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The Washington herald., 1920-12-13
THE MOVING PICTURE PROBLEM.

A young woman writes me that
she works hard all day doing her
cooking, washing and sewing. and
that no man comes home at night
TO a neater house or a better-cooked
dinner than her husband The hus-
band has TO work at night until
about IL o'clock, and IL is her habit
to spend her evenings at the moving
pictures.
Her husband and her family OBJ
ject to her going frequently, and
she wants to know how often ]
think a movie fan has the, right to
indulge in his or her favorite d.
version.
am sure I don't know. II /
could answer that question and
draw the line between the psyche
logical place where the cinema
ceases to become a stimulating s
amusement and turns into a deadly
dope, i should solve one of the great
problems of the day. for there is no
denying that no other influence in
the world is so powerful and reaches
so many people as the screen.
To answer my correspondents
question in detail. I should say that
it is not good to go to any one place
every night, not even to church. The
tendency of too much of anything is
to upset peoples mental balance.
and to obseSs them with a single
idea 1t makes fanatics OF them.
Their minds run along 4 single
track that in time gets to be a
nsrrow-gauge road, with no pleas
ant by-tracks. and no way-stations
or stopping places, and they are
lucky If they don't bump into a
padded cell at the end.
We need variety in our amuse-
ments and occupations to keep us
mentally healthy. just as much as
we need variety in our food to keep
us in bodily health. That is why
all crazes, whether they are crazes
for dancing, or roller-skating. or
crazes over new religion, or crazes
over certain phases OF literature, or
moving picture crazes. leave wrecks
behind them. People who overdo
always have to pay the price.
And. as Stephenson said. the
world is so full of q number OF
things" that are pleasant to do, it is
4 pity not to nibble at them all
Certainly It is more than a pity not
to alternate evenings spent in read
ing. and in converse with ones
friends. with attendance at the pic
ture houses
As to how much footaEe of ilm
is the proper allowance per week
for a woman, she must be her own
judge A good test for her to ap-
ply to herself is to keep tab on her
thoughts, and see IL the screen is
becoming the most absorbing in
terest in her life. and IL she goes
through her days waiting i'm
patiently for her nightly debauch
of pictures. II she is. then it is
Time to cut down her dope
Also let her honestly search her
soul and ascertain what effect the
pictures she sees have upon her. II
she Is hlled with envy of the snake
hike vamp, with long green eyes,
and jade ear rings. and practically
nothing else on: If, as she washes
her dishes, and chops the meat for
her Irish stew, she loathes and de-
tests her homely tasks ind feels as
II she were a martyr because she
- not one of the sirens at whose
feet they dump bushels Of diamonds
IN the pictures and who never do
The Washington herald., 1920-12-13
An o. Henry Story
The Defeat of the City.

DOBERT wALMSLEY'S descent
IN upon the city resulted in a Kill
kenny struggle. He came out
of the fight victor by a fortune and
a reputation On the other hand. he
was swallowed up by the city. The
city gave him what he demanded,
and then branded him with its
brand. 1t remodeled, cut, trimmed
and stamped him to the pattern it
approves. 1t opened its social gates
TO him and shut him in on a close
cropped. formal lawn with the Sc
lect herd of ruminants. In dress,
habits. manners, provincialism, rou-
tine and narrowness he acquired
that charming insoIence, that irri-
tating completeness, that sophisti-
Gated crassness, that ~overbalanced
poise that makes the Manhattan
gentleman so delightfully."- small In
his greatness.
One of the upstate rural counties
pointed with pride to the successful
young metropolitan lawyer as
product of its soil. Six years earlier
this county had removed the wheat
straw from between its buckle
berry-stained teeth and emitted q
derisive and bucolic laugh as old
man Walmsley's freckle-faced Bob"
abandoned the certain three-per-
diem meals of the one-horse farm
Tor the discontinuous quick lunch
counters of the three-ringed me-
tropolis. At the end of the six
years no murder trial, coaching
party. automobile accident or cotil-
lon was complete in which the name
OF Robert Walmsley did not figure.
Tailors waylaid him in the street
to get a new wrinkle from the cut
OF his unwrinkled trousers. Hy-
phenated fellows in the clubs and
members of the oldest subpoenaed
families were glad to clap him on
the back and allow him three let
ters of his name.
But the Matterhorn of Robert
Walmsley's success was not scaled
until he married Alicia Van Der
Pool. I cite the Matterhorn, for
Just so high and cool and white
and inaccessible was this daughter
OF the old burghers. The social
Alps that ranged about her-over
whose bleak passes a thousand
climbers struggfed-reached only to
her knees. She lowered in her own
atmosphere, serene, chaste, pride
ful, wading in no fountains, dining
no monkeys. breeding no dogs for
bench shows. She was a Van Der
Pool. Fountains were made to play
for her; monkeys were made for
other peoples ancestors; dogs, she
understood, were created to be COM
panions of blind persons and objec-
tionable characters who smoked
pipes.
This was the Matterhorn that
The Washington herald., 1920-12-13

