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Evening star., 1925-01-04
By FRANK G. CARPENTER.

SOOCHON, emma.
IN the United States We think Of
the American hen as one OF our
oldest institutions, but she is a
mere baby chick in comparison
with her cousin in China. The
Chinese hen was on the job before
the pyramids We're built, and she has
been working regularly for thousands
Of years.
The archaeologists have found evil
dence that the Chinese had domesti-
Gated the OK, the pig and the sheep
as far back as 5000 B. c., and l doubt
not the wives of those days cooked
an occasional egg for their lords and
masters.
To the Chinese a hen is simply a
hen. and one is as good as another
provided she does her duty in the
matter of eggs. Consequently they
have not developed the scores of plain
and fancy breeds of chickens such as
We have in the States. Nevertheless,
the Chinese are expert poultry rails
ers, and were artiffcially Matching out
millions of young chicks centuries
before our first incubator was in
vented.
The Chinese hen has also become
an important factor in foreign trade.
While she continues to work quietly
at home, her product is being dis
tributed all over the world. II you
eat bakers cake or occasionally buy
candy, the chances are that you have
tasted of the fruit Of her labors, for
dried and frozen eggs from China are
now widely sold to the confectioners
OF Europe and America.
1t was on the edge of Soochow, not
far from the walls ofgthe city" that I
saw today one of the hatcheries that
were in operation hundreds of years
before we claimed the invention of
incubators. The shop ] visited is
now Matching more than $4,000 chicks
every week. 1t is producing more
than 100000 chickens, ducklings and
Goslings a year, and that at less pro-
portionate cost than any hatchery in
tho United States. This incubator is
also more efficient than ours, for %
out of every "a eggs produce chick
ems, ducklings or goslings, and this
average is kept up year in and year
Evening star., 1925-01-04

pushing wheelbarrows loaded with
goods. and now and then a cart drag
ged by men or a water buffalo.
Occasionally we see fiocks of ducks.
Duck raising is more of specially in
China than chicken breeding. In the
lake districts the flocks are often
driven from pond to pond to feed,
herded by a man or woman carrying
long bamboo pole. The driver plans
his trip so that he and his flock will
arrive at some large town by the time
the birds are ready for market. An
other method is that of raising the
ducks on boats, which are moved
about on the canals so that the fowls
may feed in the swamps and marshy
banks.
The boats are anchored close to
the shore and a board is laid to the
land. Thereupon the ducks march off
in single file and poke their btfls into
the mad for worms and she'll
fish. They greedily feed until the
owner Of the boat blows a whistle
and then they make a run for the
boat. The man stands at the end of
the gangplank with a stick in his
hand, and as the last one frantically
waddles aboard he gives it a hard
beating. The ducks quickly learn
that the tail-ender is sure of a whip
ping, ana each run like mad to avoid
it,
From the duck comes the raw
material for one of China's CASTRO
nomical delicacies, the famous picld-
ed or preserved eggs. / have learned
just how these are prepared. Each
egg is covered with a quarter-inch
layer of paste made of soda, straw
ashes, salt. and slaked lime. Wrap
ped in rice straw to prevent them
from sticking, the eggs are then put
into big jar and sealed up for 80
days. At the end of that time they
are ready for eating. the meat of the
egg having coagulated and acquired
the right flavor. These picked eggs
can be kept a long time, but as
matter of fact, those put down in any
one season are usually eaten within
the year. The impression among
Americans that the Chinese eat eggs
many years old is largely contrary
to the facts.
Carpenters World Travels. Copyrisht, ,22i.j
Evening star., 1925-01-04

