Evening star., 1923-02-20
CAPITAL KEYNOTES
BY PAUL, T.E0LLINS.

Here is a statistical fact that may
Of fried chicken. Shall we not start
a drive to lessen the destruction of
chickens? There are only five chick
ems per man, woman or child In
America. II any reader ate six fried
,or stewed or baked chickens last year
he ate moro than his share and should
be punished by having his permit to
cat chicken suspended.
Yet there IL hope, for last year 543,-
100000 chickens were raised upon the
farms. as compared with only b10,-
100000 the year before. Let us set
our mark at one fried chicken per
capita each month. That will In
crease the fruit, for 1t will decrease
the insects which prey upon the fruit
and kitchen gardens.
We are surely getting back to
chicken normally. for In 1920 the
average price OF q chicken was S6h
cents. in 1921 1t was II cents and In
1922 IS cents. G. o. p administration!
Our chickens laid golden eggs to
, the amount of $60o,00S, 900 last year.
Count 'em-1,ss2,35S.o 900 dozen! Why,
the chickens alone could dig a Mica
tragua canal every year and have mil
lions OF eggs left.
It takes 100000 eggs to serve as
seed for each years new crop OF
chickens. Now that horticulturists
have invented seedless apple trees
and there are iceless refrigerators
maybe some wise birdologist will find
a en- IA en- ha
need eggs. That will save 113.000,000
lomelettes. Science liz making great
progress year by year.
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Director Smith of the Smithsonian
bureau of investigation of Boston
wants to reform criminals with mu-
sic. Fine idea! Some music makes
criminals-justifies any crime II II
Will only annihilate the perpetrator
Of the jazz. Hence, upon the theory
Of Jumping into the bramble bush
to scratch them in again" it sounds
plausible that IL a record played for
ward on q phonograph incftes to MUIR
der or counterfeiting or booze drink
Ing, then II we play II backward 1t
should have reverse effect and con-
vert the bad man" of Dead Dogs
gelic disposition. Bring on your
band, Mr.. Smith: we are for music,
though some kinds should be pre-
scribed by a homeopathic.
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The government is denied an
archives building by the pennywlse
economy of the log-roIlers from Po-
dunk Corners. but the Daughters OF
the American Revolution have erect
ed a magnificent nreproof archives
building for their invaluable collec-
tion of genealogical and historical
since that organization was "patron-
ICED" with smile of condescenston
! by the men who did big things in
government: today it sets the pace
for Congress. Government officials
recognise it's, archives as sources of
information unobtainable anywhere
| else.
The Department Of Agriculture has
low in vitamins is Incorrect. Meat OF
cattle, sheep and hogs is found to
vary in this energy-giving quality
but all is rich in it. Tests have been
lmade by feeding muscle from differ
ent parts of the carcasses to pigeons
Pork Is the richest In "vitamin B.
Mutton comes next and beef Is the
lowest 1t is the absence Of "vitamin
b. from polished rice that causes the
disease known as beriberi. Amer
leans are eating less beef than their
fathers did and more mutton.
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1t has always been the practice in
America to give shelter to persons
fleeing from other countries charged
with merely political offenses. This
custom is interfered with now by our
quota law, which refuses admission
! to immigrants beyond a certain per-