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The Washington times., 1921-02-28
PRIZE CAKES
CHECKS SENT
Mailed by The Times to Sextette
Of Winners In Baking
Contest.

Checks were mailed today TO the
six prize winners in .hs All-Wash-
ington Cake Baking Contest which
was decided in The Washington
Times Office Saturday afternoon.
SHE DIDN'T BELIEVE IT.
Miss Mamie A. Burnett. 1900 Blair
Road. Takoma Park. who was
awarded x25 for the best cake con-
tanning eggs. absolutely refused to
believe she had won a prize until she
had the check In her hands. She said
she thought some OF her friends were
playing a practical Joke on her.
Here Is the recipe for the Ambrosia
Cake, submitted by Mrs. Lewis v.
Luber. OF Laurel. Md. and which won
second prize In the egg cake class:
n pound butter.
I pound sugar.
eEKs-
pound pastry Hour (siftedD.
n t~aspoosfuI vasilis extract.
u Of = lemon.
z level teaspoonfuis OF yeast
powder.
Cream butter and sugar, add eggs
one at . time, beating thre~ minutes
after adding each egRb thea add the
nsvsrtugt next add -four snd water
alternately, add yenst powder with
the last -four. Bake In layers II .
moderate oven.
FILLING.
1 pound sugar.
n cup water. boil until IL forms .
soft ball In cold waterI pour II over
the stiny beaten whites of two eGEsy
beat until cold and ereamyJ ndd the
juice Of "A lemon and the grated
orange cut small. and one grated
.WAR CAKE" RECIPE.
And here Is the recipe for the
war cake" submitted by Mrs. Fanni.
f.. Pratt, 800 Taylor street northwest.
which was awarded second prize in
the eggless class:
cups Granulated sugar,
cups cold water.
2 level teaspoonfuis cinnamoa.
cup shOrte ming.
teaspoonful cloves.
" orange peel. grated.
teaspoonful of salt,
box of seeded raisfns,
Let the mixture come to a boil and
cool. Add four cups OF -four and
three teaspoonfuls Of yeast powder.
Bake very slowly.
Icing-Powdered sugar, orange
juice and cream.
Tomorrow The Washington Times
will publish the recipes for baking
the cakes which were awarded third
prize in each class.
The Washington times., 1921-02-28
PASTORS PRAY
FOR HARDING
Churches Of City Ask Spiritual
Counsel for Guidance OF
New President.

Prayers for the success OF the in
coming Administration we're offered
In churches throughout the city
yesterday.
Many preachers devoted parts OF
their sermons to eulogizing the out
going President and asking for sup
port to President-elect Harding.
SAY Ioo-YEAR-OLD PRAYER.
In Catholic churches the prayer OF
Archbishop Carroll, of Baltimore.
written more than a century ago.
and which embodies the feelings of
the members OF the church In re-
spect to the destinies OF the nation,
was read An excerpt from that
prayer follows:
1--WE pray Thee, o God OF might.
wisdom. and justice through whom
authority is rightly administered.
laws are enacted. and judgment de-
creed, assist with Thy Holy Spirit of
counsel and fortitude the President
OF these United States. that his Ad-
ministration may be conducted In
righteousness, and be eminently use
full to Thy people over whom he pre-
sides; by encouraging due respect
for virtue and religion; by faithful
execution of the laws in justice and
mercy; and by restraining vice and
immortality"
At the National Shrine OF the I'm
maculate Conception. in Brookland.
vigil lights serving as prayers OF in
tercesson for the new President will
burn during the days Immediately
preceding Harding's Inauguration and
on the day OF his Inauguration.
The Washington times., 1921-02-28
KIWANIS LADIES' NIGHT
IS SET FOR TOMORROW

"Kiwanis Ladies' Night" will be
held in the Salon des Nations,
Washington Hotel. at 7 p. m. to-
morrow. The affair is being adver-
;sed as a Big night! Big surprises!
Big time! Do not fail to attend"'
The regular monthly business
meeting will be held in connection
with a MONDAY luncheon on Thurs
day on the roof of the Washington
Hotel. An interesting program "
promised.
The Washington times., 1921-02-28

