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cause of his capacity for taking in
finite pains.
Patience and hard work-especially
patience-have been the chief req
uisites to his success For, more
than half a century he has thought of
nothing else. Deciding first what he
wishes to create. remake or improve
in the vegetable world, he begins by
carefully selecting robust specimens,
allowing them to go to seed, then
experimenting with the seeds under
widely different conditions of climate,
fertilization and nourishment. The
product in turn is submitted to radi-
cal changes from it's natural elements
and the artificial evolution kept up
until the final result is what he
wanted.
Far be it from me to belittle the
fame of Luther Burbank. But / want
to dispel the idea that-he is possessed
of any supernormal powers, just as
am anxious to dispel any suggestion
of hocus- -pocus on his part. The truth
about this really great man is much
more interesting than the lies and
half truths that are in circulation
about him. And. unlike most Of the
celebrities Of Hollywood, one can tell
the truth about Luther Burbank
without losing his friendship.
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grow without thorns?" / persisted.
now that l was assured he had not
talked them off.
Il simply experimental with the
seeds until 1 got what I wanted" he
replied. 1T took number of years
and 1 don't know how many expert
ments. produced a new and better
variety of cactus-that is all.
And that is all I am trying to do
to produce better grains, nuts,
fruits. vegetables" he went on. I'm
not only striving after new forms.
sizes. colors and f1avors. but for more
nutrients and less waste. My new
wheat has just been awarded the first
prize in Canada. 1t is the finest
wheat in the world. I've got a new
oat and a new barley that will add
millions to the wealth Of the country.
AT the present time I'm devoting
most of my time to new varieties OF
fruits and nuts" he continued, leav-
ing his chair to hand me collection
of colored photographs of some of his
most famous fruits. You know, be-
fore 1 produced my plums it was i'm
possible to ship any California plums
to the east-they spoiled on the way.
1 simply grew a thicker skin on them.
"I developed some walnuts without
any shells. but l had to grow the
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young friend, while the latter was
conversing with Miss Keane.
Next day the stagedoor man handed
Miss Earesi a box of La France roses
with the card of John G. Archibald.
After that there were supper par
ties, and on sunny days. when there
seemed no danger of Zeppelin raids.
occasional drives in Hyde Park.
And then--the call of ambition. 1t
was all very delightful to stay on in
London playing the Italian maid in
Romance, and apparently the play
would never end its run. But Gilda
Varesi must get on with her career.
So. when a New York manager cabled
offering her very good part on
Broadway, she said farewell to the
young man who had come to be such
Il good comrade, and sailed back to
America.
career know well how completely she
has fulfilled the prophecy of the ia
nous Modjeska. She worked hard.
for such success as Gilda Varesi has
wrested from the gods does not come
easily. She walked away" with part
after part. She nearly walked off
with John Barrymore's honors when
she jumped in. at moments notice.
to play his role in The Jest" when
he fell i'll. Can any one who was in
New York at the time forget the sem
sation caused by Gilda Varesi's ap-
pearance as the hot-blooded young
lover in the Florentine tragedy? As
for Miss Varesi. she was satisfying
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shells back on again for the birds ate
them off the trees I want to show
you one of my walnut trees-I think
it is one Of the finest things I've pro-
duced.
CUTTING the action to the word
we left the house and crossed the
street to Ibis experimental farm,
where the first thing he pointed out
to me was "A huge walnut tree.
II grew this tree in ten years and
it is as large as a 25O-year-old tree.
It's a cross Of black and English wal
nuts. ITS lumber is nearly ten times
as valuable as the ordinary walnut.
Think what that means. A forest of
themL would be fortune"
The plant breeder conducted me
around the lot" as they would say
in Hollywood, pointing out various
EXPERIMENTS that were underway.
II don't raise anything, you see,"
he explained. This is nothing but
an experiment station"
II was in hopes you were produc-
ing some beardless artichokes," I
suggested, mentioning my favorite
flower.
well. have produced some new
~sparagus." he answered. And I
.oE mind telling you that il you
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long nursed ambition. Years before.
when Sam Benelli's drama was pro-
duced in Italy and in France. the
Eleanora Duse and Sarah Bernhardt.
Duse. Bernhard and-Varesi.
