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The Idaho recorder., 1922-12-08

most of the women make a party gown
last two or three years. Miss LARA
bee was familiar with every dress In
town. She knew 1t made over, and no
woman was cunning enough to conceal
the truth even with a spangled yoke,
a chiffon bertha, or a net overdress;
vet Miss Larrabee would describe the
gown, not merely twice. but half
dozen times. so that the woman wear
ing II might send the description to
her relatives back East without arous-
ing their suspicion that she was wear
ing the same dress year after year.
Therefore, whenever Miss Larrabee
wrote up the dresses worn at a party
we were sure to sell from fifty to
hundred extra papers. She could so turn
a breastpin and q homemade point
lace handkerchief tucked In the front
OF a good old lady's best black satin
into "point-lace and diamonds that
they were always good for dozen
copies of the paper, and she never
overlooked the dress of the wife or
good advertiser, no matter how plain
1t might be.
She was worth her wages to the
Office merely as a compendium Oh
shams- She knew whether the bridal
connie. who announced that they would
spepd their honeymoon In the EAST
were really going to Niagara FANS, OF
whether they were going to spend
week with his relatives in Decatur
III She knew every woman In town
who bought two prizes for her whist
party-one to give II her friend shouiu
win the prize. and another TO give
the woman she hated should WIN.
with ,he dIabollcal eye Of a fend she
da,acted the woman who was wearing
the drv-cleaned cast-off clothing OF her
sister in the city. What she saw the
office knew, though she kept her con
clusIons out of the paper IL the!
,,ouId do any harm or hurt anyone
feelings. No pretender ever dreamed
Tho, she was not foollng Miss LarFa-
hoo She was willing to agree mos'
s,-,,nstbeticaIly with Mrs. Conklin VINO
insisted that the common peop
,ouldn't be interested In the iist VI
Games at her party and the only place
where we ever saw Miss Larraoee
claw in print was in the insistent mis-,
sneIIing of the name of woman VINO
hod made II a point TO ridicuie the
paper.
We have had other girls around 'he
The Idaho recorder., 1922-12-08

too many Of the women wore white
stockings and low shoes, read their
own unpublished short stories, and re-
garded her wide -shouldered shirtwaist
and melodramatic openwork hosiery
with suspicion and alarm.
AS the years passed. and wedding
after wedding sizzled under her pen,
she complained to us that she was be-
ginning TO be called "auntie" in too
many houses, and that the stock of
available young men who didn't wear
their handkerchiefs under their col
lars at the dances had dwindied down
to three. This reality faces every girl
who lives In a country town. Then she
Is left with two alternatives: to go
visiting or to begin bringing them up
by hand.
Miss Larrabee went visiting. At the
end of a month she wrote: IT'S all
over with me. He Is a nice fellow.
and has a Job doing Live Topics About
Town here on the Sun. Give my Job
TO the little wheatly girl. and tell her
to quit writing poetry. and hike up her
dress In the back. My adjectives are
In the left-hand corner of the desk
under When Knighthood Was In
Flower And do you suppose you
could get me and the grand keeper OF
the records and seals a pass home for
Christmas II I'd do you a New York
letter some timer
They say these city papers are hos
tight I"
The Idaho recorder., 1922-12-08

office since Miss Larrabee left, but
they do not seem to get the work done
with any system. She was not only
industrious but practical. Friday
mornings, when her work piled up, In
stead OF fussing around the Office and
chattering at the telephone, she would
dive into her desk and bring up her
regular list Of adjectives. These she
would copy on three slips. carefully
dividing the list so that no one had o
duplicate, and In the afternoon each OF
the boys received slip with a list of
parties, and with instructions to scat.
ter the adjectives she had given him
through the accounts of the parties
assigned to him-and the work was
soon done. There was no scratching
the head for synonyms for beautiful, ]"
superb" or elegant" Miss Larrabee
had doled out to each of us the adjec-
tives necessary, and. given the ad.
Jectives, society reporting Is easy. The
editing Of the copy Is easy also, for
one does not have to. remember wheth-
er or not the refreshments were de
liclous" at the Jones party when he
sees the word In connection with the
viands at the Smith party. No two
parties were ever elegant" the same
week. No two events were Charming.
No two women were "exquisitely"
gowned. The person who was assigned
the adjective delightful" by Miss Lar
rabee might stick 1t In front Of q
luncheon, pin 1t on a hostess. or use
1t for an evenings entertainment.
But he could use 1t only once. And
with list Of those present and the
adjectives thereunto appertaining. even
boy could get up a column In half
an hour. She bad an artists pride in
the finished work, however much she
might dislike the thing in making, and
she used to sail down to the press-room
as soon as the paper was out, and,
picking up the paper from the folder.
she would stand reading her page, line
upon line, precept upon precept,
though every word and syllable was
familiar to her.
During her first year she Joined the
WOman's State Press club. but she dis
covered that she was the only real
worker in the club and never attended
4 second meeting. She told US that
The Idaho recorder., 1922-12-08
Dogs Tails