Tho senior classes at the university
are in need of good hard cash to de-
fray expenses of the elaborate Sen
Tor Week" planned for next June and
also to establish a university endow-
ment in memory of the graduates of
1921. A rummage sale was selected
a. the medium of raising the money.
SALE LASTS ALL WEEK.
The sale will be held at 2018
Georgia avenue northwest 1t will
start today and run for a week.
Students and faculty members are
contributing old clothes, broken
furniture. and miscellaneous junk
The Washington times., 1921-02-28

for the girls stock in trade. Miss
Martha Waring is chairman of the
committee ip charge.
Mental Hygiene" will be the sub
1ect OF an address by DR.. Tom A.
Williams at a meeting of the Colum-
bian Women of the University at 4
o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Law
School, 1435 X street northwest. Tea
Will be served, followed by a brief
business meeting. The hostesses will
be Mrs. Robert Turner, Mrs. Henry
f.. Davis, Mrs. Paul Bartsch, and Miss
Elizabeth Schaan.
Walt Whitman and Edgar Allan
Poe will be discussed by DR.. Lang
don Il. Mitchell. eminent Washington
poet and playwright, in the hfth of
the series of eight special university
Lenten lectures on Poetry as the
greatest OF all means OF individual
self-expression and OF national cul-
ture and unity" to be delivered at
1915 Thursday morning in Concordia a
Lutheran Church, Twentieth and q
streets northwest
WILL COMPARE VERSE.
Or. Mitchell was personally ac.
auainted with whitman and listened
to the poet reclte many OF his poems.
He will compare whitmans verse
with hymns OF the church and with
Biblical passages.
The lectures are open to the gen.
eral public az well as to members
OF the university. Registration still
Is under way at the office of the
University Recorder. Lsper Hail.
2o23 @ street northwest
The Washington times., 1921-02-28
G. w. u. Colds Enter
Secondhand Business
To Raise Senior Fund

Pretty co-eds at George Washington University are
going into the secondhand business
Girls of the senior classes have put aside their dainty
frocks silk waists street hat and trusty powder pus
for the time bengand bright and early tomorrow morning
they will don old skirts and cotton waists and take their
places behind rickety old rummage sale counter.
The Washington times., 1921-02-28
Burrouuhs to Talk.

Congressman Sherman B. Bur-
rcughs, of New Hampshire. will ad-
dress the members of the Columbia
Heights Citizens Association at a
meeting co be held tomorrow night
at o'clock in St Stephens Hall.
3017 Fourteenth street northwest
The Washington times., 1921-02-28

DEHIND this bullet ridden door, 'Twitty" Linwood
Harris coored took refuge in the revolver battle
YESTERDAY with three policemen which resulted in his
own DEATH the fatal shooting of Policeman Samuel
Hayden and the woundng Of two negroes The above
photograph shows the marks Of seven bullets one OF
which killed Harris The shots fired into the door
by Capt T. r. Bean and Policeman A. B. Cole.
The Washington times., 1921-02-28
oaGE r. COOKSEY, assistant to the Secretary o

u the Treasury who has resigned effective March 4
Mr. Cooksey private secretary to Secretary McAdoo
and was made assistant TO the Secretary when that
office was created just before the He was Wash
ington newspaper man
The Washington times., 1921-02-28
Robert Emmet Celebration.

The Irish American Union will
hold Robert Emmet celebration
next Friday night in Gonzaga Hall.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31
BIRDS AID GREATLY
IN WAR ON INSECTS
Of IT Species Examined rs
Were Grasshoper Eaters.
Farmer Should Form Defensive ALI
ance with Aerial Cavalry to
Obtain Necessary Protection
Against Enemies.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Special Investigations 20 find how
far the various bird species aid man
kind in his perpetual war on insect
enemies are being carried on by the
bureau of biological survey, United
States Department of Agriculture. In
the western states the grasshopper
is particularly troublesome, so far as
the farmer and the ranch owner are
concerned. Specialists found that Of
q species of birds examined 25 were
grasshopper eaters. In 10 Of the spe-
cies all of the individuals collected
had given grasshoppers place on their
menu. The birds having the best rec
ords were the lark sparrows, meadow
larks, Franklin gulls, Arkansas king
bird, crow blackbird, and the COM
mon kingbird
Probably there are not birds enough
in the country to clean up a full
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31
SEED-TESTING PLEASES BOY
Work Is Admirably Adapted for School
Room-Equipment Necessary
Is inexpensive.