hand. We see women bare to the
knees wading through the rice fields
now covered with water. Their blue
gowns show out against the white
surface, and their yellow legs make
them look like storks, that, as they
bend over, seem to be diving for
worms.
The crops are so rich they make
one think of an experiment farm, and
planted so close together that they
form one solid patch reaching far and
wide. The wide burrows run out from
the railway in long lines of green
and yellow, with the chocolate SOIL
i'll which not a weed is to be seen,
showing between the rows. There
are no flowers between the fields, and
no poppies or corn flowers in the
wheat as in other countries. 1t is one
vast garden of chocolate brown soil
which is being tickled by these thou
sands of blue-gowned Chinese until
it laughs with the harvest.
* x =
THE whole country is cut up by
i waterways. There seem to be
more canals here than in Holland,
and almost every farm can be reach
ed in a boat. Many are so narrow
that only a canoe can go through
for big junks. At a distance the
canals are invisible; we see only
the white sails skimming along what
seem to be solid green fields. In
crossing one canal we see man dig
ging mud from the bottom and load
ing it into a boat. BY and by he will
scatter it over the fields. The canals
are kept clean in this way, while the
rich dirt fertilizes the farms.
There are but few roads. Such as
we see are narrow tracks winding
their way in and out through the
fields. many of them following the
canals. Some of the highways are
mere wheelbarrow paths. There are
so many canals that it will be diff
cult to cover this country with motor
roads such as we have in the thickly
settled parts of Rhode Island, which
has population almost as dense as
the one through which we are pass
ing. Most of the traffic is made up of
humans on foot. We see many coolies
Evening star., 1925-01-04

thinking until our own day. ! will now
introduce Prof. Droon who will address
the members on four dimensional space
If the ladies near the doorway will
kindly occupy the chairs which are still
empty at the front"
Prof. Droon, rising behind the wafer
jug, requested the audience in a low
voice TO dismiss from their minds all
preconceived notions of the spatiai
content of the universe. When they
had done this. he asked them to dis
regard the familiar postulate in regard
to parallel lines. Indeed, it would be
far better, he whispered, If thsy dis
missed all thought Of lines as such ami
substituted the idea of motion through
series of loci conceived as instan-
taneous in time.
After this he drank half the water
and started.
In the address which followed and
which lasted for hour and 40 minutes,
it was clear that the audience We're
held in rapt attention. They never
removed their eyes from the lecturers
! face and remained soundless except
that there was a certain amount Of
interested whispering each time he
drank water.
WHEN he mentioned that Euclid,
four times there was distinct sighs
of amusement. There was sigh of
commiseration when he said that
Archimedes was killed by a Roman
| soldier just as he was solving prob
lem in mechanics. And when he
mentioned the name of Christopher
Columbus there was obvious and
general satisfaction.
In fact, the audience followed the
| lecturer word for word. And when at
| length the professor asked in a whis-
| per whether he could any longer
| maintain the conception of a universe
absolute in time and drank the rest Of
| the water and sat down. the audience
| knew that IL was the end Of the lee
| ture and there was a distinct wave
of applause.
The comments of the audience as
| they flowed out of the hall showed
| how interested they had been. l
| heard one lady remark that Professor
| Droon had what she would call a
| sympathetic face; another said, yes
| except that his ears stuck out too
| far.
| Another said, she had heard that
he was a very difficult man to live
with; and another said she imagined
that all scientists must be because
| she had a friend who knew a lady
who had lived in the same house all
| Winter with the Marconis and very
| often Marconi wouldn't eat. There
was a good deal of comment on the
way the professors tie was up near
his ear and a general feeling that he
probably needed looking after.
There was a. notice at the door
| where we went out which said that
the next lecture would be by Profess
sor Floyd of the college department
of botany on The Morphology of
Gymnasperms. They say there Will
be a big attendance again.
| Copyright. 1924
Evening star., 1925-01-04
TT is HARD TO BE AN ORIENTAL, SAYS TOGO