When ! was a small boy an eioeriy
doctor said to me:
"watch the dogs II you see dog
with a white hair on his body he Is
sure 70 have a white hair right on
the end OF his tall
have watched hundreds. perhaps
thousands Of dogs. and always have
found the white hair on the end OF
,be taIl-Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle.
The Idaho recorder., 1922-12-08
None Too Hot

During an art exhibition one OF the
o-tists was receiving the benefit Of
friends criticism.
.aThis canvas" said the friend indi-
o.,,ng n violent bit of impressionaiism-
~Do YOU not think, after all, the at
mosnhere is too warmT-PhiladeF
phia ledger.
Arizona republican., 1922-01-01

try houses on the farm, with plans
to double this number in the near
future with alfalfa runs" connecting
the two rows of houses.
There also are TO be built a sup
erintendents cottage, garage, feed
cutting house and engine house. An
incubator house also will be con-
structed. with four machines as a
first equipment. During 1929 1t is
planned to hold poultry demonstra-
tions, showing every stage OF the
business. from the egg stage TO the
finishing of the raising of the bird.
Farmers are invited to go to the
farm and present any problems they
may have. Advice will be given them
on any subject connected with pouls
try raising.
At present there are $50 birds on
the farm, consisting of white leg
horns. single comb Rhode Island reds
and barred Plymouth Rocks. OF
these, lis are laying hens. The eggs
produced at this government expert
mental farm are sold at market
prices. There also are a dozen ost-
riches on the farm six of them pure
Nubians. four South African birds
and two old birds. Turkeys are tC
be added next year
An elaborate plan of beautifyine
the farm has been completed. Palms
are to be planted in the driveway and
all buildings are to be painted snow
white. The Glendale government
poultry experiment farm is directly
under the direction of the department
of agriculture.
Arizona republican., 1922-01-01
A HUSBAND TO MARCIA
Bu CAROLYN BEECHER

the care Of little Kenneth Baker upon
himself. Muriels attitude in this
matter had brought more poignantly
before him Marcia's refusal to bear
children, her instant dismissal OF
little Kenneth from their home.
Muriel seemed to have a certain force
of character, some latent power he
could not define but which he surely
recognized. Deep in his subcon'
sciousness there was always an argk
ment in process. He was generally
supposed to be very much in love
with his pretty wife, and he vainly
tried to make himself believe this was
true. The Puritan strain in hiE'
made him attempt TO suppress IL
but he found the argument repeating
itself just the same.
what is marriage?" sometimes he
asked himself. "Just a few words
said by a clergyman or priest? Or is
1t something more? Something mu-
tual?"
Usually he halted there. He had
given himself Loyalty to Marcia. She
loved him. He dared not dissect
! their relations further. There are
| few men who consistently thought
more tenderly of their wives than did
/ John Aldrich, who blamed them less
| for the unhappiness which appeared
! in the home There was nothing bad
about Marcia. She was just thought
| less, careless. She didn't seem to
understand that marriage was a part
nership in other things as well as In
love.
Always when he communed with
himself John tried to be just to him
self as well as to Marcia. But always
his thoughts ended by revolving about
Marcia alone. II, beside her beauty,
she had given him understanding as
well as love, how happy he would
have been.
Life to John was now one long re
lentless grind. Deep down in his con-
sciousness he knew this was not
right, that II should not be so. Yet
only by keeping eyerlastingly at II
could he keep Marcia contented. sat
isfy her demands. So, like many 9TH
er husbands, he worked early and late
so that she might be happy. And
when thoughts OF Muriel intruded he
whipped himself all the harder be-
cause of them, tried all the harder 10
make Marcia happy.
(To be continued)
Arizona republican., 1922-01-01
CHAPTER XLvII.