In order to prevent Jack from be-
coming a dull boy as a result of all
work and no play, many hours can be
spent profitably in the schoOlroom by
forgetting books and lessons for
time and testing seeds. Seed testing
is a diversion that is as practical as
it is enjoyable. 1t is admirably
adapted for exercise work in every
schoolroom whether or not a system
attic course in agriculture is given. Lit
tie equipment is necessary. A study
of samples of farm seed to be sown
by the pupils parents, to determine
the percentage of termination and the
extent of impurities in the seed, offers
a means of connecting the school with
the home with benefits to both. In
purity tests can be made by an exam
ination with magnifying glass. The
only apparatus necessary for germina-
ton tests Of small seed consists of
two plates, and piece Of blotting
paper. Write to the United States
Department of Agriculture for Farm
ers' Bulletin 42S, Testing Farm Seeds
in the Home and In the Rural School"
1t gives complete directions.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31
Provide Comfortable Quarters for
Poultry Flock.

the end of the second day when tho
hen should be permitted to leave her
nest for food and water she returns
in short time, the nest eggs may be
replaced with the eggs that are to be
incubated.
Throughout the period of incubation
the eggs and nests should be kept
clean. Sometimes it will be necessary
to change the nesting material. Eggs
should be tested twice during the in
cubation period, preferably on the sew
enth and fourteenth days, and all in
fertile eggs and those with dead germs
should be removed. When the eggs
begin to hatch, the hen should be con-
fined and not disturbed until the hatch
ing is complete. If she becomes rest
less remove the chicks as they are
Matched and keep them in a warm
place until the hatch IS complete, when
all should be returned to the mother
hen.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31
R)OlIIN1
|m 80 3%3
GIVE BREEDERS FREE RANGE
Most Desirable for Production of Fer
tile Eggs Intended to Be Used
in Incubator.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Hazards which sometimes accom-
pany the incubation of eggs are large
ly avoidable. Fertile eggs from vigor-
GUS breeding stock are necessary in
order to obtain good matches.
Free range for the breeders is most
desirable for the production of fertile
eggs with vigorous germs, but all eggs
produced from such hens should not
be used for incubation. Eggs that are
abnormally small and poorly shaped or
those having thin or very poor shells
should be eliminated. Dirty eggs or
those badly soiled should not be used.
If 1t is found necessary to set slightly
soiled eggs they may be cleaned by
rubbing lightly with damp cloth, care
being taken not to rub off any more
of the natural bloom than is neces-
sary.
II is never advisable to use for
Matching eggs that are more than two
weeks old. In freezing weather eggs
ollOuiu NC COliCClcu lNO VI Llllt TIC JlluCS
a day so as to prevent their being
chilled. Neither hen nor an incuba-
tor will hatch strong chicks from eggs
containing weak germs or from those
which have not received proper care.
In preparing the nest for the sitting
hen, put from three to four inches
of damp earth or a piece Of grass sod
in the bottom of the nest before the
nesting material is put in to provide
moisture. When the hen becomes
broody, and before she is transferred
to the nest for sitting she should be
busted with insect powder or sodium
tiuoride. In doing this hold the hen
by the feet with the head down, work
ing the powder well into the feathers.
This should be repeated about the
eighteenth day of incubation so as to
be sure that there are no lice present
when the chicks are Matched.
The hen should be moved at night
from the regular laying nest into the
hest where she is to be set. The lat
ter nest should be in some out-of- the
way place where the hen will not be
disturbed. In order to make sure that
the hen will continue to stay in the
new nest, she should be started with
one or two china nest eggs. If, at
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31
POOR INCUBATOR
BAD INVESTMENT
Advisable to Buy Machine Used
With Best Success in I'M
mediate Neighborhood.
DETERMINE SIZE BY NEEDS
Special Cellar or Incubator House
Should Be Provided If Equip
ment Is ExtensVe-Import-
ant to Keep Air Fresh.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
After the poultryman has made up
his mind to buy an incubator, he is
confronted with the question of makes
and sizes. AS general rule, a cheap
machine is a poor investment, requir-
ing more attention than a good one and
wearing out quicker besides being less
dependable. The value of the machine
is small compared with that of the
incubator 1t is poor economy, there
fore, to buy machine which is not re-
liable. Whenever possible it is well
to select the kind of incubator that
has given satisfaction in your neigh
borhood, so that you may get the bene-
fit Of the experience of other operators
near by.
Varies With Needs.
The best size of incubator to buy
varies with numerous circumstances,
say poultry specialists of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
About as much time is required to
care for a 60 as for a 36O-egg ma
chine; it is usually advisable to get
one of at least 150-egg capacity Spe
oial conditions, though, often exist
which make smaller machines valu-
able.
A small machine is often used in
connection with larger one, all eggs
being placed in the large machine after
The first or second test. Many poultry
men believe that it pays to have an in
cubator large enough to hatch the bulk
Of their stock in two or three matches,
SO that much time is saved in tending
70 the incubatOrS and breeders. In
addition the chickens are more uni
Form in size than those Matched when
he incubating period extends over a
.onger time.
| A fair estimate for poultry farm is
an incubator of one.egg capacity pei
aen, provided that about one-half of
| the flock is to be renewed yearly and
no outside Matching is carried on. The
larger machines cost less in proportion
to their capacity than the smaller ones
Good Results in Cellars.
1ncubators are operated in a great
variety of places with success. Where
only a few small machines are USED
they are usually located in room OF
the cellar of the house. A special eel
lar or incubator house should be pro
vided if the incubator equipment is
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31
Given intelligent Care Good Incubators
Will Turn Out a Successful Hatch.

