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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-03-12
DROP IN CROP VALUES
Decline of More Than Five Billion
Shown in 1920.
Germ Leads the List With I 1852, 000,-
ooo-Ten Crops Show Gain In
Value, Oranges Leading.

WashingtOn.-The value of farm
crops of 1920 and of the farm ami
NAL products and animals sold and
slaughtered, as finally determined by
the bureau Of crop estimates, United
States Department of Agriculture, Is
$19.S56,0OO 900 or IS. 1O5, 100000 below
the total of 1919. The drop Is almost
entirely confined to crops, among
which the chief declines In value are !:
Corn. S1.662, 600. 900; cotton lint and
seed, $780, 900, 900; wheat, $854,00O,-
400; hay, tame and wild, 1925, 00O, 900 /;
tobacco. $24S, OOO,0 900; and oats, $751;
OOO.0 600.
On the other hand, as many as ten
crops gained in value, chief of which
are oranges, with a gain of $32,00O,O 900,
and sugar beets, $24,0O0,0O Other
items of gain are cabbage, 81, 000,OOO;
cowpeas. $4,000 900; sorghum cane
sold and sirup made, $7,OOO,OOO. Small
gains were made by soy beans, sugar.
beet seed. maple sugar and strip, and
onions. Apparently, the products Of
the farm wood lot have gained $685.
100000 in value In the comparison
with 1910.
After offsetting gains against losses,
the net crop-value reduction In 1920
below 1919 is $4,S6S, 100000, while only
1927, 0OO, 900 is found in the total Of
farm animal products and farm ami
mails sold and slaughtered. The wool
decline is as yet unrealized, but 1t is
reckoned at $37, 900, 1000. OF the ami
mails sold and slaughtered, the decline
for cattle and calves is 1928, 600, 900,
and for swine, $427, 100000. But on
the other side of the account, dairy
products gained $311, OOO, 1000, and poul-
try raised and eggs produced, $780,
100000.
1t is the rule that, in the upward
and downward movements Of prices.
farm animals and animal products lag
behind crops. So extreme was the lag
in the price Of animals and animal
products in 1920. on account Of the
extraordinary fall in the prices of
crops with a short period OF time.
that the total crop value of 1920 Is
reckoned to be only Sc per cent Of
the total value of all farm products.
In the estimates for a long series Of
years. this Is the first crop value esti-
mate that has fallen below 60 per
cent of the total of all products.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-03-12
SING SING BARS SILK SHIRTS
Jazz Hose and Linen Collars Are Also
Banned by Warden of New
York Prison.

New York.-Warden Lewis e. Lawes
Of Sing Sing issued an order forbid
ding the convicts to wear silk shirts,
fancy neckties, silk socks and linen
collars.
Henceforth they will have to confine
their sartorial embellishments to the
prison uniform supplied by the state,
which is compact and comfortable but
not beautiful.
The warden found the order neces.
sary because of the increasing number
of convicts who get money from home
and who have been expanding 1t on
clothing, so the yard of the prison be.
gan to resemble a rainbow drunk ON
homemade hootch.
The guards, even with their brass
buttons, have been quite eclipsed by
the jazz shirts and neckties.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-03-12


be off if you haven't anything special
to ask us. You've dried your tears, l
see, so you must feel better"
"Oh dear! Oh dear! Oh dear!"
sobbed the brownie again, and burst
into fresh tears.
This is a nuisance" said the boy.
"a perfect bother" said the girl. 81
do believe he is just doing that be-
cause we said we were going on as he
had dried his tears"
mo" said the brownie, "only I've
grown small because you've talked
as if you didn't want to be joyous.
That's one of the most important
things in life, and what's more do
things that are hard because you
won't let them get the best of you
not because it makes you feel so proud
of yourselves I'll grow big again If
you become natural"
Which he did
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-03-12
And He Meant 1t, Too.

On Jimmie's relurn home from the
birthday party of a girl in the neigh
borhood, he was telling his mother
about her mother. When the children
were leaving she asked them all to
wish her little girl something nice.
WhereUpon Jimmie's mother said to
him: Il trust that my little boy wished
the little girl something nice.
20, yes" said Jimmie, Still seeing
visions of cake and ice cream: 81
wished her that she'd soon have an
,ther birthday"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-03-12
Cure for Flat Feet.

