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The Irish standard., 1920-05-01
Just Folks
By EDGAR A. GUEST
THE cooKlE.LADY.

She Is gentle, kind and fair,
And there's silver In her hair,
She has known the touch of sorrow
But the smile Of her is sweet:
And sometimes 1t seems TO- me
That her mission is to be
The gracious cookie-lady
To the youngsters of the street.
All the children in the block
Daily stand beside the crock
Where she keeps the sugar cookies
That the little folks enjoy.
And no morning passes DER
That tapping at her door
Doesn't warn her of the visit
OF certain little boy.
She has made him feel that he
Has natural right to be
In her kitchen when she's baking
Pies and cakes and ginger bread,
And each night to me he brings
All the pretty, tender things
About little by-gOne children
That the c0okle-lady said.
Oh, dear, cookle-lady sweet
May you bcautify our street
With your kind and gentle presence
Many more glad years. pray;
May the skies be bright above you.
AS you've taught our babes to love
You will scar their hearts with sor-
IF you ever go away.
Life Is strange, and when I scan 1t,
believe God tries to plan it,
So that where he sends his babies,
In that neighbOrhOod to dwell
One Of rare and gracious beauty
Shall abide, whose sweetest duty
Is to be the cOOkie-lady
That the children love so we'll.
Copyright by Edgar A. Guest)
The Irish standard., 1920-05-01

TWO ORPHANS

~ NE day Bah Rabbit was playing
arounl the woods when he met
Tom Kitten. "Where are you
going?" asked Bah Rabbit, for at first
he thought Tom was one of his rela-
tives, he looked so much like his fam
lily.
"Oh, I am going to play I am an
orphan and get fiddle: then every
enc will give me mice. I expect I'll
get rich because I saw q hand-organ
man playing on the street and he got
lots Of pennies"
II wonder IL I could get some young
radishes IL I played, too7" asked Bah.
The Irish standard., 1920-05-01

Don't W. An Iron IL You Can Avoid
lt; the Heat Dries Up tho Hair.
and the way in which each hair
grows from the head. I never really
advise 1t.
As a general thing, the sort Of hair
that one is born with is the kind most
becoming to the owners face. In this
generation, wavy hair is held as the
most beautiful, SO every woman de-
sires it. though it is unbecoming to
many types Of faces. A century ago,
long straight hair was considered far
more lovely, and no doubt all the
curly-haired women wet and soaped
their locks to remove the offending
wave.
II you must curl your hair, don't
use hot iron. BY the time the iron
is hot enough to contract the sides Of
the hair and draw it into a curl, 1t Is
hot enough to hurt the hair itself. Use
rag or soft kid curriers', rolling strands
Of the hair around them, and letting
1t stay SO over night, or for several
hours, while you cover the unbecoming
effect with boudoir cap.
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The Irish standard., 1920-05-01

water Wnlcn REFUSES 10 elo flat.
belt, only to be bitterly disappointed
In its workings and have to be propped
up with matted milk.
There are several forms Of seasick-
ness which can be contracted without
getting off Of dry land. Some men
can hardly sit down In a low-hung
hammock and swing to and fro with a
loving wife without thinking Of the
days when they were free and un-
tanned and becoming violently seasick.
Another popular form of this malady
L. caused by attempting to drink a
company Of wide-m0uthed companions
to complete standstill.
Seasickness has its drawbacks, and
there are times when it doesn't seem
to have anything else.
(Copyright.)
The Irish standard., 1920-05-01
Honest Toll
By GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS

Jesus was Carpenter. Cromwell
u was Farmer. Washington was a
Surveyor. Franklin was Printer.
Lincoln was q BackwOOdsman. To
get at great Character and mighty
Achievement, you are invariably led
to the source of 1t all-Honest Toll.
We are all Toilers. And there is just
as much dignity and honor back Of
the sweat Of the man who digs with
his shovel or wields with q hammer as
there is behind the brain of the man
whose thoughts, trained and organ
ized, direct the energies Of countless
workers.
The Glory and Reward Of Toll lie
in the Working Spirit that prompts
the smallest effort of Man.
This earth does not belong to the
people who inhabit it, but to those
who, in Honest Toll. magnify its Bene-
fits. You owe more to every man than
any man owes to you. We are all
Debtors-from the humblest to the
greatest. Nor is any one Of US entire
" Independent. In Honest Toll, how
ever, every man earns and pays for
his Heritage.
The most Pitiful man ON Earth is
the one with nothing to do. Where6s,
the Happiest man on Earth is the one
with the most to do.
So long as you have within you.
sound and intact, the scores Of marvel.
/
ice in your Hands, Feet Eyes, Ears.
Mouth-each overlooked by q Master
Creation-Y0ur Complain not
that there is nothing for You in Hon
est Toll. There is everything In It
There is nothing for you outside Of It
The Irish standard., 1920-05-01
LastNight's t'sDreaI1ls
What They Mean
Old YOU DREAM OF MvRpER7

