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The Washington times., 1921-11-06
Not One Storm Out of
One Hundred is Mis-
Judged by Miraculous
Instruments Over ON
M Street.
TURRENT rumor has it that
the day of miracles Is one
with the Dodo and the

TURRENT rumor has it that
the day of miracles is one
with the Dodo and the
Great AUX. That may be true.
IL so It is a blood relative which
has settled down upon Washing.
ton.
This city has often been referred
to as the City of Wonders. Most,
OF those wonders seem to have
coagulated into one spot Said
spot being in the immediate vicinity
Of Twenty-fourth and M streets
northwest Look around there and
you cant help seeing the home of
the United States Weather Bureau.
This place is jucier with modern
version OF the miracle than any
other in the city.
These Weather Bureau men know
more about tho weather than
Jupe Pluvius, the boy who makes
so much of IT,
During the history OF the bureau
the record of performance on pre-.
diction Of all major storms has
been within a mere shade OF abso-
Lutte perfection. Not one storm out
OF 100 is misjudged.
However, It is the minor weather
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OF course. as everyone knows, th5
two women represented are, first,
Lucretia Mott, a Quaker preacher,
who attended the World Anti-Slav'
cry convention in London in 1slS'
as a delegate along with Wendei
Phillips and William Lloyd CARR
son. Lucretia Mott, with two other
women, was denied the privilege OF
sitting in the convention and speak
ing with the other delegates, who
were men. Wendell Phillips rose
and said, after the vote excluding
her and her two companions, Now
that the question has been settled
] doubt not that the ladies will
take their place in the gallery with
complacency."
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Shaw said, when he saw it, "ThoSe
are people. those aren't masks"
While Mrs. Johnson Watched owe"
the group after its arrival during
the week before they were admitted
TO the Capitol for the upveiling, she
overheard many entertaining re-
marks. The wdtchman exclaimed,
well, isn't it just wonderful TO see
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the Capitol on the 1O1st anniver-
sary of Susan b. Anthony's birth,
February Is, 1921. 1t was the Cul-
mination of a project entered into
during the life of Miss Anthony,
when the contract for them was
signed In 1890. The plan was fos-
tered by such patrons as John
Greenleaf Whittier, the poet, George
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w Childs, founder OF the Philadel-
phia Public Ledger, and many
others. Mrs. Ida Hustled Harper,
official historian of the National
American Woman Suffrage Associl-
tion, was given power of attorney
to continue the negotiations.
Comments of people on this group
would fill a book. George Bernard
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a banker OF Huston. Texas, is
conspicuously beautiful head, show
ing strong and spiritual face.
Mrs. Johnson's portrait OF Susan
b. Anthony in the Metropolitan Gal.
lery was placed there in 1906, on the
grand stairway beside George Wash
ington, very unusual recognition
for both the sculptor and her sub
ject, that it should have been ac.
cepted during the life Of the sitter.
1t is the same bust which Mrs.
johnson repeated in the group.
The first models of these heads
were made thirty years ago. Mrs.
Stanton and Miss Anthony were
modelled from life. The three were
in the Corcoran Gallery for eleven
years. They were also exhibited in
the Court of Honor of the Woman's
Building at the Worlds Columbian
ExpoSitiOn
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WHITTIER HELPED
ARTISTS PLANS.
Exposition

