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suggest that one r1ight use these,
glassed in, for extra rooms. In winter
they could be made comfortable by
proper provision for heating and in
summer the use of made-to-order
screens would make them the most
preferred rooms OF the house.
A dwelling like this gains much BY
simple landscaping to make the NOS,
of it's natural advantages. Here the
lawn was raised just a bit above the
sidewalk level, yet it bases the house,
one might say, and sets IL off to bet
ter advantage.
If finished in wooden siding this
house will look well in other eolors
than white. Yellow body with white
trim would be well, so would light
green with white trim, or gray with
white trim. If finished in stucco, gray
or white or cream color would be
ideal. 1t would make a fine brick
house, using cream or red brick and
having the window and cornice trim
white for contrast.
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Fooled Aaain.

There was silence, save for the
scratching of pens and the soft foot
fall of a watchful examiner, for an ex-
animation was in progress.
Suddenly the eye Of the examiner
caught a student who was studying his
watch with more than usual interest.
"Mr. Smith," said the watcher. II
will have a look at your timepiece, IL
you please
= Smith seemed worried, but he hpnd-
ed over the watch, The other opened
1t and saw pasted across the dial a
tiny slip of paper bearing the laconic
legend, Fooled"
OF course, Smith was allowed to re-
sumo his work, but the examiner Kept
his eye on him, and soon he thought tit
to have another look at the watch.
But this time he did not go for the
face. lie opened the back instead And
there, sure enough, he found 1 small
folded paper. Examining II eagerly, he
read: Fooled again !"
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Picric Acid Big
Help to Farmer
Surplus War Explosive Used
to Remove Stumps-Soda-
toll Now Available.
tPrepared by the United States Department


PREPARED by the United States Department.
of Agriculture
Some $1,000 farmers in % states
have used picriC acid, a surplus war
explosive, says the bureau of public
roads, United States department of
Agriculture, which has had charge of
the distribution. These farmers have
used 1,50O,OO0 pounds of the explosive
10 clear 100000 acres of land and TO
remove stumps from about $4,000 acres
in cultivation. II is estimated that
the actual saving TO the farmers over
the cost of commercial explosives has
amounted t o $750.000, but the actual
benefits have been more far reaching,
as thousands of small farms have had
the acreage of cultivatable land in
creased.
The government has also delivered
some 4,OOO,OO0 pounds of picric acid
for road construction by state and fed
eral agencies.
Sodatol Now Obtainable.
The last of the picric acid was dis
posed of a short time go, but farmers
may obtain SOdatoi, an explosive
which has recently become available
and which many farmers say is even
better for stumping than picric acid.
The only charge to be made is for
rartridging. and preparing for shipment
and transportation cost which n gen
eral amount to about one-third the cost
Of an equivalent amount of dynamite.
In most states arrangements have
been made with some agency. usually
the state agricultural college, FOR dis
tributing sOdatoi. Information as to
what agency Is handling the distribu-
ton In any state can be obtained from
county agricultural agents or from
the state agricultural college.
Picrie Acid Shipped.
The total amount Of picric acid
shipped to the various states Is as
follows:
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Many Old Apple Trees
Carving Too Much Wood

Prune, brother, prune with care,
This paraphrase Of Mark Twain's IA
nous phrase might be taken as a
motto ny the orchard men, say the
pomoiOgfsts at the Ithaca State Agri-
cultural college, who declare that
many old apple e are carrying too
much wood. They warn, however,
against cutting out the large branches,
since this is likely to injure the tree
rather than benefit it.
The proper way to make this thin
ming Is to cut out a number Of small
branches about the size Of the finger,
or possibly up to an inch or an inch
snd a half In diameter, throughout the
tree. This practice avoids water sprout
growths and rejuvenates the remain
ing fruit spurs.
The. college has studied enough
orchards where this practice has been
followed to know that 1t usually re
suits In a better set Of fruit Of larger
size. Trees handled in this way.
further, are more effectively sprayed,
the color of the fruit is improved and
It's market value increased.
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Use Lights on Poultry
Very Early in Morning

II is better to increase the chickens
day early in the morning rather than
In the evening, according to expert
mcnts conducted at the New Hamp-
shire Agricultural college. The hens
come off the rocsts quite early in the
morning 80 get .hc!r feed. IN the eve
ming many Of them go to roost regard
less Of the light.
With pullets the amount of light
should be increased gradually. begin.
ming with eleven hours Of total light
about the first of November. This may
be increased to fourteen hours by the
first of February. After April the arti-
fetal light should be gradually re-
duced at the rate of about thirty min
utes per week. With old hens the
artificial illumination should begin In
the fall when egg production is on the
Increase.
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sy WILLIAM A. RApFoRD

