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side there should be runway OF
small yard so the chicks. can get out
on the ground for the needed exer-
else.
Coops should be thoroughly
cleaned, disinfected and aired fol-
several days before chicks are
placed in them. Under no circum-
stances feed the hen cracked grains
She should be fed whole corn as the
chicks may eat small particles with
serious or even fatal results. Carry
the chicks in box or basket well
lined and covered, to avoid chilling
them, and carry the hen under your
arm. Place the hen in the coop and
gently slip the chicks under her.
Even in the best weather it is best
to confine the chicks to their quar-
ters for the first two or three days.
Otherwise they may roam too far
away. They also need protection
against hawks, rats, cats and other
enemies.
Keep the hen confined to the brood
coop preferably until the chicks are
weaned and under no condition let
her out under two weeks. Even then,
do not permit her to run at large.
Keep her in the runway, allowing
the chicks to range outside if you
wish. She will keep them near at
hand by constantly clucking and
calling to them so they get plenty
of exercise. If the hen is allowed
free range she is likely to tire the
chicks out. She may also lead them
through wet, cold grass, chilling
them too much.
When you finally decide to give
the brood their full freedom, release
them rather late in the day the first
time. Each succeeding day advance
the time little unit lthey are out a
full day.
Watch hens carefully from this
time on. They do not know exactly
how many chicks they have and may
lose one or two. Also look after
them in the same way when sudden
showers come up. A hen will often
leg it back to shelter leaving one or
more hapless chicks at the mercy
of the elements.
The hen may continue to mother
the chicks anywhere from six to
twelve weeks and even longer.
Chicks brooded by hens are much
more likely to become infested with
vermin. This can be avoided by
busting the hen at frequent intervals
with a good lice powder. This
should be done the first time before
the hen is set and then three or four
days before the hatch is done. Do
not use the strong lice powder on
the hen while the chicks are quite
young, as it may kill the chicks.
Later, the regular lice powder may
be used.
Copyright, 1929
by DR.. L. D. LEGEAR, V. S.)
Milford chronicle., 1929-10-04

(WHICH is another way of saying
w that the Bureau of Standards in
Washington with its rigorous and
complete laboratory tests-is one Ofthe
Fu0O plants in the United States which
are completely equipped to put motor
fuels through a college examination.
The only other laboratory comparable
to that of the Bureau of Standards is
maintained by the Standard Oil Com
pany of New Jersey. Hundreds of
thousands of dollars invested here have
provided every known scientific and
engineering device. They are used to
Milford chronicle., 1929-10-04

Tactic measure like that of the farm
er, who, in spraying his potato field,
covers every vine, and is not con-
cerned if, in SO doing, he treats the
rare plant not actually in need.
Much pain, apprehension, humilia-
tion and regret have been avoided
by early attention to the mouths of
children. Early and frequent exam
ination has prevented many a Grip
pied mouth and general ill health.
But, so much remains to be done
that it looms before the dental pro-
fession, and the intelligent public,
as a serious problem. To bring more
of our young people to manhood and
womanhood with the expectancy of
good mouths for a lifetime, the dem
tai profession must have the whole
souled cooperation of the public it
serves.
Milford chronicle., 1929-10-04

A we'll known, high ranking
church official of other days is cred
ited with having said, "Give me the
child until he is six years old, and 1
don't care who has him after that" }"
In other words, this famous prelate
believed that any influence exerted
on a child during the tender forma-
tive years was much more important
than anything which might come
later. Much the same principle may
be applied to chicken raising with
out straining the logic too greatly.
Natural brooding with hens is the
easiest and simplest way when COM
paratively few chicks are to be
raised, as on many farms and with
practically all of the so-called "back
yard flocks." This method relieves
you, to some extent, of the constant
watchfulness necessary with ar
tifically raised chicks. The hen
takes much of the burden off your
shoulders by protecting, teaching,
and exercising the chicks.
If you select this plan, the time to
start is when the first chick breaks
out of the shell. Visit the nests fire.
quently and remove broken shells so
that they will not slip over the ends
of eggs and smother unmatched
chicks. Watch the hens carefully.
Some hens have a tendency to de-
sert the nest as soon as one chick
has Matched. Either confine such a
hen to the nest until the hatch is
completed, or transfer her to a
broody coop, putting the eggs and
chicks under some other hen.
Watch also for nervous, restless
hens that shift about a great deal.
They often crush the newly Matched
chicks. Remove chicks from such
hens as fast as they hatch.
Once the hatch is completed, the
next step is to transfer hen and
chicks to appropriate brooding quar-
ters. These, of course, will have to
be prepared in advance. Such quar-
ters usually consist of good wealth
er-tight coop that is free from
draughts. One side of the coop is
partly open as a rule, to provide suf-
ficient ventilation and to let the
chicks run in and out at will, when
the weather will permit. On this
Milford chronicle., 1929-10-04
Seaford