Mrs. Johnson was one of the early
members of the American Federation
of Arts, and she has always kept
in close touch with Atnerican art
affairs, whether she Had her studio
in London, Paris, Rome, New York
or Chicago. She has crossed the
ocean thirty-two times. In Rome
she occupied in 1910 the former
studio Of the American sculptor,
William Wetmore Story, whom she
had known. Other friends in Rome
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were Randolph Rogers and Ives, both
American sculptors.
The large portrait monument w'5
presented TO the nation with inn
posing ceremony in the Rotunda OF
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factories, stock raisers, all need
them daily.
Rain forecasts reach as wide
number. Storm warnings are uni.
versally needed and flood warnings
are indispensable in all river in.
dustries.
There are in the United States
about 2O4 Federal Weather Bureau
stations. In addition, there are sta
tions in Canada and abroad from
which daily records are received.
In all the Washington bureau re.
ceives reports twice daily from
about 260 stations.
The observations are taken by all
these stations at s a. m. and s p. m.
daily. BY $3.50 the reports are on
the wire and by 9:30 the bulk of
them are in Washington. BY 10 or
1890 the complete forecast for the
nation, figured from the obscrva-
tions arc on the WIRE to all parts of
inc country.
CODE Is USED.
All observation reports are sent
in code for economical reasons. A
sample code message and its trans
lation, taken this week, follow:
Green seeming Genital occasion
warfare Allgown."
Which. translated, reads:
Green Bay, Wis. Barometer,
1884, s p. m; temperature, Sc de.
grees. Wind southeast, weather
cloudy, maximum temperature &c
degrees. Wind velocity s miles,
precipitation .O2, thunderstorm from
to p. m.. clouds s alto stratus
from the southeast"
These code messages come in at
The Washington times., 1921-11-06
By VICTOR FLAMBEAU.
(Copyright.)

(CoppighD
VIZ HEN Mrs. Adelaide Johnson, sculptor Of the de-
w cidedly unique group of three pioneer woman's
rights leaders, arrived in Washington from New
York last week, she found that the marble monument
upon the composition of which she had expended the
best effort of years. had been removed to place OF
honor the of the crypt of the National Caplto
originally intended to be the tomb of Washington but
the inscription had been removed!
Mrs Johnson, who had executed the work at Carrara
Italy where the marble quarried and brought it to
America via Genoa, the steamship Dante Alghierl
last spring the dedication had purposey placed this
inscription upon the back of the monument that II
might divert the spectators attention as ne looked at
the noble faces of the three pioneer women.
Why the inscription erased? Was 1t because It's
fervor offended the ideas of certain conscientious poll
ticians on Captol Hill? Who say! However, it
was erased that the figures stand there, un
explained may be of interest to learn what that in
scrption was, and why the sculptor euogzed them as
she did
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HohH bust of fLuua
Museum arepatd
adelaide cupt1@s
ID Burough be Johnson
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MOVED FROM PLACE,
UNIQUE MARBLE ALSO
LOSES INSCRIPTION

SculptrcSS Discovers DETACHMENT of Mer Novel
Monument to OriginatOrS of Movement i'm
Ems lciDatiOn of Their Sex Which Was to Have
Remained i'm Center of Crypt of the Capitol
Building for All Timc.
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disturbances, OF purely local char
acter and of small conseqeuce by
which the public generally Judges
the bureau. And, as it is practical
ly impossible to predict minor local
changes accurately, the bureau is
made the thing OF jest, in spite of
the fact that the performance on
prediction of local changes is cor
rect in 80 per cent of all cases.
Among the most wonderful of all
the wonderful things to be seen
at the bureau is an instrument
which records. automatically, on
one sheet of paper, all the weather
phenomena. This record shows,
minute by minute, whether the sun
was shinins, whether the wind was
blowing, and IL so from what dl.
rection and at what velocity.
whether it was raining or snow.
ing and the speed of fall, and the
temperature.
FINAL WORD IN WEATHER.
The interior instrument, on the
third floor Of the building, is not
impressive in appearance. II con-
slsts of little more than a drum on
which tho record sheet is placed,
four pens, and few electro.mag.
nets. The whole is under n glass
donna md much reaop,hlaa a stock
ticker.
Yet tho record sheet from this in
strument is the final word, from
which there is no appeal, in cases
where the weather plays an impor.
tant part in legal controversies.
The delicate traceries Of those four
little pens have meant the settling
Of hundreds OF thousands Of dollars.
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mated successfully with three or four
females. The hens begin to lay, usual
ly, in April or May, and will lay 20 to
80 eggs before becoming broOdy. If
not allowed to set they will continue
to lay throughout the summer, laying
from 40 to 60 or more eggs. Eggs may
be removed from the nest when the
guinea hen is not setting, but two or
more eggs should be left in the nest.
Ordinary hens are used commonly to
hatch and rear guinea chicks, but
guinea hens and turkey hens are used
successfully, although they are more
difficult to manage Guineas are mar
keted late in the summer, when they
weigh from one to one and One-half
pounds, at about two and one-half
months old, and also through the fall
when the demand is for heavier birds.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-08-25
POULTRY
CACKLES
CARING FOR GROWING CHICKS
Essentials to Best Growth Are Good
Coops, Cleanliness, Feed, Water
and Free Range.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agricultural
The care of growing chicks, especial
ly during warm weather, is most i'm
portant, say specialists of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
Every boy or girl member of poul-
try club should give them the best
of attention if success is to be had.
The baby chicks may be smart little
fellows from strong, vigorous parent
stock, and they may have been brood
ed carefully for the first two or three
weeks, but unless they receive proper
care and management during their
later growing period they will not
develop properly, and many of them
will be lost through disease or sick
ness. The chief essentials to proper
growth are good coops or houses,
cleanliness, proper feed and water,
shade, and free range.
Every coop or poultry house used
for growing chicks should be kept
clean at all times Sickness or disease
starts usually i'll unclean quarters, and
in such places lice and mites are al
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-08-25
IF 1T HADN'T BEEN SUNDAY
Cook Certainly Would Not Have
Overlooked the Use of That
Insulting Pronoun.

