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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05

heads erect and bright faces-is not
an uncommon sight to the neighbors.
Also, Miss jerks in her overaIls,
experimenting the affairs Of her
model goat sheds, letting her herd
out to pasture or carrying pail Of
milk to the house, is as pretty and
typical pastoral scene as may be
beheld anywhere this side of Europe.
Goats brought up in the kind Of
environment in which Miss jerks
has reared hers seems to refute the
old quips that these animals will eat
anything from a tincan to a shirt off
the washline. In fact, goats, Miss
jerks says, are quite fastidious
about what they eat. Nor are they
voracious. A well bred goat will re-
ject any food that is soiled or con-
taminated. One of Miss Jenks's
workmen sliced a piece off an apple
which a goat ate with avidity. The
man took bite out Of the apple
and then offered it to the goat. But
Mr.. Goat absolutely declined to eat
it after he had smelled it.
Sanitation is absolute law abodt
Miss Jenks's goat houses. Each goat
has his own stall. The floor upon
which the goats. stand is of cork
wood, while the aisles between are
cement. At one end Of the barns
is the playground Of the kids. There
is a curious contrivance by which
bottles of goat milk are held in a
rack so that the kids may get their
dinner after the manner in which
their mothers might feed them. Ten
frisky kids standing in a row, each
Of them attacking his particular
bottle and all of them whisking
their busy little tails as evidence of
their unqualified satisfaction is one
Of the regular scenes in the kids
quarters.
1t is common saying that goats
are as old as the hills. Their re-
mains have been found fossilized in
the Hinaaiaya Mountains and pic
lures Of them have figured in the
decorations Of the ancient Egyptians
and East Indians. Just as in modern
times, when people refer to getting
ones goat" this animal among the
ancients was made to bear the bruns
Of opprobrium. r.. Lydekker, an ex-
pert ON the subject, writes that the
goat is regarded as s'the emblem of
everything that. il evil in contra
distinction TO the sheep. which ia the
symbol Of excellence and purity"
But Miss jerks does NOT believe In
the Justice Of this view. She con-
tends that this philosophical rumi-
nans has been patiently chewing its
cud through the ages, conscious that
ultimately humanity will percsive tina
arsor dneO which it has FALLEN. And
~ .t la I. Il
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05
leath rate of II 6-1O per cent among

death rate Of II 6-1O per cent among
infants.
Travellers in rural France are
much impressed by the rugged ap-
pearance Of children there, which is
due to their subsisting on goats
milk. | am told the Greeks and
Turkish mothers are convinced that
goats milk is of more benefit to
their children than is cows milk"
Of course, Miss jerks knew that
families in congested districts could
not keep goats, but, she declared,
thousands of families who live in
the suburbs have plenty of back
yards and open fields in which to
raise them. She determined that all
that was needed was little educa-
ton on the subject. For instance,
stories about goats have been so
banded about in the joke columns
of newspapers and magazines that
nobody will take these animals seri-
ously. A goat to the unlearned is
merely an emblem of derision. Then
there is another popular prejudice
against goats. 1t has to do with
the pungent odor which often pro-
claims the goats presence without
the animal being seen. Scientific
means of overcoming all these
objections were discovered and
put into practice by Miss jerks.
Her verdict, after three or four
years experience as practical
goat raiser, is that no valid reason
exists why a family which has a
field or yard suitable for the pur-
pose should not become independent
Of the cows milk industry by having
its own tactical fountain, so to speak.
available at the back doorstep.
Advantages of Goats
Summed up, here are Miss Jenks's
conclusions as result of her daily
experience with fifty and sometimes
{. hundred goats:.
Goats are less bulky, more man
ageable and eat less than cows.
Therefore they cost less to maintain
and can be kept where cows cannot.
They yield proportionately' more
milk than cows; their milk is more
nourishing and more digestible, and,
the cnimals being on the premises,
the milk supply is always available,
with less ice and less chance of it's
spelling.
Unlike sheep or cows, go Is are
affectionate, and when kindly treated
they become fond of their masters
so fond, in fact, that, as in Miss
Jenks'sI case, they will follow their
owner through the woods or over the
hills as faithfully as a dog. Kids
afford endless amusement to chill
dren. -t-@
Any one who sees Miss Jenks's
+.
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81 NO A sixteen-year-old girl be-
longs the credit of having
q established and superintend-