X 4
IT was while she was playing the fem
inine lead in Arthur Hopkins produc-
tion of Gorki's Night Lodging that
Miss Nares once more did the unex-
pected. Together with her friend, Dolly
Byrne. in three weeks. she wrote a play
that was Immediately accepted for pro-
duction on Broadway. 1t was called
Enter Madame with the action CEN
terng around an episode in the life Of
Nine. Lisa Della Robbia, prima donna
What more natural. then. than for the
manager to decide. after looking around
at the possibilities in New York. that
the best person to play the role was the
actress playwright herself?
Al last Gilda Earesi was to be made
a star: New Workers heard the news
with satisfaction. For several years
they had watched thlS talented actress
distinguish herself in rather unimpor-
tant roles. and now she was to finally
have the opportunity to show what she
could do with a star part.
A few weeks rehearsals, and the long
awaited event. the opening night Of
Enter Madame by and with Gilda
Varesi. 1t was an instantaneous sue
cess Alone IN her dressing room after
the nlaudits and the congratula ations had
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might make another sob his little heart
out.
However it has been pretty well
proved that the best laugh getter for
the majority is physical humor like for
inst. somebody kicking a policeman in
the shins or a old lady falling on icy
sidewalk and breaking their neck.
But it amt always convenient to keep
policemens and old ladys and sidewalks
in the dinning rm. SO we will half to
think up some other kind of gags that
the house wife can stage without
whole lot of trouble.
The one that comes to mind 1st. is
the custard pie gag that can be worked
by the butler bringing in the custard
pie right after the soup course. He
sets down a piece of custard pie in
front of the lady of the house. She
looks at it and says why you poor
sap it amt time for the pie yet and
she throws the pie in the buffers eye.
II this don't keep the husband in
Mysteries the rest of the meal it means
that his taste don't run to the physi-
cal. But if it does get a good giggle
out of him the same gag can be
pulled again about once week which
is about as often as a joke can be
sprang and get appreciation.
+ X
CAY then that she throws the pie on
~ Mondays. Tuesdays the butler
starts to bring in the soup and trips
on the dining rm. rug. He falls and
skins himself all up vile the soup
spatters in all directions.
On Wednesdays the butler can be
going to the kitchen with load of
dishes just as the I'd. butler is come
ing from the kitchen with another
load. The swinging door hits one of
them in the nose and floors him.
On Thursdays the servants is all
out and the wife herself cooks the
dinner. You don't need no other
laugh on this day but it will help
little If she burns a couple fingers.
On Fridays you have fish and she gets
the bones in her throat.
A good trick for Saturdays is for
the wife to swallow whole spoon
full of horse radish, thinking 1t Is
potato. On Sundays they's generally
always company and the butler or
maid can be trained to soak them in
gravy. -
II the husband amt normal ana
these kind of gags fail to get a WOW
the house wife will half to memorize
some verbal Jokes and stories like the
following which I found in book
which is a scream in itself. Eacn
story should be told at the beginning
of a meal SO as the husband can keep
remembering it and laughing all the
vile he is loading up.
One story is about the little boy that
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to his cactus bed-the very bed in
which, according to the scientist pre-
viously quoted, Burbank had talked
his cactus out of their thorns. And
7 discovered his secret. But it is very
different from what I had been led
to believe. In fact, to put ii crudely
but correctly, another Californian had
lied to me.
7 CTHER BURBANK. wizard that he
ii is has never taken plant or
flower into his confidence, let alone
betrayed it. And he didn't tell me so.
confdentially. That story is too
ridiculous for words he said to me
IN the parlor of his modest home at
Tupper and Canta Rosa boulevards.
You can't accomplish anything by
talking to plants or flowers. They
haven't any brains
But the scientist told me you pro-
duced the spineless cactus by talking
10 it," I protested. He said. YOU said
any more Nobody will eat you.
Haven't l fed you? Haven't I given
YOU everything you wanted? So don't
iother to grow any more thorns. y
The plant wizard leaned back in
his rocking chair and laughed for
fully a minute.
How ridiculous, how ridiculous
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Make Your Husband Laugh; 1t Will Aid His Digestion.

O the editor: OF course my
readers has all heard the old
adage that laughter aids diges-
ton and the more cheerful a
person is vile they are eating. why the
sooner they will digest their feed.