TT Is curious fact that while the
i most eminently correct person may
In dreams commit the most criminal
actions the sleep of real criminals is
generally peaceful aud their dreams,
Il they have any. are Of the most in
occuous character. Santa de Saints.
the italian Investigator. has made q
wide study Of the sleep and dreams
Of criminals and as q result states 1t
asa rule, that the sleep even Of MUIR
derers is dreamless or haunted by in
0ocent visions. Thus the condemned
criminal in his cell may be dreaming
Of green fields and village bells while
the upright Judge who condemned him
10 committing manslaughter In dream
land.
These facts are dead against the
conceptions of the poets and novelists
and conform rather to w. 8. Gilbert's
statement regarding the capacity for
innocent enjoyment" of the felon
"when not engaged In his employ
ment" rather than with Hoods poem,
"The Dream of Eugene Aram." So
you are not necessarily criminally in
clined because you dream Of killing
some one.
The mystics regard dream of MUIR
der, rather unfavorably. If you see
others committing murder it is a sign
that you will shortly be called upon to
answer for the misdeeds Of others say
some, while others declare that 1t only
means that many hard struggles are
before you and it is warning to
watch your STEP" IF you dream that
you are committing murder yourself
look, out for your reputation and con-
slider we'll the work you are now en-
gagged In. If you dream that some
body is numbering you suspect secret
enemies and unforeseen dangers. In
short, it is sort Of warning dream
to be on your guard.
.. Freud has devoted much attention
to this dream and regards it as de-
sire left over from our infancy, a
stored-away and forgotten relic Of the
baby mind before we had learned that
1t was wrong to murder people. Ellis
says: III normal people dream of
crime 1t is because they are more SEN
sitive and imaginative and the sleep
ing consciousness is strained to the
utmost to invent q phantasmal tragedy
adequate to account for the waves of
emotion which beset It," An interest
ing thing about a murder dream is
that, as a rule. we experience no re-
morse for our crime but much anxiety
to escape it's penalty. William Dean
Howells has remarked: "In my
dreams I am always less sorry for my
misdeeds than for their possible dis.
covery." (Copyright)
The Irish standard., 1920-05-01
Beauty Chat.
By EDNA KENT FORBES
WAVING THE HAIR

~ ALLY I find half dozen or SO Of
- letters In my mail, containing a
request for something that will make
the hair wavy. AS a general thing
answer that, while there are various
curling fluids on the market, they are
unsatisfa actory, though quite harmless.
! know the recipe for two Of them, and
know that in some cases, the mixture
will make the hair wavy, but in other
cases 1t has no effect at all, due to the
varying formation of the hair cells
The Irish standard., 1920-05-01
Feminine Finance.

"John. do you know that hat ]
bought yesterday for $207 Well, they
reduced them to SO this morning."
'.Then you are out SO for not wait
Ing till this morning."
mo, dear, only IS. went down
town today and bought another one
for so. making the two Of them aver
age SIS each"
The Irish standard., 1920-05-01
r1etReryG6@9RBoe

Our field is the world. and our work is
before us,
To each is appointed message to
bear;
At home or abroad, in cottage or palace.
Wherever directed, our mission is there.
The Irish standard., 1920-05-01
Everyday luncheons.