(To Be Continued.)
The Washington herald., 1920-12-13

ington and Atlanta is S235s. The
new fare effective January ]. 1891.
will be s22,s7, a reduction of 81 cents.
In order to determine the new dis
tsnce with absolute accuracy the
Southern had the entire line re-
measured. the surveying party walk
ing the entire distance from Wash
ington to Atlanta. This consumed
several months.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-13
New York City
Day by Day
~ o. o. MeINTYRE-

NEW YORK. Dec. IA page
from the diary Of a modern samuel
Pepys: Up hetimes and on the ave-
nue. where I saw many nne faces
and coming upon a fellow / used 10
know at school. he told me Of own
Ing a great building In the town
and a country estate albeit be al
ways appeared a dullard. A chill
wind blowing and rresolved 70 buy
heavier undergarmentH.
To a neat inn for fried apples and
ham and then to see a building thar
had fallen in, ninging bricks for
q block and i saw Mr.. Enright.
the Police Commissioner, looking
mighty noble in his uniform W.
Yerkes. the journalist, there, too.
taking notes and told me of sone
bodies being under the debris, whichO
made me turn away.
At ticket cage OF a cinema the
ater i saw a goloen-hsired girl, wd
was pretty TO see. and she smil@
and I recognized her as the wife o
a man / knew, and they once lived
in a great hotel albeit had not th9
courage to question her.
Home and read a little In Moon
Calf" a book greatly praised. but
not TO my liking. Came II. Roth,
the artist. and I fixed an iced orange
drink and he told me gay tayles OF
the Orient. where he has lately been.
Then 20 Mistress Joan's for my wife.
and We stayed and supped. a merry
crowd coming later and dancing to
a music box And so home later ana
to bed.
A current theatrical production
took the name Jim Jam Jcms"
when IL opened on Broadway. The
editor OF the rather untsnned month
ly magazine by the same name
threatened suit for a copyright in
fringement. The name was changed
to another and the show almost
failed inside Of a week. The pro-
ducer got busy and by an arrange
ment got the editors consent TO
continue the original name. and now
the show is prospering. The orig
inal name. the producer said. sug-
gested something spicy and II was
the biggest drawing feature about
the whole show.
A group of pale-faced youths were
discussing the Blue law agitation in
a cloud of cigarette smoke at an ALL
night resort the other morning One
said IL would mean the death OF
dancing and that smoking would be-
come a crime.
Well. that won't be so bad" said
another. IT they ban smoking BY
law ! think / can pick up some
change as a cigarette boot-legger-
One wonders at times how rich
men remain rich. To those Of sim
pie habits their waste OF money Is
appalling. The other day / heard
Of New York bachelor who main
tsins three different expensive spsN-
ments in smart hotels. And he lives
in a bachelor studio of Fifth svo-
nue.. He is not a prohigste, nor
does he drink or gamble. But at
times he likes TO change his sur
roundings so he has the choice Of
any one of his hotel apartments
which are leased by the year.
Youthful shop-Iifters have cost
the large stores many dollars this
holiday season. Many of them are
trained by experienced thieves and
others are just amateurs. over
whelmed by the beauty Of what they
see. Spoilers say the child is hard
to catch because least suspected.
One in a Fifth avenue store was -
small that he was able to get a belt
of silk and run away with il with
clerk standing right in front Of
him.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-13
n THE INQUIRING'
He asks five persons, picked at
sandom, a. question each day.
THE QUESTION.
Will You Think Me Imperti-
nent If | Ask You a Question?
THE ANSWERS,

