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Daily picayune., 1921-04-30
LET THE HEN HELP YOU"

The above headline appeared over ah editorial in todays Gazette, with reference to the two days term of Poultry school to be held in Little Rock next Friday and Saturday May 7th and Sth This school wont do any harm because there wont be a dozen interested scholars there. out side of the enlightened demonstrators" and it is extremely doubtful if they them selves know any more about hens now, than thay did before they acquired the rather meaningless title of demonstra tor.
 Let the hen help you" why the proud old faithful clucking creature has been helping Us for centuries; she has always been queen of the farm. and nothing the Demonstrator can say or do will take from. or add to, the glorious history of her eooing tribe. Education k the grandest thing in the world, and if this long term poultry school can accomplish any good for the old hen and those interested in hea welfare. we say amen but the trouble with all these profitable farming bu reau's-chicken matching demonStra tors. and professors of bird and bugo'- ogy is that the farmer rarely ever benefited by req son of their astonishing wisdom. Just plain old common horse sense tells Us how to raise chickens. If those to whom the big news papers give so much gratuitous space to eN ploit their knowledge of bugs and beans frightened mind to the solving of the freight rate and express problem, pos sibly some material good might be accomplished for the farmer in whom they claim particular interest If Jno. Doe and his wife should raise au extra car load of hens under the guid- ance of Prof Demonstration. the freight rate would literally eat away MT. and Mrs. Does profit on the whole car load We notice that Senator Robinson has introduced a Bill in the r. S. Senate to prohibit the easing of rates. That Bill is hardly necessary now, since the rates are already so high that we see the profits in berry and peach raising
Daily picayune., 1921-04-30
WEAK; RUNDOWN
Carolina Lady Got So She Could Just Drag. "Cardui Built Me
 Up," She Declares.

Kernersville, N. C.-In an interest ing statement regarding Cardui, the Woman's Tonic, Mrs. Wesley Mabe, of near here, recently said: "l have known Cardui for years, but never knew its worth until year or so ago. I was in a weakened. rundown con- dition. l became draggy-didn't eat or sleep to do any good; couldn't do any. thing without a great effort l tried different remedies and medicines, yst I continued to drag.
 q decided to give Cardui a trial, and found 1t was just what l really needed. It made me feel much strong or soon after began to use 1t l b. ran to eat more, and the nervoue, weak feeling began to leave. Soon was sleeping good.
 "Cardui built me up as no other tonic ever did.
 q used Cardui with one daughtsy who was puny. felt bad and tired out all the time. It brought her right out, and soon she was as well as . g1rl could be. We think there Is nothing uke Cardui."
 Do not allow yourself to become weak and rundown from womAnly troubles Take Cardui. You may dnl ' just what you really need. yog 0ere than 70 years 1t has been used ol tAoussnds and thousands, and foun1 5usk q Mrs. Mabe describes.
 A your drugg1st'A NC1l1
Daily picayune., 1921-04-30

study is neglected, higher English will
 be far more difficult to learn and under
 stand This is the reason that so many
 pupils in the high schools make such
 q poor showing in this study.
 Formerly, some country schools did nof stress the necessity of this stud" and if pupil did not wish to take up ] English grammar, he was not compel, i led 10 do so As d result if that pupil l ever entered q high school where the study of English was compulsory. he would not have the slightest idea of what he was trying to learn because he did not have the necessary know ledge of English grammar. However, this laxity on the part of the country schools has greatly diminished and is very. if ever. found any more.
 Some skeptical person may say, But what benefit would q thorough know ledge of English be to an ordinary laborng. manln Suppose for instance we take man who gets into a factory of some sort He is a steady. industri- ous worker. eager to do his best, and by close appliea to his work, soon gains a thorough knowledge of it. Be cause of this he is soon promoted to foreman. then if he makes good there. a step higher and so on until he finally reaches the place where he has chance to step into some office job at the heal of the company There he stops. Why Because he is unqualified to fill tho place He has complete understand ing of the works being done, but he has not the necessary requirement of good English that an office man in a responsible position must have. The man who holds an office job comes i'll educated and unedueated. He must have a knowledge of English, to a cer- tain extent and must he able to write and speak correctly
 Nor is this the only benefit that T knowledge of good English brings. As we have stated before, it enables one to understand what he reads much more clearly and therefore makes read ing a pleasure. It is also very great help in conversat tion, for a man is usually judged by his appearance and by the way he talks
 So we see that in every phase Of life and in every kind of work. T thorough understanding of the English language is needed Therefore let everyone work for the betterment of the country by maintaining and uphold ing a standard of good English.
 April Issue of the Dynamo.
Daily picayune., 1921-04-30
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

