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, 1923-10-24
Preliminary Report of
New Pest Just Issued
Insect Credited With Favor
ing Potato and Tomato.

prepared by tho United States Department
of Agricultural
A preliminary account of the Aus
tralian tomato weevil, a new insect
pest recently discovered, has just been
Issued by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture as Department
Circular 2S2, by f. II. Chlttenden of
the bureau of entomology. While the
insect Is credited as favoring the po-
tato and tomato ms food, it is also n
rather general feeder. the department
finds, and expresses the belief that it
may become of great Importance like
the sweet-potato weevil unless meas
ures are taken for Its suppression.
AS to control measures, the circular
says much remains to be learned. In
confinement, lead arsenate sprayed on
tomatoes killed all the beetles within
"a hours. Reports Of the successful
use of lead arsenate In practical field
work with potatoes and turnips have
been received by the department. APP
plications Of spray for other insect
pests, when the beetles or larvae Of
the tomato weevil are present, 1t Is
believed. may control the tomato
weevil also. Calcium arsenate would
probably be equally effective either as
a dust or spray and a little cheaper
than lead arsenate. 1t is not unlikely,
the circular says, that the distribution
of poisoned bats would be effective.
Copies Of the circular may be had,
as long ms the supply lasts, by writing
to the Department of Agriculture,
Washington, d. G.
, 1923-10-24
Common Mistakes Made
in Feeding Live Stock

A recent investigation of feeding
methods practiced by 457 farmers
whose average experience covers a pc
most common mistake made in feed.
Ing is the use OF poor combinations of
feeds. Undertaking ranks second,
the two occurring more than -four
times as often rs any of the others
which follow in order OF Importance +;
insufficient protein, lack OF water, lack
OF legumes, abrupt changes OF feed,
poor housing, parasites and insect
pests, insufficient salt. waste OF feed,
poor equipment and overlooking.
Fortunately the mistakes are largely
within the control OF the feeder and
may be avoided.
At the same time the above investi.
CATION vas being made n check was
taken on how progressive farmers
were improving their feeding methods.
A particular interest was found In
balanced rntions. The next most i'm.
portant Improvement was more lib.
eral feeding followed by feeding of
more legumes, better water supply,
giving minerals to live stock, feeding
according to production. feeding more
protein and more regular feeding.
Dairymen consulted evidently keep
close accounts with their cows. Eighty.
n per cent feed according to pro.
duction while the rest feed nll their
cows alike.
, 1923-10-24

was paw c CySd
heavy. but she vas glad to be found,
glad to be saved. He saw that, and
he saw a dawning confusion in her
eyes. At the end he drew her arm
into his, and. when they came into the
mouse. he knelt and took the snow
shoes from her feet, she dropping
against the wall. He put a hand on
each of her shoulders and looked re-
proach.
You wanted to leave me, Joanf
You wanted to leave me as much as
that?"
She shook her head from side to
side. then, drawing away, she STUN
bled past him into the room, dropped
to the bearskin rug. and held out her
hands to the flames. ITS awful good
to be back" she said. and fell to sob
bling. ~ didn't think you'd be carin'-
| was thinkin' only of old things. I
was ho~mesick-me that has no home"
Her shaken voice was so wonderful
a music that he stood listening with
sudden tears in his eyes
An l can't forget Pierre nor the
life, Mr.. Gael. an when l think twas
you that killed him, why, 1t breaks my
heart. Oh. l know you he'd to do 1t. I
saw. An I couldn't "a stayed with
him no more. What he did, 1t made
me hate him-but you can't be thinkin'
how 1t was with Pierre an me before
that night. We've was happy. I
ust to live with my father, Mr.. Gael.
an he was IN awful man, an there
u-oS M 1nyinp hatuanp nc hnk ,-hnn r
first seen Pierre lookin' up at me, I
first knowed what lovin' might be like.
I just came away with him because he
asked me. Oh. Mr.. Gael, I can't fer
get him, even for hatin'. That brand
on my shoulder. it's all healed, but
my hearts so hurried. It's so hurted.
You killed him. Forgive me, please; l
would love you If l could. but some
thin makes m shake away from
you-because Pierre's dead"
Again she wept, exhausted, broken
hearted weeping It was. And Pros
per's face was drawn by pity of her.
That story of her life and love, It was
a sort of saga, something as moving
as an old ballad most beautifully
sung. The varied and vibrant ca
dences of her voice gave every delicate
shading of feeling, of thought. She
was utterly expressive. All night.
after he had seer her eat and sent
her to her bed. the phrases of her
music kept repeating themselves in his
ears. AN so I first knowed what
lovin' might be like; and, II would
love you, only somethin' makes me
shake away from you because
Pierre's dead" This was a Joan he
had not yet realized, and he knew that
after all his enchanted leopardess was
a woman and that his wooing Of her
had hardly yet begun. So did she
battle him by the utter directness Of
her heart. There was so little of a
barrier against him and yet-there
was so much.
For the first time he doubted his
wizardry, and, at that. his desire for
the wild girls love stood up like a
giant and gripped his soul.
Joan slept deeply. without dreams;
she had confessed herself. But Prosper
was MS restless and troubled as n
youth. She had not made her escape;
she had followed him home with humil-
ity, with confusion In her eyes. She
had been glad to hold out her hands
again to the fire on his hearth. And
yet-he was now her prisoner.
, 1923-10-24