Are you 1at-footed? If you don't
know, the next time you take a bath,
observe the impressions that your wet
feet make. If your feet are normal,
there will be a narrow line from heel
to toe on the outside; if they are fiat,
the entire bottom Of the foot will
show.
How can you cure flat-footedness?
Buy a handful of marbles, place them
in two rows, and start picking them
must curl up your toes; as a result
the muscles of the feet will be exer-
cised and thereby strengthened.-Pop-
ular Science Monthly.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-03-12

funny little plants, and. too, 1t Gems
to me that the sun shines down more
brightly Upon this road than upon
the Road Commonplace which we took
once by mistake"
81 say we have some food" said the
boy after a few minutes.
YES" said the girl, "for we had
quite an exciting time in the woods
when we found we almost went the
wrong way, and I'm very hungry"
so the boy took his knapsack from
lis back and they undid the luncheon.
t was extremely good. There were
delicious sandwiches and some jam
md some good, cool brook water which
had been put in a crystal bottle.
There was also some candy.
Il hope it isn't magic candy, which
an disappear when it wants to-" said
he boy.
what a horrible thought" said the
,irl. "Why did you have to think up
;uch a terrible thought about the can
ly? It would have been better II you
lad thought It about the sandwiches,
-hough for that matter the sandwiches
are what I most want at the moment.
I'm so extremely hungry"
They sat down and ate their lunch
con and peeked into the basket and
saw three other packages. one with a
card attached which said:
For supper this evening"" and the
second package said:
"For breakfast tomorrow morning."
And there was a third package
which was marked, Extra goodies for
extra times" This had all been fixed
for the adventures by Mrs. Wood Elf.
"She was nice, was Mrs. Wood Elf"
said the girl. 81 am going to be very
careful to like only nice people and
I'm going to make no mistakes, and
I'm going to think of serious things
and not behave in a foolish way.
"Why I'm even going to enjoy
things when they're hard, for I'll be
feeling they are doing me great good"
Maybe we will find the House of
Secrets that way sooner" agreed the
boy.
well let's be off" said the girl a
little later, as she wiped her mouth
with one of Mrs. Wood Elf's leaf nap
kins. you are through, aren't your
"All through" said the boy.
Just then they heard a sobbing. 1t
sounded very near.
They walked along a little way,
looking in the direction from which
the sobbing came.
"Oh, it's a poor little creature, a
little bit of a brownie, or something
of the Sort said the girl. "See, he
is hidden behind this stone"
I'm hidden because you made me
so SMALL" said the little brownie.
You aren't behaving like a regular
boy or a regular girl at all, and it
breaks my heart!
"What in the world was, or is, the
matter with your"
do you always stay behind that
stone where we found you and so
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-03-12
Keeps viqil for Forty Years.

London.-In May, 1880, a sailor,
married two months, left Cardiff in
q ship, telling his bride he would re-
turn on New Years day for dinner.
Every New Years day for 40 years
the woman has sat down to her dinner
alone, with an empty plate opposite
her. She say she will keep the vigil
to the end.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-03-12