Mr.. William A. Radf0rd will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building, for the readers q
this paper, On account Of his wide
experience as Editor, Author and
Manufactures, he is. without doubt,
the highest authority on all these sub
Jeets. Address all Inquiries to WilliaN
A. Radford. No. 1927 Prairie avenue.
Chicago, Ill, and only inclOse two-cen'
stamp for reply.
As the colonial settlers emigrated
westward they carried with them
some of the good qualities which
made them excellent pioneers, and we
owe this kind Of residence to he
ones who emigrated from New Eng
Lame to the west. The general char
acteristies Of the colonial house I'M
derwent a slight change; the v
were strengthened as a protection
from the most insistent western sun
light and also from the winds and
storms which swept along the
prairies more often and more tiercely
than they even did along the New
England hills and valleys.
SO now We have a house like this,
characteristic Of the middle states,
and TO be met with as far west as
Oregon. The exterior Is of siding, but
brick or stue6o could be used with
equally good results. There are two,
porcfes. The front m aeads into
the reception hall and the n at the
IL, $1,000, nAt from tho n0HnU room
through long French doors.
The living occupies almost n
whole lower half OF the house. with a
fireplace SO placed &c 20 add 90 the
general attractiveness of the o
Occupying the other half Is the kitch-
en- and the dining room. Observe that
the spacing Of the reception hall Is
amply large enough for the instaiia-
sion Of q handsome staircase. II Is
very gratifying to note how of late
years there has been a resurgence Of
the staircase as a decorative element
In a home interior. 1t Is BOY possible
10 secure very fine n quite reason
ably and fully equal in attractiveness
and construction to the best of early
colonial times when there were STAIR
cases whose beauty has remained as a
continual inspiration since.
Upstairs are four bedrooms, ar
ranged with bathroom on a central
hall. The bathroom has iva fair
sized windows, making it a place Of
light. We have often wondered why
the tendency has been to make the
bathroom smaller than II ought TO be.
There used TO be an idea that a bath
room required ~concealment, but In
these days Of figured glass and cheap
curtaips a window ought to be pro-
vided which would ventiiate well and
give father ample light to shave by
when he hurries to get ready for work
0f mornings.
The generously dimensioned porches
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Eradication of Lice and
Mites Is Not Difficult

Lice and mites are a sign Of care
~iessness. as they are rather easily
controlled. Lice live upon the birds
body al all times and can be eradi.
Gated by busting the bird with finely
powdered sodium huorlde. a chemical
which can be obtained at most drug
stores and Is low In cost. The red
mites live in the cracks and crevices
of the roosts and nests and attack
the birds body only al night. get.
ting their food supply by sucking
blood through the birds skin. Paint.
ing the roosts with an oily substance,
such as gas tar o. a commercial perch
paint. will keep the mites from gettlps
on the perches and the birdA
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Plan Using Suns Rays
to Cut DoUn on Fuel

The o~rientation of the home for de-
vcloping and utilizing the heat from
the suns rays is being given consider
able thought by the advisory council
for scientific research of the Canadian
government. A comprehensive series
Of experiments are being carried out
which show a most remarkable posi-
bility for the saving of fuel through
proper insulation Of the walls and
ceiling.
Sun boxes. built 20 correspond with
and thoroughly insulated on
all sides, excepting that portion ex-
posed to the suns rays, are fitted with
thermometers and a close check kept
ON the interior and exterior tempera-
tnres at different hours Of the day.
Some Of the results are published:
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Plenty of Exercise Is
Essential for Horses

Plenty of exercise through the win
ter is absolutely necessary to the wei
fare Of the horse. They should be
given the run of at least a lot or yard
in the daytime. The yard should be
provided with a protected shed, by
rights. one that is dry and well
bedded.
In agreement with the adage again.
hold down the amount OF feed. Bet
ter rough the horses through. This
fits in with the need for economy in
feeding also. On account Of the
smaller amount Of work to he done.
and the consequent loss Of return from
the horses. the feeding should be as
economical as possible.
. Given good rOughage. the grain a
usually be eliminated from the ration
Idle work horses given the run Of a
well protected lot with a well pro
teeted shed or shelter will do well Eon
a ration of hay, oat straw. corn slower
and sorghum or cane as ~ ! as they
will eat, OF course, il Il" .uds on what
shape the horse Is y when he goes into
the winter, as to the amount OF grain
fed. He should receive. enough grain
to bring him into shape II ne is low In
condition hut in the interests of econ
Omy and the horses own welfare. the
grain ration should he the minimum
necessary to bring him back into con
dltion. Let good roughage do the most
toward carrying the horse through.
Toward the end Of the season say a
month and a half or two months, be-
fore the spring work begins, start feed
ing a light grain ration. Increase the
ration gradually until the horses are
N their working ratiOns.
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Ohio Poultrymen Favor
Feeding Wheat to Hens