Mr.. VIM. H Miller, agent for the
Pennsylvania Railroad, has returned
to his home on Pine street after
spending some time with his son in
York, Pa, and relatives in Syracuse,
N. Y.
Mr.. Samuel Weston Scott, of New
York, formerly of Seaford enter
tanned few of his friends at din
ner party held at the Reilly Cottage
in Rehoboth. Those present were
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Halbert Robinson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred w. Burton, Mr..
and Mrs. Howard F. Galloway, Mrs.
Eleanor Ross Marvel, Mrs. Nellie
Scott Duvall, al lof Seaford; Mr.. and
Mrs. A. B. Magee, Jr., of Dover, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Sloan, of Philadelphia.
The Tuesday Evening Bridge Club
met at the home of Miss Ruth Elliott
on Pine street. Those present were
Miss Helen Knowles, Miss Mary Lee
Poole, Miss Iva Carter, Miss Frieda
Howard, Miss Agnes Hurley, Miss
Louise Smoot, Mrs. Harlan A. Will
len, Mrs. Karl P. Thompson, Mrs.
Levi S. Warrington, Mrs. James K.
Phillips, Mrs. Norris Hotchens, Mrs.
George Culver, Mrs. Russell Griffith,
all of Seaford, and Miss Mary Rich
ards, of Bridgeville. The club prize
was awarded to Mrs. Harlan A. Will
len.<
I At dinner given at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter H. Moore in
FELTON, the engagement of Mr.. Will
liam H. Parsons and Miss Sara Lou
ise Dill, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Alfred Dill, of FELTON,, Del, was an
nounced. The majority of the guest
were former class mates while she
attended the FELTON, high school, from
which she was graduated in 1928, and
later graduated from Beacons Busi-
ness College in Wilmington. The
dinner was followed by card party.
It is rumored that the wedding will
take place in the near future.
Mr.. Parsons is a member of the
firm of Parson Brothers and was the
representative from this district at
the last meeting Of the Legislature
an dalso a member of the Seaford
Town Council.
DR.. and Mrs. Walter S, Hunter, of
Wilmington, Del, are guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Karl P. Thompson in West
Seaford.
Miss Gertrude Williams, Of Oak
Grove, has resumed her position as
secretary to Superintendent W. B.
Thornburgh, after having spent sew
eral weeks travelling.
Mr.. Frank Hatfield have as their
guest his son and daughter-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Hatfield, OF
Atlantic City, N. ].
Mrs. Isaac Bowden, of Blades, has
as her guest her daughter, Mrs. Wal
ter Hevins, of Raleigh, N. G.
Mr.. Walter Lawrence has returned
to his home in Wilmington after
spending several days with friends
and relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Hearn, of West
Seaford, have as their guest the lat
ter's' mother, Mrs. Sallie Lawrence,
of Philadelphia, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman Corkran,
of Milbourne, are spending several
DAYS with the formers parents, Mr..
and Mrs. W. F. Corkran, in west
Seaford.
Mr.. and Mrs. willard Moore and
son, of Philadelphia, have returned
home after spending several days
here as the guest of Mrs. Dora Miller
and Miss Hettie Wallace.
Mr.. Ford Breeding, manager OF the
New Theatre here, has installed talk
ing moving pictures in his theatre.
Milford chronicle., 1929-10-04
ARTICLE XVIII
NATURAL BROODING
METHO DIS THAT
INSURE SUCCESS

Editors Note-This is another story
ing written by the well known national
poultry authority, DR.. L. d. LeGear.
V. S., of st. Louis. The entire series
will appear in this paper. Our readers
are urged to read them carefully and
clip them out for future reference.
Milford chronicle., 1929-10-04

Speaking of law violation, maybe
we ought to send lot of dentists TO
Congress and the legislature to put
teeth in the statutes.
Milford chronicle., 1929-10-04
THAT OUNCE
OF PREVENTION
Early Attention To Mouth Of Chill
dren vitality Important.
By L. P. REGAIN, d. d. S.,
Helena, Montana.

