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for the city dweller. Fresh vegetables
for an average family may easily be
grown upon a large backward, and
since fresh vegetables add variety t.
the menu as well as improve the
health, it appeared logical to the
Government that the residents of
cities. il properly instructed in the
art of gardening, would want to utilize
idle land and spare time for food
production,
Up to the present time, the CITY
gardener has not received much en-
enlargement or great deal of
advice as to his peculiar problems
AS yet. city gardening has not had
enough publicity to stir city dweliers
to the desired scurry and hustle in
their idle yards. The idea has not
been painted as attractively as it
might be. Obviously, the city gardener
seems to be held back by rather an
inferiority complex on the subject o
gardening; he feels lack OF knowl.
edge Of gardening and a want of con.
fidence in himself.
X y &
THOUSANDS of acres of idle land
that may be used for gardens are
still available within the boundaries
of our large cities, the agriculturists
report. Aside from the fact that util-
iZing idle land and spare time for
food production is an ingenious aid
to the family budget, the question of
better health in the family as a re-
suit of the garden is not one to be
sighted. In many instances the
writer has seen families here in Wash.
ington who can claim q two.fold rea-
son for better health. The work in
the garden has proved a relaxation
from indoor work and the best posi-.
Bile kind of medicine for overtaXed
nerves, while a constant supply of
fresh vegetables was decidedly more
conducive to good health than canned
foods.
Many who work in stores, factories
and offices the livelong day welcome
the opportunity to get out of doors in
the morning and evening and actually
look forward to their gardens as a
form Of relaxation and pleasure. And
where is there a better form of out
door exercise than working in ones
garden?
"Why not make the home vegetable
garden a family INTEREST,"" asks the
Bureau of Plant Industry. Let every
member Of the family who is able to
do so take part in it's cultivation.
Child life alone is improved a thou.
sand fold when in contact with out
door life. This taste Of gardening,
which in the past has been for the
most part the advantage of the coun.
try child. is now coming to boys and |
girls in the cities, is making them bet |
ter and healthier children, and is
teaching them the hitherto unknown |
lesson of cooperation in providing |
food for the family. In their school |
gardens the children grow to love out |
of-door life. and those who have home |
gardens are looked upon as exception.
ally fortunate.
The problems that confront the city |
gardener are vastly greater than |
those of the farmer, who is free to |
select the choicest plat of ground upon
the farm for. his vegetable garden.
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moisture A back yard which is
founded upon old pieces of concrete,
bricks and the like, where weeds re-
fuse to grow, is a poor gamble for a
garden. 1t is well to have land that
is either level or sloping toward the
south or southeast, with no depres-
sions in which water will accumulate
and stand for days at time.
Make certain that you will not
have to plant under or near large
trees which will absorb the plant food
from your crops, for you will want at
least five hours day of sunshine on
your garden. Usually foliage crops,
such as lettuce, spinach and kale, do
well in partial shade, but they must
have at least three hours of sunshine
a day. Plants which ripen fruits. as
for instance the tomato and eggplant,
ought to have five hours Of sunshine
every day.
DLANNING is the keynote to sue
cessful gardening. In the North,
not much actual work can be accom-
plished in the garden before the
middle of April. For effective use of
the land the successful gardener has
an orderliness and system in his
garden which matches that of his
house. DO more than create a mental
picture of your garden as you would
like to have it. For instance, after
taking an inventory of the material
you have to work with, make an
diagram of your garden. Try
to find the proper place for every
then there will be no mis-
and you will be extracting
the greatest amount of produce from
the smallest plat of ground.
AT all events, make the first con-
sideration in planning the arrange
ment of your garden the kind of cul-
tivation that you will use. If you have
a large lot for the garden. arrange to
make the longest rows possible so
that you may use horse tools for
cultivation. If, however, your garden
is fairly small. lay it off in sections
with transverse walks. and make the
rows for your crops much closer. Be
sure to give special consideration to
and rhubarb when locating
your permanent crops.
In cases where there is a great diff
ference in the composition of the soil
in various parts of the garden it is
wise to consider this when planning
for the location of your various crops.
For instance. if a section Of your
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felt that no college girl must ever be
"hunked" or sent down" or dropped
out" as the men are. This lent to
their studies a kind of sustained
agony.
Presently, however, the brilliant dis.
covery was made that girl could
be "hunked" just as well as a man.
Indeed, it was rather saucy, sport.
ing thing to do. This brought a great
change and added enormously to the
attractiveness and to the outlook of
the college girl
Then further step was taken. 1t
was found that a girl could fail for
her degree altogether. There was the
famous case Of Miss -, but perhaps
1t is not fair to mention names. Suf-
flee 1t to say that she failed hopelessly
and that the examiners refused to re-
consider her case. and that within q
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MeerSchaum.