Because Of the present low price of
wheat, Ohio p~ocltrymen have changed
the old. standard. Ohio dry mash for
mula from equal parts Of bran. mid.
dlings. cornmeal. ground oats and meal
scrap to two parts ground. whole wheat
and n part each Of cornmea1.
ground oats and meat scrap.
Whole wheat increases the feeding
,alue Of the mash, II Is claimed. and
saves huying bran and middlings.
With middiings at $40 a ton Wheat is
estimated TO have q value of around
~ % . husbAa when thus fed.
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He Wouldn't Make II.

An irritable old sportsman was
aroused from his bed at three O'clock
n the morning by the insistent ring
ng Of his doorbell., On answering he
'ound Rastus standing at the door.
what do you by waking me
Up mt this hourf"
Ssh yoh Mr.. SmithersF" ...
Yes, yes. What of it,"
"Ish You the gent what advertised
or a partner to 90 lion huntin' I'm
Afr'ca?"
Yes, I'm the gentleman. What do
you wan to know about it,"
"Nothin', ceptin' I inst wanted TO
ell you that on no .condlshuns what
'oever will ! go with you."-North
Carolina Poll Weevil.
Trying to please people can go to a
iOoliSh extreme. .
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Floyd Markin, 4O61 Warv

A. Floyd Markin, 4O61 Warwick
avenue, Chicago, Is now making M
experiment along these lines on q
practical scale. A sunroom has been
constructed OF the southern end of
his home, the south and east expo
sures being Enclosed In glass. The
balance Of the room is insulated by
the use of a gypsum product, ~insulex,
which Is poured into the space be-
tween the studding, four inches I'M
der the floor and three inches be-
tween the ceiling joists. Mr.. Markin
says that the DOT Is as warm as
though heated by a stove or radiator
during the sun hours. He is nov ar
ranging to place shutters over the
windows In an attempt to retain the
heat overnight.
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Couldn't Understand Them

THE worst Of these houses Is that
the walls are 81 thin you can hear
everything the people next door say.
There's a foreign couple next door to
us, and it's allSost driving my wife
crazy"
violent, noisy people, ehT"
Eyes, but 1t isn't that. You see. they
quarrel quite a lot, and she can't I'M
derstand a word they say"
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Trying TO please people can go TO a
extreme.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-17

Your grocer sells Postum In
two forms: Instant Postum
lin tinsI prepared Instantly IN
the cup by the addition Of
boiling water. Postum Cereal
lin packagesl for those who
prefer the flavor brought out
BY boiling fully 20 minutes.
The coa Of either form h
abou one-half cent . cup
EoA b~ cro~>vs rs,pv~...1-~
Evening star., 1924-01-11
CHARGE MERE BABIES
ARE FORCED TO WORK
New York Investigators Say Chill
dren of 2 to 4 Years Make
Dolls for Sale.
PARENTS GREED BLAMED
Youngsters Severely Beaten for
Refusal, Board Is Told.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 1l.-Greed
for money and not actual necessity
causes a great many cases of child
labor in tenement houses where chill
dren four years old and younger are
employed, Mrs. Dorothy Knote and
Mrs. Margaret Roarty, visiting teach
ers of the board of education, test
fled at yesterdays session of public
hearings of the New York child well
fare commission.
They corroborated earlier testimony
of Mrs. Jean Herr of the national
child labor committee, that children
as young as two years old were en-
ployed.
Child laborers. they said. were
easily detected by the marks on their
hands and by the fact that they
often fell asleep at school. Many of
them, it was said. were forced to
work and were severely punished If
they refused to obey the parents,
who, ii was declared, were, for the
most part, motivated by greed.
Make Toys mt Home.
Il have many of the children max
ing dolls and toys" Mrs. knote said.
AT recess they go to their homes and
work, grabbing a piece of bread to
eat on the street on their way back
TO school"
George A. Hall, executive secre-
tary of the commission. asserted a
survey showed that widows formed
but 10 per cent of the mothers who
forced their children to work.
ANY proposed regulation is sham
from A to T." Mrs. Florence Kelley,
secretary of the National Consumers
Evening star., 1924-01-11
DUSE EXTENDS u. S. TOUR
TO PACIFIC COAST CITIES
Famous italian Actress Limits
Playing Her Tragic Roles to
Twice a Week.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW York, January IL. Nine.
Eleanora Duse. famous italian trage-
dienne, will prolong her tour of
America and extend IL to the Pacific
coast. later going to Havana for a
short season before returning to Eu-
rope, IL was announced.
Nine. Duse has passed from the
management of Morris Gest to joint
combination of the Selwyns and For
tuna Gallo. operate impresairio. Rep
rescntatives of her new managers left
for Chicago last night.
Because of her age Nine. Duse is
unable to withstand the effect of
constantly repeating her tragic roles
and she will give performances only
twice a week, as she did when in
New York. She will rest for two weeks
in Chicago and then open in New Or
leans and follow the warm weather
route" to the Pacific coast, which she
visited on her first American tour
twenty-five years ago.
Evening star., 1924-01-11
POWER PLANT BOUGHT.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, January H..
The. G. S. Eaton interests of Ceve-
land, owners of the Continental Gas
ana Electric Corporation, have pur-
chased stock control Of the Kansas
City Power and Light Company, 10.
seph +. Porter, president of the Kan
sa9 City company. announced TO-DAY,
The property is valued at approx.
mately $35,000,000, while the stock
about $4,000, 900.
Evening star., 1924-01-11

