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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-08-05

the way and the snow is beginning
to go, I sing for joy that the great
springtime is coming.
"But when the summer comes there
is so much for me to do. l have
marketing to attend to and other du-
ties Of that sort, looking after my
fine family and so forth that haven't
quite the time to sing as l had in the
springtime.
1T doesn't mean that am any less
happy. 1t merely means that I'm a
little buster, that is all.
Eyes, l do sing all the time when
the springtime is here. sing a strong
warbling song Of the springtime and
of the going Of the snow.
81 love to sing that song. 1t is an
old favorite with me. like to get
on a high tree and sing as hard as 1
can!
"Springtime and singing somehow
seem to go together.
"But do not understand about my
name. Now, Mr.. Purple Grackle is
purple. That is, he is partly purple
and does wear some fine purple feath-
ers.
"But why 1 am named the Purple
Finch is something do not know, and
if anyone will tell me why, l will be
greatly obliged. Yes, will be great
ly obliged"
~ would like to know, too," said
Mrs. Purple Finch. II wish someone
would tell u.s.
perhaps we will yet find out" said
Mr.. Purple Finch. Let us hope So"
"Let us hope So" said Mrs. Purple
Finch. Indeed, let us hope so, for
we do not want to be puzzled always"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-08-05
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Fairy Tale
PUZZLED PURPLE FINCH.
61WARY GRAHAlM BONNER
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II am very much puzzled" said Mr.
Purple Finch.
"Are you indeed?" asked Mrs. Pur
pie Finch.
st most certainly am" said Mr.. Pur-
pie Finch.
"Are you indeed?" said Mrs. Purple
Finch, once more.
She really didn't know what puz
zled meant, and she was hoping that
Mr. Purple Finch would explain with
out her having to ask him what II
meant.
She waited a moment longer and
then Mr.. Purple Finch said:
Eyes, / do not understand it. II
puzzles me. 1t is something 1 can!
not understand"
She thought quite hard and then
she knew that to be puzzled must
mean to be unable to understand.
What don't you understands
asked Mrs. Purple Finch.
II don't understand why am called
Purple Finch" said Mr.. Purple
Finch.
"Well, for that matter 1 don't see
why should be called Purple Finch
either" said Mrs. Finch I'm GER
tainly not purple. l wear brown and
gray feathers, but then of course the
reason l am Mrs. Purple Finch is be-
cause 1 am the mate of Mr.. Purple
Finch"
"Ah, but that is what puzzles me"
said Mr.. Purple Finch. Il am not a
purple colored bird either. l do not
wear purple feathers.
Il wear rose-colOred feathers, and
/ have brown touches in my wings
and tail and upon my back. In fact,
my wings are brown
"But the color which I love above
all others is rose. Yes, l wear rose
colored feathers and am considered
quite beautiful by those who know
me.
,"Why should / be called q purple
finch when 1 am not purple? Why
should such thing be? l do not
understand 1t. l am quite puzzled"
II do not understand it either"
said Mrs. Purple Finch. "The eggs
which hatch out into birdlings aren't
purple, either. They are green in
color.
"And they are decorated with little
black spots. There is nothing pur-
Dle about the eggs. either
ut is indeed very puzzling, and I
do not understand"
Mrs. Purple Finch well understood
what the word puzzled meant by now,
so she could use it herself.
"You haven't been singing as much
lately as you did in the spring" Mrs.
Purple Finch told her mate.
"Ah, my DEAR" said Mr.. Purple
Finch, when the early spring is on
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-08-05
SUMMER CARE OF ICE
CHEST is IMPORTANT
Well-Made Box Requires Less
Ice Than Poor One.
Drainage Pipe Should Be Cleaned by
Flushing With Hot Water, and
Keep Ice Compartment We'll
Filled at All Times.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Choose a well-made ice chest; it
uses less ice than one of poor construc-
tion. 1t should keep a temperature Of
90 degrees Fahrenheit, or less, say spe-
cialists in the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. Test yours with
a thermometer.
Keep the ice chest clean; wipe up
anything spilled in it and, when nee
essary, wash it out with hot water,
using two tablespoonfuls of washing
soda to each gallon of water; rinse
and dry thoroughly. Keep the drain
pipe clean by flushing with hot water
and cleaning with a long-handled
brush. Such cleanliness does not pre-
vent ice from melting; it does save
food from spelling.
Keep the ice compartment we'll filed.
This is economy in the long run. Do
not cover the ice with ice blankets,
newspapers, or cloth. These prevent
the ice melting, but make the ice
chest less cool. Do not keep foods
in the ice compartment, as the melt
ing OF the ice is increased every time
the door is opened. Do not open the
ice chest doors unnecessarily. When
one is opened, cold air rushes out
and warm air rushes in. See that
doors are closed tight after use, not
left ajar.
Select fairly thin dishes for ice
chest storage. Thick dishes take up
and hold heat Enameled ware and
ordinary glass are better than heavy
earthenware. Never put warm food
or warm dishes into the ice box. Chill
drinking water and such foods as but
ter, radishes, and olives by letting
them stand in the ice chest rather
than by serving them with Clipped
ice.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-08-05
An Arolnld


