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The Washington times., 1922-12-20

fellows to do" said Montgomery.
pstting q little fellow on the head
ana assuring him that Santa Claus
would not forget to 60 to his house.
I'd II an old man. He has been
q decorator and painter here since.
1879. His children-all grown up
have left home. He has little grand.
children, but they live a long way
.off-and railroad fare il high.
'It II usually mothers with little
tots who come up to me-" said John
G. Howard, another downtown Santa
Claus. "The boys don't hesitate to
tell me what they want. but the girls
have to be coaxed. They usually
are shy" he continued.
II take the names Of those chill
dren who. I believe. wouldn't other
wise have much Of q Christmas, and
notify the charity organizations.
They viii send useful presents and
food to such homes" Howard stated.
"A little fellow came up to me:
'Aw, there's too many Of you Santa
Claus's. There IL something fishy
about this Santa Claus business"
said Howard. He had me stumped
for . minute. / finally told the lad
that ] am one of Santa's helpers.
That seemed to satisfy him some.
II am q railroader. lost my wife
q few years ago. Since then I have
Just drifted around. We never had
any children and I've always liked
kids. SO. when I landed here and
was offered a job as Santa Claus,
I took it," declared Howard. "It
makes you feel good to see the chill
dren 20 happy.
"Whatll l do Christmas? ! will
work. IL I can find a job anywhere.
After the holidays, I think. III work
my way West and see how II goes
out there for o while," he said.
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NEED RAIN TO MELT SNOW
AND FILL RESERVOIRS

HAZLETON. Pa, Dec. 20.-Serv-
ice Of the Wyoming valley water
supply company In the Haxleton
district will be considerably cur.
tailed II there Is no rain within the
next two weeks or q thaw to melt
the four.inch snowfall, said officials.
The snow did not cause water to
rise in any Of the reservoirs; on the
contrary, the Drecks creek dam,
largest remaining storage basin,
showed drop of twenty.nine
inches. An inspection was begun
yesterday to find leaks in the
homes Of consumers.
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Rabbi Simon 10 Speak.

Announcement has ben made BY
Lee Baumsartsn. president Of the
Washington Hsbrsw Consresation.
that. complying with Z request Of
many Christian friends Of the. Or
Eanisstion. Rabbi Abrsm Simon win
deliver q sermon NEXT Friday night
at 8 o'clock. His subject VIII be "A
RABBITS Christmas Greeting"
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osn. Lord to Give Addrsss.

The monthiy meeting of the m
nois State Society VIII Be held -
morrow night at the Thomson
School. Twelfth and L streets north
west. et s1S o'clock. Gen. Herbert
NJ. Lord, director of the budget, viii
deliver the principal address.
Dancing VIII follow an entertain
ment program. n
The Washington times., 1922-12-20
POCKETS AD0RN
new PARIS
Gown
Huge Ones, With Crazy Guilt
Effect, Should Attract Pick
j pocket Tribe.
By ALICE LANGKLIER.

PARIS. Dec. 3o.--Paris p.ckpocx-
ets VIII not have such q hard time
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-11-23

4 kind of chicken. Certainly there Is many a
natIvebOrn American who doesn't know the DIFF
ference between the Pilgrims and the Puritans:
maybe he even thinks they were the same!
But nobody's going to have n chance to forget
the Pilgrims There's Thanksgiving day, which Is
not complete without appropriate references to
the Pilgrims md that first Thanksgiving dinner
of wild turkey cranberries and pumpkin pie
That's yearly reminder.
And there the thousands upon thousands
of "Mayflower Descendunts.' whose activities are
nationwide.
And there are the thousands upon thousands Of
priceless fnmily herlooms brought on the
Mayfower-you wouldn't think from the accom-
panyng reproduction OF her replica thut she could
have carried so many would you?
Some future Americans may escape the de-
scendants md the relics. But Thanksgiving will
get most of them and the story Of Priscilla Null
lns and John Alden and Capt. Miles Standish will
get the rest Why. every schooboy and every
schoogir Is brought up on this story; to escape
1t the future American will have to play hockey
all his schoolduys and dodge Longrellow all his
life.
This Plymouth Rock romance Is really quite
story 1t has several claims upon fane aside
from Longfellow's melodious version.
In the first place it's d true story II you don't
believe there we're any such people, please know
that John and Priscilla became the parents OF
eleven children-and their descendants now
numerous enough to have society all by them
selves.
Secondly, Priscilla perpetrnted the first recorded
American leap-year proposal. To be sure. she
didn't pop until 1920 past and gone but the
principle is the same.
Thirdly, it's the first American trlansle-an
innocent one, adorned with admirable features.
Longfellow. himself descended from John and
Priscilla appears to hi stuck pretty close to
the facts-fOr a poet But he was mere man
and how could he tell the story of girls love!
Elizabeth Po. retes the story In the Washington
Post and here some of the points she mukes
ns TO why Priscilla took John instead Of Captain
Miles:
The perversIty which guides woman in love
matters was evident In Priscilla Alden's choice.
John Alden was u staIwart YOUTH and made her
a GOOD husband She saw heaven In his blue eyes
beyond doubt but to most women the valiant SOL
dier of fortune, Capt. Miles Stundish, would have
had more appeal. Stnndish was surrounded with
the halo OF romance and adventure In dozen
countrIps he strangely like that other doughty
sdyent,lrer of Americas beginnings, Capt. John
Smit,--n stout heart his. md fitted thereby for
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-11-23