To Editor. The Star. w.-o have
learned from practice how 10 say
Happy New Yr" without swallowing.
~ EAREST SIR: Last Thusdy
evening p. m. I go to Japan
ese Sunrise Club for play
~ gamble called Pool what
were invsnted by French
gentleman name of Kelley who are
dead without making me unhappy
While ] were poIlins marbles
around tprice sc each poke) who
came to me but Furio Jingo. Japanese
labor itchftator, who l not seen long
time.
Togo" he narrate. standing along
by me secretively. when you have
lost Sufficiently please to come talk
some very important news"
If l lose 0.32S more l shall burst
In Twain" | amplify. Therefore let
us talk & preteut we are not here"
When say that. Hon. Furio lingo led
me part to where they was a bottel.
looking Illegal while talking to >
glasses what seem ashamed TO be in
such company.
Togo" report Hon. Furio Jingo.
squelching some powful alkoi drink
into two (2) glasses Il know this
are good because very good tenn
perance Inspector sold il to me.
Drunk hearty, Now I shall tell you
The thought that stands on top of
my mind"
He flung his Ticker away & caught it
I'm his mouth. l do similar & feel 1
have swallowed a alligator the wrong
way.
Togo" he animate, Il are now
forming a secret society which we
will advertise III street cars Name
Of this to be the Eastern Addition
Society"
''???" 1 say intellectually.
Il can answer that quickly" he
reuiG. There are so nanny Orientals
living in the Orient that they are
scarcely noticeable. You cannot go
to Japan. China, India & other stop
offs without seeing so many Orientals
that you wish they was Irish or
something. When a Oriental have
baby it are twins, therefore they
get more & more plenty all time.
1t are no pleasure amy more to be
a Oriental"
What you wish do about it, if
anything?" I ask 10 know
I wish start this Eastern Addition
Society for exclusive purposes" he
berate.
Senator Hi Johnson, disappointed
patriot, will be tickled dead to hear
about amy Oriental club that are
exclusive" 1 holla with California
eyebrows.
20 mott" he delegate. This Society
will be exclusive in other way. 1t
Will be started for purpose Of keep
ing few high-up Far Fasteners in
tight circles Of snobbery SO no COM
mons can get in. Other words, we
wish make it great privilege to
belong. We wish make it hard to
be an Oriental"
"Goshes:' I whop. Are it not
hard enough to be Oriental
already without starting a club to
make 1t worse"
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however, and the master would roll
the little animal into ball, and wind
its long. furry tail about it. fiinging
1t into the bed. 1t would be unwoun6
in moment and would skip away to
explore some more.
It's hind legs being longer than its
front legs, it walked slowly, with its
head down. but when in hurry. it
would stand up and bound along, like
a kangaroo, tail in air. arms extend
ed and fingers spread.
The servants regarded the lemur
as uncanny. and fed at its approach.
1t would give chase, and there never
was finer sport than to see the fat
butler in full flight upon the long
stairway. with the gleeful little le-
bound.
Evening star., 1925-01-04

So when the club was founded it
was made absolutely and exclusively
women's club. men taking no part
in II whatever. except that men are
invited to be the speakers and to sit
on the platform and to attend the
meetings.
The day / was there the meeting
was held in the ballroom of the new
Evening star., 1925-01-04
Fishing and Trapping.

A PPROxIMATELY 270,oo0 hunting
\ and trapping licenses are issued
to sportsmen and trappers in New
York State annually. In addition, it
is estimated that about 100000 other
individuals engage in angling and
netting fish
Evening star., 1925-01-04
He Knew.

What is the plural of man."
Men,
What is the plural OF 'ehild'?"
II Tins"
Evening star., 1925-01-04

Y OW that Midwinter is here we
have come into the open
II season for the various Ladies'
Y Culture Clubs. | suppose
that this kind of clnh exists |
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DaddyyEerrii,,s
FAIRY Ial,&SI
Mary Graham r
Bonner ggsr ,.,.; ~ il e2l
THE GERANIUM'S PLACE