League, testified. "All that is being
heard about the question being SIM
ply a choice of starvation is pure SOB
stuff. This home work doesn't sup
port anybody.
"All the industries employing such
methods are subsidized in that they
get their work done cheaper than
those not following the practice.
Nothing Is being realized in the
productiveness of the children, since
they are later returned to society as
juvenile delinquents or suffering
from tuberculosis or some other dis
ease"
Evening star., 1924-01-11

apolis. who saw her only once, and chen
at distance.
The stepson, Raymond r. Brown, yes
terday wired officials in New York to
place the body in a vault until he could
locate Mrs. Browns mother or get
word to his father, Dudley p. Brown.
The father, who was divorced from
Mrs. Brown about fifteen years ago, Is
living In Long Beach, suburb of New
York city, and Sunday promised to bury
the body. So far, however, he has fail
ed to redeem the pledge.
Evening star., 1924-01-11

all the proceedings incident to his
case that rather than his deserting
his wife she had deserted him. plans
to mako last stand against entering
Massachusetts, It was stated here.
Counsel in New York has been en-
gagged, It was stated, to try to effect
his release there through habeas
corpus proceedings
DR. Schriebers mistreatment at the
hands OF masked men In Macon was
the drst Of similar treatment given
several men In that city before the
lawless activities were curbed.
Evening star., 1924-01-11

domestic troubles were In the lime
light several months ago6DecAuse Of
his logging by masked men in Macon
and the efforts Of Massachusetts Of
ficials to have him returned to that
state. en- route there to face a charge of
wife desertion. Having once successfully
delivered into the custody Of q Massa-
chusetts executive, in ignorance, It was
stated at his Office today, that his pre-.
decessor, Gov. Hardwdck, had denied
them in 1919. as not setting forth evil
dence of the charge against him.
DR.. Schrieber, who has claimed In
Evening star., 1924-01-11
SEES STOMACH REMOVED.
Operation Oh ~ oman Done With
Local Anesthetics.

MERIDIAN, Conn.,, January 11.-Mrs.
Henry Lange, seventy-five, has been
DISCHARGED as cured from the Meriden
Hospital after watching the surgeons
remove half her stomach and cut a
large grow tn from her intestines while
she was under the influence of local
anesthetics only. The operation took
two hours, during which Mrs. Lange
conversed with the surgeons.
Evening star., 1924-01-11
Zoe Muslin, z Yards

G6-inch Bleached Mus
lin, close woven, soft
finish grade.
Evening star., 1924-01-11
Sl.20 Corsets

White Coutil Corsets,
medium bust and long
hip models; guaranteed al
boning: heavy hose sup
porters; sizes % to 30.
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Women's $l.5O Hose

Wool and Cotton Rib
bed Hose. heather mix VI
lures, with two-tone al
silk clock; also fine rib
bed Sport Hose, in blue and
brown, without clocks; perfect
quality. Onyx and Esco makes. .
Evening star., 1924-01-11
CretOnnette PillOwcases

i 45x36 Cretonnette Pillowcases, with seal ! ~ 4
1oped edges; close woven pllowcase cotton nj
pink corn and blue; warranted fast colors \ ~ l.
sold regularly at $l.25 pair. At ST.
Evening star., 1924-01-11
Comfort Covering
Seven Yards.