THE substance commonly known as
"meerschaum" is known to
science as magnesite. 1t is composed
of magnesia, silica and water and is,
in plain words. silicated magnetism
clay. 1t is extracted from deposits
in Asia Minor. near the little city
of Kuhn, and is found, though in
less abundance. in other places.
When taken from the quarry mag.
nestle Is washed in constantly agitated
water. in whichi 1t settlesin fine, close,
grainless mass. After the first wash
ing the deposit is dried in the air.
nodded into cakes and is slightly
baked. Then the paste Is AROMA
tized" and carved or nodded into
pipes. The aromatization consists in
dipping the paste in boiling perfumed
oil. which gives the product its unc-
tuous smoothness. The value Of a
meerschaum pipe depends upon the
size and purity Of the block from
which il is made,
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BY DOROTHY e. FLETCHER.

- HALL the city gardener for.
ever remain in ignorance OF
correct agricultural methods
~ The Department of Agriculture
has decided the question most
admirably. When the discovery of
the manifold possibilities of the back
yard garden IN cities throughout this
country was noised about not long
ago, the Agriculture Department i'm
ynediately bestirred itself to issue ad-
vice and practical aid to the hitherto
perplexed city farmer, urging him to
take up gardening as his favorite
outdoor sport.
Obviously, our Government is al
ways seeking to be efficient and eco
nomical. Here was a splendid OPP
portunity to try it's lesson of eff
cheney on the city people of this
country. The Agriculture Depart
ment determined TO launch n move
ment pointing the way to a utiliZa-
ton of spare time and idle land in
the back yards of the cities as a
means for lowering the cost of liv-
ing and making living the happier.
The aim Of the department is to
make intelligent city gardening pos
sible. Formerly, the city gardener
has had no one to go to for advice
was city bred and had had no actual
experience in farming. his many mis-
takes and failures had tendency to
dampen his enthusiasm and the fol-
lowing year would find him dis
couraged and resigning from work in
his backyard garden.
So it was that horticulturists of
the department were set to work to
aid city gardeners. both by their
publications dealing specifically with
city gardening and by their data
gained from gardening in the Gov
ernment's experiment farms at Ar
lington. where various vegetables and
fruits are tried out. These garden
specialists make it their business to
point out to the city gardener the
many pitfalls of backyard gardening
and aim TO help him with their sug.
Eestions which they have arrived at
through their own experience in the
department.
Washington home garden enthusi-
asts are particularly fortunate in
having the Agriculture Department
located here where we may have all
of our perpleXing questions on the
art of gardening answered In the
most efficient manner. Instead of
laundering along blindly with the
backyard fruit and vegetable garden
this Spring. we find scientific infor-
nation at our elbow which enables
Ms to have the finest gardens pos
sible. The ever-present questions
such as the number of packages of
seeds to purchase and how to plant
them may sound ridicu', rs to the
farmer, but to some of rs they are
problems, and if answered correctly.
will aid us tremendously in making
our gardens produce fresh fruits and
vegetables this Spring. The subject
has been made fool-proof for us.
With the first breath of Spring, no
matter whether one lives in city or
country. there comes that urge to get |
out of doors and dig in a garden. This |
feeling for a garden seems to be |
universal. Rakes and hoes appear as |
If by magic and the business of max |
ing garden is attacked in real earnest. |
According to the Bureau of Plant |
Industry of the Agriculture Depart |
ment, the production of vegetables at |
home relieves transportation difficult |
ties and solves the marketing problem |
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Gross Exaggerations in the Dumb Waiter:
1t Geeves a Look by Estates de Femily
BY MILF GROSS.