the stern tasks that awaited these Pilgrim folk,
who sought the bleak New England coast the
right to accept the dictates Of their own con.
science and freedom to worship God"
Perhaps Priscilla felt that to men of such type
women are more or less Incidents" proving the
poet Byron's confession that Love is to men
thing apart. 'Tis wonan's whole existence"
Perhaps she had the fear that In years to come
Miles Standish might weary Of the tameness Of
the Plymouth hearth fire and harken to the call
Of wanderlust once more John Alden. on the
other hand. the steady-going kind. student
Of judicial temperament. lmbued with the tenets
of the Pilgrim faith. while Miles Standsh as
soldier Of the church militant was perhaps not
overtroubed with religious theories and intrca-
cies, a "fghtng roundhead" to speak, caring
more for the battle like the fighting Quaker ELL
colts Of Maryland who have managed, In spite
OF being Friends. to be In every scrap In which
Uncle Sam has had hand
1t may come as surprise to most people that
the Pilgrim fathers were not "graybeards as gen.
orally supposed, but. on the contrary, young men.
Only two of the whole company were more than
fifty years Of age and only nine were more than
forty Standish was thrty-six years old John
Alden only twenty-one. There again comes
in another reason why John Alden was chosen
by the sprightly Priscilla and Standsh turned
down by proxy. 1t youth calling to youth
with Priscilla and John Alden. To her seven
teenyeur.old eyes Captain Standlsh was an "old
man."
John Alden was Of her own generation. May
preferred to wed with May instead Of September.
and there's gansaying a woman's because"
which in one word sums up any given action Of
hers
Moreover John Alden offered Priscilla the
flower of n first love Miles Standsh had buried
his heart In womnns grave-that Of his fir
wife, lovely Rose Standls, frail Of body but great
of heart, who succumbed with fifteen of the
twentynne women who had sailed from England
and Holland to the hardsl.ips Of the first Pym-
outh winter, leaving child to comfort her sor.
rowing husband.
Priscilla ut this time was only sixteen just
the verge of womanhOod. We can picture Prs-
ella not In the conventional uniform uttre of the
pictured Pilgrim. which with Its gr.y gowns with
dainty white colnrs and cuffs with stf caps and
dark capes is n mere artistic caper, according to
the best authority. Women Of Priscil;a's station
in life and It wns Of the upper middle class,
the English dress Of the period. This often
full skirts of silk of varied cOlors long pointed
stomachers, often with bright tone; full, some
times puffed sashed, sleeves, and lace collars
or "whisks' resting upon the shoulders. Often
the gowns were plated or silk laced; they often
opened In front. showing pettcoats that were
quilted embroidered In brighter coors. Later
came the dress restrictions. but not In the early
days of the colony.
Fortune had severe trials in store for Priscilla
Mullins. During that terrible first winter not only
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-11-23
VALUE OF SILAGE To
FATTEN BEEF CATTLE.
Iwo-Year-0Id Steers Prove to
Be Most Satisfactory.
Feeding linseed Meal and Glover q,
Afa'fa In Addition 10 Recon-.
mended-FuIi Feeding Of Corn
10 Not Favored,

experimental work by the Univer
sity of Missouri College of Agricul.
ture has shown
Tint highly satisfactory beef can
be produced from two-year.old steers
by feeding the corn as silage, togethe,
with llnseed meal and clovsr or al.
1aifa nay Instead of full feeding on
shelled or ear corn.
That the price Of feed and the Pre-
MUM on heavily fat cattle during the
past five years has not warranted full
feeding over long periods, when cutie.
which are two years or more OF age
are used.
That one acre. yielding 40 bushels
OF corn. or eight tons OF silage, II fed
as silase. together with 1.733 pounds
Of linseed oil meal and 1910 pounds
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-11-23
FFP HELP BUSY
m DULL SEASON
\ way to Keep Force En-
I,y,d on Rainy Days Is to
Make Concrete Posts.
hIBLE WHEN MOST NEEDED
:, I, Main Requirement and
4. MIXTURE Should Be Used-
~. ,or at Least Four Weeks
Before Setting Out.

