length
mirror. c. II. SMITH.
The Washington times., 1920-04-29

Is There
Any Chancef
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Isn't there some way l could just
get a look" at A. Il. c.?
BEVERLY.
A, b, G is the only one who can
answer this question.
The Washington times., 1920-04-29

How many days will IL men re-
quire to do a job that 95 men can do
in ~ days? AKRONITE.
The Washington times., 1920-04-29
HEARD A n D SEEN

Employees of the Washington Tire
Co. ask me for a substitute for string
beans. They wish it for their friend
Eat
The Washington times., 1920-04-29

A sailor took his Jane to dinner.
The bad news" came to SO. He had
only 81. Stepping out to pawn shop
he borrowed $50 on the 81; then
sold his pawn ticket for S1.5o, pay
ing off the bill. Who lost the dollar
he gained? J. A. u.
The Washington times., 1920-04-29

MARTHA II. SMITH thinks this
sentence is the shortest that contains
all the letters OF the alphabet: "Tha
quick brown fox jumps over the lazy
dog"
The Washington times., 1920-04-29

When the street car "yeggs' have
been scrambled and "Ham" eliminat-
ed, will the ''bacon' Cheaper fares)
be brought home to the public?
j. p. w.
The Washington times., 1920-04-29

Why is a mouse like a stack of
hay? r.
The Washington times., 1920-04-29

HENRY ID. GASSON is confident
that the first palindrome was uttered
by Adam in this: Madam, I'm
ADAM"
The Washington times., 1920-04-29

when a fellow has spent his last red cent,
The world looks blue, you bet!
But give him IA dollar and you'll hear him
holler:
There's life in tho old land yet"
u. l.. s.
The Washington times., 1920-04-29

" the curb lizards. with their tight pants
nd coats roach for peanuts like the Chm.
panzee at the Zoo. what would happenH
MILO IL
The Washington times., 1920-04-29
m and GORDON arc both

HUDSON and GORDON are both
right about our present calendar. Ev-
cry century begins on either Satur-
day, Thursday or Monday. Under the
old calendar, in use until 1852, the
opening day OF any century fell one
day earlier in the week than the OPEN
ing day Of the preceding century, SO
that every day was hcnored once
every 200 years. w. j. SPiLlMAN.
The Washington times., 1920-04-29

"A Techite" boasts of
ED PUGH'S hurdling:
WARDWELL'S speaking:
LOHLER'S basket shooting;
HUTCHINSONS pitching;
Johnny GROSS running.
The Washington times., 1920-04-29

Do you knoto, or can yon torttt, /,
some Uery brief, bright ones, Loool
subjects preferred?
The Washington times., 1920-04-29

Chicago is al of a chicken, % OF
a cat and IL OF a goat, say B. +. LOL-
10. c. II. DABEZlER, JAMES ]
LYNAGH. RALPH H, Takoma; Mrs.
]. NJ. c., WILLIAM MIDDLETON East
rails Church. Va, and Private
CHARLES RABINoWITz.
The Washington times., 1920-04-29
HysICIANs IN ITs

WERE PHYSICIANS IN ITs
I played poker the other night,
NY luck is beyond descriptions,
I won S3 a coat and vest,
And twenty-one prescriptlons
j. DANHAkL.
The Washington times., 1920-04-29

why does the w. g. o. d. R'y charge
II cents from Washington to Thrifton
and six cents from Thrifton to u. c.
II.
The Washington times., 1920-04-29
HE'S ABOUT RIGHT.

Old clothes, not overalls, Will solve
high clothing prices. Clean. patch
and press. Leave overalls for the
men who must have them. c. Il. s.
The Washington times., 1920-04-29
THE SHORTEST POEM.
HAD'NI

GEORGE P. TOBBETT submits
this as the worlds briefest poem:
ADAM
The Washington times., 1920-04-29
m CAyIsTON says that through

BIB. CAvISTON says that through
II. and 8. the New York people in
Washington organized a New York
State Society which last night elect
ed officers and enrolled large num-
her of live wires. He gives all the
credit to II. and S.
II Cabin John should cough would
Glen Echo?
IL ship sank would safety razor7
J. o. II.
The Washington times., 1920-04-29

X street northeast Is a pretty
street. yet between Seventh and 4
Eighth streets half of the sidewalk Is
cinder path and the other half CO
mcnt. w j. OSBORNE.
The Washington times., 1920-04-29

LEON GORDON thinks it would be
an excellent idea to start Heard
and Seen Club, bringing together the
bright, witty contributors to this COL
umn
The Washington times., 1920-04-29

Some very neat triangular designs
are submitted by readers. giving the
correct answer to EDWIN +
RowLES' problem OF planting nine
teen trees in nine straight rows. each
row having five trees. Owing 10
typographical difficulties they cannot
be used. but the answers show that
there are few difficult problems for
our fans. Those furnishing designs
are c. w. HUGHES. JAMES MAY
WOLF. c. A. c.. NJ A. HAND. II. b.
CARRIER, WILLIAM MIDDLETON.
East Falls Church. Va; II. c. BOTTS.
G. II. MILLER, "Hogtown Hick; u.
w. TURNER.
The Washington times., 1920-04-29