Well I always thought this was just
{. kind of a gag like the one about
early to rise makeing man healthy,
wealthy and wise. but the other day
| was reading article signed by guys
named Bodmer which says that it is
really the truth and giveing reasons for
same.
1t seems like our stomachs lays just
below a thing they call the diaphragm
and the way we digest our meals is by
this diaphragm jumping up and down
when we breath and the stomach has
got to jump with it and every jump
kind of scatters things around like they
ought to be.
Well when we laugh the diaphragm
Jumps all the harder and the stomach
along with it and that is the answer
to how the adage come to be made up.
Well amongst all my men friends.
which is mostly 80 yrs. old and up, l
don't know none of them that don't
complain once in vile that their sup
per didn't set good and a specially
since sympathetic gin become the rage.
so it looks to me like this was the
time for all good women to come to
the aid of their husbands digestion and
the best way to begin is to see to it
that papa has laughter with his meals.
X X \ X
THE next question is how to make
L him laugh and of course l can't
give you no gen. rule as different men
is libel to laugh at different things and
what would be WOW to one husband
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THE movies are often spoken OF as
one of the great benefactions to
mankind. But Luther Burbank has
done more for his fellowmen than all
the film stars in Hollywood. He has
added more to the wealth of America
than the entire picture business, de-
spite the fact that it is supposed to
rank fourth among our industries.
However, he does not employ press
agent And even when visitor
travels several hundred miles to see
him it is difficult to get him to talk
about himself.
1t was a little after II o'clock on
Sunday morning when I arrived in
Santa Rosa-two hours north Of San
Francisco by train. A jitney brought
me to the door Of his modest home
in less than Ave minutes from the
station, for Luther Burbank doesn't
live on a vast estate but on one of
the main streets of this little Cali
fornia town. His gardens across the
street do not cover more than eight,
acres, and his greenhouse is not a.,
large as the average conservatory Of
amateur plant lovers. ,
I had hardly been ushered into the
front parlor of his home when he
appeared at the doorway and Gr'cted
me with the most cordial of Ii nd
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went to school and the teacher asked
him who many ribs did he have. Il
don't know, teacher" says Johnny,
'as l am so ticklish l couldn't never
count them"
X X X
A MOTHER story is about the man
that went away on his vacation
and forgot to take his golf coat so
his sister sent it to him by mail and
she wrote him a letter and told him
she had sent the coat by mail. But
she said in the letter that in order
to save postage she had cut all the
buttons off of the coat and he would
find them in the right lower pocket
Of the coat.
II a husband can't get stomach
laugh out of them gags or the physical
gags either one. why he must be weak
minded and if that is the case 1t may
only be necessary for the wife to set
and make funny faces at him all
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shakes. His appearance surprised me
for / had pictured him as a much
more robust and vigorous man. And
while I did not expect to see a
fashion plate his almost threadbare
suit and ragged collar gave me some
thing Of a shock.
X X X
UTHER BURBANK Is seventy
IL three. But although his eyes
are still bright and he has quite a
shock of tousled white hair he looks
even older. And it was an evident
relief for him to settle down In a
rocker for the inevitable interview.
Solomon never talked with any
thing lower than a butterfly" he re-
marked with smile when I con-
cluded the strange tale that had
brought me to Santa Rosa You
wouldn't expect me to be wiser than
Solomon"
But how did you get the cactus to
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he repeated II suppose he said I
threatened to sit on the cactus plant
II it didn't obey me. It's almost as
funny as William Jennings Bryan's
views on evolution
The greatest man in California
rocked back and forth. chuckling over
the ideas of his contemporaries.
ITS all so simple he added mo-
n,ent later. Life in every form is so
clear-it's all in process of evolution.
rhose legislators in kentucky-think
of their trying to forbid the teaching
of the theory of evolution"
Then another Californian has lied
to me?" l asked.
IT'S the favorite outdoor sport in
this state" he replied. 81 have heard
some very weird tales about myself
because 1 have met with some sue
cess as a plant breeder. You've heard
how / produce strawberries and
cream by crossing a strawberry plant
with milkweed? Wen, that's an ex-
ample of what many people think
am doing. Nothing could be further
from the facts And again the plant
wizard chuckled over the situation.