- established and superintend-
ed a model goat farm for the
sole purpose Of demonstrating that
it is feasible for any private family
with a backyard to keep a goat for
its milk-yielding value and thus help
solve the growing problem OF the
distribution of milk in large cities.
She is Miss Josephine J. jerks,
daughter of William P. jerks, a
Broad Street broker.
Miss jerks is mere slip of girl.
Her interest in goats began when
she acquired one for pet five years
ago and grew until she determined
to make hobby of the raising of
nannies. She is perhaps the only
shepherdess of the kind in the coun-
try. She has built and laid out as
result of her own study and planning
model barns and pastures on a por-
ton of her fathers 6O0-acre estate,
known as Mount Kemble Farm, near
Morristown, N. J. She owns thirty
mich goats, about twenty kids and
a number of imported bucks.
Made Goats a Study
Merely having goats for pets did
not satisfy Miss jerks. AS she grew
older, she began tdread about them,
at first to learn of their habits and
origin, their needs in the way of
pasturage and care during the VIM
ter months, and finally to determine
their economic value. She read books
about goat-raising in foreign coun-
tries until she settled in her mind
that if it was feasible for families
to use goats milk instead Of cows
milk in Switzerland, England, Africa
and India it would be feasible in
America. Her father pampered her
hobby and bought her a number of
foreign goats, including some valued
at $500 each. No shepherdess in
France or Switzerland was prouder
Of her herd than was Miss jerks of
hers.
But having become interested in
some scientific works on goatlore she
had q more serious plan in her mind
than merely satisfying a hobby.
Stories of the lack of milk for the
babies in the congested districts of
New York had special meaning for
her. The price of milk was always
going up, she learned, the distrib-
utors were complaining that because
Of the high wages demanded by milk
handlers and drivers the distribution
cost was ever soaring, and the
farmers complained that because of
the regulated price it did not pay to
feed cows for what little returns
came from the milk.
Miss jerks, despite her youth, has
become quite scholar concerning
the scientific effect Of milk on babies.
She says:
To Save Babies Lives
statistics show that 100000
babies die annually in this country
because of malnutrition and bovine
tuberculosis. This fact has been
brought out by the Milk and Baby
Hygiene Association and the Ameri-
can Association for the Study and
Prevention of Infant Mortality. In
Russia, Austria and Germany inves-
LEGATIONS have revealed that low
death rate in any given district
bears an intimate relation to the
number of goats kept in that dis
trict. In Saxony the number of
goats is two and nine-tenths for
every one hundred inhabitants, and
the death rate is 81 ITO per cent.
Serbia has about 1900 goats and
death rate Of IS 6-10 per cent Of
infants under one year Of age.
Palestine has $4,000, goats and d
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05
Sixteen ear-Old New Jersey Girl
Finds Goat Raising Paying Business