used. 1t is important to have a we'll
ventilated room not subject to wide
variations in temperature. If built
above ground the walls should be dou-
BILE and the entire building we'll in
sulated.
Good results in Matching are secured
In incubator cellars and in incubator
rooms entirely above ground levels but
the cellar is more commonly used. In
cubators may be operated in buildings
with single walls, especially in regions
which have mild climate, but we'll
insulated room is preferable.
The incubator room or cellar should
be large enough to allow the attend
ant to work around the machines con-
veniently. Many incubator cellars are
provided with some system of ventila-
ton in addition to the windows. This
Is not always necessary however. The
chief point is to keep the air in the
room fresh. Muslin screens on the
windows provide good ventilation with
out draft and at the same time keep
the sun from shining on the machines
Many incubator cellars have cement
floors which are easier than Dirt floors
to keep clean and neat.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31
SALT IMPROVES COWPEA HAY
Enhances PaIatabiIlty and Where Crop
Is Not Entirely Cured Prevents
Fermentation.

The use OF salt has been recon-
mended by many successful growers
in the moving of cowpea hay. AL
though not essential, undoubtedly the
hay is improved In palatability, and 1t
may, In the case of hay not entirely
cured, assist in preventing fermenta-
ton. About eight quarts of salt are
used to one ton of hay.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31
INCREASED EGG PRODUCTION
Highest Number of Eggs Obtained
From Mash Composed of Meat
Scrap and CornmeaI.

The highest egg production in poul.
try-feeding tests conducted by the
United States Department Of Agricul.
ture were obtained from a pen receiv.
ing a mash composed of four pounds
bran, four pounds middlings, 20
pounds meat scrap, and 66 pounds
cOrnmeal.
This ration has been one of the
best mashes, giving consistent high
production over a period Of several
years, and is not distinctly different
from the mash used In the wheatless
ration, which has also given very good
production.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31

strength invasion Of grasshOppers
such as the western farmers have
come to dread, it is said, but the
birds assist materially in the efforts
made by man to control the pest.
Specialists say that poisoning cam
paignS are among the best weapons
used against the grasshOpper. From
time to time reports are sent in, say
ing that many birds have fallen VIC
tim to the poisoned mixtures placed
for the insects. Such charges were
associated with the gypsy-moth spray.
with the laying of poisoned mashes
for cut worms and other insects. Care
full observation, made by experts,
shows that the bird losses from such
causes are insignificant. Some birds,
it is said, are not harmed at all by the
presence of poison placed for insects
or vermin; the quail In California
were not harmed by the bats that
were set out to kill ground squirrels
though the campaign was a general
one and was conducted with much in
tensity. In the DakOtas a few birds
succumhed to the arsenic mashes
placed for grasshoppers, but the num-
Der killed was so slight as to be Of
no consequence, it is said.
BY killing stray cats and chasing
off unscrupuolus hunters the farmer
can become a party to sort of de-
| fensive alliance with his birds, so that
when his crops need protection
against insect enemies he will have a
squadron of aerial cavalry to help
him repulse the raid, specialists say.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31

ing me. l am keeping house now and
am able to do all of my work. l cannot
say enough for your medicine. 1t has
done more for me than any doctor. l
have not paper enough to tell you how
much it has done for me and for my
friends. You may print this letter if
you wish. - ELIZABETH G.. CoRLEY,
care of A. P. Corley, Edmund, S. c.
Ability to stand the strain of work is
the privilege of the strong and healthy,
but how our hearts ache for the weak
and sickly women struggling with their
daily rounds of household duties, with
backaches, headaches, nervousness and
almost every movement brings a new
pain. Why will not the mass of letters
from women all over this country, which
we have been publishing, convince such
women that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound will help them just as
surely as it did Mrs. Corley?
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31
HIGHEST PRICES FOR DUCKS
Market Usually Remains Unchanged
From July Until September
Best Market In May.