With the convenient, canned, ready
to-serve soups one may have q variety
Of soups or sauces prepared in a short
time. The cans of chopped vegetables
which include celery, turnip, carrot
and parsley. if added to pint or more
Of broth, provide tasty vegeta-
BILE soup. Just the preparation of that
number of vegetables is worth the
price of a can to very busy house.
wife, and one always lacks some vege-
table flavor, even with good supply
on hand. Onions and potatoes are
20 commonly in use that they are not
included. One can holds enough vege-
tables for two good meals for a small
family. Soups are in order the year
round and q variety IL always en-
joyed.
The Irish standard., 1920-05-01
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= STRICKLAND W GILLIAN ,
(Copyright)

I bade him build. for hungry me.
A sandwich filled with ham.
stood right there where could SO,
Shrewd buyer that am!
He took two slabs Of splendid bread
And buttered them just right,
Then through the ham his sharp knt1o
ned
With all its little might.
The lean ham DER the slices spread.
TIL every bit WAS hid;
You don't believe a word I've said.
But that's just what It did.
The moral Of this tale 10 this:
Far oftener we get
A square deal, than that deal We MISS
We love to growl and fret.
He Thought Bill Was Meant.
"Are you in favor Of Sunday clos
ing?"
"Sure! But what's the use? Some
other evangelist would break right out
againl"
ONE MAN.
"Why do they call them ONE
man tops?" asked the weary
citizen after he and four other
persons had succeeded in get.
ting it up.
Because when it's about to
rain everybody in the neishbor.
hood, as one man, goes to the
rescue Of the owner"
A Prayer Ruuu7
Mrs. Rugg returned home Saturday
evening after several days spent with
friends at Montezuma and also at the
J. w. Little home near Brooklyn, where
she took in the meetings held by the
Montezuma Gospel team.-Round
Grove Items in What Cheer Patriot.
THESE RoMIsH RUMoRs.
The Indians smoked a common pipe
When their wars would cease,
But now, from what we see In typeL
It 10 "the pope Of peace"
THE MOTORWISE CHILD.
The modern youth Of tender yoass
is motorwise.
Recently . less.than.seven lad Of
cur very familiar acquaintance was
trying to induce his new window
washer pup to take drink Of water.
Nix on the irrigation.
"Humphv' said the boy. Il suess
ho's q Franklin"
Concrete Example Of Progress.
They made a new cement porch at
the schoolhouse Saturday.-Wellstoo
Items In Washington (Ia.) Journal.
The Irish standard., 1920-05-01
Literally.

: Literally.
HE acted In such way - actually
to drive his wife from home"
"You don't Say sO!" -... ,..
"YeD; In q Limousine he Gavo hee
for q birthday present"
The Irish standard., 1920-05-01
French Milk Soup.

This Is soup especially recommend
ed for nourishment. Take four cup
fuls Of scalded milk. add a teaspoon
ful Of salt. Thicken with the we'll
beaten yolks Of four eggs, season to
taste and serve at once. Do not boil
or the eggs will curdle and spoil the
appearance Of the soup.
The Irish standard., 1920-05-01
Spinach Soup.

Rub one cupful of cold cooked spin
ach through a sieve, put into q sauce
pan with one tablespoonful Of flour
and butter; add a half teaspoonful Of
sugar and pepper and salt to taste.
When thoroughly hot add four cupfuls
Of stock. Serve with croutons.
The Irish standard., 1920-05-01
Corn In Tomato CUPS.

Prepare six medium-sized tomatoes,
rub the inside of the cases-aftef 10
moving the pulp-with salt, pepper
and q little creamed butter. FIN with
stewed corn mixed with q tablespoon
full Of cheese. Cover lightly with nut
tered crumbs and bake until tel1ee.
but not broken.
N...: Ml>4.s.e
(cepvzsghe, 1S3o. Western Nsvspa1se Uaisa)
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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-06
DECIDING ON THE
BREED OF FOWL
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prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
A small flock of hens can be kept
with profit by many city dwellers who
have back yard. Even as few as
eight or ten hens should produce eggs
enough, when used economically, for
n family Of four or five persons
throughout the year, except the molt-
ing period of the fall and early winter.
Householders usually desire not
only eggs for the table and for cook
ing, but also an occasional chicken to
eat. For this reason one of the gen.
eral-purpose breeds, such as Plymouth
Rock, Wyandotte, Rhode Island Red
or Orpington, is preferable to the
smaller egg breeds, such as the Leg
horns. Not only do the mature fowls
Of these breeds, because of their large
size, make better table fowls than the
Leghorns, but the young chickens for
the same reason make better flyers
and roasters, whereas chickens Of the
egg breeds are suitable only for the
smaller brollers.
The general-purpose breeds are also
"broody" breeds, the hens making
good sitters and mothers, which is a
decided advantage when 1t Is desired
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-06
SCOUTS NOT KNOWN IN COURT.