Bait the mousetrap with sunflower
seed.
Add a little sweet cream to caramel
filling and it will not sugar.
When making apple pie roll a few
gratings of cheese into the crust.
An omelet made with six eggs
will serve from six to eight persons.
Barley well cooked and served with
sugar and cream makes a good cereal
dish.
Dates are delicious stoned and
filed with almond fudge while still
soft.
When food has cooked over on
stove, rub rough places with sand
paper.
Try tomatoes cored and baked
with a pork sausage inserted in each
tomato.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-08-05
new TREATY WITH
GERMANY SOON
Terms of Convention Now Being
Negotiated
SCRAPS VERSAILLES PACT
Economic Terms Arranged-Foreign
Boundary Provisions Of Versailles
Treaty Will Be
Absent.

Washington. - Complete peace by
treaty between the United States and
Germany is in sight.
Monday was the seventh anniversary
Of the beginning of the World War,
When a treaty between Germany and
this country has been signed and rati-
hed, the war will officially come to an
end. Her other former enemies have
made peace through the Treaty Of Yer.
sailles.
1t now seems certain that a separate
treaty will be signed and ratified by
Germany and the United States. Presi-
dent Harding and Secretary of State
Hughes have practically agreed that
the Versailles document will not be
used.
Negotiations have been in progress
for several weeks between the State
Department and the Berlin Foreign
Office, through LOring Dressed, the
American Commissioner at Berlin
looking toward separate treaty.
Through Mr.. Dressed the State De-
partment first approached the German
Government to learn it's attitude to-
ward SEPARATE peace treaty which
would cary out the provisions Of the
Knox Porter peace resolution, reserv,
ing to the United States all of the
rights and privileges granted to the
other belligerents in the Treaty of Yer.
sailles to which the United States is
entitled as one of the victors in the
war. The German Cabinet has re.
ceived these inquiries with favor and
offered ro objection to the American
plan.
That much accomplished, the next
step in the pourparlers was to con-
slider the economic features Of the pro
posed treaty in detail. The German
Cabinet is meeting the wishes Of the
United States at every point, and with
In short time it is likely that a mem
orandum may be made public here or
in Berlin or at both places WHICH will
outline the treaty plan. La.
The new treaty will necessarily be
very similar in many provisions to
the Versailles pact, but, Of course, it
will not contain any mention what
ever of the League of Nations.
Nor will it contain any Of the other
provisions of the Versailles Treaty to
which objection has been made by
the country 1t will have nothing to
say about European boundaries in
which this country has no interest;
with the Shantung deal, by which that
Chinese province was handed over to
Japan; with British sovereignty in
Egypt, or any other attempted world
settlement to which the United States
has no desire to become a party.
Secretary Hughes at first recon-
mended to President Harding that the
Treaty of Versailles be sent back to
the Senate for ratification with amend
ments. He drafted a long list of
amendments. designed to eliminate
from that document all features objec-
tionable to this country. But the
President was not convinced that that
was practicable course.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-08-05
Protection Against Radium.

A physician using radium has to In
sulate himself thoroughly from it's eff
fects. DR.. Belcherc of the French
Academy of Medicine says they must
wear gloves lined with lead, and spec
tacles containing lead salt; they must
handle the radium salts with pincers
and sit at the table lined with lead. He
is perfecting lead protector for the
heart and lungs, but advises operators
to wrap themselves in thin lead sheets.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-08-05
MANUFACTURES cHNsUs UP
Question Discussed At Convention OF
Crafts Representatives.