boy Is the father Of the man, but he
isn't; and he isn't grandmother to the
man, either. You can't study q boy
and predict what sort of a man he's
going to be, any more than the official
forecaster can examine his maps and
charts and tell us what the weather
will be like tomorrow.
"You observe that my larboard eye
Is somewhat discolored and l have a
confusion on my brow, and my nose
Is slightly out Of alignment. Yester-
day l vas pirooting along a back street
on a little errand, when I beheld a
big, husky teamster pounding the saw
dust out of a venerable horse that had
e better days. l went up to him
and protested in the most courteous
way, and he said it would afford him
genuine pleasure to kick my spine up
through my hat, If 1 didn't go my way
and leave him alone. l Informed him
that If he hit that horse again I
would push his countenance out Of
place. and he Immediately dubbed the
suffering animal harder than ever
II am glad to say that l succeeded
In kicking most of the rind of the
Transfers shins before he got me
down and sat on my head, but I SUBJ
NIT that q man who will take such
chances a. I did must have the aus
Of cruelty to animals much at heart.
There's nothing makes my blood boil
quicker than. to see an animal abused.
oval Whnn 4 vx,oc n how 4 bod a
wide reputation for cruelty. I used
to delight In tying tin cans to the
tails of dogs, and in drowning cats,
and In robbing birds nests, and all
such sinful pastimes. The moralists
of that period agreed that I was en-
titled to the mantle of Nero, and that
l would come to a bad end. Yet when
l became old enough to have some
sense, l made pets of all the dumb
critters within eight miles.
IF that old maxim about the twig
and the tree were any good, it ought
to work both ways, and the sanity boy
always would become a grand, good
man. But as a rule the truly good
boys don't amount to much in after
Int. Nearly dll OuI useful ClLlZeuS
were hard citizens when they were
boys, and the shiftless, no-account men
were simply angelic when they went
to school.
"a boy gets tired of being immacu-
late after he has tried it a few years,
and he goes to the other extreme.
And the boy who has been a horrible
example even since he left the cradle
gets sick of that sort of thing when he
has cut his wisdom teeth, and he be-
comes so virtuous that there's no liv-
ing in the same block with him.
Most of the old sayings are fool
ish and trifling, and l am surprised
when a grown man goes around quot
ing them. Yet a lot of fellows think
they have clinched IN argument when
they drag in a bewhiskered maxim.
In order to show that Spoonable's boy
is foredoomed, you spring that old
wheeze about the twig and the tree.
You might just as well say that Mary
had a little lamb, and consider the ar
gument closed.
II know you are suffering to remind
me that people who live in glass houses
shouldn't throw stones, but l won't
stand for it."
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-03-12

short of a miracle.
Therefore / trem-
BILE for the future
of Spo n a b les
boy, William Hen
ry. He seems to
be just naturally
vicious"
you're full OF
excelsior" said the
h~otelkeeper polite
ly. "All those
%chestnutty old say
ings are fakes.
T h e p~atriarchs
used to be always
saving that the
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-03-12

10 get u very uHe
opinion of them
selves - and not
only that, they
didn't act In the
least like a regu-
ar boy INT girl.
but they acted as
though e IL!
You'll hear for
yourselves h O W
they acted!
"Ah." said the
girl this road Is
very bumpy, but
then 1t is inter-
esting. / am con-
SANITY seeing all
sorts of quaint
t Ii / u g S, curious
A,-
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-03-12

II t V tT 3 Z d
chance to grow,
but make folks
wait on you and
spoil you like a
little gnome we
once met asked
the girl.
NO" said the
brownie, "I'm no
relation to that
gnome at ALL"
"We're having
adventures" said
the boy, land
we're going to
the House of Sc
e l hope
you're feeling bet
ter now, little sir.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-03-12
FATHERS OF MEN

&C" HERE Is much truth in the old
saying. AS the twig Is bent. so
the tree ~inclines,'" observed the re-
tired merchant. "If q boy inclined
to crookedness grew up to be a straight
and reliable man, 1t would be nothing
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-03-12
OTTO
The Clean Domestic Fuel

When yu mention coke SON folks go back about twenty years when they use to
live near a Gas Plant ad could secure refuse coke from the gas house, which should
not De considered with the present day OTTO COKE. We have a large number of
folks Using OTTO COKE AM We have sold more of it than we have of coal this winter
The good points in favor of OTTO COKE are
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-03-12

4 mother and child of The Tehuana
race of Indians i%nhabiting the Isthmus
Of Tehuantepec, Mexico. Unlike most
Indians the Tehuanas are extremely
clean In their habits-washing daily
in pools and rivers. They are notably
handsome and have a most graceful
shown wearing the famous huipil head.
dress.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-03-12
DdddyS
411EyMeMn8
Fairy Tale
i" NJ A"C DNGhM DAMNED
GRAHAM BON
n VtSISsa ,nsios-
n SAL

When the girl and the boy were
adventuring along the road they began
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-03
Over 715,00Q People Have Accepted
This Offer. Why Not You?