All advertising copy must be receiv- at the office of The Picayune not lat CT than 10 a. m., of the day on which it Is intended for use, otherwise 1t will appear in the issue of the following day
 Advertising copy for use in the week y Picayune should reach this office not later than Wednesday morning.
 Any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or reputation of any individual, firm or corporation ap- bearing in The Picayune will be promptly corrected if brought to the attention of the publisher. Statements o6 facts however will not be retracted
Daily picayune., 1921-04-30
A PLEA FOR GOOD ENGLISH.

What is more needed in this country today than good English? Not only at the present time, when the so-called slang" is so prevalent, but at all times. Good English Is the foundation of an education It increases the un- derstanding ability of a person Is a poorly educated man as able to under stand what he reads as thoroughly as man who is well educated? Nine times out of ten 1t will be found, that the man with a poor education k unable to grasp the meaning of what ever he reads as fully and as readily as the man who has had good educa- tion. The reason for this iS, that one has received a good training in English while the other has not.
 English grammar. taught in the eie- mentary schools. is the basis of the English language. If this part of the
Daily picayune., 1921-04-30
TTruTTurTNnnY

being poured into the coffer> of the transportation companies for the carry ing of these products 10 market. Tho merchants are bound to figure the freight to the cost of their articles and who pays the freight except the farmers representing as they do TO per cen of the consumers.
 Let Us adjust some of the bigger things in which the farmers are yitally take up the poultry school business as side line.
Daily picayune., 1921-04-30
THE WOMAN HATER REFORMED.

He said to sue for maiden's heart And hand required too much of art In framing phrases, making pleas, And swearing vows on pended knees "Till death Cor court decree) doth part Ones oh, so apt to get the catr Before the horse, and at the start Break down It's torture by degrees, He sad, to sue! Yet when sweet Susan, coy but smart Safe landed him, and cupid's dart Weent through his breast as though
 a cheese And pierced his heart with perfect ease He-well III not the words impart
 He sad to Sue.
 April Issue of the Dynamo.
Daily picayune., 1921-04-30

Independence of women will be com plete when the assert the right to make their fashions themselves. Albany Journal
Daily picayune., 1921-04-30

Entered as second-class matter Jan uary 6, 1921, at the post office at Pres eott, Arkansas, under the Act of March ., 1670."
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-06-29

that she was too funny for words, and hadn't she
better take a long walk with some younger mem
her Of the family; and, after all, what had she to
he depressed about, when millions of people were
81 much worse off than she? No one can stand
ridicule. If the war did nothing else, it taught
MS all how infinitesima our own little affairs were
and with the spectacle of thousands OF children
starving in Europe, the upheaval and disruption
of the world generally, and the sense OF personal
responsibility most of us have come to take on,
there is little time to be lost with drowsy indv1-
dualists who announce, like monarch that they
are weary and must be left alone for several
hours.
ssWho are they after all? They bring on their
own headaches nine times out of ten. They are
so retrospective that it hurts; and if they would
only wake up and look out Of the window instead
Of into their trifing souls, they would see the
glory and beauty Of life, and have no moment for
self analysis-which is only egotism gone mad.
Moreover if they had grain Of humor, they
would realize that to queen it and lord it over the
rest of us is the stupidest attitude they could take
For kings and queens and lords and dukes and
suchlike folk are fast going out. So should they
into the country, anywhere-to get a fresh
viewpoint, a glimpse Of themselves as they really
are'-Exchange.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-06-29
WHAT MAKES THE WILD WOODS WILD