The Branding iron
BY Katharine Neulin Burt
CprkhbyK unNm Burt

Copyright by Katharine N. Burt

grave, part OF the old life back to which
she was running. Down the canyon
trail she foundered, her short skirt
gathering a weight of snow, ner webs
lifting a mass of 1t at every Juggling
step. Her speed perforce s~lackened,
out she plodded on. out of breath and
In a sweat. She was surprised at the
weakness; put It down to excitement.
II was Altered he'd make me stay" she
said, and. i've got to go. I've got to
60" This vent with her like a beating
rhythm. h came to the opening in
the frs. the foot of the steep trail, and
out there stretched the valley, blank
snow. blank sky. here and there a
wooded ridge. then a range of lower
hills, blue, snow-mottled; not a roof.
not a thread of smoke. not a sound.
I'm awful far away" Joan whis-
pered to herself, and. for the first
time In her life, she doubted her
strength. ~ don't rightly know where
I am"
She looked back. There stood a
high. familiar peak, but so were the
outlines of these mountains jumbled
and changed thai she could not tell If
Prosper's canyon lay north or south OF
Pierre's homestead. The former was
high up on the foothills, and Pierre's
was well down, above the river. From
where she stood, there was no river-bed
In sight. She tried to remember the
journey. but nothing came to her ex-
cept a confused impression of follow
ing. following. following. Had they
gone toward the river first and then
turned north or had they Travelled close
to the base of the giant range? The
rangers cabin where they had spent
the night, surely that ought to be Wis
ible. II she went farther out, say
beyond the wooded spur which shut
the mountain country from her sight.
perhaps she would find 1t. .
Bravely she braced her %quivering
muscles and went on. She plunged
into drifts, struggled up; sometimes
the snow-plane seemed to stand up
like a wall In front of her, the far
hills lolling like n dragon along Its
top. She could not keep the breath Of
, 1923-10-24
Prosper Took Her by the Shoulder and
Turned Her over In the Snow.

her lungs. Often she sank down and
rested; when things grew steady she
got up and worked on. Each time she
rested she crouched longer: each
time made slower progress: and al
ways the goal she had set herself, the
end OF a jutting hill. thrust itself out.
nosed forward. sliding down to the
plain. II began to darken. but Joan
thought that her sight was falling.
The enormous efforts she was making
took every atom of her will. At last
her muscles refused obedience. her
laboring heart stopped. She stood n
moment, swnyed. fell. and this time
she made no effort TO rise. She had
become n dark spot on the snow. n
likeness part OF the loneliness and
silence.
A small, black. energetic figure
came out from among the frs and ran
forward where the longest shadows
pointed. II looked nbsurdly tiny and
anxious: futile. In Its plgmy haste,
ncross the exquisite stiffness. Joan,
lying so still. was acqulcscent; this
little striving thing rehelled. II came
forward steadily. following Joan's I'M
even tracks, stamping them down
firmly to make a solid path, and, MS
the sun dropped. leaving nm immense
cleaning depth OF sky. he came down
and bent over the black speck that
wns Joan. /.
Prosper took her by the shoulder
and turned her over n little In the
snow. Joan opened her eyes ana
looked nj him. II was the dumb look
OF n beaten dog.
get up. child" he said. "and come
home with me-"
She struggled to her feet. he helping
her; md silently. just ms n savage
m no matter whit her pain. VIII
follow her man. so joan followed the
trnck he made by pressing the snow
down triply over her former steps.
'Can you do III" he asked once, n
, 1923-10-24
"YoU KILLED HIM"