DOC" TORNEY has motorcycle
he offers to pit against Policeman
TOMARDY'S cycle any day In the
week.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-01-28

mess was engaged in. Good beef
cattle, bred up by the use of the best
purebred beef bulls, seemed safer and
in the end more profitable. Of course
hogs and sheep must supplement the
cattle in the business of consuming
the feeds raised on the place, that the
larger part of the plant foods, these
feeds had taken from the soil might,
as justice demands, be returned to
it in the form of stable manure.
In the building up of the beef herd
policy was adopted right from the
start, which makes a description of
Mr.. Cookies farming peculiarly ap-
propriate in this Better Sires" Spe-
cial.
! Line-breeding, even in-breeding,
was known to have fixed the desir-
able qualities and uniformity of the
pure breeds of cattle. Why then
should not the line-breeding be right in
building up the grade beef herd? Fer
surely these same desirable qualities
and this same uniformity were as
valuable in grade breeding stock as
in purebreds.
Mr.. Cooke bought his first bull, a
purebred Aberdeen Angus, from Mr..
A. L. French, of North Carolina,
known to all readers of The Progress
sive Farmer. He also bought mis- last
bull from Mr.. French, and all the
others between the first and the last
came from the same herd, with the
sane type and blood lines. There
was no mixing of bro DIS here, nol
any changing of type or breeding.
The French bulls were used at all
times for the definite purpose of
building herd of grade Aberdeen
Angus breeding cows that would be
uniform in type ard breeding, in or
der that they might n turn produce
cattle Of uniform tvlc and feeding
qualities.
Tit fru is of fifteen years Of this
common sense breeding is in out
standing evidence on the farm today.
A herd of $50 big, thickly- heshed.
good milking grade cows, whose crop
of April and May calves, still on the
pastures, November 7, would average
not less than 400 pounds each--big
plump, burly calves that would glad
den the eye of the best feeder.
What sort of pastures has Mr. Cooke
made, down in the heart of Cotton
Belt, that will produce such cows and
calves?
Well, they are simply made up of
the pasture plants common to that
section: Lespedeza, black medic, Ber-
muda, white clover, melilotus, paspa-
lum, etc. AT the time of our visit, the
first week in November, they were as
green and luxuriant as one might ex-
pect to see in June. We found no
bare and closely grazed pastures on
Mr.. Cookies farm. There was grass
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-01-28
MALARIA CAMPAIGN

A program is being arranged by
Mrs. G. r. Neuman in an effort to
create sentiment in the city in favor
Of the Council appropriating $4,000
to.fight the disease malaria in Column
bus during the year. Speakers will
be secured to speak two to four minu-
ties in the theatres aud other public
places in behalf Of the idea. A petit
ton is being circulated among the
Womens Clubs in the city urging the
councilmen to make the appropria-
ton.
Should the city decide to use that
amount Of money to fight malaria the
state government will contribute COM
bined an equivalent amount.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-01-28
A SOIL BUILDING BLACK BELT FARMER
From Progressive Farmer.

Mississippi borrowed one Of the hes
farmers from Virginia when in Jan
1902, Mr.. Carey Cooke came from the
old home state, Virginia, and settled
on farm in Lowndes County, near
Columbus, which had been owned by
the family since before the Civil War
Located in the black-land section OF
east Mississippi most Of this farm is
naturally good land; but when Mr.
Cooke began his farming it was in the
usual condition of the tenant farm on
which cotton has been almost the sole
crop for half a century.
Mr.. Cooke came to Mississippi
farming with a college education, but
not an agricultural college education,
nor had he large experience in farm
ing; but he had those very best assets
for any other line of business, not
only an ambition but also a deter
minati0n to succeed, and best of all
an abundant supply Of good, Unborn
common sense.
The first season, the usual methods
were followed, for Mr.. Cooke had
neither the means nor the inclination
to revolutionize the farming of east
Mississippi; nor have any spectacular
methods of fancy farming ever been
attempted on this farm. The farm
being organize for cotton growing,
$50 acres were planted to this crop
the first year, and 166 bales were har-
vested, or a yield of about 1875 pounds
of lint cotton per acre was made.
A quarter of bale of cotton to the
acre on $50 acres naturally did not
fill the young farmer with enthus-
iasm, but set him to thinking. He
must increase the yield of cotton per
acre if his dreams of successful farm
ing were to be realized
Right here early in his farming
experience, Mr.. Cooke developed the
basic idea on which has rested his
farming operations for the past Is
years. The soil must be made more
productive. And right here was also
formulated the system by which this
result was to be attained. Cotton
was to continue the money crop of
first consideration, but soil fertility
must be increased, through the grow
ing of the legumes. and the grazing
and feeding of livestock. Livestock
were to be kept as means to pur-
pose, but they must pay profit also.
They must pay rent for the land on
which they grazed and also for the
feeds they consumed, while supplying
the manure which would increase the
yields per acre Of all crops.
Pastures and cattle naturally sug-
gested themselves to Mr. Cooke, be-
cause these black lands of east Mis-
sissippi are the best natural grass
lands of the South, if not of the
whole country.
But no fancy cattle breeding bus
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-01-28
THE HIGH PRICE OF CLOTHING
BY Sidney J. Loeb.