(This series of articles is prepared un-
der the direction of the Gorgas Mem
orial Institute, which is organized to
perpetuate the life work of the late
Major General Gorgas in preventing
unnecessary illness. Headquarters of
the Institute are at 1881 G Street, N.
W., Washington, d. c.
Perhaps you wonder why some
particular child suffers from de-
cayed teeth. You know he is active
and persistent with his tooth brush.
You know he is not under-nourish-
ed-that he sits to a table where
wholesome food is served in sensible
proportions. But his teeth decay?
He is a victim of dental carries, a
most destructive disease, common to
all civilized mankind. For, tooth
decay is a disease, but, being COM
mon, many do not think of it as
such.
In most mouths there are deep
pits, grooves, sometimes actual fs-
Milford chronicle., 1929-10-04
Not to Mention Pruning

Anyone could tell that he came
from one of those family trees that
needed spraying.-The Pathfinder.
Milford chronicle., 1929-10-04

Percival-How would your father
feel if I married your big sister?
Billie-Swell. He wants her bed
room for a den!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21
A Good Friend to Depart.

Universal regret is felt at the impend-
ing departure from the National Capt.
tai of Lieut.. Col. Ulysses S. Grant, 3D.
War Department orders, made public
yesterday, have assigned this competent
officer to course beginning next Sum-
mer at the Army War College, thus end
ing four-year term as director of the
important Office of Public Buildings
and Public Parks. Coming to Wash
ington in 1925, Col. Grant succeeded
Col. Clarence o. Sheriff., who soon aft
erward resigned from the Army to be-
come city manager of Cincinnati, whore
he has scored notable success. Col
Grant, on taking up his duties here,
faced many projects of importance to
the Nation and the city, but with char
acteristic determination shouldered the
burden. He is executive officer of the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission. the Public Buildings Com
mission and the Arlington Memorial
Bridge Commission He Is also a men,
Der Of the zoning Commission. These
various duties have required not only
the assumptions of heavy responsibility
but capabilities above the ordinary in
order to carry them out successfully.
The director of public buildings and
public parks has been further honored
with his selection by DR.. Hubert Work
for Craftsmanship of the inaugural COM
rnittee for Herbert Hoover and Charles
Curtis. Besides all his other tasks, Col
Grant has devoted himself assiduously
to the work of making the Inauguration
of the incoming President an affair tt
stir the patriotism of every American
And in view Of the restrictions placed
on the celebration by the modesty Of
Mr.. Hoover it has been an extremely
difficult matter to substitute quality
for quantity in parade and other cere.
monies in a manner to meet the wishe:
not only of the President-elect but the
people of the Nation who regard an in
ausuration as an event comparable tt
- the coronation Of a king. Col. Grant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21
Glass House Will Catch
Heat But Keep Out Germs
BY E. E. FREE. PHI. ID.

A house absolutely unique in the world
and destined, perhaps, to introduce sew
eral startling novelties in house build
ing. is to be constructed in Yokohama,
Japan. on plans prepared by the scien-
fists of that city's hospital. It will be
entirely of glass. The walls will be able
to absorb the suns heat in the daytime
and to give 1t off again at night, thus
reducing the need for artificial heat
No dust or germs will be able to enter
the house, making it, if the system
works as expected, probably the only
absolutely germfree spot in TIA whole
world, for living germs have been found
in the deepest mines at the bottom OF
the sea and even in the air or 7
miles above the ground. The walls of
the house will be of hollow glass tile
filled with a watery solution of chem
icals able to absorb the heat rays of
sunlight while allowing the light rays
to pass. Thus the interior of the
house, even in the full sunshine of a
Summers day, will be cooler than
could be accomplished by any kind of
shades, although the brilliant sunlight
will still stream in unhindered At
night the solar heat thus absorbed by
the house walls will serve as a warm
blanket against outer cold Germs
and dust are to be kept out by the
entire absence of windows. Fresh air
will enter through a system of ducts,
and will be filtered through layers of
cotton wool to catch and remove every
dust speck and germ.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21