and way to keep the farm labor
smployed during the slack sea-
and on rainy days is to have
forms and material ready and
,,,i,e the time in making concrete
nosts. They are attractive, dur
sa,y to make and not expensive.
making them in spare time. sup
X vell.cured posts will soon accu-
,ts and be available when they arc
,ed Metal forms may be pur-
,ed. but homemade wood forms
do very well. The size and shape
me- posts may vary according to
6ItIops, but n good type is one that
bye inches square at the bottom
tapering on two sides to three by
at the top.
tnce strength Is the main require
\ rich mixture should be used.
| mart of cement, one and one-half
ID Of clean sand and three parts Of
bles or broken stone, with no par
larger than a small hickory nut,
rood. These materials should be
led with enough water to make a
|rete Of medium wet consistency.
more concrete than can be placed
ln hour from the time the water is
|lled should be mixed ut one time,
he cement begins to set within this
tod.
b filling the molds, first put In a
er Of concrete. a scant three-fOurths
an inch thick. Then put In q re-
,rcing rod about three-fourths of an
from ench edge these rods should
ferably be of One-fourth Of an inch
are steel. Then fill the molds will,
.e concrete to within three-fourths
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-11-23
Durable and inexpensive Posts.

an inch Of the top, when two more
IS are placed Us before, after which
mold Is completely filled.
During the filling process the con-
|te should be carefully tamped down,
not 80 as TO disturb the reinforcing.
some commercial molds the compac-
p Of the concrete is accomplished
shaking or "jigging."
Ihe forms should not be removed
,m the post In less than "a hours
D. II possible, 4S hours Is better.
posts should be handled carefully
ile green, stood up on end In some
ice protected from wind and sun and
owed to cure for at least four weeks
fore being set. During this period
" should be thoroughly wetted each
so that they will not dry out too
n.
Inc best and simplest way to fasten
line wires Of the fence to the posts
70 build short piece of galvanized
re around the both sides Of the post
pm the back and twist the ends
batiy around the line wire.
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-11-23
AXE CARE OF FERTILIZERS
F,mers Have Different Ways Of Car.
ing 'er 6arnyard Manurss-seat.
ter Over Fields.

Dmefent farmers have different
w. and means of caring for their
ln'ard manures, but suffice it to
y 20 not let 1t become exposed to
ram nor the sun; II possible. keep
pnea up In order to prevent the es-
(ps OF gases which are rich In plant
u, US often as practicable, haul the
.aute 10 the fields, scatter and I'm
ua'e'y plow 1t under. However. II
uie Is to be plowed under, the
|. ns OF crops on that land should
oe 100 long delayed, because water
m rams cause much Of the soluble
u' 1000 to leach out If there Is no
.aoie growing crop to take up this
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-11-23
MALE BIRDS INCREASE EGGS
Selection Of coekereis to Be Used II
Breeding Pens ls Of Great
est Importance.

The use of males from heavy layint
lines upon good strong hens that are
fair layers will Increase productlVlt!
in flock In Il comparatively short
time. Heavy laying Is an INHERITED
characteristic, but 1t Is inherited froir
the male line rather than from tht
female line according to high author
,tv The selection of the males to bs
used In the breeding pens Is. therefore
of the greatest. importance II the re
suits are to be obtained.
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-11-23