Doesn't that prove that the Brooks
Appliance is not an experiment but
apositive success-that it does all we
claim for it? Among these $4,000
men, women and children there must
be hundreds whose condition was
identical with yours. Can you afford
not to investigate and satisfy your
self when it costs you nothing to
prove what the Brooks Appliance
will do for you?
This wonderful device is triumph
of scientific and mechanical genius,
the outcome of more than 80 years
experience and the results accom-
plished by its use are little short of
miraculous.
When you try a Brooks Appliance
you will notice instantly how very
much this support resembles the
touch and clinging pressure of a hui
man hand.
Send the coupon NOW for further
description of the Appliance and for
our FREE, NO RISK, TRIAL PLAN.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-03

gerous than any other method of re-
tanning and treating rupture. Thou
sands of people have written us tes-
tifying to the amazing results they
have secured from this great inven-
ton. Many of these people live
right in your vicinity and we will be
glad to send. you copies of their
thankful letters if you will ask for
them when you write.
Men, Women and Children Find the
Brooks Appliance Equally
Effective
No matter if your rupture is old
and severe or only recently devel-
oped, no matter if you are young or
old, you should not fail to profit by
this No-Risk Trial Offer.
No other rupture support, truss,
lock, device, pad or plaster is offered
to the public under so broad guar
antee of satisfaction.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-03

Now we offer to prove it to you,
entirely at our risk. We will send
you Brooks Rupture Appliance
on trial. If you really want to be
rid of your rupture fill out the cou-
pom below and mail it today.
Instead of wearing a steel spring
or inflexible harness, try the velvet
soft Brooks Appliance.
Instead of the old hard or stuffed
pad, use the soft automatic rubber
air-cushion of a Brooks Appliance.
The Brooks Appliance clings to
you without force and you are hard
ly conscious of it's presence. But
above all else, it HOLDS always.
Within an hour after you receive
the Brooks Appliance, if you take
advantage of this remarkable trial
offer, you will throw away your
truss.
Many hundreds of physicians and
surgeons recommend the Brooks
Appliance and condemn makeshift
trusses as more harmful and dan
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-03
Is the Human Hand

The Brooks Appliance CO. gladly sends
their remarkable patented Appliance ON
TRIAL to prove that it holds the rupture]
back, keeps it in place, prevents it's com
ing down or slipping out and finally
assists nature to heal up the rupture.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-03

The Brooks Appliance Has Freed Thousands Of Men, Women and
Children From Without Pan Operation or Loss Of Time
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-03

cannot be detected through the
clothing.
6. The soft, pliable bands do not
give the unpleasant sensation of
wearing a harness.
Z. Nothing to get foul; it can be
washed without any injury.
s. There are no metal springs in
the Appliance to torture one by cut
ting and bruising the flesh.
9. All materials are the very best
that money can buy, making it dur
able and safe Appliance to wear.
10. We guarantee your comfort att
all times and in all positions, and sell
every appliance with this positive
understanding.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-03

The Brooks Appliance most closely
resembles the human hand as a rupture
support You will notice the first moment you put on
Brooks Appliance, the pabe eshke touch of the velvet
finished rubber and will take only this first experience of
comfort and security to make you decide is what
want"
ing the Brooks offer to all who rupured from
wearing painful makeshift trusses that do not cure
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-03

No man or woman ever can look and feel his
or her best while suffering the torment pain and
discomfort of rupture.
Every day that you suffer from rupture
every hour of truss torture that you endure
after you read this page is your own fault.
For many years we have been telling you that
no makeshift truss will ever help you. We have
told you about the harm ill-ftting trusses are
doing. We have told you that the only truly
comfortable, sanitary and scientific device for
holding rupture is the Brooks Rupture Appli-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-03

Ten Reasons Why You
Should Accept This Offer
l. 1t is absolutely the only Appliance embody-
ing the principles that inventors have sought
after for years.
g. The Appliance for retaining the rupture,
cannot be thrown out of position.
g. Being an air cushion of soft rubber it.
cngs closely to the body yet never blisters or
causes irritation
a. Unlike ordinary so-called pads, it is not cum
bersome or ungainly.
5. 1t is SMALL soft and pliable, and positively
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-03