Washington.-Th National Manu-,
facturers' Association, representing
'125 crafts and trades of the country,
met in convention here. At the sug
gestion of the Department of Com.
merce the convention will offer sug-
gestions for improvement of the com
ing biennial census for manufactures
Secretary Hoover and other officials Of
the Commerce Department will make
short talks about the census question
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-08-05
SMOKING LAW FOR
WOMEN ABSURD.
Mans Attempt To Regulate Habits
OF Other Sex Ridiculous.

VANS Attempt 10 He9uidtS FdpitS
Of Other Sex Ridiculous.
Chicago.-"It is absurd for men to
try to regulate the habits Of women"
said Mrs. Joseph T. Bowen, president
of the Womans City Club, comment
ing on proposed legislation by Con-
gress to prohibit smoking by female
persons"
at is perfectly ridiculous. They
ought to be ashamed of themselves for
not being hard at work on something
more serious and important. Smoking
is matter of personal taste and it is
not important enough to make legisla-
ton about"
The bill to prohibit smoking by "fe-
male persons" was introduced by Rem
resentative Johnson, of Mississippi,
and provides fine for women who
smoke and also for proprietors of
hotels and cafes who permit them to
smoke.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-08-05
GRAPE JUICE is REFRESHING
Excellent for Use in Hot Weather and
as Base for Desserts 1t Cannot
Be ExceIled.

Much grape juice is canned at home
nowadays, for it makes one of the
most refreshing drinks in hot weather
and as base for desserts it cannot
be excelled. The following dessert
recipes, using unfermented grape juice
have been suggested by the United
States Department Of Agriculture
Grape Sherbet.
Mix one pint of grape juice, the
ill 'e of one lemon, and one heapine
teaspoonful of gelatine dissolved ir
boiling water; freeze quickly; add the
beaten egg white of one egg when al.
most frozen. This quantity is sui.
ficient for eight persons.
Grape Ice Cream.
Mix one quart of grape juice, one
quart of cream, one pound of sugar
and the juice of one lemon. Freeze.
SyIabub.
Mix one quart of fresh cream, the
whites of four eggs, one glass of grape
juice, and two cupfuls of powdered
sugar. Whip half the sugar with the
cream, the balance with the eggs; mix
well; add the grape juice; pour over
sweetened Strawberries and pineapples
or oranges and bananas. Serve cool
Bohemian Cream.
Mix one pint of thick cream and
one pint of grape-juice jelly; pour in.
to small cups and set on ice Serve
with lady fingers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-08-05
REDUCING NAVY PERSONNEL
Twelve Thousand Men Will Be Dis
charged Upon Application.

Washington.-Twelve thousand en-
listed men will be discharged from the
Navy upon application to reduce the
personnel to legislative requirements
of the 100000 men for whom pay is
provided. Special orders were issued
to discharge upon request all men
whose enlistments would ordinarily
expire between now and July /, 1922,
except radio, torpedo and enginemen,
machinists' mates, coppersmiths
bandsmen, hospital and signal men.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-08-05
From Missouri.

"What in the world are you kick
ing about?" asked the red-headed land
lady. when took my room you
told me there was a single hair mat
tress on the bed" said the thin board
err. $50 1 did" "Well, will you please
come up to my room and show me the
single hairY
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-08-05
PORCH BOX TO SHIELD MILK
Two GaIvanized-lron Gases With Lay
er of Insulating Material Is
Satisfactory.

If the days supply of milk is de-
livered very early in the morning, so
that it stands on the porch for several
hours before the family arises, porch
box should be provided. A covered
box consisting of two galvanized-iron
cases with layer of insulating ma
terial is good way to protect the
milk from sun, flies, prowling ami
mails, and dust blown from the street
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-08-05
woMANs SLAIN BODY FOUND.
Absence OF Water In Lungs Leads To
Belief Of Foul Play.

Providence, R. 1.-The body of a
woman, believed to be that of Miss
Mollie Oates, Huntington, L. l., nurse
who disappeared from her stateroom
on the steamer Georgia between New
York and this city, was found thrown
up against seawall in Warwick. Alb
sence of water in the woman's lungs
and discovery of wounds in her head
led the authorities to suspect foul play.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-08-05
preferred an AirpIane.

Teacher-Now, Tom, hold your head
up and your shoulders back-you'd
like to have fine carriage when you're
a man, wouldn't you?
Tom-Well, I'd rather have an air
plane-Sydney Bulletin.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-08-05
MEASURING CUP AND SPOONS
Devices Enable Housekeeper to Weigh
Out Correct Amounts in Follow
ing New Recipe.