The ritual of society," as women
make it, is very eXacting the world
over, even in almshOuse, and in this re-
latiOn there is told story showing the
serious difficulty that arose among a
set OF workhouse officials in a western
town.
The infirmary nurses, three in num-
Der, had demanded separate sitting
room and the delight of Sunday din
ner therein, and the matron had sought
to humble them by sending the cook
to enjoy her Sunday dinner in their
company. The brawny cook described
what occurred as follows:
"Well, Nurse Jones, she comes down
and gets inside the door. -Four plates? ?
she says. -Four? Who's the fourth?
Me- says l. You y she says, and with
that she losses her head and walks
away"
Here the cook drew long breath,
and then continued: eff it hadn't
been Sunday, gentlemen, should have
let her have it for calling me you "
Exchange.
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CHEAP NESTS FOR CHICKENS
Take an Orange Box, Removing Top
and Fasten to WalI-Keep
Straw Fresh and Clean.

An orange box makes n good nest.
Remove the top, put the box on its
side, and nail strip about three
inches wide along the bottom in front.
It is preferable to fasten this box to
the wall. as it takes too much room
on the floor Each box the middle
piece being left intact, makes two
nests. There ought to be one nest for
every four or five hens. say poultry
specialists of the United States De
partment of Agriculture. Straw or
other material used for nests should
be kept clean and fresh. Be sure to
keep enough straw in the box to pre-
vent eggs striking the floor. If an egg
breaks. the hen may learn TO eat 1t,
and this is difficult habit to break.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-08-25
IMPROVED CRATE
IS URGENT need
Manufacturers Should Make a
More Rigid Inspection of Ma
teraIS Put Into Boxes.
MAILING IS BIGGEST FACTOR
Consideration Should Be Given to
Methods of Construction Which
Will Lessen Possibility of
Loss in Shipping.
prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agricnltnral

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Important factors affecting the sue
cesSful use of crates in marketing
fruits and vegetables were carefully
studied by a specialist of the bureau
of markets, United States Department
of Agriculture, during recent trip.
The first of these is the need of manu-
facturers making a more rigid inspec-
ton of materials used.
While most manufacturers make an
effort to have their stock inspected
and to use only good material in some
cases this attempt is frustrated by the
failure Of the workman to understand
and appreciate the ideal which is guild
ing his employer Many crate-mill
employees seem to cherish the old idea
that because the crate is a gift pack
age it should be made as Cheaply as
possible, using any sort of material so
long as there is chance of its hold
ing together, thus reducing the cost
to the grower and shipper.
The Growers Responsibility.
The crate manufacturer having
done his part in providing materials
free from defects, the grower or ship
per should see to it that the crate is
not spoiled in being made up in his
packing house or field.
Growers and shippers should remem-
Der that the mailing together of the
crate is one of the biggest factors in
determining whether the COntainer is
to be strong and substantial or weak
and productive of damage claims. Ce-
ment-coated nails, not less than four
penny in size, should always be used,
and care should be taken to see that
they are properly spaced and placed.
Greater care is perhaps necessary
in making up crates for express ship
ments than for car-lot freight ship
mentS, due to the more frequent
handling they must undergo. For
either method of shipping cOnsidera-
ton should be given to methods of
construction which will lessen the pos
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-08-25
GRASS SEASON QUITE SHORT
Seldom Profitable to Pasture Stock Be-
fore May and Pastures Are Dry
by September.

