Evening star., 1923-04-27

Even the hens are getting higher
education. In New York a soldier
has trained a squad of hens to do
squads right Squads left" and
left oblique" pronounced "oh-
blike") and to halt, cat ease" and "as
you We're"
! Not to be outdone, and permit New
York hens to cackle over the Depart
| ment of Agriculture, Secretary Wal
lace has renamed eggs. In our days
of callow youth everybody knew that
eggs is eggs; later grocers divided
| them into eggs" fresh eggs" (not
! over a year in storage) and "strictlies," :"
| which were honest-to-goodness real
/ hens eggs, never acclimated in cold
| storage. But then we found Tutank-
hamen's tomb and it is decided that
modern eggs "by any other name, will
| smell as sweet"
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| So Mr.. Wallace tells US that there
are severarnew species of eggs There
are ~. S. specials" That is the kind
| that millionaires use in omelettes.
| They are in the class of gourmand
diet such as nightingaIes' tongues and
| dissolved pearls.
| Next come L. S. extras. No /, and
U. s. extras, No. 2. The first is what
We serve when real nice company"
comes; but We only give them.
family must eat No. 2s.
| Sound dirty shells. No. 1 and No g.
| can be worked off on farm hands, but
care should be taken to sec that No
/ derneath.
Last, but not least. come the
| checks" These are remindful Of the
| classic phrase about Greece, "Tfs
! grease, but living grease no more"
! The checks" are still eggs. and in
| the good old days, before the movies
drove out the Hamlets and little Evas
| they were very useful.
! "Squads-halt. One! Two. AT ease
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| The official announcement of these
| eggs says: Tho department is offer
ing the suggested grades to the egg
| industry for trial" We are open
minded and willing to try dozen Of
the United States specials. II any one
| else will take up the white man S
| burden, as to the checks.
x # \ y
| Which part of the fowl shall
serve you-white meat or dark" That
| question will have no moresterrors to
the willing and polite host. fearing g
! that all will prefer the white meat
! only. new breed Of chicken has
| been sent to Washington by our con
sui general. ". II. Robertson, Of
| BucnoS Aires. il is all white meat.
! The chicken was captured in Pata-
/ Eonla. II is now at the Zoo busy
! LAYING blue eggs which will hatch
white meat chicks. That beats Easter
! rabbits and their colored eggs Class
| them patagonia extra specials"
! 4 *
Two companies OF Boy Scouts Of
I America-Troop So and Troop 73-
! left their recreation camp near Burnt
Mills last Sunday and spent three or
! four hours fighting a forest fire near
Silver Spring. They succeeded in
stopping the fire. too.
! Thatsis real service. 1t is many
! times better than dancing a mara
! thon. The boys not only work ID
/ hard. but they worked Systematically y
| and intel!igently. Troop 13 had a
: record Of having fought a forest fire
/ last November. with equal success.
/ Would it not be a radical change
! If some one should start d contest OF
! heroic service for both girls and
| boyS-a contest not meant to inspire
! personal vanity" For example. in
/ stead of a marathon dance to find tire
stoutest heart resisting dilation, and
| a Cleopatra election TO attest the
! most regular features-instead OF
| cultivating personal vanity-We were
| to see girls vie with one another on
! their power to accomplish the best
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! dress and serve as the best help of
| their mothers IN the homes Old
! fashioned. maybe. but useful in more
| WAYS than one.
+. How many boys are planning kitch :
, en- gardens? Land can be obtained
! for that purpose. and any boy with
I time and energy. through proper
! guidance. can get much pride out
/. Of his fresh vegetables as he can out
j of crazy dancing foolishness.