36-inch Comfort Cow
erings; good assortment
of printed designs.
Evening star., 1924-01-11
S1.25 and s1.5O Aprons

Light co1ored Percale Bungalow Aprons J C
others of cotton pongee, prettily trimmed; Z - i
assorted sizes.
Evening star., 1924-01-11
SIPS Nightgowns

Women's Lone-sleeve n
Muslin Nightgowns. VI
yokes of tucks. also of al
tucks and embroidery }
insertion combined; neatly trim
med neck and sleeves.
Evening star., 1924-01-11
Women's 60c Vests
2 for

F1eeced Cotton Vests, N
low neck and sleeve
less; sizes Z, s and 8. { Cd
Two for 81.
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69c to ST.
Hats and Caps

Boys School Caps, -n
neat dark suiting AG0
mixtures; also Chin ayU
chilla Polo Caps, that
pub down over the ears; for boys
of all ages.
Evening star., 1924-01-11
Women's Aprons

Heavy Black Sateen N
Skirt Aprons, buttoned "
side; finished with large al
pocket; assorted sizes.
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Boys
$I.19 to $l.39 Pants

duroy and cloth; knick- NT
erbocker and straight nj
knee styles; fully lined; WI.
sizes 3 to 16 years.
Evening star., 1924-01-11
Cups and Saucers
Six for

Sets of six each Japa- A
nese China Cups and
Saucers, neat decora- aD
tions.
Evening star., 1924-01-11
lOc Handkerchiefs
Four for
Mems $1.5O and 81 Caps

Plain color and fancy styles, mostly lined; } q 4
all regular sizes in the lot, but not in each : nj
style. ~ =
Evening star., 1924-01-11
75c Stamped

S I a m p e d Night
gowns. soft : finish
white nainsook; neat
designs.
Evening star., 1924-01-11
$1.39 AH-Wool Serge

50-inch All-wool Serge, ! m
close woven quality, in nj
black only.
Evening star., 1924-01-11
GEORGIA GIVES FLOGGlNG
VICTIM TO BAY STATE
DR.. Schrieber, Charged With Wife
Desertion, to Fight Transfer
at New York.

BY the Associated Press "a
ATLANTA. Ga, January 11.-Dr.
Eugene Schrieber of Macon, whose
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30c Dotted Swiss
$l.25 to $1.98 Neckwear

Lot OF Women's Imported Lace Vestees,
with Peter Pan or Tuxedo collars with and
without cuffs, cream and ecru colors also lot
of Net Guimpes with three quarter-length
sleeves.
Evening star., 1924-01-11
STEPSON SAVES BODY.
Keeps Unknown Mother-in-Law
From Potter's Field.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, January IL
Mrs. June Diamond Brown, a beauty Of
another day, whose unclaimed body has
been lying in New York morgue since
Christmas. will be saved from burial In
a potters field by a stepson in Mime
Evening star., 1924-01-11
$l.29 Boomers

Extra Size Satee NJ
b 10 m s, pink and vi
white; large reinforce sD
ment; full cut sizes.
Evening star., 1924-01-11
Women's Umbrellas

Good quality taped
edge American (cotton) VI
taffeta vers; guar aU
anteed fast color black
and rainproof; paragon frames;
good assortment of handles.
$1.5O Grass Rugs
3x6-ft. Double-w arp
Grass Rugs, oriental and
medallion d / n s: ( all
green, blue and brown
colorings.
Csc Nainsook, 6 Yds.
s6-inch White Main nj
sock. close-woven, soft nj
finish grade. J W
zoe Longcloth, 8 Yds.
3o-inch Long gcloth, NJ
fine, close-woven. soft nj
finish quality.
Evening star., 1924-01-11
$l.5O Satin Messaline

55-inch Black Satin ! 4
Messaline, all pure silk, :
rich satin-face quality. J '
Evening star., 1924-01-11
70c BrOOms

Corn-straw Brooms, ~
five strings; strongly N"
made.
Evening star., 1924-01-11
Children's $l.25 and S1.5O Hose

Cotton -and-wool and Atwood Ribbed n a
Sport Hose, three-qu length in assorted I
colors, with fancy turnover cuffs; broken { I'D Il
sizes. s.' :
Evening star., 1924-01-11
SI.5O Corsets

Fancy Brocaded Cor
sets, elastic top and free
hip model; wide support
ers; sizes 81 to 2S. At 81.