Cake making is not pure luck" A
half-pint measuring cup (glass or
metaD for measuring the -four and
sugar and a standard set of measur-
ing spoons for measuring the butter
and baking powder viii help in fol-
lowing new recipe, say specialists in
the experimental kitchen of the Uni
ted States Department of Agriculture
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-08-05
TURKISH RETREAT CONTINUES.
ReporteA DemoraIized BY The Black
Sea Blockade.

Athens three points on the
Black SEA coast at which Greek forces
were landed last week are Ineboli,
Sinope and Inzerli. The troops landed
at Inzeri have begun march on Ada
bazaar. Threatened by these landings,
the Turkish Nationalist are continu-
ing their withdrawal toward Angora.
The commander Of the Greek air
forces reports the capture of the Turk
ish steamer Kri, with cargo of mer-
chandise worth 100000 drachmas, as
we'll as 100000 drachmas in currency.
The Turks are reported by the COM
mander to be demoralized by the block
ade of the Black Sea coast.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-08-05
TO CLOSE LISTS OF THE DEAD
Secretary Weeks Orders Registration
Service In France.

Washington.-Sec Weeks ap-
proved orders directing the Graves
Registration Service in France to be-
gin closing up its work August Is. No
changes in lists of soldier dead will be
made after that date, and bodies not
previously designated at request of
relatives for return to the United
States will be placed permanently in
the fields of honor abroad.
Shipment Of the last of the dead now
designated for return will be made Oc-
tober 81.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-08-05
Knows a Lot.

$50 your son is home from college?"
yep" HAS he learned much?" HE
certainly has. More than his mother
and / have picked up in a lifetime"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-08-05

Jud Tunkins says nature puts
enough scales on a fish to give it more
of bathing suit than some human
beings wear.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-08-05
CASUALTIES TOTAL 10000.
Violent And Bloody Battles Between
Spanish And Moorish Troops.

London.-Twenty thousand Spanish
troops and rebellious Moorish tribes
men have been killed, wounded or cap
tured in the violent battles that have
been raging in Morocco, said Tangier
dispatch to the London Times. Fight:
ing continues at various points.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-07
Leonard Master
 or Rocky Kansas

New York, June Benny Leonard is still the lightweight champion. hay ing successfully defended his title with Rocky Kansas in twelve round bout last night at Harrison, N. J. More than 3o,OG0 fight fans damned the old Federal League ball park and witnessed the contest.
 Leonard outpointed Kansas by 6 wide margin.
 Leonard had Kansas weak at the end of the first round from right hand smashes to the jaw. In the second Kansas right eye was almost completely closed.
 Kansas was staggered in the eighth when Leonard hooked a left and two rights to the head. Leonard ham mered Kansas all over the ring in the ninth.
 Leonard tipped the beam at 1s6 pounds. Kansas a+ 134
 In the semi-windup Benny Valger defeated Phil Logan. Sam Mosbers Putpointsd M snfsl +.5 Bert 5 sDeFssT; Freddy Latzo outpointed Bud Logan.
 Leonard-Kansas fight by rounds follow:
 Round One.
 Kansas led left and missed. He led again and was neatly blocked by Leonard: Kansas landed a straight right to the jaw Both rushed into a clinch, putting short rights to the body. Kansas landed left on body. Leonard countered left on head. Kansas swung his left high on the head. Leonard hooked right 70 the jaw. They were sparring at the bell. Round Two. Kansas missed a left for the head and Leonard hooked his right to the head. Kansas landed a right to the head and at close quarters both put n no I-d jabbed his left three times to Kansas face Kansas sent his right to the body and Leonard hooked his left to the wind. They exchanged lefts to head and body Leonard sent a hard right upper cut over the heart and kept jabbing to the face, blocking cleverly. Leonard uppercut with his | right to the jaw and they were spar | ring at the bell.
 Hound Three. Both spared carefully. They ex- changed lefts to the stomach. Kan
 sas landed left low on the body but | apologized: Leonard hooked left to the face Then the challenger hooked | two lefts to the face and Leonard sent left to the wind. Kansas hooked a
 left to the neck and Leonard missed
 a right swing just as the bell rang. Round Five.
 Leonard jabbed left over heart. | Kansas hooked his left to the stom- ach- Benny cleverly avoided Kan
 sas' rushes with nimbIe footwork.
 They exchanged left hooks to the | body. Leonard hooked his right tC the head and Kansas swung his right | high on the head Each reached the body at close quarters and Leonard jabbed two lefts to the face just be- | fore the bell.
 Round Six. Leonard stepped around lively and tried to feint Kansas into a lead. They exchanged rights to the head and cIinched. Leonard jabbed left to the face and Kansas hooked right to the body. Kansas reached the fac with light left hook Leonard hooked
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-07
Kaceys Lose
 To Danbulry y