station. For twenty-five bushels he
got $3.50, enough to pay for $50
suit and leave $3.50 for a hat, shoes
and furnishings for the winter.
you may think the Northwest is
particularly favored territory but let
look at the South where they raise
cotton. We all remember how in the
fall Of 1914 the Buy a bale Of cot
ton" campaign was on to save the
producer from ruin.
THE price of cotton in the fall Of
1914 was down to cents pound for
a time, but that's hardly fair COM
parison. Let's go back to Nov. /,
1918, when the average farm price
was l3c a pound. The farmer then
had to market 1913 pounds Of cotton
to pay for a $25 suit. On Nov. /,
1919. the average farm price was
36.5c pound and the grower could
pay for $4,000 suit by selling only
los pounds of cotton.
"The average price paid to the farm
er all over the United States for but
ter on November |, 1914, was 26.4c
a pound, while on the same day in
1919 he got soc a pound for it. For
his eggs he got 253c a dozen on
November |, 1914, while he got sac a
dozen for them in 1919.
"The sheep raiser who produces
wool for his money crop naturally has
quite keen interest in the price of
clothes. The government tells us that
the average sheep raiser all over the
United States got 15.5c pound for
his wool at the country stations on
November /, 1918. He had t. sell
l6l pounds to get money to pay for
a S25 suit of clothes. On November
/, 1919, the average pr,ce paid to the
producers for wool was SOC pound.
He had only to sell 1l5 liz pounds
Of wool to get enough money to buy
a $50 suit Of clothes.
"On November /, 1914, while all
Europe was at war and we were not,
the farmer received on an average Of
52.8c bushel for his potatoes. Fifty
bushels left him very narrow mar
gin over the price Of $25 suit. On
November |, 1912. he was getting an
average Of $l.53 per bushel for his
potatoes The price of fifty bushels
brough him n $50 suit of clothes and
a fine pair of shoes, and left him
few dollars for sundries.
But how about the working man?
Let's start with the man who husks
corn for the Iowa farmer. In 1914
he got &c bushel for the work and
the crop of such a character that he
did well if he husked one hundred
bushels a day. He had to work
twelve and half days to pay for $25
suit of elotes. Last fall he demanded
and, in most instances, got Sc bush
el for husking corn. The ears were so
big and plentiful that it was no trick
at all for him to husk one hundred
and twenty-five bushels, earning $40
a day. 1t took him just six days to
earn enough to pay for a $50 suit.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-01-28

/ Most people seem to think that
clothes prices prices are high. Meas
ured IN the number Of dollars it takes
to purchase a suit they are. But
which the producer has to sell, or in
the wages paid for service performed
they are no higher than they were be-
fore the war. In many instances, as
matter of fact, they are not so
high.
Compare clothes prices, for in
stance, with that of corn, the great
American money crop. In 1914 the
Iowa farmer had to haul fifty bush
els of corn to market in order to get
the money to pay for $25 suit of
clothes. Now he can get a 500 suit
and a $40 pair Of shoes for his fifty
bushels of corn.
1T may be that he doesn't haul
corn to market but feeds it to his hogs
On December 30th, 1914, he had to sell
four hundred pounds of hogs at the
top price of the Chicago market to get
the money to pay for a $25 suit and
a So hat. On December Both, 1919,
if he sold four hundred pounds of
hogs at the top price of the Chicago
market he came within SO of recev-
ing the money to buy a $50 suit and
there have been long periods in the
last two years when he would have rot
from $50 to $92 for his four hun
dred pounds of hogs.
"If, on December 30th, 1914, he
marketed thousand pound corn-fed
steer at the top price of the Chicago
market he got $9l.50 for it. If he
marketed it on December Both, 1919,
for the top price, he got 1926 for it,
money enough to buy a pretty nice
outfit of clothes even at present prices.
Wheat is raised in very wide sec
tons of the country. Official govern
mont reports tell us that the average
farm value of wheat on November
LIST, 1914, was TIC a bushel. The
farmer who sold fifty bushels of it got
$3.50, or just about enough to buy
$25 suit, SIS pair Of shoes, So hat
two or three good shirts, and then
come handkerchiefs. The farm
value of wheat on November LIST, 1919
was $2,13 bushel and the farmer
who sold fifty bushels at his home
station received $lO6.5O, or enough
to buy him fine $50 suit and big
thick overcoat. 1t a farmer happens
to live in the Northwest and to have
held his wheat until now he can get
somewhere near So bushcl for grain
of good quality.
while we are talking about the
Northwest, it may be we'll to mention
the farmer who raises naxseed. The
government tells us that on the first
of November, 1914, he received an
average of 81. 1877 per bushel at the
farm stations for his seed. For TWEEN
ty-fve bushels he got just about
enough money for his S25 suit and
hat. If he marketed his faxseed on
November LIST, 1919, he got on an
average of 1882 bushe at the home