Joan Lands, eighteen years
old. wife of Pierre. Is tho daugh-
ter of John Carver. who murdered
her mother for adultery. Her
lonely life. with her father. In a
wyoming cabin. unbearable. Joan
leaves him to work in a hotel in
a nearby town. Joan meets
Pierre, and the two. mutually at
tracted. are married. Carver tells
Pierre story of Joan's mother.
Pierre FORCES a cattle brand.
Frank Holliwell. young minister.
presents books to Joan. Pierre
forbids her to read them. Mad
dened by jealousy. Pierre ties
Joan and burns the Two-Bar
brand into her shoulder. Hear
ing her screams. a stranger
bursts into the house and shoots
Pierre. The stranger revives
Joan. telling her Pierre is dead.
urges her to go with him. At
the strangers home Joan's in
iuries are attended to. She Is
introduced to a new world of
books and fine clothing by the
stranger. Prosper Gale. a writer.
, 1923-10-24
Turpentine Is Superior
Remedy for Wormy Pigs

Wormy pigs usually have good up
petltes and ent II great deal but are
poor and do not grow fat, The hair
OF the pig looks rough and does not
inye a shiny gloss, aud the pigs are
usually ''pot-bellied." T%urpentlne Is
the most economical and convenient
remedy. n tenspoonful for each 100
pounds live weight. This should be
administered In milk or slop and the
lose should be repeated daily for
three consecutive days
, 1923-10-24
CHAPTER xIl-contlnued.

And then she opened her volume in
its middle and her eye looked upon
familiar lines
so the two brothers and their MUIR
dered man"
Joan's heart fell like a leaden weight
and the color dropped from her face.
In an instant she was back In Pierre's
room and the white night circled her
in great silence and she was going
over the story Of her love and Pierre's
their love, their beautiful. grave.
simple love thai had so filled her life.
Add now where was she? In the
1olse of the man who had killed her
husband! She had been waiting for
HOlliwell. but for a long while now
she had forgotten that. Why was she
still here? A strange, guilty terror
came with the question. She stared
around the gorgeous little room. snug
from the world. so secret in Its winter
canyon. She heard Wen Hos inces-
SAINT pattering in the kitchen. the
crunch and thud of Prosper's shovel
Ing outside. 1t vas suddenly n hor-
rifle nightmare, or less a nightmare
than a dream. pleasant in the dream
Ing, but hideous to an awakened mind.
She was awake. That little home
stead Of Pierre'si Such a hunger
opened In her soul that she bent her
head and moaned. She could think of
hothlng now but those two familiar.
bare, clean rooms-Pierre's gun.
Ifnrraf. rAI ~ z--a - -
the door, the sDowshoes. There was
no place In her mind for the later
tragedy. She had gone back Of It.
She would rather be alone In her W
home, desolate though II was, than
anywhere else in all the homeless
world.
And what could prevent her from
going? She laughed aloud-a short,
L7napt laugh-rippled to her feet. and.
Aa'r ROOM, took of Prosper's pretty
thlncs' and got into her own old
clothes; the coarse underwear. the
heavy stockings md boots. the rough
skirt, the mans shirt. How loosely
they all hung! How thin she was I
Now into her coat. her wooden cap
uown over her ears. her gloves-she
was ready, her heart laboring like nm
exhausted stays. her knees trembling,
her wrists mysteriously absent. She
went into the hall, found her snow
SHOES, bent to tie them on, and.
STRENGTHENING up. met Prosper, who
ma come In ont of the snow.
lie was glowing from exercise, but
~ sight of her and her pale excite
ment, the glow left him and his face
went bleak and grim. He put out
ms hand and caught her by the arm
nhu she backed from him against the
"oll-this before either of them spoke.
Where are you going. Joan7"
I'm a-goln' home"
lie let go OF her arm. "You were
going III this, without a word to me p
Mr. Gael" she painted. ~ had n
'eelin like you wouldn't a let me 60"
re turned. threw open the door. and
stepped aside. She confronted his
white anger.
Mr.. Gnel. I left Pierre dead. rye
oeen a-waitln' for Mr.. HoIlIwell to
'"me. I'm strong now. I must be
"goin' home" Suddenly she blazcd
|n' You killed my man. What hev
To do with your"
ne bowed. Her breast lnbored and
NV 'he distress of her soul. troubled
" nm Instructive. innrtIculate con.
~,'uuSness OF evil. wavercd In her eyes.
ner reason already accused her OF In
pll'uhe and trenchery. but every fber
"er hnd suddenly revolted. She WINS
MI Tor liberty oh. mu,, ho,n 10
, 1923-10-24
Changing Sheep Pasture
Will Prevent Infection