| HIRD FLOOR-Mr. Feitlebaum
-Hollo-Hollo hoperator--hol-
Observation-Disclosures geeve
i me gradually Devenputt wan.
-hate-treem! Yeh, HIM
You welkinM, Dun't mansion it,!
In de bast from heltm!m Und you
(SMACK)-sharrop alrady witt de
squikky shoes wuking in de front
from de telaphun (SMACK). Hollo,
hollo-yehm Is dere Meester Beltch,
plizze. Wot?-he laft gradually!M
Denks.
MRS. FEITLEBAUM-Yi, vi. YiM
He's coming alrady" Queeck!!-Isi-
dore-Hm-Jost now he decites hall
from a sodden to broshing de teetM
VI, YIN hall mine life deed you
aver
SECOND FLOOR-Meesus Yifnif-
Hm-so wots by you de excitement,
Meesus Feitelbaum?
THIRD FLOOR-Mrs. Feitlebaum-
You deedn't hoid!!.! Is coming de
hagent he should taking oss we should
buying a peckege rill estatem!
MRS. YIFNIF-Hm-Yi, vi. Dey
wrepping opp now de rill estate by
peckeges!!
MRS. FEITLEBAUM-In dees days
who know wot dey deen't doong!! 1t
stends by the latter wot is dere a
parcel rill estate so--Yi Yi--oXcuSe me
here he is. Goot monnink, goot
monnink. Meester Belteh...
MR.. BELTCH-Mornin' folks.!! The
cars waiting
LOOY-Keep yer shot on, it'll go.
Crooked Hesperus.,! Something new
in square wheels, HUH! Well, trow
out de rope ladder, an let's pile in. ha,
hal. Some boiler, guy! Whoops"
Hold tight everybody-O Boy-Sounds
like pack of April Fool metches!
MRS. FEITLEBAUM-Yi, VI
Wots witt de mutter wrung. Look
eXploitions!!! Look noices!!
Looy-Keep yer shoit on, it'll go.
It's been going since 1908. Dis ting
woiks by man power. he pays two
gnomes to sit inside de hood an pad
die it, ha, ha! How aboutcha, guy!!!
Some contraption. Lissen, buddy,
some night you're gonna git Station
KIDD Kentucky on dis thing-ha,
hal!
MR.. TLEBAUM-Aha--Is
strike maybe by the rubber-cigar SELL
ing beezness, dope, wot you he'd to
come here YOU should annoying oss,
hamm
MR.. BELTCH-Well, now, as was
saying, Mr.. Feitlebaum--this property
is more than house an LOFTS real.
able to man of your
LOOY--Well, well-a estate, huh!
RELATIONSHIPS family ancestral
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ounces; lettuce, u ounce; muskmelon.
ounce; onion sets, to quarts;
peas, 2 to 4 quarts; parsley. / packet;
cabbage, early, l pacLet; late, "a
ounce; carrot, l ounce; caulifower, 1
packet; celery, 1 packet; corn, sweet,
to pints; cucumbers, l ounce; egg
plant, packet; kale, ounces; pars-
nips, u ounce: radish, l ounce; sal
sify. l ounce; spinach, II pound;
squash, Summer, l ounce; tomatoes.
early. l packet; late. Il ounce; tur-
nips, 2 to 3 ounces; watermelon, 2
ounces.
In order to insure fresh supply of
vegetables you will not plant your en-
tire supply of seeds of string beans.
bush lima beans, lettuce, peas and
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AS rule. the city lot offers little
choice of soil or location. The city
gardener finds himself handicapped by
a lack of practical experience and
suitable tools with which to do his
work.
The Agriculture Department under
stands the predicament of the home
gardener and is ready, when called
upon, to answer every question pro-
pounded on the art of gardening at
home.
In this article, an attempt will be
made to pass on to city gardeners the
excellent advice of the Agriculture
Department on various phase steps in
Spring gardening.
e In locating your gardening see to
it that you do not have it.where the
rock is but few inches below the
surface and where there is not enough
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door-It says Sanitarium odd the
door. l saw theb before but 1 diddt
tell you-baba. Sobe men are settig
a frey cross odd fire outside, baba. I
saw theb Observation-Disclosures John
sons coasid lives odd the other side
OF the house, Baba-
Smack.
Mrs. Feitlebaum-Morris, Not in
de head,
(CopyriGht 1927
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tn HIRD FLOOR-Mr. Feitlebaum
--Hollo--Hollo hoperator-hol-
Observation-Disclosures geeve
i me gradually Devenputt wan.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-22

q met your husband last night,
dear lady, but he didn't see me-"
Yes, so he told me-"
Scream.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-22

Auto Tourist: I clearly had the
right of way when this man ran
into me, and yet you say | was to
blame.
Local Cop: You certainly we're.
Autoist Why?
Local Cop: Because his father
is Mayor, his brother is Chief of
Police, and 1 go with his sister.
Bison.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-22
One Thing Leads TO Anotherl
Cincinnati Cyni6,
Page Az

Hostess: I have heard that you
were an excellent musician. / am
so disappointed I had hoped to
see you come IN with an instru-
ment under your arm. What in
Strument de you play2
Guest: The piano
-IFcSt Point Pointer.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-22