Prices for green ducks (young mar
ket stock) usually remain unchanged
from July to September. The best
prices are realized about May From
then until July the prices gradually
decline until they pick up for the hol-
iday trade.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31
SIMPLE HINTS FOR POULTRY
To Keep Young Brood in Healthy Con.
dition Supply Clean Water and
Plenty Of Grit.

A successful poultryman offers a
few, simple hints for keeping the
young brood in health, as follows {:
Give clean water; supply plenty of
grit; feed a variety of cracked and
whole grain, mostly in a dry state;
keep chicks out Of the grass when wet
with dew or rain.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31
women who
Cannot WORK
Read Mrs. Corley's Letter and
Benefit by Her Experience
Edmund, SET was run down with
nervousness and female trouble and suf-

Iered every HlOnCn.
l was not able to do
any work and tried a
lot of medicine. but
got no relief. l saw
your medicine adver-
tised in a little book
that was thrown in
my door, and l had
not taken two bottles
of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vege t a BILE
Compound before l
could COO II uoc holm
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31
WHITE LIGHT BURNERS

Make your old kerosene oil lamp give a
brilliant white light. This new patented
mantle to break, guaranteed safe and re-
liable, delights every user. Send now for a
complete sample for large size, No. 2-B, S5c,
or three for 81, postpaid, stamps or coin.
Money back IL not satisfactory. Agents
wanted. JOHN GILL MFG. CO., SOUTH
DANBURY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31

ScIf-lovp prevents many man from
hating Il hypocrite.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31
WOMEN! USE DIAMOND DYES"
Dye Old Skirts, Dresses, Waists,
Coats, Stockings, Draperies-
Everything.

Each package Of diamond Dyes"
contains easy directions for dyeing any
article of wool, silk, cotton linen, or
mixed goods Beware! Poor dye
streaks, spots, fades, and ruins mate
rial by giving it "dyed-look." Buy
diamond Dyes" only. Druggist has
Color Card.-Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31
The Soul of the Violin

II the success of the photoplay is largely
dependent upon a musical rendition to com
mand the attention of the theater-going
public, why allow music to take second
Soul of the Violin" the music is part and
parcel of the play. This we believe will
prove to be the first big step towards the
acme of perfection for which we all strive.
We will send without any obligation to you
the story and prospectus giving in fun de-
tall our plan of procedure and form Of OPP
Grafton URANUS PRODUCTIONS. INC.
500 Madison Ave, NEW YORK
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31

Beautiful Sx1O Photographs of President
Harding taking oath Of office and delivering
his inaugural address in front of u s. Cap
itol, securely mailed soc each. c. o. Buck
ingham Co, 723 10th St., N. e., Wash, ID. c.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31

To be thoroughly ariStOcratiC {
suitcase should look well Travelled.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31

There is always room at the top of
stepladder because people are afraid
to stand there.
Evening star., 1921-01-16
Notion Specials

Hairpin Cabinets. three hun
dred; good quality Japanned
wire hairpins. assorted sizes, 1zc.
Metal Fur Chains, fine bronze
finish. Sc.
White Basting Cotton, two
hundred-yard spools. 4 spools
for 10c.
Notion Department-First Floor.
The Washington times., 1921-04-17

has there ever figured a champion swim
mer-at least, not one of the softer sex!
Women athletes Of all other kinds have
figured now and then In the news In dra-
matte or otherwise startling roles, but a
woman swimmer never. Even the "strong
woman" has not been exempt-there is the
interesting case Of Thelma, "the female
giantess," once with the Barnum & Bailey
Circus, who eloped with the Circassan
Beauty's husband. Female wrestlers, base
ball players, basketball champions, and so
on, and so on, have allowed their senti-
ments at times to make them newspaper
material, but never a high diver or swim
mer, woman or girl.
There must be some explanation Of this.
Whatever the explanation, Miss Lord ran
true to form. Often the high Jumper and
the high diver would stroll away from the
dancers and slip into the shadow OF the life
preservers. They had the moonlight and
the lulling swish of the waves, the soft
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