1--WE are far more useful than you
are" said the seeds of the lettuce
which were just peeping above the
ground in a box, showing their little
green heads. They were in school
room.
81 can't help that" said the ge-
ranium plant. Il was never meant
to be useful. l try to be bright and
cheerful. I wish could be useful.
but everyone can't be just the same
as everyone else. Neither can plants
all be the same. Vegetables can't
be plants and plants can't be vege-
tables. But we all have our own
reasons for being here"
Sometimes / get so discouraged"
said one of the onions in another
box. eFor you it is different, little
lettuce leaves. You are salad when
you grow up. You are considered a
luxury and treat"
Don't people enjoy eating your"
asked the lettuce.
EYES," said the onion. they do
But they don't like to praise US.
They are little ashamed of liking
u.s."
"If you weren't appreciated and
liked" said the lettuce politely. you
wouldn't be planted and grown. They
use you all the time-to season food
and to make sandwiches with some
times.
Eyes, I've heard several people
speak of loving an onion and roast
beef sandwich.
"They like to have you join with
me too in making good salad.
"Why I'll begin to be mournful too
If you are I'll begin to think I'm
not liked for so often they put US
together
True" said the onion. "but no
one ever speaks of being ashamed
Of liking you.
"They say that they love lettuce.
And they don't seem to be ashamed
Of themselves as they speak of you.
"They really do seem that way
about me-"
.'Ah you mustn't be discouraged"
said the lettuce. IT feel sure no one
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like the real pusS that comes in here
sometimes and is always driven out,
and that Is why cannot understand
how it is you are allowed to remain.
my coat isn't soft and furry, but 1t
is nice and clean and not bit like
that puss who is driven out or here
replied China Cat, land If you will
look in the mirror yourself you Will
soon find out you are no more like
the dog that comes in here than that
vase in the middle of the shelf"
"Your eyes are all wrong" said
China Dog. II am very big, fierce
dog with hairy coat and
In the middle Of the mantel hold
ing a vase for flowers stood china
boy "Come here" he called to China
Dog, at the same time giving q low
whistle which made China Dog stop
quarreling and run to his master.
"Stand up on your hind legs and
beg commanded the china boy, and
up on his legs stood little China Dog
and whined.
"Good doggie," said China Boy, pat
ting China Dogs head. "Now roll
over and play dead
Little China Dog obeyed, and when
China Boy told him to jump up he
patted him again IF we we're real
folks I'd give you bone" he said.
Again China Dog whined, and this
time he wagged his tail. Nov go
back to your place on the end OF the
shelf and stand there until tomorrow
night" said China Boy.
"Well, if Il shant give up" said
China Cat. II would just like to see
myself minding that vase boy the way
you did"
Look! There is mouse" said
China Boy. 1T ran back Of the sofa" s
China Cat jumped to, the floor and
there she lay next morning, with her
head broken off, and though she was
mended and put back on the shelf,
when the magic hour came around
next night she kept to her own end
of the shelf and said not word.
But China Cat thought If she did
not speak, and what she thought was
that she did not like boys or dogs and
she would rather not speak at all than
have to mind that vase boy as little
China Dog did.
"Bow," said China Dog as he start
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Che Dhu
Of
Superstitions
By Ii. lRDlNG KIN
SEWING ON THE BUTTON

IF A GIRL sews a button on the
= clothing of a single man OF mar
riageable age it is sign that she will
marry him within the year. Almost
anybody In the rural districts of New
England can tell you that, and per-
haps the superstition is found in other
sections. At least superstitions Of a
kindred nature are found in many
parts both of this country and Europe.
The superstition is based upon that
phase Of sympathetic magic known as
the doctrine of knots.
AS has been said before, to the an
clients what was associated in thought
was associated in fact. knitting and
sewing were placed in this pnllosophy
In the same category as Knots. All
three conveyed the idea OF uniting.
When a maiden, therefore sews but
ton ON the coat of bachelor the union
of the button and the coat by means
of the thread suggests the union OF
herself and the young man upon whose
garment she is operating. Ihls sets
up the sympathetic magic OF ike pro-
ducing like and the two young per-
sons are by it's operation bound to-
gether, even as the button Is bound to
the coat. The setting OF the time
within which they will be married at
within year, is merely the sugges-
ton of reasonable time for the magic
to take effect and is frequently omit
ted. The point of the superstition Is
that they will be married before long.
GO. 1925. Mcclure Newspaper syndicate'l
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FARM
,S s. q!
FIELD BREEDING IS
ALWAYS UNRELIABLE