The Knights of Columbus team went down to defeat in a game with Danbury Kaseys, 7-4. The game was a pitching duel between Al BaFos of the DanTbury team, and Laubscher Of the locals with BakOs leading at the end by a slight margin. Errors at critical times resulted in the loss of the game for the locals, while Bakos received good support from his team mates. The hitting of Garrigan, Kaloski. Laubscher and Dellahunt featured, each getting two hits, while Mayo, Culhane and LaveIla featured for the Dan5ury team. Cul- hane received a two bagger and three base hit out of five times to the plate. Cogan caught two difficult foul flies among the automobiles. The lineup:
 Bridgeport: Garrigan, ss; kaloslt, 1b; Conroy, 3b; Dellahunt, If; Norris, of; Bowling, If; Trainor, 2b; Cogan, c; Laubscher, D.
 Danbury: Dyer, 2b; Mayo, cf; O'Connen, S; Culhane, If; Ahearn, 3b; Weary, 1b; Lavella, c; Kane, If; Bakos, p.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-07
By TAD.

By TAD.
 New York, June 7-''Who was my hero when I was a kid? Why, Jim Jeffries, said Jack Dempsey to me in his dressing rooms at Airport re- gently.
 "I always thought Jeff waA the greatest man who ever lived won dered why it was he did not run for . president. When he beat Fitzsim- mons I almost went nutty with joy"
 Do you still think he was good?" : Bet your life I do. No, never saw him box I never saw any of the bett, Fftz, Goddard, Slavin, Sharkey, Jeff, Johnson, Willard or any of them. I guess Georges Carpenter has seen : twenty times as many boxers as I have. The first heavyweight fight l can remember was in New York and !. that was between Barney Williams and George Asche in 1516.
 'fNo, I never had any of them to copy from. When I started fightinS s , I just went into knock the other fel- saow over or get knocked out myself. | The hardest fights I ever had in my life was with a fellow you never The fellow was Johnny Sude,nberg- : We fought ten rounds, and I won, but i on the square I looked worse than i he did after the fight. I've taken many a licking in the fights since, but SudenberE gave me one in the first few rounds that was a pippin. We took up a collection after the fight { and each got seven and a half bucks Wasn't that rich? Then the mayor i heard we'd staged a prize fight and ordered us to get out of town
 ~How did get into the ring? Oh, I just drifted along kind of you know and got out to Frisco and Oakland and then went right on up. Doc Kearns got me started on the Coast and guess we were lucky because in all the starts had I only lost to one fellow and that was Willie Mee- han.
 Meehan was the hardest fellow to hit I ever fought. He had a way of sliding in and out almost broke my back trying to get one in a good spot on him. Who was the clever est? Oh, Bob McAllister. Gee, I couldn't understand how a guy could get that good. I beat him the night we met, but it was like shooting ghost.
 .-The hardest hitter? We'll, I don't know whether you saw the punch or not, but the hardest punch I ever remember of stopping was one that Willard hit me in the third
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-07
CARPENTER STRATEGISTS
 ADOPT FIGHT PLANS

launch at any time a fe1ling attack" :"
 Hence the challenger is being pre- pared so that the forces and -intelli- gence at his command may De em- p1oyed to the best advantage on July 2. No matter what the style of the attack Dempsey uses, Georges expects to outwit him
 Comparing Denpsey's punches to big guns and conceding that they are of longer range and shoot bigger shells than Carpenters, Georges laughs this away with the remark tfbig shells are no danger when they go over your head; rifle bullets kill when they hit the mark.
 The challenger laughs again when he is reminded of the assertion made by many sportsmen that Dempsey is too big for him.
 They said Willard was too big for Dempsey; David slew Goliath, George Washington whipped the British; a submarine can sink a bat t1eShip'' is his reply.
 And Manager Descamps ends the talk with you see, my Georges, he has the superior intelligence"