tent If / Ask You a Question
THE ANSWERS,
LAURA J. SMITH, clerk, Mer-
chants and Manufacturers' A.
sociationi "No, like your face,
and I think any question you'd
ask would be perfectly proper,
J. FRANK BUTTS, 1919 CAL
vert street nortkwesti ..It doesn't
matter what I think. know
you reporters, and you'll ask me
anyhow. So Are away"
DENNIS REIDY, 2Is 1 .treer
northwests 81 really would ne
unable to say until I learn what
your question is. would nd
wise you, however, to be guarded
I'm your speech"
ARTHUR G. COLE, chief clerk,
Health Department, .You
usually are, bat I suppose you
fellows have to, live some. way,
Asking questions is the funsIest
occupation I ever heard ef.-
MARIE e. HAYES, SOC First
street NORTHWEST, eco ON and
ask me. You couldn't be inpertI-
nent II you tried.-
NOTE, The sseve show. what
opinions some people have OF the
inquiring Reporter. what u
yoursf
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-29
A DOLLS SUMMER COTTAGE.

The splendid dolls two-room cot
tage shown in Figs and can easily
be made by any girl.
You will need a box about 8 feet
long, IA inches wide, and II inches
deep, for the cottage. After procur-
ing the box, remove one side Gig 81,
then cut pair Of triangular pieces
similar to A Gig. - for gable ends.
and nail one of these to the top edge
of each of the box ends. The roof is
made Of two boards, one wide enough
to project several inches over the in
closed side, or front. of the cottage
Gigs. 1 and y, the other of the right
width to set even with the edges Of
the open side. Lap the edge Of the
wide board over the edge of the mar
row board. nail the edges together,
and fasten to the gable ends.
Indicate the window-sash and door,
as shown, and fill In the glass" por-
tiOns with black paint
The front porch shown in Fig. 1
may be omitted, but it is easily made
and will add a great deal to the ap-
pearance Of the cottage. Fig. shows
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cage. Along the ridge OF this wedge
shaped piece. punch three holes tua
large enough for dy to crawl through
Figure shows the position that this
inner cage occupies In the lower por-
ton Of the uap. Sew or wire the bot
tom edges TO the bottom edges Of the
outer wire enclosure. Block A Its in
side Of the top Of the trap. and It is
held by means Of a pair Of tacks driv-
en- through the wire into each side
edge. As these tacks must be with
drawn for cleaning out the trap. the
tack holes must be big enough so the
tacks can be slipped In and out easily.
Tie thread to the tacks and to another
set Of tacks driven into the top sur
face OF A Gig u, to prevent losing
the tacks. A screweye in the center
of top a forms a handle for the trap
Flies enter under the bottom edge
of the outer wire enclosure, therefore
the bottom edge must be raised u inch
above base B to admit them. Screw
four screweyes into the base to come
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-29

MRMI7NOYES

The main objects of cream ripening
are TO increase the churnability of
cream and to develop desirable fiavors.
1t is impossible to produce clean
milk and cream unless the cows,
stable, milk utensils and separator are
clean.
Remember that plants root shallow
and that the roots run deep Deep
blowing and shallow cuItivating suit
tie plant
1t takes considerable food to feed
the 100000 dogs in the United
States. Some OF them are worth their
keep; the sheep-kiIIing dog is not
among them
This country is using is lumber
three times as fast as it is growing
it. The farm woOdIot kept productive
will store up money.
If the instruction book which &C
companied your binder is lost. better
get another. 1t may save a lot Of time
Ia +oz- in tho season
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-29
KEEP POULTRY HOUSE CLEAN
Exerement Harbors Parasites, Con-
teammates Air and Breeds Con-
tagion Of Many Kinds