,**
WHAT. then, is L. p,rh-r $
w "secret"" Brief. a., =. :
more than intelligent intervention in
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through the meal or maybe take
couple Jumps of sugar and play like
she is shooting craps or maybe just
keep winking at him.
l have got a couple kids that all
half to do to get a WOW out of them
is act like / was trying TO step on
their feet or kick their shins under
the table. Which amt saying that
they are weak minded or that they
can't digest all the food they throw
into them though sometimes it don't
seem possible. RING w. LARDNER.
Great Neck, Long Island. June 16.
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Electrical Transmission.
THE worldwide renown of Niagar

THE worldwide renown Of Niagara
Falls has lent peculiar distinc-
tion to the great electric plants in
stalled there. but in SO far as the
Niagara plants are long distance
ones the work being done there has
been surpassed in several instances,
both in the distance covered and in
the amount of power transmitted.
Many of the greatest electric plants
are among the Rocky mountains and
on the Pacific coast. At Fresno, in
California, a reservoir on the brow
Of a nearby mountain supplies the
heaviest head of water used for such
purpose, 1,400 feet. and the power is
distributed over distance of thirty
I've miles. In some Of the western
installations the water, after serv-
ing its purpose in generating cleo
trio power, is utilized for irrigating
land.
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the normal and unreasoning proc
esses of nature. The "plant wizard"
has substituted plan for accident. ar
tificial for natural selection, and in
the course of some fifty years and
more than 100000 experiments he has
brought forth more varieties of plant
life than any other man in the history
Of the world. The seedless potato
which he developed more than fifty
years ago has exerted a greater in
fuence on the world food supply than
any other single food plant.
To give even a partial list of his
benefactions-for that is what the
results OF his plant breeding may be
termed-would require a large sized
volume But there has been no
"wizardry" about 1t. Horticulturists
and 1oriculturists have been doing
the same thing for hundreds of years.
Luther Burbank. however. has been
more successful than the others be-
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the intensity, all the nuanceS of
which she was capable. Her Italian
voice was rich in the coaxings and
pleadings. the caressings and wheed-
lings with which she met the tenn
peramental upheavals of Miss keane.
1t was an evening pregnant with
possibilities. for was not the play
wright. Alfred Sutro. sitting out in
front watching her performance? If
!; he liked her work-well. who could
| foretell the result? Perhaps he might
choose her for the lead in one of his
| plays.
! At last the curtain rang down.
Back stage. in the immediate con-
! fusion of striking" the set, the two
actresses picked their way to the
dressing rooms. chatting and laugh
| ing in happy relaxation from the ten
sion of the play Miss Earesi hurried
to her mirror to adjust her eyelashes.
to put another little dab of powder
on her nose and chin to pat her wav-
| ing black hair into place-and then
knocked on the door of the stars
dressing room.
| THERE was Sutro. completely abb
sorbed in Doris Keane. With him
was a young man, tall. attractive,
smiling. MIR. Sutro presented his
| friend. Mr. Archibald. Gilda turned
| 10 meet a pair of blue-gray eyes and
F., a frank, charming smile-parts of
wholly engaging personality. She saw
! il was for her to entertain Sutros
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Actress Descended From Line of Stars of
London Stage Achieves Success Here and
British CapitaEMan Who Began Courtship
When She Was in Minor Role Claims Bride at
Zenith of Career-Unexpected Things Done in
the Course of Her Experience-Makes Big Hit
as Actress Playwright
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Custom Of giving presents TO brides
maids originated in a form Of toll. The
brides girl friends went through the
form of preventing the bridegroom and
his friends from taking her from her
home, a mock battle ensued, each party
pelting the other with sweetmeats, and
this was finally settled by the bride
groom making presents to an the giri.,
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BY YETTA GEFFEN.

was playing with Doris keane in
Romance" Miss Varesi, you will
L remember, was the Italian maid
Vanucci, who mothered and fused over
the prima donna with Italian volu-
bility. One day during the English
run of the play. when wartime Lon
don was flocking to the Lyric Theater.
Doris Keane said to Miss Varesi, by
the way. Gilda. would you like to
come into my dressing room tonight
after the performance? Alfred Sutro.
the playwright. is coming to see me.