kids just after they, have been fed
goat milk from bottles TOR they are
weaned from their mothers soon
after birth, otherwise the mothers
would give little attention to the
production OF milk. for human con-
sumption) is convinced that the per-
SON who first called children 'kid-
dies" must just have come from Sec
ing goat kids ut play. They are
the most anticsome Of all animals,
throwing themselves into the air BY
the most eccentric jerks and COM
ing down to stand stiff -kneed, as il
they had performed some wonderful
trick and were waiting rigid for q
moment to hear well earned ap-
plause.
Watch a kid at play and you
will have new sense Of humor,;
says Miss jerks. "A kid lis more
comical than q puppy. AS he grows
older he cultivates love for the
one who gives him his bottle of milk.
Then he will follow you around Just
as q dog will"
Follow Her Over the Hills
Miss jerks strolling over the hills
and pastures near Morristown with
half a dozen goats-some OF them
majestic hornless creatures with
beautiful coats Of brown and white,
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a FTER a while Noble lit an
N other Orduma cigarette and
pulled strongly to start it.
The smoke was almost invisible in
the moonlight, but the faint night
breeze, stirring gently, waited it
toward the house, where the open
window made an inward draft and
carried it heartily about the library.
Noble was surprised to see Mr..
Atwater rise suddenly to his feet.
"Damsm!" he said distinctly. He
smote his brow, put.sSut the light
and stamped upstairs. TO his own
room.
His purpose to retixe was under
stood when the watcher saw light
in the bedroom window., overhead!
Noble watched that window as he
had watched the lower one. He
thought of the good, peculiar old
man now disrobing there, sheltered
by the chastely lowered shade, and
he smiled to himself at whimsical
thought: What form would Mr.. A.
waters embarrassment take, what
would be his feelings and what
would he do if he knew that Noble
was there now, beneath his window
and thinking of him?
In the moonlight Noble sat upon
the fence and smoked Orduma Gig
arettes, and looked with inexpressi-
bic fondness at the bright window \of
Mr.. Atwater's bedchamber. Sud-
denly the light in that window went
out.
Saying his prayers now," said
Noble. II wonder if"-
But, not to DO vain, hs left the
thought unfinished.
| Copyriahe. 1880. Beesk aavksmgsom.
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Degun 10 sag ABOUT ms head, so that
he appeared to be wearing bucket;
all in all, he was sodden and pa
the&ic figure. Noble himself was az
sodden: his hands were wet in his
very pockets; his elbows akimbo
seemed to spout; he, too, was bucket
ed rather than hated atop-yet he
spared generous pity for the desc
late figure struggling ON before him.
All at once Mobiles heart did Some
thing queer within his wet BOSOM.
He recognized chat figure, and he
was not mistaken. Next to the One
figure, and &hose Of his own father
and mother and three sisters, this
storm-tossed shape was that which
Noble would most infallibly recog-
nize anywhere in the world and
under any conditions. In spite of
the dusk and the riot Of the storm,
Noble knew that hone other than
| Mr.. 'Atwater splashed before him.
Excitement took quick possession
Of him. He hastily reviewed posi-
biiities, and dismissed o project for
seizing upon o fallen branch and
running forward TO walk beside Mr..
Atwater and hold the branch over
his venerated head. All the branches
| were too wet; and on second thought
Noble feared that Mr.. Atwatey
might think Che tableau odd and de-
cline to be thus sheltered. And yet
something had to be done to save
Julia's father from pneumonia
surely there was some simple, prsc-
tical, dashing thing thst ordinary
people couldn't think Of, but that
Noble could. He would do IL and
| not even stay TO be thanked Better,
no wouldn't even stay to be recog-
nizedg And them Tomorrow eve-
ming not soosssy---lla would go 10
JaIfa and ssnils and says Your
Ea3ases didn't gat Aso wa, I lsepa.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05

81 IuDENTs Of alcoholic intoxica-
non have observed that in theft
ars commonplace people, and
= saiuses, do the >rnost unusual
- 30 wifi, all other intoxi-
-and Noble Dill was In.
81 no genius; his only dis
ia Of shy kind whatever,
80 or potential, was that
GU Of julia Atwater's follow
y g VAS las people said, meaning
assl and not his moral state)
fs' and he scored probably
best pitch OF ssl his worst
dsy. Sonse friend should
nt an eye upon him; he wss
sesf All afternoon In q
g tsopSe su1sriss he eoIleessd
ser With Glad veguenssS con-
s! L saassly ID glsals pcsspasas-
se s & e sslss ssssk hi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05