Everything about a poultry house
should be kept reasonably clean As
rule droppingS should be removed
daily, for the accumulation OF exere-
ment harbors parasites, communicates
the air. and breeds cOntagiOn- After
the dropping boards have been clean
ed they should be sprinkled with road
dust, coal ashes. or land plaster, TO
absorb the liquid excrement, the poul-
try division Of the United States de-
partment of agriculture suggests.
Nests in which straw or other similar
material is used should be cleaned ev-
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es per car in shipments to New York
city, and experienced commission men
in northern cities estimated that 10
per cent of the oranges shipped from
Florida decayed before reaching the
consumer. In 1918 the annual produc-
ton of cantalOupes in the southwest
ern states was estimated at 1000. 900
standard crates of AZ melons each, and
Investigations showed that more than
one-tenth of these melons reached the
consumers so green as to be practical
Iy valueless for food.
The mistakes which western canta-
ioupe growers and shippers made IL
lustrate the problems with which the
producers have to deal. Many did not
realize that TO insure desirable eating
and keeping quality, the cantaloupes
destined for lOng-distance shipment
should be picked just about the time
at which they will slip Clearly from
the stem, or slightly before this stage
is reached 1t was found, also. that
the common practices in handling the
fruit were unnecessarily rough and
that instead of allowing considerable
time to elapse between picking and
loading into iced refrigerator cars.
they should have been loaded as soon
as possible. 1t was demonstrated that
the wrapping of cantaloupes was I'M
desirable because the wrappers re
tarded the cooling and often caused
the cantaloupes to become moldy af-
ter they were removed from the re-
frigeratOr cars.
Why Strawberries Decay.
Strawberries may be cited as an
other example. The most successful
shippers, including some in the Ozarks
who send their product several hun
bred miles, have learned from expe-
rience and through investigations car
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a large detail. First, cut the platform
B and the three step strips c, then
lap the edges and nail them together
as shown. Cut posts D OF the right
length to allow for q slanted roof, and
blocks z Of the right length to fit be-
tween the posts and the cottage, for
balustrades. Nail posts D to balus-
trades E, then nail balustrades z to
platform B. Nail the edge of the plat
form to the underside OF the cottage.
Cut the roof board large enough to
project over the front and sides of
the porch. Give the roof, outside
walls, and porch a coat Of oil paint
Instead Of partitioning on the in
side OF the cottage, hang e couple OF
pieces of cloth upon a wire fastened
to the roof, and slide these pieces
apart as shown, to form a doorway.
You can paint the inside walls, the
floor and the ceiling. Make curtains
of cloth or lace, and rugs Of carpet
You can construct q complete set
Of cottage furniture out Of spools and
cardboard Fig. shows how a din
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-29

SOUND QUALITIES OF HORSE
First Consideration of Buyer and
Breeder Should BE Soundness-Ex-
anime Thoroughly.

The soundness of a horse is one OF
the first considerations of the buyer
and should be of the breeder. accord
ing TO the United States department o.
agriculture. If the animal is not suffi-
GENTLY sound TO withstand the use for
which he is intended. the logical time
to learn of this is before the purchase.
Selection must be based primarily
on a thorough. systematic examina-
ton; the examination should be based
on a clear knowledge of desirable and
undesirable qualities.
Not only the presence of unSOund-
ness. but also the condition or serious
ness of the unsoundness should be
noted.
Temporary unfitness should be dis
tinguished from permanent unsOund-
ness.
a hurried examination is likely to
prove disappointment.
Observe blemishes. vice. faulty con-
formation. unsOundness and general
characteristics.
Common blemishes are scars from
old wounds, poll evil. scratches. shoe
boiIs. and small ruptures.
Common vices are halter pulling,
cribbing kicking, stall walking, weav-
ing, and biting.
Common faults of conformation are
straight shoulders, crooked, weak. or
improperly set legs, eve neck, long.
weak back, and dropping Group.
Common unsOundneSSes are SplintS.
thOrOughpin. Snavin. cnrb. extreme fis-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-29
..BuLSHEWKs'' OF LIVE STOCK
New Title Applied by Wisconsin Farm
er to the Reactionaries of
Bovine Society.

From a farmer in Wisconsin comes
a new word for use in the Better
Sires-Better Stock" campaign now
being carried on by the United States
department of agriculture in co-Opera-
ton with state and local agencies. He
applies a new title to the reactionarieS
of bovine society. and cites the in
dubitable fact that scrub bulls are the
enemies of good production; that they
levy upon the milk, cream and butter
checks and compel the farmer to keep
cows, where the cows should keep the
farmer.
With these charges in mind and
with his eyes on the international
situation, this farmer suggests that
the scrub bulls be known hereafter as
the bulsheviks.
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CAUSE OF MUCH
WASTE OF FOOD
Large Losses of Farm Products
Due to improper Handling
After Maturity.
PHOTOGRAPHS GIVE REASONS
Problem of Proper Care of PerishabIe
Fruits and Vegetables Appears Com
pick and Confusing Because
of Details