Being married is more than being
adjusted to a woman, as John Aldrich
had long ago found out. 1t is also
being adjusted to certain set of cir
cumstances brought about by the
woman upon whom a man has con-
ferred his name. II was this last that
had nearly exhausted John Aldrich,
which at times did exhaust, his pa
tience. Most of his decisions were
made because of his sense Of obliga-
ton instead of because of his indi-
vidual wish or desire.
Marcia would have been the most
astonished woman I'm the world had
any one told her She nagged her hus-
band and would have repudiated the
soft impeachment with anger. Yet
from the day she married John Aid
rich she had nagged him until he
was willing to do anything, give her
anything, to escape from her COM
| plants.
Often when he had hurried home,
| late perhaps because of doing extra
work to get money to satisfy her de-
mands, she would scarcely wait until
he got in before she would say:
"You are late again. should think
| il you tried you might come home
early once in a while"
Occasionally John would answer
but oftener he bit his lip and kept
/ still. Then she would add:
And when you do come you won
talk to me-"
II may seem a small matter tc
mention. but it is the constant repe'
tition of such things that gradually
| kills love. So it was with John Aid
rich. His love for Marcia was grad
ually dying. while his responsibility
remained, his feeling OF the duty h'
1 owed her as his wife increased.
He felt his manhood seeplng ava.
because of his attitude. his dislike
to a scene, his giving in to her de
mands. which constantly grew great
er, more insistent. Yet no matter
how often he declared he would no
stand it longer he as well as Marcii
knew that he would.
Men are towards in that they will
do anything to avoid an unpleasant
ness with their wives. They lie, the!
deceive. they weakly give way Il
them. But they hold 1t against th'
wife. They wouldn't lie If she did no
compel them to- They would not de
ceive if they could be honest ant
straightforward. They would not Civ
way weakly to their demands IL the!
could talk to them reasonably as t
a man But they can do none OF thes'
things, and gradually the morale
the home disappears.
John Aldrich never expected tina
Muriel Doran would mean anythin
more than a frienc to him. But h
was lonely. This woman who worke
had opened up a new vista to him
At times there was a vague susges
tion of a closer and more intimat
relation than he had ever known
Aside from Marcia. he never had ha
an intimate woman friend. Neve
really thought of wanting one. Blu
Muriel was so different. In her deeI
smiling eyes he saw something tina
stirred him. His soul suddenl
yearned for the quiet companionshi
so lacking between him and the wo
man who bore his name.
More definitely than ever befor
did he feel all this after he had take
Arizona republican., 1922-01-01

SALT RIVER VALLEY SLOGANS
There is a slogan for most every
thing worth while in the Salt River
valley. The latest slogan Is Eat
Arizona Olives"
Arizona republican., 1922-01-01
cHATTERER LISTENS TO THE
RMALl VOICE

The very first of the little meadow
and forest people to see Chatterer the
Red Squirrel after he had safely
reached the Old Orchard was Tommy
Tit the Chickadee. 1t just happened
that Tommy was very busy in the
very very apple tree in which was the
old home of Drummer the Wood
pecker when Chatterer reached It..
You know, Chatterer had moved into
it for the winter just a little while
before he had been caught in the corn
crib by Farmer Browns boy.
Yes, sir, Tommy was very busy in
deed. He was so busy that 81 arp
as his bright little eyes are he had
not seen Chatterer racing along the
snow covered old stone wall. 1t
wasn't until he heard Chatterer's
claws on the trunk of the apple tree
that Tommy saw him at all. Then
he was so surprised that he lost his
balance and almost turned somer-
sault in the air before he caught an
other twig. You see, he knew all
about Chatterer and how he had been
kept a prisoner by Farmer Browns
boy.
why! whye-e! Is this really
you, Chatterer?" he exclaimed. How
ever did you get out Of your prison
I'm glad. ever and ever so glad, that
you got away"
Chatterer flirted his tail in the
saucy way he has, and his eyes
twinkled. Here was just the best
chance ever to boast and brag. He
could tell Tommy Tit how smart he
had been-smart enough to get away
from Farmer Browns hoy. Tommy
Tit would tell the other little people,
and then everybody would think him
Just as smart as Unc' Billy Possum,
and you know Unc' Billy really was
smart enough to get away from Far
mer Browns boy after being caught.
Everybody knew that Chatterer had
been a prisoner, and now that he was
free everybody would believe what
ever he told them about how he got
away. Was there ever such a chance
to make his friends and neighbors
say, What smart fellow he is?'
I'll" Chatterer stopped. Then
he began again. you see, 1t was
this way: Il" Somehow Chat
terer couldn't say what he had meant
to say. 1t seemed as if Tommy Tits
bright merry eyes were looking right
into his head and heart and could SEE
his very thoughts. OF course they
couldn't. The truth, that little small
voice inside. which Chatterer had Sc
often refused to listen to when he was
tempted to do wrong, was talking
again. It was saying: For shame
Chatterer Tell the truth. Tell the
truth" 1t was that little small voice
that made Chatterer hesitate and
stop.
Arizona republican., 1922-01-01
BY MARION HALE

