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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-16

16.4
The other members of the city
council vow they are going to make
spellbinder out of Jim Harris or know
the reason why.
The workmen are putting the con-
crete floor in the swimming pool, but
unless the temperature rises consid-
erably it win be few weeks at least
until bathing suits are observed fit
ting about its edges.
If you want to know what makes
our high school girls cheeks so rosy
take a walk about the Playground
basket ball court some afternoon. No,
you're wrong; they can't buy that
kind in drug store.
The city lawmakers forbid fire
works, but there appears a way for
the youngsters to get them, anyway
And they'll probably all take advan-
tage of it without breaking the law.
Women don't dress to please
men, claims writer. No, they part
ly dress to please men.
Cold storage men are claiming
their eggs will hatch. Bet the little
chicks come out wearing overcoats.
When girl says, What flavor
lipstick do you like?" be careful.
Absence makes the face grow
longer.
If we corraled the horsepower
wasted cussing congress it would be
worth more than Muscle Shoals.
A fine way to fix an auto that
won't go is to use dynamite.
To make some people feel at home
argue with your wife.
Honesty" it is said, '..is the best
policy" But railroad officials con-
tinue to prosper.
A pretty girl has no use for
mistletoe.
All the wcrld loves cheerful liar
until it finds him out.
Even the prohibitionists hate to
see milk turn so much to water
You have to be an old man be-
fore you believe fellow ought to
work and save while young.
Some fellows must stay at home
when they don't need a shave.
Edison is trying to make gold out
of other metals. Lots of people make
gold out of brass.
Women never respect gray hairs if
drug store is handy.
A hustler has no time for bad luck
The dollars of the family are not
carried in the wife's name as often
as the seEse.
Lots of men who eat peas with a
knife are out of debt.
Mary Garden says 'The most beau.
tiful thing is leg in black silk
stocking Mary mustn't believe what
every man tells her.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-16
DIR. E. E. PARSONS
DENTIST

DENTIST
Will move Dec. 18th on jackson st.
next to Kress' Store at the Or N. S.
Evans Dental office. He will be
glad to meet his friends there.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-16

The city lawmakers forbid fire
works, but there appears a way for
the youngsters to get them, anyway.
And they'll probably all take advan-
tage of it without breaking the law.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-16

Dear Santa, bring US something to
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-16

TWENTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY.
Monday morning. No paper pub
lished. - al eHFUlax
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-16

Women don't dress to please
men, claims writer. No, they part
ly dress to please men.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-16

Cold storage men are claiming
their eggs will hatch. Bet the little
chicks come out wearing overcoats.
Milford chronicle., 1921-09-16
EX-SOLDIERS LEARN
USUALLY WITH
MUSEUMS HELP

In sending its travelling exhibits O
animals, birds, fish, insects, flowers
and industrial products to the con
tinuation school where this summer
$50 disabled eX-serVice men are re.
moving their handicap through voca-
tiOnal training, Field Museum is ad-
vancing another step toward the goal
of modern museums-to reach all the
people every day of the year.
To a representative of the Society
for Visual Education, DR.. S. Chap
man Simms, director of the N. w. Har-
ris Public School Extension of Field
Museum, explained that this newest
extension of his departments service
has developed as the result OF a re-
quest from one of Chicago's industrial
continuation schools.
'Mr. Edward G. Bauman, of the
Continuation and Trades
Schools at 14th Street and Union Ave-,
had seen our travelling museum func-
tioning in the grades in connection
with the study of botany, zoology, ge-
OlOgy and the various industries with
which these sciences are allied. He
knew just what such Visualizing of
the textbook means to young students,
with their eVer-present hunger for the
concrete in education. He wanted the
same benefits for the ex-service men
who are attending his school this year
for vocational rehabilitation. Twenty
i've exhibits were Immediately placed
1t his disposal for the summer"
'The cases Mr.. Bauman has desir-
ed particularly" said Dr.. Simns,
were such as illustrated the econo-
mic side of natural science; for exam
pie, exhibits telling the story of tea
md coffee from plantation to table;
cotton and wool from fiber to fabric;
he making of silver-plated spoons,
teel pens and china plates; the man
fracture of rubber, flour, white lead
nd paper"
In our regular service to the grade
chOols," remarked DR.. Simms, 81 .
ave noted steadily increasing de-
1and for economic material. 1 have
sked the teachers to analyze it. 'Oh,
IS in the air. they will tell you. It's
'hicagO. We're a commercial city. Our
upils see these products advertised
they watch the smoking
himneys, and they're naturally cur
JUS to find out how the wheels go
Ound inside all these busy factories
am particularly interested to know
nat the Society for Visual Education
Milford chronicle., 1921-09-16
HARDING, GRANT AND THE BONUS
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF.