In the photographic files of the Du-
reau of markets, United States depart
ment OF agriculture. are many sets OF
pictures which tell story OF blasted
hopes-a story of unnumbered growers
of fruits and vegetables who have
toiled early and late through the rains
of the spring and the heat OF the sum-
mer, only to meet with disappointment
at the end of their labOrs, because,
after doing all else we'll, they failed in
one great esSential-the method of
handling their product after it ma
tured. The photographs in those files.
taken at numerous railway terminals,
show quantities of celery. onions, pO-
tatoes, lettuce. apples. peaches. egg
plant. and many other perishable prod
ucts. mutiIated or decayed because
somebody failed to do his JOB of pick
ing. packing. loading, or refrigerating
properly.
The lesson is all very plain when
one looks atthese photographs and it
! is not difficult to picture the disap-
pointment and loss of the growers and
shippers represented. But it is by no
means a simple lesson. Until one be
comes familiar with his own special
line the problem of proper handling of
perishable fruits and vegetables APP
pears very complex and confusing, so
many are the details TO be learned.
Nowadays much of the growers pro-
duce is shipped long distances, and if
a full reward for the seasons work is
to be reaped he must learn the special
requirements for his particular prod
Uct on the particular journey that it
is to take Each item in the whole list
of products has its peculiarities which
must be reckoned with when it comes
to marketing. The manner of picking,
the size and shape of the crate or 9th
er container to be used, thea fullneSS
of the pack, the amount of preceding,
If any, the kind of freight car to be
used, how many tiers can be loaded in
the car-these and numerous other
items have to be determined.
Useless Sacrifices of Food.
The bureau of markets photographs
and the reports from the bureau food
inspectors at various important termi-
nails indicate that a large number of
shippers who have been in the game"
for years persist in practices that are
costing them dearly. A few seasons
ago careless loading of western apples
caused an average breakage of 90 box
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-29
BIG VALUE OF SUDAN
GRASS FOR PASTURES
Results of Experiments Conduct
ed at Kansas Station.
Six HoIstein Cows Pastured on a 5.4
Acre Upland Field Were Unable
to Keep Crop Eaten Down
Profit SAT Per Acre.

Additional evidence of the high sum-
mer pasture value of Sudan grass, as
claimed by the United States depart
ment of agriculture, is seen in the re-
suits of experiments recently com,
pleted by the Kansas agricultural ex-
pertinent station. 1t is declared that
the grass will prove very important as
a summer pasture grass, especially In
the central West.
In a test carried out on the expert
ment farm at Manhattan, Kan, six
Holstein cows were pastured on =
acre upland field of Sudan grass from
July 10 to October IL. The grass
was seeded June 6, and during the
early part Of the season cows were
unable to keep the grass eaten down.
This made it necessary to, NOW the
grass in the latter part of July; and
7.S3 tons of fieId-cut hay were OBJ
tanned in addition to the pasturage.
Estimating the value of butter fat
at so cents pound and the skim milk
at so cents per hundred, the six cows
produced $1S3.O9 worth Of butter fat
and skim milk above the cost of the
grain fed in experimenting the pas
turage. Crediting the field in addition
with the 7.33 tons OF hay at $40 ton,
gives it a total credit of S256.39, or
$47.47 an acre. If the milk had been
sold at 80 cents a gallon the credit
for the pasture would have amounted
to S73.55 above the cost Of the grain.
The results of this definite expert
ment added to a large number of IN
solicited testimonials of farmers, it is
said, make the value Of Sudan grass
as summer-pasture grass in favora-
BILE seasons seem beyond dispute.
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just inside Of two opposite sides OF
the outer wire enclosure Gigs. 1 and
81, and provide two wires to run
through the screweyes and through
the wire mesh. This arrangement will
not only hold the bottom edge 4 inch
above the base bur also lock the base
to the upper portion of the trap.
Bait the trap with sugar and vinegar,
placed upon the center of the base.
Stand the trap in a pail Of water, to
kill the captured flies.
The fly swatter Gig y is an i'm
provement over the Old-fashioned type
In that the edges Of the piece Of screen
wire of which it is made, are bound
with felt to prevent them from scratch
ing surfaces. Figure shows the size
to cut the piece of wire, and how the
binding should be sewed around three
sides. Figure shows how to fold over
the corners Of the unbound end, and
Fig. 10 shows the stick handle and
how It must be slotted to receive the
end Of the wire. Tack the wire Sc
curely to the handle.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-07-29
SHY AT REGISTERED CATTLE
Poor Appearance Of Some of Get Of
Pure-Bred Bulls Tend to Discour-
age Small Breeders.

One of the biggest reasons today why
more farmers are not raising regis
tered cattle is because many of them
have seen the get of some registered
bulls which they have observed are
not much better, If any better. than
some calves sired by a good grade bull
II more breeders Of registered cattle
would use the knife as needed, instead
Of sending out scrub pedigreed bulls
just because they can put the papers
on them. there would be more satisfied
little breeders and eventually more
satisfied big breeders.