her father but her mother and brother as well.
died, and she left alone, orphaned and friend
less In strange new world Her plight seems
to have aroused the sympathy Of the entire col
cny. The women adopted her en- masse. and a.
her beauty evident as her goodness. all
the young men 10 the colony would have liked to
have done the same thing.
Meantime the Mayfower was returning to Eng.
land. Alden, crushed, disappointed not daring for
loyalty to his angry friend to push his suit with
Priscilla planned to return to the old home. for
saklng forever the Plymouth colony. He threw
together his scanty belongings and went to the
shore where the Maydower waited. strnining her
anchors crowd had gathered there. and as
Alden was about to step on the gunwale Of the
boat which would take him out to the waiting YES
sci, he saw amid the solemn faces Of the Pilgrims
the tear stained countenance of Priscilla l.ullins
Reproach, grief and unutterable longing were
In her eyes, He gazed long Into them across the
distance between thcm then Jumped back ON
shore. "Here l remain" he vowed raising his
hand to heaven. So under the providence Of God
It happened that not one went back in the May
flower and the colony was Intact. save for the raw
ages mnde by death.
When a woman Is determined as was Pris-
ella to wed the man Of her choice mere man hath
little indeed to do with 1t. Thus 1t happened that
before he knew 1t John Alden was safely be-
trotted to Priscilla and the wedding day was Set
Finally the blest day arrived and the Pilgrims
were gathered in the meeting house for the we'd
ding ceremony. Miles Standish had left town
some weeks before on another Indian expedition.
After the wedding sermon. according to the good
ly custom Of the day, had been heard, form ap-
penred on the threshold Of the church, clad In
armor Behind him pressed his 'invincible army"
now reduced to eight 1t was Capt Miles Stan
dish. returned from the wars to find the lady he
loved the bride Of another.
Dead silence fell over the church. Priscilla
glanced archly at her erstwhile lover from the
shelter of her husbands strong right arm. With
one stride Standsh came to their side. He put
out his hand to the bridegroom and said. Let
us be friends again." John Alden's face was aglow
an he gladly grasped the hand of his old friend.
Turning to Priscilla. Standish bowed low and said
simply "I should have remembered the adage, II
YOU would be well served, you must serve your.
self' and moreover, man can gather cherries
in Kent at the season Of Christmas" Priscilla
laughed and flushed.
It was not long, however, before John Alden
and his reconciled friend went to Duxbury, Mass,
and started settlement there. The bruised heart
of Miles Standish had been healed by the soft
fingers of certain Barbara, one Of the passengers
ON the second coming Of the Mayfower She be-
came the second Mrs Miles Standish and in amity
and affection the two families lived side by side
IN Duxbury. Priscilla became the mother of
eleven children. Thus this Pilgrim romance, like
the story book tale ends apty with the old phrase
"And they lived happily ever after"
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-11-23

of alfalfa hay, would prepare for mar
ket % steers, or would produce under
the foregoing circumstances 1868
pounds Of beef and 11.3 pounds OF
pork. as compared with O.s7 st.ers
prepared for market by an acre of
corn, fed as shelled corn (full feed
and sllngc, together with 3OS.2 pounds
Of linseed meal and 34J.2 pounds OF
alfalfa hay, or which produced 291.G
pounds Of beef and GS.5 pounds Of
Iork.
That the pork produced behind cat.
tie eating a ration Of corn silagc. lin.
seed meal and hay Is n negligible
quantity.
That |. is possible to change catt.c
from corn slage to dry feed, but that
the increased cost of grains frequently
makes it inadvIsable.
That n ration of corn silaGe, aid al.
falfa hay. produced a gain Of "a
pounds per day for the first 60 days
of feeding period, ON two-year-old
cattle.
That n ration Of corn sllaEe. al.
falfa hay and linseed meal with the
past five years prices. produced gains
at about tw0-thirds to three-fOurths
Of the cost per pound as the cost
when full fed on shelled or ear corn.
That tie extensive use Of silage
without sheIled or eur corn Involves
the Investment Of less capital in feed
decreases the cost Of gains and the
necessary margin. reduced the haz.
ard of cattle feeding, permits OF
larger volume of business and enables
the average farmer to participate In
the enterprise. 1t does not produce
such q high finish nor such large
gains.
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-11-23
RECOMMEND ACID PHOSPHATE
Material Acts a. Preservative "
Checking Big Loss OF Nitro
uen From Manure.

After conducting series of expert
monts the New York experiment sta
t,on Is recommending the use OF acis
nhosphate as ii manure preservntive
Acid phosphate not only checks thu
loss of nitrogen from the manure, bu'
materially Increases Its fertilizer val
ne by supplying the plant food In whict
It is deficient.
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-11-23
FoIVIDuAL COST OF ROADS
" "a one-Tenth Cent Per Day 10
r'sure Placed by Bureau Of
Public Roads,

eae and one-tenth cent per day was
.ost OF the American highways to
!. Individual man, woman and child
/. ,s y. country last year, after deduct
,,. e amount paid by. automobiles
Ivense fees, according to Thomas
Aacoonald, chief of the United
'-'sa bureau Of public roads.
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-11-23

He U. S. A. Is never going to
forget the Pilgrim Fathers. There
isn't n chance on earth. and some
day every American citizen Will
know about them.
OF course there are people
nowadays who are bit hazy
about the Pilgrims and the May
flower and the whole business.
Doubtless there are some who
know of Plymouth Rock only as
Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-11-23
IMPROVING SOIL IN HUMUs
mor. veoetable Matter viii Be Impor
tant on Many Farms-Turn on'
der All Rubbish.