The Brooks Appliance Co.
1886 State St., Marshall, Mich.
Without cost or obligation on my
part please send me by mail in plain
wrapper your illustrated book and
full information about your Appli-
ance for rupture, and your Trial
Offer.
Address ..,..
City. ..4...x... State. .s...A.......s
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-08-23

eroua response. contributions pour.
ing into headquarters from all paria
Of tho country and even from tho
devastated areas where the paopls.
too wish TO ioia In tho tribute to the
gallant soldiers Of tho great eister
republic
The monument viii stand at the
mouth of the river GIrondc. near
Bordeaux. where Il can be seen from
far out At sea by incoming and out.
going vessels. symbol Of tho
Friendship OF the two countries. This
site was chosen because Of its par.
tIcular significance In the history OF
Franco American relations. for Il
was from this point that Lafayette
set sail for America In i777, and Il
was to this point that the first
American ships TO defy the German
blockade - tho Orleans and the
Rochester arrived In 1917.
The committee that has charge Of
tho building of the monument Wishes
TO carry out the same Idea M sym.
bollzed IN tho Statute Of Liberty
which greots the ships sailing into
New York IIarbor
Tho monument will stand by itself
on strip Of land projecting into the
sea. II will be 250 feet high and
will be In tho shape OF an obellsk
surmounted by a light. II will be
hollow and a staircase will lead up
into II from the land side. Above
the doorway will be eight bronze
plates. depicting scenes OF the var
ious army and navy units In battle
Above this will be engraved the
American eagle. and on the reverse
side OF the monument facing the sea
the arms OF France. On each side
OF the huge obellsk will he sculpet
figures representative Of Franc,
greeting the American soldiers.
The sculptor. Bartholome, will
direct the work in cooperation with
NJ. Ventre. the architect who erected
the monument over the famous Bay
ono Trench at verdun. Under theil
Joint direction the work will be exc
cuted by young scrlptors and artists
who fought In the war, and eacl
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-08-23
TOMMY GIBBONS IS SUCCESSFUL
DESPITE GREATEST OF HANDICApS

had TO meet Clifford. and hs knocked
him out
niii Brennan wanted $4,000 10
meet The Sc, Pau hoy. Leo Flynn
frankly admitted that Brennan stood
for another bout with Dempsey and
that he wanted bic money II the
Chicago hoy was TO be Knocked off.
The carpentie Gibbons match then
looked like winner 10 Tex Richard.
because sentiment all over the coun.
try. and especially among the real
fans In New York favored the
match.
Stories were then widely circulated
In New York that Gibbons had the
Kali TO ask $4,000. The real fact OF
the case IL that Gibbons never asked
for cent. Rickard asked Eddie
Kane. his manager. how much he
wanted for match. and Kane told
him that he would not accept a
flat guarantee and that he would
work only on a percentage basis. The
contract was signed on this basis.
Tommy has never opened hlf
mouth In protest at tho knocks
against him. No doubt he knew that
no could get to the top In spite OF
the barriers put up against him and
he Is there now.
lie ought to beat Carpenter. From
the sentiment heard around New
York and out through the country he
will enter the ring the favorite
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-08-23
CHURCH ADDITION
TO Be DISCUSSED
No New Developments Concerning
RemodeIlno Of Methodist epis-
eopsi Church: Board TO Hold
Meeting Here This Week.

No further steps toward the re-.
modelling OF the Epworth Methodist
church. corner Fourth street and
Iowa avenue. Rev. J. ID. Salier. pas.
too announced -tesiayr- A. meeting. Of
the church board win bc held this
week at which time the building Of
the proposed addition will be con
sldered. II was stated.
Original plans were TO spend ap.
proximateIy $4,000 In remodelIng
the building.
The plans provide for basement
under the entire addition and two
full stories above. The primary de-
partment use the first floor. the
senior class the basement and the
intermediate classes the top floor
The growth of all departments ci
the church have been no great that
the present limits OF the church
building have hampered the work the
committee said.
Detailed architectural plans are
being worked out so that the pro
posed addition win be harmonious
with the present building. Work n
expected 10 start early this fall.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-08-23

win work on a separate part Of Il.
The plaster cast win be exhibited at
the Paris Spring Salon In March.
The cost of tho monument will be
approximately 100000 francs. The
French government has contributed
! 100000 francs. while over 400. 600
franco had been turned In by aub'
ncrIption before the drive had actual
ly opened. Contributions came I'M
solicited from all over tho country
even from the devastated regions OF
the Ardenaes, the voagca. the Aisne
and the Marne. where the people
wished to show their gratitude "a
their American comrades. Some sub
scrIptIona were also received from
parts OF Algeria.