"And when are they to be mar
ried?n
Never, I'm afraid"
Why"
Wei. she won't marry him until
he pays his debts, and he can't pay
his debts until she marries him.
Scream.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-22

I'm trying to quit smoking
Having any luck2'
We'll, I only smoke between
meals now"
-Kansas Sour 0aOl.
"Why DO so many trucks have a
worm driver
"Egad, Mcswindle, so they can
turn"
Wabash CGvemGn.
Motorist:: Is there any speed
law here2
Native. Nav, you fellers cant
git through here any too fast for
US.
Mimi. Ski-U-Mah.
why did you move out of that
fat .you just rented?"
''Oh, it was too small to read the
Sunday papers in"
Yawn: An air brake on a
sleeper.
Cincinnati Cynic.
"Clarence said the doctor told
BIN he had naughty eyes"
''Is that so?"
Eyes. they're both bad"
Ohio San Dial.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-22
nNsK

like il nsa n.2 1 sat 5eI
ycs.sr1ay?
Sec;6y Feicman: Hmm
thundcl That guys so dumb he
doesn't know low far apart to set
the milepost..
--Mainiac.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-22
BROTHERLY LOVE

A boy was found chained and
handcufed last week in the bot
tom of a well in St. Louis County.
He didn't say what fraternity had
been rushing him.
Washington Dirge.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-22

Kell Do you know that girl?
Log: Wait till l see if she
matches this powder on my coat
sleeve.
Hash. Cougars Paw.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-03-22

1St Shipwreeked Traveller:
End Shipwrecked Traveller
1st Shipwrecked Traveller:
i1>sscS.
Milford chronicle., 1927-06-24

of
motorists general realize lighted cars.
Milford chronicle., 1927-06-24
Pennington

Ray Cannon, Sr., carpenter for the
P. R. r. Co., has been transferred to
the Maryland Division at Whining
ton. Mr. Cannon left Monday to take
up his new duties.
Mrs. Edward Lloyd is spending
sometime with relatives in Whining
ton.
]. C. Hopkins of Dover visited his
sister, Mrs. F. ]. Prettyman.
R. L. Pierson has had a new gas
tank installed by the Puroil Com
pany.
E. Carlisle and family spent Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Elliott
of Aliddletown.
The Misses Pauline and Gloria
Bell were weekend visitors at the
home of the Rev. and Mrs. James
O'Neil.
Pennington NJ. E. Church Sunday
school at $3.50 a. m. Preaching TO-: As
a. m. Pastors theme "The Lords
Jewels" Epworth League 7 p. m.
Preaching 7:45 p. m. The pulpit will
be filled by the Rev. Harry o. Huf-
nal of Wilmington. Mr.. Hufnal is a
graduate of Wesley Collegiate Insti-
tute. He is an interesting speaker.
You will want to hear him. A cordial
welcome awaits you at all services.
Milford chronicle., 1927-06-24
Millville

John Robbins, Miss Maggie Rob-
bins, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Robbins
and Mrs. Delema Simpler of Milton
spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs
Lydia Evans who is still very i'll.
Capt. Philip West of Jersey City
spent the weekend with his wife
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Long and Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Dukes of Philadel-
phia were callers with Mr.. and Mrs,
West on Sunday.
Mrs. Manaen Hickman met her
husband in Philadelphia and enjoy
ed trip with him on his boat.
Mrs. William Setman and daugh-
ters, Virginia and Elizabeth, are
spending sometime here with her
father, ]. S. West.
Mrs. Lester Phillips has returned
to her home in Newark to attend
the session of Summer School there.
The Ladies Aid of the M. E.
Church will hold it's monthly meet
ing in the church on next Tuesday
afternoon. A full attendance is de-
sired.
The Children's Day services will
be held this Sunday evening in the
M. e. Church.
Mrs. Lydia Evans is no better at
this writing.
Milford chronicle., 1927-06-24