In Vol. X. p. 4274, of "The Mes
sages and Papers of the Presidents
bureau of National Literature, Inc,
IN. W, the studiOus observer OF our
national ANIMALS will notice one more
ILLUSTRATION of the proverb that His
tory repeats ITSELF" and also an un-
common instance of a genuine veto
which became a pocket veto" by a
mere accident, not by the will Of the
President.
In the spring of 1875, President
Grant was facing a dilemma not un-
| like that with which President Hard
ing is now confronted, on one side,
an over-drained Treasury, on the
other, a genuine desire to reward the
defenders Of the country for their pa
triotic devotion.
A Soldiers Bonus Bill' originated
| in, and passed by, the House was sent
to the Senate at the very close of the
Short Session, and was Immediately
agreed to. 1t provided for bonus of
$100 for each year of service; and the
estimates of the expenditure that this
would involve varied all the way from
seventy to hundred and fifty million
dollars. Grant did not feel justified in
approving such measure; and as he
was at the Capitol on March 3, to
attend to the last legislative work of
the session, he there and then sat
in the Presidents room and wrote out
his veto; but this important document
did not reach the House before the
final adjournment of Congress, and /
thus the bill passed into history as
having been defeated by pocket We
to, even though Grants written veto |
ing communication is actually filed at |
the Executive Mansion. 1t runs as fol- !
lows:
Washington, March 8, 1875.
ITO the House of Representatives
House Bill 3341 is herewith return
ed without my approval for the rea-
sons, first, that it appropriates from
the Treasury. large sum of money
at time when the revenue is insult
ficient for current wants and this pro-
posed further drain on the Treasury.
The issue of bonds, authorized by the
bill to very large and indefinite
would seriously embarrass
The refunding operations now progress
sing, whereby the interest of the
bonded debt of the United States is be-
ing largely reduced.
Second. l do not believe that any
portion of the ex-sol-
liers, who, it is supposed, will be ben
eficiaries of this appropriation, are
applicants for it; but rather, it would
'esult more in a measure for the re-
ief of claim agents and middlemen,
Who would intervene to collect or dis
,ount the bounties granted by it.
''The passage of this. bill at this
ime is inconsistent with the meas
res of economy now demanded by the
of the country,
'U. S. GRANT" i
Milford chronicle., 1921-09-16
SHEEP DESTROY MANY WEEDS
Animals Convert Noxious Plants Into
Wool and Mutton and Add
Fertility to Soil.

did you ever stop to consider what
a band of sheep is worth as a weed
exterminatOr?" asks a California de.
partment Of agriculture expert. "In
the first place the band is worth as
much in the destruction of weeds as
a man with team and cultivatOr or
weeder through the season.
Secondly, there is a big difference
in cultivatihg weeds out or moving
them and sheeping them off. Guilt
waiting or moving is an expensive
method for which you get nothing but
a little added humus to the soil,
whereas sheep turn your weeds into
marketable products at good prices, to
say nothing Of added fertilizer in the
form of sheep manure deposited on
the fields.
1T has been remarked that a small
band Of sheep adds $1,000 to the av-
erage appearance Of the ranch in five
years time, from the standpoint of
weedless fields. However, in the long
run it is more than that. It is an
actual source Of steady income"
Milford chronicle., 1921-09-16

is producing a series of films on voca-
tional education which will be suitable
for school use. They should meet
what is today a very vital need, and
perform an important service to ed
ucation."
The extension service which Field
Museum has been maintaining to the
public schools of Chicago since 1913
is the fruit of disappointment, an in
spiratiOn and quarter-million- dollar
endowment. The late N. W. Harris, the
banker, was amazed to learn that less
than ten per cent of the school chill
dren of Chicago were availing them
selves of the benefits of the museum.
AS remedy, DR.. Skiff, the director,
had suggested that the museum be
carried right into the individual school
room, where it's exhibits could be made
an integral part of the lesson. Mr..
Harris volunteered to finance the plan.
This was back in 1911. Soon
small army of naturalists, taxider-
mists, sculptOrs, photographers and
craftsmen were at work preparing the
exhibits. Portable cases were devised,
in which representative groups of
birds, animals, fish, flowers, rocks and
other natural history subjects typical
of the Chicago region were mounted !
in settings reproducing their natural |
environment. Many were displayed |
against realistic Photographic back
grounds. Labels telling in large type
and interesting language the story of
the group were set into sliding frames
permanently attached to the cases.
A specially designed automobile was
built to handle the deliveries.
Today the N. w. Harris Public
School Extension of Field Museum
has nearly ZOO cases in daily service
in the schools. Three exhibits are
to a school at one time.
For three weeks they are circulated [
from room to room, at the end of ;
which they are removed. Some weeks {
later the school receives an entirely {
new set, the schedule being so arrang- {
ed that each school gets five deliver s
les a year. The aim of the department |
IS to develop a large enough equip I
nent to permit Of every schools hav- {
ng one exhibit at all times.
"Mr. Harris was an all-round citi-
zen, a real American" said Dr. Simms, b
n discussing new plans for service. v
In endOWing the travelling museum S
lis purpose went far deeper than n
merely the teaching Of natural science.
He believed that when children look t
lpon school work as drudgery they Il
lot only fail to develop the habit of
cquiring knowledge, but grow up in
Milford chronicle., 1921-09-16

