Evening star., 1923-08-13
CAPITAL KEYNOTES
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS

Farmer Coolidge. now President of
the United Staes, announces that he
will institute farm hours" at the
White House. Just what does he
mean-"farm hours?
There was a time when farmers
went to bed as soon as the Chores
were done and supper eaten-usually
about o'clock. Then they were
up with the lark-if they had any
larks. aside from "skylarks," on their
farms They MIXED the cows, cur
ried the horses and cleaned the
stables before breakfast.
Recent years have brought a re-
volt against the intolerably early
daylight-saving" hours on the farm.
The schedule did not prove practi-
cable, for the farmer could not ignore
the morning dew, nor he could he
AFFORD to work on an eight-hour plan
and stop toll at o'clock, especially
at the time of haying and harvest.
are shivering in horror lest they
must work all the hours that a
farmer does, including his chores,
morning and night. They must rise,
o'clock in the winter and do what
work may be practicable before
breakfast. Their field" work might
end at sunset, but after supper there
would be couple of hours of
Chores" BY that time they would
be quite ready for sleep and there
would be no time nor energy left
for skylarking along the Great White
Way or auto riding from the country
outdoors" to Main street" in the
nearby town.
They rise with the morning lark
And labor till almost dark,
Then, folding their sheep, they hasten
to sleep.
While every pleasant park
Next morning is ringing with birds that
are singing
On each green tender bough.
With that content and merriment
Their days are spent whose minds
are bent
To follow the useful pIow."
All roads lead to Rome, But all
burrows do not lead to the White
House. Nor do all White House
roads resemble Boston thoroughfares
which are notable for having been
cowpaths before paved as city streets.
Farm hours may do in New England
but there might be strike in Wash
ington, If tried here: However, there
whose custom was to throw all his
patients into fits" because he could
cure fits" President Coolidge IS a
specialist on strikes" Is there
method in his madness?
y x x
The universally of President
Harding was amply demonstrated on
, the day of his burial by the many
different reasons set forth by many
industries
interests were especially in the heart
of the President. He had just re-
turned from Alaska. where he had
sustained the claims of the Depart
ment OF Agriculture for policy of
conservation against desire of the
Department of the Interior that the
Alaska forests be turned over to its
control.
The lumber industry mourns Pres
ident Harding" says a statement of
the National Lumber Manufacturers
Association, mot only as the devoted
common leader of the nation. but also
as statesman who was deeply in
terested in the future of all the for
est industries. He had taken special
interest in the pending national plans
for the encouragement of forestry
and had Loyalty supported the admin
istration of the national forests, on
the principle of their perpetuation"
So $500 sawmills were shut down
on Friday in token Of respect to the
former President and 10000 lumber
employees showed their appreciation
of the President and statesman who
had shown interest in their interests
r. X
Food must come down-not neces-
sarily the price thereof-but the food
itself.
1t is a new liquid food. good for
man or beast" II is so rich in pro-
teins, vitamines and calories that one
ton of the raw product will make 2,5Ot
gallons Of sirup: one teaspoonful OF