-HE mental makeup of men and women VINO
scatter papers along the highroads, VINO
i trample down growing crops, VINO preak
down farmers fences and who are responsible
for surrounding our woodland streams with
beadwork of tomato cans is quite easy to unoer-
stand Such people are merely primitive ndlVl-
dualists. They have not yet advanced IN clvlllza-
ton to point where they can visualize the pro-
perty rights of others. They scatter their trash
broadcast through the land because they nave
not imagination enough to see how such action
can rebound to their own hurt. There are many
who are neither homeless nor landless themselves
who can still act and live, far as the rights OF
others are concerned, as though they were race
of nonads wandering across a trackless desert OF
SWIFTLY cleansing sand. Their mental processes
are as obvious as the trail they leave behind them
in tho landscape We can understand them, Out
we do not like them.
There is another group of Way1arefs WHICH,
though allied closely to the first, we ootn dsilke
and cannot understand. This is the group which
M, on,y scatters refuse over private lands, but
also leaves trail which he who runs may read
over the land belonging to cities, States,~ and the
Motion nublic park, whether it be but tr1-
anple Of grass at the intersection Of three village
streets. or a rolling meadow land set down in the
ho.r+ If a great city, or Forest Reserve OF
hundred thousand acres of the National domain
is nroperty to which each and every one OF us
has an inalienable right. To scatter trash over
a hit of green in the heart OF city or TO SLASH
off the top of pine tree in National park IS 10
damage part of the common land to which every
citizen is heir. We can understand how a man
can disregard the rights Of neighbor, put II IS
not so easy to understand how man can destroy
the beauty of land which is his own and his chill
dren's If we are to continue to build parks IN our
cities and set aside wildernesses for our recrea-
ton we must also build up. in the mind ana neart
Of every citizen, spirit of jealousy for the
beauty Of these green places. Perhaps the pre-
sent generation Of Americans is already past the
crre. but there is another generation OF citizens
in the making, and, if we are wise, we will 90 1or
them what the Forestry Association has been DO
ing in the city of Washington. If we catch Young
America young enough, our parks OF tomorrow
NAV be as pop-bottleless as the beech-shaded
sward of Hampstead Heath.-The Outlook.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-06-29
sHAW's RELIGION

IF Frank Dilnot, who comes to the Redwoo
Falls Chautauqua platform this season, talk
half as well as he writes, his program alon
will be we'll worth the cost Of the season ticke
even though the season were to contain nothin.
at Short Range, in one of thescurrent magazine:
is one Of the most readable and interesting articles
it has been our pleasure to read for some time
In the article, which is a series OF kodak pic.
lures" Of men Of the times including Shaw, Knud-
son, the prime minister of Norway, Lord North.
cliffe and others, Mr.. Dlnot quotes the following
from letter written him by Shaw.
Sir-My friend Mr.. Blathwayt, an inveter
ate romanticist, has spoiled the story Of my
singing at the Salvation meeting. l took on
myself the duty Of leading the singing in my
box, being of opinion that hynln-singing,
when the tune is jolly one land the Saliva
ton Army has enough genuine religion in it
to specialize in jolly hymn tunes), is highly
enjoyable, healthy and recreative exercise.
Now the art Of leading choir, or an orches
tra or anything else, consists, not in being
Carried away" but in carrying other people
away; and this / did with such success that
a young lady in the Army bonnet took my
hands as we left the box at the end of the
meeting, and said, with moist eyes, eve
know, don't we?' And really think we did;
so refrained from explaining to the lady
that the daily papers habitually paralyse their
readers with horror by describing me as an
atheist, and that would have sung just as
Justify to Allah in mosque or to Brahma in
temple if the music had been equally inspir-
ed.
Mr.. Blathwayt did not appreciate the story,
or else he forgot it. l suspect him of con-
sidering religion as sort of drunkenness OF
the soul (many Englishmen do), and there
fore of misunderstanding my conviction that
it is the intensest sanity and sobriety of the
soul. The religion that carries people away
is not my religion My religion brings them
to their senses. Hence, perhaps, its unpopu-
larity. &c. Bernard Shaw.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-06-29
BLUES"