Few of us realize how short the
grass season really is north of the
Mason and Dixon line. 1t is custom
airy to consider it as six months. But
this is stretching it pretty far. 1t IS
seldom If ever profitable to turn stock
on pasture much before May l, and
almost always pastures are about
dried up in September. So, actually,
there are only about four months that
pastures can be depended upon. This
is worth keeping in mind when plan
ming the size of the slO or siage field
figure on eight months of feeding.
The man whose stock goes through
the winter best is the one that doesn't
allow them to become thin before
frost.
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ways more plentiful. Coops and
houses should be cleaned and sprayed
once week, and ciean shavings, chaff,
or sand put on the floor. Examine the
chicks and houses often for lice and
mites, and If founo they should be got
rid of at once by following the direC-
tons in Department Circular 16, Lice,
Mites and Cleanliness, which may be
had, free, upon application to the di-
vision of publications. United States
Department Of Agriculture.
A variety of feeds, with fresh, clean
water, is necessity If chicks are to
grow properly. Perhaps the three
most necessary 70: rapid growth are
grain feed, green feed and dry mash.
Poultry specialists of the department
say that in addition to the green feed
and dry mash, which should be pro
vided regularly, grain mixture
should be fed night and morning, CIV
ing as large a quantity as the chicks
will eat clean, but no more, A good
grain mixture for growing chicks con-
SStS of three parts cracked corn, two
parts wheat, and two parts hulled
oats. When available, katir or rolled
or hulled barley may be substituted
for hulled oats. In localities where
hulled oats, kafir, Or rolled barley can
Lot be obtained, or are too expensive,
mixture of cracked corn and wheat
InlJr hp 10 all
old enough to eat whole oats, when
two parts may be added to the corn
and wheat mixture.
A reasonable supply of fresh green
feed is almost az necessary as grain
for growing chicks. If allowed liber-
ty they will get nuch of it for them
selves, but If confined, or if in quar-
ters where green feed is not abun-
dant it should ba supplied regularly.
Lawn grass, beet tops, cabbage and
lettuce are excellent feeds. When
chicks are confined TO brood coOps
with runs, they should be placed on
ground where the grass is green and
tender, and as fast as it is eaten off,
the coop and run should be moved to
a place where the grass is plentiful.
In addition to green feeds and grain,
dry mash should be kept before grow
ing chicks at all times after they are
three or four weeks old. 1t is best to
feed. it in c hopper inside the build
ing, or where it VIII not be exposed to
rain or wet. Here is good dry mash
mixture: Two pounds corn meal two
pounds middlings, one pound oat-
meal, two pounds wheat bran, one
pound beef scrap and one fourth
pound charcoal. Grit and oyster shell
also should be provided.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-08-25
An Ominous Possibility.

Pretty bad fire you had here last
night" commented the recently arrived
guest.
"Eh-yah!" replied the landlord of
the Pemnia tavern. The fire com
pany had it pretty nearly put out,
and then the mayor came and took
personal charge of the contlagration,
and yelled orders till he got the fire.
men SO mixed up that they couldn't
do anything. And I reckon if it hadn't
begun to rain directly the whole dod-
moleSted town would have been holo-
causted. But l s'pose it might have
been WORSE"
"lIow could it have been worse?'
"Why, the governor or a congress-
man might have come and took charge
instead of the mayor, and it might
not have rained. City Star.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-08-25
New Cause for LIGHTNING.

An old negro preacher in a southern
rural district accounted for the light
ming in this way:
Ever time Satan looks down an
sees de Lawd's work gwine on, fire
flashes fun his eyes. OATS de
lightnin'. An, wen he fails ter hit a
church wild it he lays back an hollers.
OATS de thunder"
"But, parson," said an old deacon
"whar is Satan in de winter time? We
don't have no lightnin' den"
The preacher studied minute and
then said: well, hit may be, Br'er
Williams, dat hells froze over den ~
Atlanta Constitution.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-08-25
SMALL FLOCK IN BACK YARD
Two Hens for Each Member of Fam.
lily Are Recommended as Best by
Poultry Specialists.