1t is the usual custom in eastern
Canada to raise two litters OF pigs
from each SOW each year. In order
to take advantage of the warm sea-
sons this practice necessitates early
spring and early fall narrowing. Inc
earlier in the spring the first litter can
be handled the more leeway there is
for getting the pigs weaned and the
sows re-bred to farrow before cold
weather.
Not many farms, however, are
equipped to handle little pigs econom-
ically or satisfactorily before March,
which brings the fall breeding season
in November or early December. The
question then arises as to the best and
most satisfactory ways of handling
the breeding herd during this period.
Under most farm conditions one OF
two general systems is usually found
to fit in with the other farm opera
lions with minimum requirement OF
extra time and labor.
The first and probably by far the
most widely used is field breeding,
where the boar is turned in with the
SOW herd on the day when the breed
ing season is to start, writes E. W.
Champion of Macdonald college in the
Montreal Star. From then on until
all have been bred, or in some cases
until narrowing time approaches, the
boar is member Of the SOW herd, and
the detail of the breeding left entirely
with him. :
About the only commendable thing
about this system is it's convenience,
which in this case is simply polite
word for shiftlessness. Field breed
ing makes for unreliable records.
Dates of breeding, checking of sows
not settling promptly, the vigor and
activity of the boar and the regula-
ton of his services to best conserve
his strength and potency-all these
factors are lost to the immediate touch
and control of the breeder.
Only this last summer the authors
attention was drawn to case where
a yearling boar ran all the season
from May to September with three
sows, and not until fall was it def
nitely known that none OF the sows
were in pig. The herdsman wasn't
sure whether the boar had bred them
or not, though he said he had seen
him 'nosing around a good deal.
Which was to blame-the boar, the
sows OF the breeder? In other words,
in this system of field breeding the
breeder becomes casual spectator
MOI manager.
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Calves Should Be Given
Liberal Feed of Grain

Unless the COWS in the herd are ex-
ceptional mixers, calves intended for
fat yearlings should be started on
corn, kafir, milo, barley, wheat or oats,
when from four to six weeks old.
Nothing so stimulates the growth and
early maturity as milk fresh from the
dam, but in all cases calves should
be fed literally on grain for at least
one month before weaving time.
Every effort should be made to get
the calves through the weaving period
without loss of their baby fat The
grain ration should be increased SO
as to permit as little change in their
rate Of growth and fattening as pos
sible
Some feeders build "creeps" in the
pastures or lots so that the calves can
get their grain without disturbance
by the cows. Creeps consist of small
pens with openings which permit only
the calves to enter. These openings
may have rollers on each side to pre-
vent bruising the calves
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performed on someone in the family,
that recently when her young son was
taken down with the measles, she sug-
gested to the doctor that he send for
a noted surgeon to cut out the spots.
When Daysey Mayme Appleton has
her picture taken, she always wears
dress cut low enough to show her
ribs and collar bone II have to pay
the photographer just as much when
l DON'T" she argues.
Mrs. Lysander John Appleton has a
silver spoon, which, she says, one of
her ancestors saved by smuggling in
the front of her shirtwaist when she
took passage on the ark.
Mrs. Lysander John Appleton has
always entertained the opinion that
her husband isn't much, but recently
when he received package of gar
den seeds from the congressman from
his district, she began looking at him
with renewed interest. He must. she
argued, be q man of Some Influence.
Copyright by George Matthew Adams.)
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-29

lei Boone, was the first white settler
west of the Alleghenies. He explored
with Boone, returning to Kentucky
with his family in 1888 to make his
permanent home in the wilderness.
There are several suggestions as to
the origin of this name. The prob
ability is that with this name as
with many others, there were several
independent. origins in different local
tiles where families of the name
sprang up. 1t is said that in most
cases Bean is derived from the
Scottish "ban," meaning white. It
has been thought that in certain sec
tions the bean is and was to an even
greater extent crop of immense i'm
portance When the name is found
to have originated in Cornwall, Eng
land, it is undoubtedly derived from
the worn "bean," meaning in Cornia
small. Then it is an adjectival nick
name.
Waters.-Quite clearly this is sur
name derived from Walter and not
from water in the present sense. 1t
has been pointed out that two or
three hundred years ago Walter was
always pronounced as II spelled
water, and the dropping of the silent
'1'' in the surname would have been
natural development.
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think you were like the masters dog
that comes in here sometimes all COW
cred with hair. You are nothing but
a smooth-coated toy dog-n real at
ALL"
Il am real, or / could not bark, and
! want you to get right off of my
Shelf" snapped China Dog.
"Your shelf?" said China Cat. II
want you to know If anyone owns this
place 1t is l. Get down on the floor
yourself If you think you are so real.
That is where dogs belong"
mot handsome dogs like me-" said
China Dog, ''but common cats belong
on the floor, and If you do not jump
down where you belong shall drive
you down"
you just try It; that is ALL" an
swered China Cat, showing her claws
IF had such shiny, smooth coat as
you have should know wasn't real
cat at all, but just toy like YOU
Bow wow" laughed China Dog
you had better look in the mirror
behind you. You haven't any fur coat