NEW YORK-For day the preference is still for
fhe small they've become quite coorful dots
the landscape!
The Ponch design (beow) which smacks of the tri-
corn and flares becomingy away from the face is of
black fae oriental embrodering 1t is further
Arizona republican., 1922-01-01
Little Stories For Bedtime
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS

"You don't mean to say that you
were smart enough to fool Farmer
Browns boy and get out Of that stout
little prison he has made for you?
asked Tommy Tit.
NO" replied Chatterer almost be-
fore he thought. mo, / didn't. The
fact is, Tommy Tit, he left the door
open purposely. He let me go. Farm
er Browns Boy isn't half as bad as
some people think"
Dee, dee, dee,' laughed Tommy
Tit, "Tve been telling a lot of you
fellows that for long time, but none
of you would believe me. Now
guess you know 1t. Why I'm not the
least bit afraid of Farmer Browns
Boy-not the least bit in the world
IL all the little forest and meadow
people would only trust him instead
of running away from him, he would
be the very best friend we have"
PERHAPS So" replied Chatterer
doubtfully. "He was very good to
me while I was in his prison and
and I'm not so very much afraid OF
him now. Just the same, l don't
mean to let him get hands on me
again"
"Pooh!" said Tommy Tit. Pooh!
I'd just as soon eat out OF his hand.
That's all very well for you to say
when YOU are flying around free, but
don't believe you dare go up to his
house and prove it." retorted Chat
| terer.
cant now" replied Tommy. tive
got too much to do for him right now
but some day I'll show you. Dee, dee
dee, chickadee! I'm wasting my time
talking when there is such lot to be
done. You didn't know that Farmer
Browns Boy and / are partners, did
you?"
NEXT STORY: THE QUEEREST
KIND OF PARTNERS.
Arizona republican., 1922-01-01
PLuMs DO WELL

Exceptionally fine plums have been
grown for years on the Hall Brothers
ranch near Phoenix. They are grown
elsewhere in the Salt River valley,
but so far the home demand for
them has been so great local markets
have absorbed the entire crop. Yields
have proved uniformly satisfactory,
and il is believed that the fruit can
be grown here profitably.
Arizona republican., 1922-01-01

Do not peel. Fry the slices in but
ter until they are a light brown.
Heat two cups of tomato pulp in
the butter the egg plant was fried
in. Place alternate layers of the egg
plant and tomatoes in a deep earth
enware baking dish until the dish is
full. Add enough good beef gravy
to fill the dish, sprinkle over the
top fine bread crumbs mixed with
grated cheese. Bake one hour and
serve in the same dish.
California Lettuce Salad
Wash and remove the outside
leaves from two heads of fancy let
tuce. Break the leaves into short
pieces, place them in a clean cloth,
gather up the four corners and thor
oughly shake to remove the water.
Sprinkle the lettuce with a little
finely chopped mint. Place In
salad bowl garnished witt. water
cress and serve on the side a good
French dressing.
California Fruit Pudding
This is one of the best puddings
that ] know of made without suet.
Beat well three eggs and beat into
them three quarters of cup OF
sifted flour, three tablespoons of
sugar, two teaspoons of grated nut
meg, one tablespoon grated orange
rind. one teaspoon grated lemon rind
and one cup of milk. Beat smooth
Now add two thirds of a cup of seed
less raisins, two thirds of a cup OF
| chopped seeded raisins, half cup
of chopped figs, half a cup of the
chopped blanched almonds and one
| third of a cup of butter broken into
small bits. Mix we'll and fill but
| tered mould two thirds fuh. Boil
| for two and one half hours. Do
not let the water stop boiling after
the pudding is placed in the kettle.
Denver Frozen Pudding
A frozen pudding served at the he
| tel in Denver would be nice for those
who do not care for hot puddings.
This is made by soaking one cup
of macaroon crumbs in two cups OF
thin cream for one hour. Add to the
| soaked crumbs half a cup of sugar
one third of a cup of orange juice
and one third of a cup of cider
| Place in a freezer and freeze to a
mush. Add two cups of stiffly beat
en- cream. Place a layer of chopped
seeded raisins in the bottom Of indi-
vidual moulds or cases, then fill
with the frozen macaroon mush
Sprinkle the tops with macaroor
crumbs and Drowned sliced almonds
Pack moulds in half cracked ice ant
rock salt for two hours. Serve will
this sauce.
Orange MarshmalIow Sauce
Cut up half a pound of marshmal
lows and cover with a half cul
of orange juice Cook two cups o.
sugar with thirds of t cup O
water until 1t will spin thread
when dropped from the tip of
spoon, and pour slowly into stiffly
beaten whites of three eggs. Bea
until creamy and when cool add the
Arizona republican., 1922-01-01