opposition to established rules. Mr..
Harris was convinced that if textbooks
could be vitalized by pictures, muse
um specimens and other aids to real
ity, boys and girls would find their
lessons both easy and fascinating, and
as a result we should have better cit
izens and more stable civic condi-
tions."
Dr. Simms declared that he could
conceive of no broadening of the mus
Gums helpfulness which would be
dearer to the heart of the man whose
generosity had made the public school
service extension reality than CO.
operation with the rehabilitation of
Americas heroes.
Milford chronicle., 1921-09-16
LOSS BY PLANT DISEASES

Here are some Of the losses to
American farmers in the United
States in one year by plant dis
eases which might have been
prevented If known control meas
ures had been Immediately ap-
piled: Wheat, 122,OOO,OOO BUSH
els; oats, 100000 bushels;
corn, 80,0OO,OOO bushels; pota-
toes, 5OOOO,OOO bushels; sweet
potatoes, 100000 bushels 1.-TWO
fifths of the total CROP toma-
toes, $4,000 tons; cotton, $780,.
600 bales; peaches, 100000
bushels; apples, 100000
bushels. The figures were COM
piled for the year 1919 by the
plant disease survey of the bu-
reau Of plant industry, United
States Department Of Agricul-
ture.
Milford chronicle., 1921-09-16
DISEASE-FREE SEED
CORN YIELDS BETTER
Series of Tests Carried Out by
Plant Specialists.
Increase Of 10 to 30 Per Cent Obtained
Over Kernels Infected by Harm.
full organisms-How In.
fection Is Indicated.

Seed corn that gave 100 per cent ger
minatiOn but showed infection by
harmful organisms was matched
against corn that showed no infec-
tiOn in a series of tests carried out
by plant specialists of the United
States Department of Agriculture in
cooperation with the Indiana expert
ment station. The disease-free seed
gave an increased yield Of ten to thirty
per cent above it's competitor.
Further results of the test seemed to
prove that when corn was planted too
thickly in hill or drill row it was
more susceptible to disease than when
better space was given it. In a sim
liar test at Bloomington, ILL.,, the dis
eaSe-free seed gave an increase of %
per cent over the other corn, which
was selected for high termination
Milford chronicle., 1921-09-16

2. BY adding straight pieces to the
sleeves thereby making them long and
finishing with straight cuff and fin
ishing the neck with sailor collar a
MILDLY blouse is made.
3. Cut the front four inches long
er than the back. Cut long straight
pieces three inches wide for tie
strings. Sew one of these on each
side Of the four inches added to the
bottom of the. front gathering or pleat-
ing in the fullness. Hem the bottom of
the back which comes to the waistline
and run anelastic in which should be
brought to the front under the waist
and hooked Carry the strings to the
back and tie. This gives a draped
front blouse.
4. When cutting the pattern, cut
the underarm seams nearly straight
and the front and back from four to
six inches longer than the nlturaI
waist line. Use this pattern IN MAX
ing the long wasted dresses.
5. Cut the front open all the wav
down and add a fancy vest.
6. From a point in the center of
the under arm of the pattern when
folded cut directly up to the neck.
This gives a raglan pattern. -
If the neck of the pattern is too
small to allow it to be slipped on over
he head easily the shoulders may be
opened little and fastened with
maps or buttons. The front may be
'ut down and laced together to make
he neck larger
To insure plenty of fullness under
he arm add a small gusset in the
urVe of the under arm.
Cloth a yard wide cuts to good ad-
antage.
Milford chronicle., 1921-09-16
HOW TO BE HAPPY THOUGH HOT