Where sheep are kept ON the farm
ycar after year every prccnutlon
g,ou!d be exercised no to allow the
nock to Craze for long periods on the
same pasture, but alternate frequent-
~ ms the change Is not only n preycn-
tive To pasture Infection but stimu-
lates appetite and promotes the
growth of grasses.
, 1923-10-24
Not to Her llklnl

Mndgc-How wns the yachting
party7
Mnrjorie-soso. There were 90
many on bonrd the boat the best Char
lie could do was 70 hug the shorA
Evening star., 1923-01-22
T0DAY'S ADJUSTMENTS.

FOLPS-".Tangerine with Julia
6anderson; performance at 500 pm.
NATIONAIl-Lynn : Fontanne, in
vDulcy," $50 pm.
GARRICK--Margare Anglin, in
"The Sea Woman" at 2;2O andsS:20
pm.
PRESIDENT-"Abie Irish Rose
1T $50 pm.
kEITH'S-Gus Edwards, vaudeville,
ht 2:15 and S:15 pm.
BELASCO-'"The Whirl of New
york" at 2:15 and S:i5 pm;
.COSMOS-Nyle Vernon and his
stSerenaders," vaudeville, at 8, $3.50
and 8 pm.
STRAND Spring Is Coming"
vaudeville, at 2:45, $50 and S:45 pm.
GAYETY-"Talk of the Town." at
S:15 and Sis pm.
-COLUMBIA-Dougias Fairbanks. in
"Robin Hood" photoplay, at 10:3o
am. 12:4O. 2:45, 4:45. and 9:10 pm.
RIALTO-"Burning Sands.".a 1880
Am. 1880. $40, $40. 1880 and $50 pm.
PALACE-Wallace Reid. in Thirty
Days" at 1850 am, 12:40, 2:25, 1880,
sos, 1855 and 9:55 pm.
CENTRAI-"The Hottentot." at
1880 am, 1880, 3:35. $3.50, ':35 and
s:35 pm.
METROPOLITAN Sells, in
"Skin Deep" at 1880 am, 1880, $3.50,
$50, 1885 and 9:35 pm.
Evening star., 1923-01-22
Thrift Week..

For a week we practice thrift,
we're the cautious, frugal lads; to
the bank we daily drift with roll
of hard-earned scads; we've made
resolutions chaste, we will cut out
wanton waste, to the bank we'll go
in haste with the dollars of our dads
If well only stick to this, to this
policy sublime, we will store up
heaps of bliss for our distant win
ter time: when old age has made us
bent we'll repose in sweet content,
not afraid to blow cent or a nickel
or dime. If we save our chicken
feed while we're strong and full Of
vim, age, which comes with ghastly
speed, will not seem SO bleak and
grim; with bundle on the ice age
will seem serene and nice, and we'll
chortle once or twice and send up
cheerful hymn. Soon or late well
have the flu or the collie or the
hives; and the village docs will do
all they can to save our lives; if
we're busted when we're sick all the
docs will. file kick; we'll be out
lawed pretty quick, with our chill
dren and our wives. For the world
has little use for the delegate who's
broke, though he's able to produce,
in his line, trail of smoke; he may
boast OF noble birth, or of talent or
OF worth, but he's sized up, on this
earth. as feeble sort of joke. Let
us salt the kopeck down, let US put
it in the bank; let's preserve the
mInted crown and the guilder and
the franc; let us walk in prudent
ways, practice thrift because it pays !;
then when come the rainy days we
shall never draw blank.
(Copyright) WALT MASON.
Evening star., 1923-01-22
AGAINST
INSURANCE BILL
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Sees "Governmental inter-
ference" in Measure.