"HE Young Old Philosopher was saying to
us the other morning: isn't it curious
= how no one dares to have the blues any
more 2"
We hadn't noticed the phenomenon; but when
we came to think of it we remembered certain
aunt who used to lock herself in her room about
three or four times year and have it loudly pro-
claimed that she must not, under any circumst-
ances, be disturbed, for she had the blues and
must fight out her mood alone, in desperate soil
tude.
"every household used to be troubled and clutter
ed with such, q relative; and the strange part of
it is that we paid so much attention to such fools
and respected their silly wishes SO graciously and
definitely. Nowadays an aunt like that would be
laughed out Of house and home, and simply told
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-06-29

If every man, woman and child in Redwood
County would begin right now to plan even one
thing each for the Redwood County Fair what a
wonderful exhibit we would have! And it isn't
any to early to begin to think about your exhibit
and to decide whether it shall be first class set
ting hen, farish-sized angel food, or a porky
pig. Get the notion right that this fair is to
be your fair and do something about it.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-06-29

We don't seem to be able to find out just whel
F. W. Murphy of Wheaton said the following
words which the newspapers of the state ar
crediting to him, but they are good words-ant
said like the true Minnesotan Frank w. is.
"The rural press of America is the closest,
most consistent and intimate co-operator and
friend of the farmer that there is in the coun-
try today. May we join the hands and the
forces of Americas rural press with those of
the men and women of the farms, and togeth-
er work out our mutual destines. It is no
part of the plan of the founders Of this Re-
public that it should ever pass from an agri-
cultural to an industrial nation Nowhere in
the world may be found such highly intelli-
gent, Industrious and conservative force as
the people of the rural districts of this coun-
try of ours. These men and women have
wrested from nature and have conquered and
produced food from the fertile fields between
the great lakes and the gulf, the billowy At
lantic and the shining Pacific. Like silent
army unheralded, without martial music or
waving Of flags, Americas great hosts Of the
farm have crossed the continent from East to
West, bringing peace and contentment into
every state.
10, / uncovered the land,
Which hid Of old-times in the West,
AS the sculptor uncovers his statue
When he has done his best"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-06-29

A young lady recently wrote to an upstate
paper asking if there any editors in Heaven
The editor replied "There is but one editor in
Heaven. How he got there is not positively
known, but it is conjectured that he passed HIM
self off for minister and dropped in unsuspect-
edly. When the dodge discovered, they
searched the realms of felicity all their length
and breadth for lawyer to start election proceed
mgs, but they couldn't find one, SO of course the
editor holds the fort .'-Ex.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-06-29

There seems to be concerted effort upon the
part of several auto drivers in Redwood Falls to
burn up" the new paving just about as fast as
it is ready for We may be unreasonable
but really and truly it does seem to us that
hundred miles an hour should be fast enough for
almost anyone-but some of these drivers seem
everlastingly making the effort to exceed this
limit.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-06-29

At recent meeting of the Town Council in
Olivia an Ordinance was passed requiring all peo-
pie who sell milk in the city Of Olivia to have a
license and to be able to show a clean bill of
health for his cow or herd. This has resulted
in tuberculosis being eliminated from the entire
milk supply Of the town. 1t is not known whether
Olivia is the only town in the County that has
such an ordinance but each city in the County
should take step to provide such an ordinance,
at once. 1t doesn't call for any great expenditure
or money on the part of anyone and provides
for pure supply of milk to all people who pur-
chase it. If tuberculosis is to be eradiacted the
place to start is with the food that the children
get, and the milk supply is where the greatest
danger lies-Olivia Times.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-06-29