That it has been an usually trying
summer in these parts few will dis
put. Although the thermometer has
not risen much above the nineties and
has often kept below that figure, the
''stickiness" of the atmosphere has
made life uncomfortable and exhaust
ing. There have been fewer intermis-
sions in the hot spells than usual, and
this has added to the general irri-
tation.
There is nothing new in saying that
we ourselves are at least partly re-
sponsible for our sufferings, and yet
it may be worth while to say it. OBJ
servation is convincing proof that
work is better than idleness in dis
tracing the mind from the physical
effects of the heat. Violent exercise is
imprudent, of course, but between that
and inactivity there is a happy mean.
And modern invention has given us
many advantages over our ancestors
the electric fan, for example.
Most important of all are the mat
ters of diet and clothing. In spite of
all warnings, the majority of persons
continue to eat in summer too much
of the wrong kind of food. The fruits |
and vegetables of the season were not |
given to us unintelligently. They are
better adapted to our needs than |
meats or sweets of any kind. So far as |
clothing goes, we seemed to have
learned our lesson. Women, of course,
learned it long ago, but men have
been less ready to discard waistcoats,
wear unstarched shirts and get them
selves outer clothing of soft and thin
materials.
Still, extreme hot weather probably
takes a lesser toll of victims now
that it did once Inquirer.
Milford chronicle., 1921-09-16
DIG UP PREHISTORIC MONSTER

JOPLIN, MO.-The petrified remains
of what is believed to be a prehistor-
ic or deep sea monster of gigantic
proportions has been uncovered on a
farm near Racine, Mo-, Is miles south
of here.
The general contour of the fossil
resembles a giant lizard. The head is
two feet long. The forelegs measure
twelve feet in length and the petrifcd
object is twenty-four feet long from
head to tail, the tail measuring twelve
feet. Imbedded in the legs are fossils
and shells. This led many persons to
the belief it might have inhabited the
sea in prehistoric days.
Milford chronicle., 1921-09-16
MANY USES FOR
THE KIMONA PATTERN

No pattern is so much used, SC
quickly made or so easily drafted as
the kimona pattern. It may be util-
lied for numerous garments as de-
scribed below.
To Draft Pattern
Fold paper in half crossways and
then fold it in halves lengthwise. Take
the following measurements on per-
son to be fitted
(a) Measure from neck down CEN
ter front as far as you wish opening
of neck. Mark this on paper on length
wise folded edge measuring from the
center point down.
(b) Measure from neck down to
bottom of waist line and mark on
lengthwise folded edge measuring
from center point down.
(c) Measure from center neck to
side of neck to get width of neck op-
ening. Mark on short folded edge of
paper measuring from center point
out on shoulder line.
- (e) Measure from upper outer edge
of paper down nine inches for aver
age sized person up to twelve inches
for large person for width of sleeve
and mark.
Q) Take bust measure and add
eight inches Qor fullness) and divide |
by d. (Example. Bust &C. -8-44 |
44-:-11) Mark a point dropped from |
the end of the shoulder to a level |
with the bottom of the sleeve. From |
lengthwise folded edge measure out a
line thru this point to a dis
tance equal to the measurement OBJ
tanned by the above measuring. This
marks the width of the bust.
(g) To cut out pattern begin with
sleeves. Cut from point which marks
width of sleeve into point that marks
width of bust. From there cut in
curve toward bottom of pattern, slant
ng the sides out slightly.
Next cut from the point that marks (
he edge Of the neck line (b) on a
curve toward the lengthwise folded
edge taking off about q of an inch
N the folded edge. This cuts out the {
Jack of the neck enough for a close
ltting collar. Open the pattern and !
ut out the front neck from the point
hat marks the side of the neck line I
own to the point that marks the {
epth of the neck opening. The neck {
nay be cut round, square or pointed.
Uses Of KimOna Pattern q
l. By cutting longer the pattern d
lay be used for aprons, nightgowns p
r kimonas. b
Milford chronicle., 1921-09-16
ALFALFA TAKEN FOR CLOVER
Seeds Of Two Plants Are So Similar
That Experts of Long Training
Are Often Wrong.