Protest against governmental in
terference in business, as contem-
plated in the bill providing for mo-
nopolistic employers insurance in the
District of Columbia" scheduled to
come before the House this afternoon,
was made today by the Chamber of
Commerce Of the United States.
Elliott HI. Goodwin, resident vice
president of the chamber, in a letter
sent to members Of the House. de-
clares enactment of the measure
would definitely commit the govern
ment to a policy of encrochment upon
matters properly within the scope of
private business endeavor."
The letter, in part, follows:
Enumerates Objections.
"The Chamber of Commerce of the
United States stands definitely COM
mitted against such governmental in
reference in business and protests
against the passage of this bill for
the following additional reasons:
Il. The supervising commission
under this bill determines the rate
and amount Of premiums, takes care
OF the collection of premiums and de-
cides the amount and the payments of
compensation, but all without any
check upon decisions and actions. ex-
cept as mentioned in point 2 below.
"2. This commission reviews its
own decisions, with right of appeal
to courts only on matters of law.
"3. This bill leaves the employer no
option in the selection eff an insurance
carrier. He is forced to take govern
ment insurance.
Not Against Principle.
There Is in this bill great concen-
tration of authority which We believe
to be contrary to principles of good
business and good government Nor
NAL administrative functions are COM
bined with the power of judicial re-
view.
ut is not to be understood that the
national chamber is here expressing
opposition to the principle of work
mems compensation insurance. We
protest here only against the form of
the pending bill.
Your attention is also directed to
the advisability of intrusting the ad-
ministration of a local law with its
application to all the business of the
District of Columbia to a body charged
with guarding the interests of en-
ployes of the entire federal govern
ment. scattered over the world"
Evening star., 1923-01-22
PAy Paragraphs

HERE'S A GOOD SPORT.
The Jokes, of late, have been 80 nne,
That 1 am glad you passed up mine;
But / shall try 1t many times,
Until The Star falls for my rhymes
W. J. ARMSTRONG.
~ Randolph place northeast.
Applying the Coue theory to the Dis
trict-Day by day, in every way, tnat
SIS, 00O,0 900 surplus is getting Harer and
nearer.
r. MALONE BOILER.
4ss street so''th'ecs''
This tooth needs filling badly"
That's what my last dentist did.
JACK STRAIGHT,
e57S Champlatn street isorth0esf.
A machine has been invented that de-
tects a person when lying. 1t It's ever
put into general use polltlcians VIII
have to decrease their promises about
~ pei CLARENCE II, ROACH,
I06 Allegheny street. Toko"a FdrN' II. u
Ryce-Have the Neweds completed
SyceWPracticali they've decided
ON sleeping porch and a shower bath.
MRS. Il. p. JINKINS.
sos Moson street: Che'ryda'e' Va.
'Tve got a game that will be more
profitable than bootlegglng, ana carry
no risk Of pinch
Great, Tell it to me-
Selling tear gas to glad widows
OSWALD DRURY.
Why don't folks stick to English that's
plain?
Ku Klux klatter is adding my brain;
eagle
They'd change to a kleagle,
In my coco I'D soon be Insane.
RALPH T. EGAN.
a2oi Evarts street northeast
Little Girl (to bride at wedding re-
ception) You don't look nearly as tired
as / should have thought.
Bride-Don't !. dear? But why Gid
you think should look tired?
Little. Girl-Well, / heard mummy
say to dad that you'd been running
after Mr. Goldmore for months and
months.
WARNER R4.H!fOND.
s5as 18th street northeast.
Heard at the information desk Of the
Public Library: Gould you tell me the
author Of 'Roosevelts Letters to His
Children""
ANNA KNAUFF,
..I9 g street northcusr.
Il want" said the little newlywed.
"a piece Of meat without fat, bone OF
gristle'
The butcher regarded her retiectively
for a moment, then turned, carefully
surveyed his stock. and remarked :
you'd better have an egg. ma'am."
II. E. WEIGH.
?07 Monroe street northeast.
Evening star., 1923-01-22