couldn't, whoever he was. But what
happened about Noble Dill?"
#a y *.A
FLORENCE paused to accumu-
late and conclude a sneeze,
then responded pleasantly:
"He said he was goin' to kill him.
He said he often and often wanted
to, and now he was. That's the
reason I guess Aunt Julia wrote
that note this morning."
"What note?" Aunt Harriet in.
quired. "You haven't told US OF
that"
II was over there before noon,'
said Florence, land Aunt Julia gave
me a quarter and said she'd write q
note for me to take to Noble Dill's
house when he came home 70,
lunch, and give it to him. She kind
Of slipped it to me, because grandpa
came in there, kind of pokin'
Ground, while abe was just finishia
Writin' it. She didn't put any en-.
velope on 1t even, and she meyer said
single thing to me about it's hein
private or my not readin' it IL ]
wanted to, or anything"
"Of course you didn't" said Aunt
Harriet. "You didn't, did you, Flor.
ence?" W. q
"Why, she didn't say not TO-
Florence protested. surprised. III
wasn't sven In an envelope"
MIR. Joseph .Atwateg coughed. 81
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-09-24

-Pettis junior dept. second hOor.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-09-24

We're interrupted during the war get
back to normal.
New schools are being built and old
ones enlarged in all cities of Great
Britain
When the schools open in France
Oct. 1, the first step toward reorganizing
the educational system along American
lines will be inaugurated by employing
women instructors for boys in the
grammar schools.
If this is found successful it viii be
extended to the elementary grades.
The war cost France 30 per cent of
the men who were preparing for teach
ing and 10 per cent of its actual teach
ers.
Teachers salaries have been increased
Only 75 to 100 per cent since 1914
whereas other occupations have in
creased from $50 to 500 per cent.
This years scale for primary schools
is 5000 to 1900 francs ($199.20 to S597 GO
at the present exchange rate) a year; for
secondary schools, 1900 to 1900 francs
per year and for universities 1900 francs
to $4,000 francs ($1,12S.S to $1,660.)
HOLD SCHOOL IN
; DEVASTATED REGIONS.
All schools are functioning even II
the devastated regions, where classes are
held In shacks and ruins pending com
pletien of new buildings
Germany is over supplied with teach
ers. Many took up that occupation i'm
mediately after the war because of their
inability to get other work
The need of teachers was decreased
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-09-24
u. S. SCHOOLS
ARE REPORTED
IN WORST WAY
Comparison Made of Con.
ditions in Leading
Countries.
BRAZIL SHOWS NORMAL

NEW YORK, Sept. 24.-The educational
system In the United States, still suffer
ing from war conditions" is confronted
by more serious situation than that of
any Of the other leading countries of the
world, according to information cabled
from Europe.
The situation in the various countries
in brief is this:
United States-Lack of accommoda
ton for 100000 pupils ), shortage Of
$4,000 elementary and $4,000 high
school teachers; inadequate salaries
for teachers in many cities.
Great Britain = School housing
shortage rapidly being overcome by
extensive building programs: gov
eminent subsidy enabling teachers to
live while training; salaries increased
an average of 80 per cent.
France-Hard hit by war, France
is overcoming shortage of teachers
by recognizing school system along
American lines, permitting women to
instruct male pupils; salaries in
creased IS to 100 per cent; first build
ings erected in devastated districts
were schoolhouses.
Germany-OversuppIy of teachers;
school enrolment smaller because of
decreased birth rate during war.
Argentina More teachers than
needed except in technical lines; sal
aries raised 80 per cent; no housing
shortage.
BraziI-Plenty of school teachers,
but shortage of college professors;
salaries slightly increased; no lack
Of accommodations.
SAYS OUTLOOK IN
L. s. VERY SERIOUS.
Philander P Claxton, commissioner of
education at Washington, declared the
public schools, opening for a new year.
face conditions of the utmost serious
ness"
He cited the shortage of teachers and
lack Of seating accommodations.
From one-third to two-ffths Of Amer
lean teachers lack adequate prepare
ton" he said.
The housing situation will require a
minimum Of three to four years and an
expenditure Of $1,000, 600 600 to relieve,
he believed.
As to the teacher shortage he de-
clared 1t would never be obviated until
they are paid three or four times what
they receive now.
Data gathered by correspondents
showed that many cities are individually
sxtent by raising salaries, but the hous-
Ing problem was still acute. due either
to lack and high cost Of labor and ma
terials ora reluctance to build now with
prices apparently at their peak.
Salaries were increased in some cities
from 10 to so per cent.
In New York City they now range
from 81, 500 to S2,s75 for grade and
$1,000 to $500 for high schools.
GREAT BRITAIN HAS
MADE IMPROVEMENTS.
The educational system in Great Brit
ain has been greatly improved since tn,
war.
The secretary of the teachers guild re
ported the members generally satisfied
whit conditions.
The only present difficulty is a deartf
Of male teachers and this will be over
come shortly when men whose studio:
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Gated. Motion pictures are subject 70
the most remarkable planetary influences 5,
astro1ogers declare.
Persons whose birthdate 1t is should
pass a quiet year in which they attend
strictly to established business Affairs
Speculation will be very unfortunate
Children born on this day may be rest
less and unsettled, but gifted and en-
dowed with charm of personality. They
are not likely to enjoy hard work.-Sopy-
right. 1920
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-09-24