Slice two large egg pIdHls IeIiE III
wise in quarter inch thick slices
Arizona republican., 1922-01-01
Oranae MarshmalIow Sauee
PEACHES PROFITABLE

Many varieties of choice peaches
are grown in profitable abundance in
the Salt River valley. From May
until October, fairly long season
ore finds the local markets con-
stantly supplied with some enc oil
more of the varieties grown. One
cannery operating at Chandler has
been obliged to increase its Opacity
several times.
Arizona republican., 1922-01-01
KINDERGARTEN A
SCHOOL FEATURE
BY Emma Jack

Kindergarten at GARFIELD School
The child is sent to school from his
little world of play and freedom which
he has had at home, so there first
must be connection between the
home and school that will lead to
the. development Of a love for the
seeking OF knowledge which will
guide his future education. Where
else could this better be found than
in the kindergarten?
The little child finds on entering
a kindergarten room small tables,
little chairs and table, blocks, dolls
and balls, just like his playthings
he has left at home. He is permitted
through directed and undirected play
to handle and work with these IA
miliar objects. Nature is ever pres
ent to box his ears If he infringes
upon the rights of others, and
through this he gains his founda-
ton in government.
The desire for companions finds
satisfaction in the group work and it
is this phase of the work that lead
ership, self expression and democ-
racy are developed. Then too, he is
doing some concrete thinking With
the materials furnished during this
perlod ana WORKING out his AlISL Hedl
problems in life.
Correlation is another step. If di-
rected first he learns to think, touch
and use his muscles all correctly and
at the same time and to some pur-
pose. In music his ear is trained In
tones and musical appreciation; and
the monotone is given special drill.
There Is a wonderful field for lam
| guage work In this department. The
familiar objects are taken first.
II little child Is taken from the
| kindergarten to the primary he Is
at home, for he has laid the founda-
ton in self government. democracy
concrete thinking, correlation, con-
struction, language, sense develop
ment, and 1t was all obtained In pur.
poseful play with love for the worl
as the cornerstone.
/ -O----
SALT RIVER VALLEY SLOGANS
Arizona republican., 1922-01-01
]. s, POULTRY FARM
At GLENDALE GREAT
FACTOR IN INDUSTRY

The second largest United States
poultry experiment farm in the coun-
try. the government plant one-haH
mile south of Glendale, is an import
ant acquisition to the Salt River
valley and means much to the dew
elopment and Importance of the
poultry industry.
The Glendale government expert
ment farm and the farm at Belts
Vile, Nd, are the only government
experiment farms in the country de-
voted entirely to poultry. The farm
i'm this valley is planned to be in
creased in size and scope until it
has become one of the most import
ant institutions in the country con-
cerned with the improvement of the
raising of poultry.
/ The government poultry station
here was formerly located five miles
west of Glendale, but owing to its
inaccessibility 10 acres of land one
half mile south of that town was
purchased at $3.50 an acre, the money
being raised by popular subscription
in Glendale and Phoenix. On Chick
en- Day." at Glendale, May 20. 1921
the farm was formally turned over
to the governments
IL Poultry Houses
Nat E. Luce poultry husbandsman
Is superintendent of the farm. AL
though the farm was started in Nov
ember. 1919, real experiment work
did not begin until July of the fol-
lowing year. There are now II poul-
Arizona republican., 1922-01-01
SCIENCE INTERESTED

DR.. +. W. Hodges representing the
Museum of the American Indian, Is
making excavations in the ancient
and extinct village OF Hawkiku In the
Hopi Indian reservation OF Arizona.
Arizona republican., 1922-01-01

Great atlas moth OF India Is said
to be the largest moth or butterfly
in the world.
Arizona republican., 1922-01-01

livened by vari- -colored semiprecious gems.
The two Marie Louise hats venture down, giving 10
the eyes of the fascinating shadows. Purple
grapes clusters drip from the brm of the cron-ye
low velvet toque with its soft edge and softer crown
Silver and green brocade drapes gracefully around the
crown of the befeathered toque The brm is of green
velvet.