I'd like you to meet him"
That night Gilda played with all
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scientist told me that Luther
Burbank, the plant wizard. obtained
his success in improving fruits. trees
and flowers by winning their conf
dence and talking to them.
The idea of talking to a tree-pat-
ting weeping willow on the back
md cheering it up with the encourag
ing words that the worst is yet to
me And l deter
mined, if ever found myself in Cali
f"rnia, I would visit Luther Burbank,
slen if l had to make the trip by
jitney, dog-sledge and elevator. and
discover his secret. Which explains
why ] deserted the naughty. wicked
night life of Hollywood for the less
press -agented city of Santa Rosa.
I tracked the famous plant wizard
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Betternent.
BY KARL. X. kICHEN.

STRANGE tale took me to
Santa Rosa. Many years ago
distinguished California
scientist told me that Luther
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more than intelligent intervention in
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-04-14
HERE'S PROOF
A Richmond Citizen Tells of His
Experience

You have right to doubt state
ments of people living far away
but can you doubt Richmond en-
dorsementS
Read it:
Boone Burnett, 335 Estill aven-
ue, Richmond, says 81 have great
confidence in Doan's Kidney Pills
and keep them in the house at all
times. They are the best medi-
cine | can get to relieve me OF
weak kidneys. l sometimes have
spells when my kidneys get 50
weak and irregular thatI have to
get up four or five times during
the night to pass the kidney Sc
cretions. The secretions burned
in passage and they were the col
or Of brick dust. My back gets
weak and I have an ache across
the small of it. l am tired AMI
weak across my hips when | get
up mornings and If I stoop ever,
my eyes become blurred and | can
hardly see. | take Doan's Kid
ney Pills when l have these spells
and they never fail to strengthen
my kidneys"
6Oc at all dealers. Foster Mil
burn Co., Mfgrs.. Buffalo, N. Y.
81 "A
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-04-14
U. S. MARkETGRAM
Grain

Prices kept within narrow
range during the week and clos
ed slightly higher. Chicago May
wheat UP il, closing at $1.31 !;
Chicago May corn up l lie a:
50 lac. Weakness April 5 in
f1uenced by bearish cash situa
ton was followed by a gradual
upward tread but liquidation on
the 18th and 18th wiped out
most Of the advance. Principal
market factors were cold wealth
er over wheat belt, higher ex-
change rates and strength in
foreign markets. Export demand
slow. Closing prices in Chicago
cash market No. 2 red winter
wheat $1.32; No. 2 hard winter
wheat $l.32; No. 2 mixed corn
5oc;; No. 2 yellow corn Sc; No.
5 white oats &c. Average farm
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-04-14
Richmond Daily Register Richmond Madison County, Friday April H. 1922
''DistiIlery Farm" in Marion
County Brings Sl8.65O at Sale

The "distillery farm" former
" the property of Mueller, Wa
then ad Robert, which was sold
Monday by w. H. -Spragens, spe-
cial commissioner of the Marion
circuit court, was purchased by
Virgil Sanders and Robert Bur-
:e:te, ',a'.i the l.s,,alon L: ter
prise. The price paid was $18,
$50. The farm IS Situated on the
edge of town and is just west of
the Mueller, Wathen & Robert
distillery. 1t contains about 1S1
acres and is considered an unus-
ually desirable place. The farm
was bought in 1919 by James w.
Phillips for $4,000. Associated
with him were the late Hugh
Murrey, L. w, and J. c. Phillips.
After buying the place some
thing like $4,000 was spent by.
the owners in improvements.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-04-14
MAN HAS MI
RACULOUS ESCAPE:

81 was told by our family ply
stefan that | could not live with-
out an operation, as my liver and
gall sack were in such a condi-
ton. set the day 10 go to the
hospital, but then | saw the al
vertisement of Mayr's Wonderful
Since taking it | an
feeling like a two-year-oll. [
am sure | never could have sur
vived an operation" It is a SIM
pie, harmless preparation which
removes the catarrhal mucirs
from the intestinal tract and al
lays the inflammation that causes
practically all stomach, liver anil
intestinal ailments, including ap-
pendicitis. One dose will convince
or money refunded. II. L. Perry
& Son and druggists everywhctt.