The average novice can reasonably
expect to get an average of at least
10 dozen eggs per hen per year from
his small flock in the back yard. On
the basis of two hens to each men,
Der of the family this will give 20
dozen eggs a year to each person,
which amount Is about halfway be-
tween the average of farm and CITY
consumption. No backyard poultry
keeper should be satisfied with less
than this, say poultry specialists of
the United States Department of
Agriculture. Every backyard poultry
keeper should try to get as much
more as possible. To provide an egg
day for each person, two hens wonld
have to lay 1873 eggs each a year.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-08-25
FARMING FOR LIVING URGED
II More Farmers Would Produce
What They Need for Home Use
Markets Would Be Better.

More farming for living should be
done and there will be less risk Of
poor markets. If most farmers would
produce what they could for home use
the markets would he required to take
less and as result there would he
less strain on them. The way to have
markets is to save and conserve what
you have Use your markets only
when It is necessary to sell the sur
plus yOn cannot eat or feed
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-08-25
PAINTS INJURE WOOD SlLOS
Use of Preservatives for Coating Not
as Much in Favor as Formerly
They Do No Good.

introduced great pains were taken in
coating them with tar paint, or some
thing of that sort to preserve the
wood, but this practically has gone out
of use. Experiments show that these
paints do but little good, and again,
they are somewhat injurious to the
silage, says the Michigan Farmer
Without paint q wood silo will last for
a great many years.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-08-25
Showing Results of Poorly Grated
Lettuce

Sibilty of loss. An instance of this is
the use of the "web" or Cleated side
for celery crates. The Stats are
Stapled to the cleatS in the factory,
making but one piece to each side to
handle in the field instead of three.
II also insureS even spacing of the
Stats and gives an extra thickness for
holding the nails, thus cOunteracting
any tendency of the Stats to split and
come away from the nails.
Some celery growers are expert
menting with a patent crate which is
REINFORCED with wire around the
ends and the body of the crate. In
actual use the end wires were twist
ed together TO close the package, it be-
ing found impractiCable, owing to the
height of the celery, to twist the cen
ter wires together. There is no doubt
of the strength Of this type of crate.
Need of Cooperation.
Whatever the type of crate used, it
is the duty Of the manufacturer to sup
ply good material, accurately cut and
properly put together. This much
the purchaser of crates should de-
mand and should expect to pay for.
Having secured it, he should do his
part by seeing that the crates are made
up in q wOrkmanlike manner, and,
after packing. that they are properly
closed and fastened for shipment. BY
such cooperation manufacturers and
growers can feel better assured that
the crate will measure up to the ideal
of fruit and vegetable package; that
1t shall carry the commodity intact
from the grower through the whole
sale market to the retailer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-08-25
USING GUINEA FOWLS
AS GAME SUBSTITUTE
Birds Need Large Range for Most
Profitable Results.
Pearl Is Most Popular of Three Do
mesticated Varieties-They Will
Weigh From to 1E Pounds
When About Months Old.

Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of AgriCulture)
Guinea fowl are growing in favor as
a substitute for game birds, with the
result that guinea raising is becoming
more profitable. Guinea fowls are
raised, usually, in small fiocks on gen
eral farms, and need large range for
best results.
Demonstrated guinea fowl are of
three varieties, Pearl, White and Law
ender. The Pearl is by far the most
popular, say specialists of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
Guinea fowl have a tendency to
mate in pairs. but one male may be
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-08-25
BANTAMS INTEREST CHILDREN
Few of Small Fowls Keep Young Peo-
pie Out of Mischief and Teach
Them to Like Poultry.

Bantams are very interesting to chill
dren, and even If 1t does not pay in
dollars and cents to keep small flock
of bantams yet many families have
found a few of these small fowls USE
full TO interest the children, keep them
poultry.
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Rivals.

"You are looking charming tonight
Alice
That's what Ferdie told me-"
But surely you don't believe what
that idiot says, do you?'-Boston
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