How do you like your fourth floor
apartment with no elevator service
Mrs. Reilley?"
"Oh. it has its advantages" answered
children to wipe their feet before COM
ing in.''
c. e. BAUMANN,
175 v street northeast.
81
A fool is born every minute. And
they get married two at a time.
CHARLOTTE BERRY,
I6f Y street northeast.
At a recent examination of a draw
ing class in one of the Washington high
schools, the question was asked: What
are the names of the three forms Of
columns that appear in Grecian archi-
lecturer"
One bright student answered 1t thus {:
"Aeolian, Victrolian and Columbian"
MRS. J. C. MCDOWELL,
1916 Allison street northt1est.
A New York playground director used
the word vortex" and paused to ask,
Does any one know what q vortex is?"
II know" shouted one kid. It's de
one cent you pays on de ice cream cone"
VANN McANDLEIGH,
1917 Belmont street northwest.
Congress doesn't mind being told what
TO do; 1t knows it won't do 1t, any how.
T. II. HEATH,
IA The Pasadena.
The Bootleggers' Protective Associa-
tion have offered to pay Englands debt
to the United States They prefer to
keep Bermuda free from entangling
alliances.
H. T. SCANLAN.
SEQ Madison street northeast
To rid yourself Of pains that wrench,
Say. "Ce passe," If you speak French,
Or else just murmur, "Flooey."
ARTHUR E. MIDDLETON,
f52i Monroe street northwest.
When she begins calling you by your
first name, watch out, boy; she likes
your last one!
MARY ". QUINN,
t7si Church street northeast.
Cop-where did you steal that rug
from?
Hobo-I didn't steal it. A lady up
the street gave it to me and told me to
beat it.
HOWARD BIGGS,
1925 send street northwest.
Evening star., 1923-01-22
CHILD WELFARE, TOPIC.
Speakers to Present Phases OF
Work in TheaterS.

Work Of the Child Welfare Society
will be discussed during the COM
munity service hours at the Crandall
neighborhood theaters during this
week by speakers using stereopticon
slides and motion pictures.
The program will be as follows:
Tomorow-l1 am. the Avenue
Grand. 645 Pennsylvania avenue
southeast, speaker, Mrs. Archibald
Honkins: pm, York Theater.
Georgia avenue and Quebec street,
speaker, Miss Mary Gwynn.
Wednesday-11 am, the Savoy. 1890
14th street. speaker DR.. John Foote;
pm. the Apollo. 624 II street north
east, speaker. Miss Mabel Boardmar.
Thursday-2 pm. Lincoln Theater,
1915 L street, speaker, DR.. William
G. Fowler.
Evening star., 1923-01-22
HEADS CALIFORNIA U.
DR.. W. w. Campbell, Lick Observa
tory Director, Elected.

The board of regents of the Uni
versity OF California has unanimous
ly named DR.. w. w. Campbell, di-
rector Of the Lick Observatory. as
president Of the University of Cali
fornia. DR.. Campbell succeeds DR..
Davis P. Barrows, who retires on
July l to become professor of politi-
cal science.
DIR. Campbell will remain as direc-
tor of the Lick Observatory as a
"dollar-a-year" man.
Evening star., 1923-01-22
CIVIL WAR SURGEON DEAD.

GREER, S. c., January 22-Dr.
Benjamin F. Few, surgeon in the
war, died at his home here yester-
day afternoon, aged ninety-three
years. He was the father Of DR.. Will
liam P. Few, president of Trinity Col
lege, Durham, n. C. He had continued
the practice of medicine until a few
months ago. ~