"Of all the boys passing through the
juvenile court in the past year, not one
was an active scout"
That was the statement of U. E.
Harmon, city attorney of Tacoma,
Wash. and Is one of the most signi-
ticant bits Of information in connection
with the entire scout movement.
OF the 700 boys now affiliated with
the Tacoma council the fact that rot
one in active standing and only two
who had ever had any connection with
scout work should come under the
consideration of the court officers
speaks for itself of the ideals of con.
duct that the scout movement gives
the boys associated with it. II Is said.
Scouting has always appealed to
me for three reasons" said Mr.. Har-
mon, continuing his explanation of his
great interest in the scout movement
"First, ii teaches the boys the prac'
teal lessons they need to learn. Sec
ond, 1t gives them the recreation and
physical activities in the great out-of-
the highest ideals of service and good
citizenship.
"Such teaching, training and activi.
ties for the growing boys have an in
estimabe value to "A community" CON
cluded Mr.. Harmon.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-06
Minister Was Inventor Of
First Percussion Lock for
Fire Arms; First Used 1925

The first percussion lock for fire
arms was invented and patented In
1901 by the Rev. Alexander J. For
syth. Scottish clergyman, who was
born Dec. 2S, 176S. Firearms were first
made in Italy in the fourteenth cen
fury, and were employed in war by the
Burgundians at Arras in 14l4. Thess
first small arms were really small can
non. and were borne by two men. lr
1471 Edward ". had 300 Flemings
armed with hand-guns in his army, and
n little later the Swiss armed 10,OW
men, with arquebuses. The musket was
employed in the army of Emperor
Charles V. early In the sixteenth cen.
fury. These rude firearms were at first
discharged by the application of 8
flaming torch. About 1917 the wheel
lock method came into use, and after
ward the flint was used, from 1862 un.
til the Scottish clergyman invented the
percussion principle of igniting gun
powder in muskets, by means of Diet
onating powder. The flnt-lock guns
were used by all the European armies
during the early period of the Napo-
leonic wars, and only few guns EN-
bodyng Forsythe's invention were in
use n century ago.
Percussion caps were first generally
used about 1925.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-06
RED CROSS LAYS PLANS
FOR 1920
Substantial Sum !, to be KEEP, in Reserve in Case Of
Sudden Disaster

Out of fund of $30000OOO available for its work this year. the
American Red has aside 100000 for European relief $
100000 for home and $25O0O0 for completing its program
Siberia
In making public plans for carrying forward peace time activities
Dr. Fand head OF the organization declared that considerable
must be held for emergency calls ncen such possible the
opening Russia intercourse with the United States" This deter
mnaon Dr. Fnd sad wasreaced after long and full consideration
with government representatives in this country and Europe
With appeals infinitely beyond its and unable count
additions to its total fund during the the executive committee Dr.
Farrand said found "bo and necessary consider the application
of its funds that the sounde possible of proportion might prevail
All obligations to soldiers sailors and their families must be provided
for Dr. Farrand reported while the Red be ready the
time o meet relief demands due to disasters
Eve pledged he added "o the establishment of peame pro-
gram America for which $3 100000 will be made available
sdng this item be kept clearly mind that while expenditures
in this country arising directly out of the high they should
rapidly diminish and while work for establishment peaceme
undertakings will increase this increase will be ncon
siderable as compared with the reduction of war items'
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-06
NEW WESTERN SCOUT LEADER