A Peoria, Illinois, women worked all night long
to produce an oil painting while the spirit of the
artist Whistler guided her brush. Gosh! We
do hope if the spirit of William Shakespeare or
Thomas Carlyle or any Of those prolific old boys
picks on us as medium that they'll wait until
it gets cooler Think of writing lecture while
the strenuous Teddy held ones hand, with the
temperature running ninety-four plus We aim
to please, the spirits but we would certainly
put up protest at any such proposition.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-06-29
DON'T BE IN A HURRY

Don't be in hurry to answer yes or no,
Nothings lost by being reasonably SLOW
In hasty moment you may give consent,
And Through years Of torment leisurely repent
If lover seeks you to become his wife,
Happiness or misery may be yours for life;
Don't be in hurry your feelings to confess,
But think the matter over before you answer
yes.
Should one ask forgiveness for grave offense,
Honest tears betraying earnest penltence,
PITY and console him and his fears allay,
And don't be in hurry to drive the child away.
Hurry brings on worry; worry wears us OUT.
Easy-going people know what they're about.
Needless haste will bring us surely to the often,
And trouble overwhelm us if we hurry to be
rich.
Don't be in a hurry to throw yourself away;
Bv the side of wisdom for while delay. !.
Make YOUR life worth living; nobly act your
part;
And don't be in hurry to spoil it at the start.
Don't be in hurry to speak an angry Word; :
Don't be in hurry to spread the tale you've
heard.
Don't be in hurry with evil ones to go,
And don't be in hurry to answer yes or no.
old Poem.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-06-29
COL. WILKINsoN's EPIGRAMs

(From Dawson Sentinel)
Before raising two ears OF corn, where only
one grew before, we farmers will want to know
who is going to get the extra ear.
-,
The seed sown by the Farm Bureau has grown
and fructifed, and today we have state govern
ment committed to the principle of cooperative
marketing.
The wheat spectators object to my calling the
option business gambling. l always call spade
option business gambling. I always call spade
spade. It is gambling as much as poker play
ing It is not as respectable as poker-in poker
you have to show your hand.
They say we are interfering with vested rights
Some men have been plundering the public so long
that they have acquired prescriptive right.
In the Legislature we have held the front lines;
but the real battle was won by the 10000 in res
erve-the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation.
I believe in the higher schools; but believe in
the common schools, and I will stand for them
with every breath in my body.
If the women do their part in supporting the
they will prove potent factor in making every
element in our nation American first, last and al
the time.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-06-29

Renville County is getting quite some exct-
ment out of the fact that her Board Of County
Commissioners has asked Gov. Preus to remove
County Auditor Alfred 0. Schmidt on a charge
of inefeciency and misconduct of office. We are
willing to give Auditor Schmidt the benefit of the
doubt until he is given hearing, but we would
be able to give him the benefit of much larger
doubt had he not circulated petition asking the
governor to refrain from such removal Accord
ing to the Olivia Times of the signers of the
petition was an eleven year old girl. That petit
ton will have about as much weight petitions
usually do.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-06-29

Morris, the cartoonist Of the Fort Wayne Even
ing Press very tactfully suggests, pictorially,
that if the slackers list is published and the pro-
posed Investigations of army and navy reports
completed that it viii be only just and proper
that list Of profteers shall be published broad
cast over the world Indeed why not!
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-06-29

It is very discouraging business to try to get
out an editorial page these days. Every editor
in the state seems to be suffering from the same
disease we area big desire to jump the job
and we find nothing clippable!
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-06-29

We doubt if Minneapolis is getting much more
satisfaction out Of the Leach election than are
her~rural neighbors throughout the state. Van
Lear certainly did not particularly appeal to Min
nesotans in general.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-06-29

A large quantity of INT was placed under the
high school building at Brentwood, Wisconsin re-
Gently. Some 'ferward-looking" youngster pro-
badly had his eye on the possible evasion Of next
September's evils.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-06-29
SHALL TOWN TALK

And still the Stillmans are naming people pro.
and con. We didn't know there were as many
people in the world as this super active couple
has produced as witnesses and things.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-06-29

DR. Northrup recently told the University
graduates that they were the University's divid-
ends. There are some of us ruralites who have
for several months had sort Of feeling that
thew are assessments.