Alfalfa is often mistaken both in
plant and seed for. sweet clover. The
seeds Of these two plants are SO SIM
liar that even experts of long train
ing may easily mistake thCIl7. The
plants, however are really distin
guishable especially during the bloom,
ing and seeding stages.
Milford chronicle., 1921-09-16
PRETTY LITTLE ARTICLES

If one has talent for making use
full and fancy work it is an accom-
plishment. With bit of silk or a piece
of leftover ribbon many little articles
may be made if one has this gift of
doing them well. A twine ball cover
may be made from an odd piece of
silk or ribbon. Use six pieces Of rib
bon or silk and make them one and a
half inches wide and eleven inches
long. Two pieces of different coIors
may be used. Whip the strips together
closely for the depth of the ball to be
enclosed, leaving loops at the top and
fringed ends at the bottom. Gather the
double loops with a strong thread and
draw down securely. Suspend with a
piece of narrow ribbon and place the
ball of twine inside ready to use.
Milford chronicle., 1921-09-16

Drying Seed Corn for Next Years Crop
only. At HoOpeston, ILL.,, the differ
ence, measured in tons, ranged from
O.O1 to 1.5 tons in favor of the seed
selected both for high termination
and freedom from disease.
The selection was based on the alb
sence Of discolOration in the kernels
and cObS as indicating soundness. Dis
ease is indicated by brown discolOra-
tion at the butts Of the ears and at
the kernel tips and by decay in the
cObs.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1921-04-21

Iiden 8unide, 0as Sodite ua6o 9elte
fiir nnier 9oIf 5n thin, oiefem ileilte
bpbe Stele nflter ben Nationen 5t
erbalten, unb g~leid5eitig bielen ii
polItem 5irne @~eredtigfeit mie0ers
fabren al Iaiien, tperoe ih d pmffl6
tpie 11nr moglid, ben Seiat I'm ieirle1t
Hat erilden nad@oem ih ibn NIT al
len Gerb1ltuiiien. biie al berndiii6ti-
gen, nit alell 9erpflidtungm, bic
llnter Mabrnng unierer eigenellS9ffed-
tie ait erfiilen in0, befaant gernadt
babe. @enm mir noriidtig iitlo beim
Gntmlrf beg 4rogrammg INTO getrell-.
lid 5uiarnmenarbeiten es al Dertpirf.
liden. foo11rlen mir nidt ire geberL.
Wir fainuen Ser Menihbeh mdt niirfs
Die1en, Iolonge mir nidt bon
lleuem uriere Dibgfeit our 83niam-
1le1rarbei bepeiien, moem mir DIE ln
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1921-04-21

Innierer gerfaiiurg porgeiiebenen 8e.
5fugniiie allter chamber In Ginaang
ibriipgm u1p e far111 uiir oie 8ufnnft
feline gerttr1iige geben, aeslanieren I'm
tell an &riege nidt beridiihtigen.
Rod mebr, es tann feline 1tubbrit-
aen0e 9ereiitignng bon Nutio1e1t ge-
idyaffen tperDen bic duff @erehtigfeit
gegriiinbet n1to benz 6rieben geipiomet
III, ebe biegertrage. BE ben Grieben
tpieoerberiteuen bon ben geationen
l~nter5eid)net I'M, Die I'M @riegipare1l
llm56ies auerreiden nm ben 5rie6oerl
uno Die at iibm geboore1uben bertrags
liid,en Beitimn1llrgen mie0erber5nftel-
len, nm 11nier s3iel elmer gereinigllng.
bon Nationen j Ii b~erlnirfliden, Die
ba5u beitiinm Der MeItt 8n beIfen,
aber obne WeltIerrfdaftuno Der
Melt 0ie 5fetiafeit sd geben,enn bic
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1921-04-21
III. 2lpril o2I

7ientli1 I'M, urb f0rlnen mir unfere
NIUE gan5 ipielen. inoem mir ung bon
Fluent NIT ben Bolfern Der @eff bit
e 3iele 6es Srieoens bereinigennn-
! re 8erpflidtang. mit5uarbeiten an
/ T MISUNDERSTANDING Der Suite inln-
opa trad1 benz &rieg lit nidt mir1oer
rineltd. ais Die Goue, Die mir I'M
! riege ielber ipielten. Dieier8ieoer-
ufbau muB geleiitet peroen, ebe Die
Renidbeit lpieber 6ortibritte mae9er
ann. @ir fonren belfen. oe1n nns
'reibt fetn SUB nnb mir bege11 feline
Nlrdt. Selfen beoeutet uber rid9t,
,1ns in 8erpiflunger einlaiien; an
.pirti6aftliden @ie0eraufbau mitar-
beoel1tet nidf fir 8ertrags-
SerpfIibtungen ei1treten, Die ung
nidts angeben. nuo an benea mir.
fem Sell baben pollen. Sn benz ieba.