Every effort that can be AFFORDED
ought to be put forth to improve tn'
soil for next years crops. More vege
table matter In the soil will be I'm
nortant on many farms. Turn unoe'
weeds, stalks and rubbish and otne'
materials to improve your soil In hu
mus.
The Washington times., 1922-12-22
ROBBED Of s185
/ AND DIAMOND .
| RING
Baltimore Man vIctim-Aged
Man Bitten by Thief Found /,
In Home.

An affable stranger whom he
met last night on the steamer
southland lured William A. Evett.
Of Baltimore, to Seventh and @
streets southwest where they were
met by a confederate who flour
ished a pistol. Evett was robbed
of $1S5 and q diamond ring worth
5000. Evett gave q good descrip-
ton to the police and said he can
Identify them II arrested.
Thomas Barnett. seventy-three
years old. who lives on Riggs road.
near stotts Station, was severely
bitten on the right hand and was
bruised about the head when he
was attacked by q negro whom ne
found in his home last night. The
negro was discovered on the sec
ond floor and the old man grappied
With him. After biting Barnett,
the negro struck him over tho
head with q stick.
The burglar made his escape by
humping from a window on the
second floor. It II believed that
he was severely cut by glass.
Barnett was treated at Walter
Reed Hospital.
The Washington times., 1922-12-22
WILL C!ONFERO ON
CONTROL OF
MOVIES
Churches Throughout Country
Win Be Represented at
Meeting Here.

Religious denominations through.
cot tho country are signifying their
intention Of attending the inter
church conference on the Federal
control Of the motion picture in.
dustry to be held in the New, York
Avenue Presbyterian Church Janu.
ary 10. according to, DR.. Charles
Scanlon, general secretary OF the
Presbyterian Board Of Temperance
and Moral Welfare
It was announced that leaders Of
the country. both civil and religious,
win take part In the conference
which Is open to the public. and
that consideration would be given
to q bin for possible presentation
to Congress.
The national legislative confer.
ence of the church win be held in
the Raleigh Hotel January II. at
which will be considered the loop.
holes In the present prohibition
laws and regulations: the causes
for unsatisfactory enforcement Of
ficials: civil service as applied to
enforcement officials and other i'm.
portant matters relating to temper.
ance.
The Washington times., 1922-12-22
HEADS.
ENEUIRAL !.
ON BONDS
BaIlou Holds II Policy to Keep
Opinions on Issue to
Himself.

Washington school authorities,
while voicing no opinion on the
go. .0O0. 900 bond issue proposed by
Commissioner James F, Oyster for
needed school buildings. are skepti-
cal Of the plans success. It was
learned today.
"The school authorities feel now.
as they have always felt. that they
must take q passive attitude when
the matter Of school funds is dis
cussed," said Dr.. Frank w. Ballou,
superintendent Of schools. today.
I'VE cannot. say how the money
should be obtained. whether by
bond issue or any other means"
The position of the school Off.
cials cannot be construed an op-
posed to the views OF Commissioner
Oyster on the suggested bond issue,
1t was explained.
1t is felt, however, that the school
heads, being entrusted only with the
administration, Of funds provided
them by q national agency or. any
other agency, are not free to, ex-
press themselves on now liie inonsy
IL obtained.
The policy of the present school
administration. 1t was stated. is that
municipal school systems should
The Washington times., 1922-12-22

and South who have had dealings
with the War Finance Corporation
are virtually unanimous In COM
mending its work and In regarding
II as one Of the chief means BY
which the recent crisis In agri-
culture was moderated. To extend
its life now, however, is 70 raise
the question whether public money
In loans to farmers, directly or In
directly, IL an idea which should
be continued into normal timeo.
The friends Of that general idea
maintain that public money II
needed In order to come to the
rescue Of depressed but essentially
sound conditions when private
money gets frightened and IL
tempted to withdraw. The enemies
Of such ideas maintain that public
money will not again be needed II
the channels through which private
money can readily come to the aid
of the farmer are now provided by
legislation. The ultimate wisest
word on the subject has been
spoken. perhaps, by Charles w.
Holman, who long has represented
an alert section of agricultural
opinion at Warrington. Mr.. Hol-
man IL given to concluding his, OBJ
servations on the whole present
rural credits situation by saying:
"If we do not get q governmental
fund to offset the reluctance OF
private credit funds In times Of
stress. II will become necessary for
the farmers cooperative societies
to develop their own local cooper
alive banks and their own GEN.
tral cooperative banks In order to
have an alternative to frightened
individual private capital at such
times"
Mr.. Holman's remark is more or
less the final practical conclusion
Of the whole subject.