On the estate of Jennie Holt of
Baltimore hundred to Ethel Quillen
and Clarence B. Holt.
Clerk of the Peace John S. Cooper
has the past week issued a marriage
license to Homer w. Lynch and
Gladys NJ. Lingo, both of George
town.
Justice of the Peace William ].
Mustard has also issued a marriage
license to John Hayward Hudson of
Lewes and Leona Richards of
Frankford
At their meeting Friday night the
Georgetown Rotary Club had for
their speaker, Rev. Il. F. Beau
champ, pastor of Wesley NJ. E.
Church, of this town. His subject
was community service. The visitors
were Charles P. Helm and A. S. Will
liams of the Laurel Club.
Road Contractor Walter Roach is
sporting a new Pontiac coupe.
Jacob NJ. Sammons of the Sussex
Republican is also sporting a new
Ford sedan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Morris of
Philadelphia are being congratulate
ed on the arrival of fine baby boy
to their home in that city last week.
Mrs. Morris was formerly Miss
Gladys Phillips, daughter of former
Sheriff and Mrs. James H. Phillips
of this town.
Sheriff Bryan is now gaining in
boarders, as he now has nine pris-
oners stopping with him at the
county Jail here.
James Jester of Milton was in
town Saturday.
George Simpler of Harbeson was
in town Saturday.
Henry P. Cannon of Bridgeville,
president of the First National Bank
at Seaford, was circling among
friends here Friday.
Former State Senator Asa Bennett
of Frankford was among friends
here Friday.
Mrs. James Brayshaw and son, DR..
James Ellis Brayshaw, were in town
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. 2. West, Mr.. and Mrs.
D. Rust of Harrington, former resi-
dents of this town, spent Thursday
with trlendS mere.
James c. Hastings who has been
i'll at his home on North Railroad
avenue, has recovered so as to be
out again, much to the qualification
of his many friends.
Mrs. Frederick Baylis of Jackson
vile, ILL.,, formerly of this town, is
spending sometime with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Short
at Harbeson.
Miss Edna Barr, deputy recorder
of deeds, spent the weekend in Will
mington and Atlantic City.
J. Leon Black, Gardiner Bunting
and Burton Bowden, Levy Court
Commissioners for Sussex County,
and R. Clark Hill, County Engineer,
attended the Convention of County
Highway Officials Association of the
United States, held in Washington,
D. c., June the 18th, and Engineer
Hill was elected a director of the
Association. The object of the AS
sociation is to bring about improve
ments of county roads, not under the
States supervision.
Georgetown NJ E. Circuit: Preach
ing at Sand Hill, morning and at st.
Johns, afternoon. Children's Day
services at Sand Hill at night. The
Children's Day services have been
postponed from June 10 to June 26
on account of rain.
Milford chronicle., 1927-06-24

Try our cent-a-word advs.
Milford chronicle., 1927-06-24
"ONE-EYED" MOTOR CAR

Menace to highway safety of the
"one-eyed" motor car is stressed by
the Delaware Automobile Associ-
alton, which calls upon all motorists
to make certain their lighting
equipment is in proper shape for
night travel. 1t is suggested that
car owners carry at least one extra
headlight bulb for emergencies.
There is grave menace in the
"one-eyed" monster that comes
tearing along the highways at
night, says a statement of the As
sociation. Fortunate is the driver
who is able to determine just which
side of the car is nearest to him.
Often the glare of the single light
is so binding that even the most
experienced driver has difficulty
in steering safely past the offending
car.
1.-THE excuse frequently is given
by motorists that they were un-
aware only one headlamp was light
ed. 1t is entirely possible for a
driver to fail at first to note the
difference in his light rays, but no
motorist accustomed to night driv-
Milford chronicle., 1927-06-24

ing can proceed for any great dis
tance without detecting the failure
of bulb, even if he is not warned
by the shour of zone eye" from
passing cars.
"As usual thing the rays of the
headlamps shine on the fender tips.
The driver can keep check on his
lights by looking occasionally at the
tenders. A darkened fender tip
means the bulb on that side has
failed.
For their own safety and that of
other users of the street and high
ways, motorists should make it a
cardinal duty to see that the head
lamps are working properly Seri-
Gus smashups have occurred recently
because of the binding rays from a
single automobile headlamp. The
Milford chronicle., 1927-06-24

The very first pipe-load won me. L
was ready to sign on the dotted line. Il
was cool and sweet-fowing as Tennyson's
brook. 1t was mild and mellow as spring
sunshine. Yet it had that full, rich to-
bacco body that let me know I was
smoking. You know what mean.
sure figured right when I signed with
PA. The philosophers say the only real
pleasure is that which you share with
others. So I'm letting you in on the
ground floor. Get yourself tidy red tin
of good old PA. today. Fill your pipe
to the brim-and go to it!
Milford chronicle., 1927-06-24

q For those who prefer something
different, a house of distinction,
here is a design that will command
:, attention. A house of which one
can say it has really been de-
signed, and is true to form. 1t is
not gaudy or frekish, but is full of
strong character, at the same time,
in excellent taste.
1t is a pure English cottage type
= with an unusual chimney and a
most attractive entrance. These
two features are well placed and
properly balanced with plain stucco
v walls. The steep pitched roof is
thoroughly English. Too many OF