owing to the lower birth rate during the
war.
The average pay in the lower grades is
5000 to 10000 marks ($124S0 to $1S7.20 at
present exchange rates. year for men
and 10 per cent less for women.
The Argentine educational system is
we'll handled by competent Officials.
When a vacancy occurs teachers are
generally so abundant that contest for
the place ensues
Provincial teachers occasionally are diff
ficult to obtain, however, because of the
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-09-24

this reason nothing that is projected
during this confguration is likely to
succeed.
1t is not a fortunate sway under which
to undertake initiative Of any sort.
especially where buying and selling are
involved.
Bankers are now subject to a rule that
may cause them to be extremely careful,
since it imparts to them misgivings and
suspicion regarding world conditions.
This is a day of promise to writer's,
especially those competed with the press.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-09-24
1ould benefit greatly.

which should benefit greatly.
The signing of contracts of any sort
should be lucky under this direction Of
the stars, which is fortunate for real
estate deals.
Leases or mortgages bearing this date
should be lucky, as the rule is believed
to make for harmony and prosperity.
Many weddings are foreshadowed for
the winter when there will be one in
Europe Of special interest to Americans.
Inventions are subject to unfavorable
condition while Uranus is unfriendly,
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-09-24

desire to remain in the capital.
Technical instructors are scarce and
those here are inadequately paid.
Salaries have been raised 80 per cent
since 1914.
The educational system in Brazil is
normal.
There is no shortage of teachers in the
public and parochial schools, but there
is lack of competent instructors in the
colleges.
Salaries were increased slightly recent
~ in Rio Janeiro and Sac Paulo.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-09-24
HOROSCOPE
The stars incline. but do not compel"
SATURDAY. SEPT. %.

This is a variable and. uncertain day.
according to astrology. While Saturn,
Uranus and Jupiter are all adverse, Mer-
curry alone is in benefc aspect.
During this sway there may be ten
dency to take "a most pessimistic and
discouraged view of the world, and for
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-09-24
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-15
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE K

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100000 TONS OF
 RICE ACCUMULATE
Failure of Cuban Importers to Carry Out Contracts
 Held Responsible
RN AssueIaffd Prfsa

Washington, July 14.-Failure of Cuban importers to carry out contracts for pur- chase of rice from American shippers has l resulted in the accumulation of more
 than 100000 tons of rice, valued at ESQ., OoO,Voo, on ships or in warehouses at Ha- vana, Robert H. Patchin, representing the California Rice Association, told the recent conference of government officials
 and representatives of shipping interests called to consider relief of shipping con-
 gestion in Havana harbor.
 The report of the conference, made public today by the department of com merce, quotes MT. Patchin as saying that failure of the importers to carry out their purchase agreements apparently was due to decline of 70 per cent in the price of rice in the last six weeks Chauncey D. Snow, representing the Chamber of Commerce of the United 1 States, urged that the Cuban government
 be asked to prevent such wholesale re-
 pudiation of contracts"
 The conference also was informed the
 report asserts, that the Cuban govern
 ment had announced excessive" demur-
 rage charges on the stored shipments of
 unpurchased rice to take effect after a certain period.
 A special committee was decided upon by the conference to take up this ques
 tion and others relating to congestion of
 shipping at Havana with the Cuban au-
 thorities.