Fresh from his duties overseas
where, as director Of athletics for the
American expeditionary forces, he did
conspicuous work IN guiding the recre'
ational activities of millions OF dough
bows, f. S. DeGroOt, noted physician
educator, joint author of the Cali
fornla public school physica edura-
ton law. one Of the organizers or
the Fairgrounds Association of Amer
icr, organizer and director for eight
years of Chicago's public recreation
centers and considered an authority
on physical development the world
over has definitely allied himself WIN
the boy scout movement by accepting
the position Of scout executive OF the
Los Angeles council.
Relinqushing n position paying a
much higher salary, DeGroot, in con-
scnting to devote himself exclusive
ly to the development Of scouting IN
Los Angeles. offers another example
of the high grade Of men that are
now being attracted TO the move
ment.
DeGroOt's advent into the execu'
tive phase of scouting will be hailed
with enthusiasm by the hundreds or
thousands of men and boys now con-
nected with the Boy Scouts Of Amer
lea, for the record hat he has built
In the field Of physlca education IS
one that few men can excel or indeed
equal in this country.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-06
A Surgeon Testified That He consid'
cred the Operation Successful.

of a quantity of platinum and then
burning the building in an effort to
cover the theft.
At each trial the jury failed to agree
The defense was that he was insane
at the time of the commission of the
crimes, but had since been restored to
normal mentality by an operation ON
his skull
A New York surgeon testified that
he considered the operation emnently
successful, as the whole character OF
the patient had undergone complete
change. When he first examined the
college student soon after the latters
arrest in 1917, he said, his pulse was
far below normal. his blood pressure
never more than 100 and his spinal
pressure fully three times what IL
should have been. The patient showed
many abnormal mental symptoms, nom
appreciation of the crime he had com
mitted and no affection for his family
The surgeon said that when young
Crenshaw was under the knife 1t was
found that the brain was in diseased
condition. Since the operation, the
surgeon said he had not detected any
trace of moral lapses or delinquencies.
When the court entered the forma;
order granting him freedom Crenshaw
leaned over the rail and kissed his
mother, who was seated behind him.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-06
PRACTICAL PLAN TO
MEET HAY SHORTAGE:
Utilization Of Sugar Beet By
Products Is Recommended.
Tops Placed In Pit Silo viii Furnish
Warm, Appetizlng Feed Through
out Winter for Beef or Dairy
Cattle and Sheep.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agricultural
A very practical way Of meeting the
present hay shortage Is through the
use of beet.top sllage, 30 pounds or
which per day per steer will reduce the
animals hay requirements by one-halr'
That three pounds of beet.top Stage
per day per head of steer will reduce
the hay requirements fully one-haIt
Is the experience Of many feeders VINO
have tried ont the newer way OF uliliz-
ing sugar beet by-products.
On many fields as much as five tons
per acre of silage can be had, when
the tops are promptly gathered ana
put into piles, Immediately after the
beets are topped. This prevents scat
tering and waste. The farmer, after
gathering the tops, should pile them IN
n pit sio, packing them down frm'S
and sealing them over with fresh beet
pulp or earth. A satisfactory $40
may he made by scooping out hole
of suitable size and lining the sides
and bottom with straw before ming
After 80 days, on opening the PIT
fine quality of warm, succulent feed
will be available. The silage has
value equal to about one-half the value
Of hay. The feed should be collected
handy to the feeding yards. The siage
comes ont of the pit in warm, appetlz'
ing condition all through the wihter
feeding period. In fact, some growers
hold n part of the silage for summer
feeding to supplement the short-grass
season when pastures are suffering Tor
lack of moisture.
The siIage is good for beef or dairy
cattle and also for sheep. When FED
In regulated amounts, excellent re-
suits are had. Much larger values
are had from beet tops when sliced
and fed as n blended ration than when
grazed off the field in the usual way.
Saving one-half of the hay crop Is Il
big item this season where nay
shortage exists.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-06
Determine QUALITY OF EGGS
To Obtain Accurate knowledge Of Con.
ditlon II Is Necessary to Rotate
Before Candle.

II Is necessary to rotate an egg be.
fore the candle If one is to obtain an
accurate knowledge of its condition.
BY fitting at various angles, the loca-
ton and size of the air space can be
seen. and very often the position of the
yolk. But the quality of the egg is
very largely determined by the ease
with which the yolk moves and the
direction of its motion. The operator,
therefore
/. Grasps the pointed end of the egg
with the tips of the fingers.
2. Holding the blunt end uppermost,
places the egg closely against the open.
ing or spout Of the candle.
3. Gives the egg quick turn to the
right or left, watching the movement
of the yolk.
If the egg is perfectly fresh it may
be difficult to find the yolk at first
glance, but as the egg is turned a
glimpse of 1t will be obtained.