has called for immense sums of brokers'
loans," chiefly coming from the banks.
The board issued statement that was
designed to quiet the Street, but which
had the reverse effect of stirring it
with apprehensions Of disaster. For
tunately there was no panic, no heavy
rush to sell, although large volume of
bear" business was done as the more
timorous stockholders-mo margin
buyers-hastened to liquidate. The in
fiuence of new factor in the stock
market, the investment trust, and of
another new factor, the cash of corpora
lions, was felt in the steadying of the
market despite considerable flow of
selling orders.
Now it would seem that the down.
ward movement resulting from the Re-
serve Boards statement in warning has
ceased and that a slight tendency to-
ward advance has developed. It is
well that there should be a pause in
proceedings, occasioned by the holi-
day and the two days following. For
this pause will serve to stabilize con-
ditions. 1t is not to the public inter-
est that there should be a decided
downward tendency, nor that there
should be sky-rocketing upward move
mentS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21

business?" Let him who hath ears to
hear, hear! This way lies danger.
X X X
But has not the standard of living
been elevated with the labor saving
inventions? Automobiles have COM
pletely changed human society; the
wage Garner goes to his tasks in a royal
chariot, which he can buy, second
hand, for one weeks earnings.
The "old man of 40" may no longer
be content at old drudgery, but he may
find better employment in the new
lines: he finds better wages as driver
OF truck, and so Secretary Davis at
tests that 100000 discharged toilers
have found new employment as truck
drivers. Thousands Of machinists are
now repairing automobiles, thousands
OF others are busy in tourists hotels
and resorts. .'. =
In these new employments, the ma
ture man is far better fitted than is
the unsettled youth. Mr.. Davis cites
this
THE older worker has amassed a
lifetime Of skill and Steadiness. At so
his Judgment and loyalty are worth
far more than they were at 20, and
in these days Of automatic labor-saving
machinery the older man is as capable
of running these machines as the
younger fellow. The employer who
arbitrarily fires his men simply because
they have faithfully toiled on to so
years is not only wanting IN humanity:
his business judgment is open to doubt. "
Copyright, 1879. by Paul v. collinsl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21
Wall Street to Rest.

So great is the volume of business
done on the New York Stock Exchange,
running to the four million share point
as rule daily, that the human mech
anism of that organization is worn with
fatigue. Consequently advantage is
taken Of every possible opportunity to
rest. Holidays are declared that are
not on the calendar. Whenever holi-
day occurs close to week end, the
great mart is closed for more than the
stipulated day of suspended business.
Thus this week, with Washington
birthday falling on a Friday, the gov
errors have voted to close the market
on the day following, putting it out of
commission for three days in succession
Just at present this is desirable for
pther than humane considerations. The
Street" is in need of stabilizing periods
Df rest other than those of the ordinary
routine. The investing public does not
suffer from these occasional stoppages
pr business. The specializing public in
reality loses nothing but a few days of
opportunity to gamble with stock
quotations.
Recently Wall Street has been the
scene Of agitation over efforts by the
Federal Reserve Board to cuaail the
volume Of speculative tsa ings t.i'l@h
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21

| new nor strange thing, nor confined
| to select few, banded together into
| organizations, but is as close to any
one as he chooses to make it.
1t is the opportunity which so-called
| universal education has given to thou
sands upon thousands of persons who
otherwise would live plunged in igno-
| rance of much which has made the
world better
| make no good use of this opportunity,
or even have abused it, in no sense can
| be held as fault Of the opportunity
| itself.
THE fool has said in his heart there
| is no God" Even the grandest oppor-
| tunities which this life offers have
| been refused, in the mad pride of in
tellectuality and the floodtide of physi-
cal life.
| 1t is nothing against education, there
| fore, that every one who has been sub
| jected to it has not been able to make
| the most of it.
So much was inevitable.
What counts is that the horizon
| has been enlarged for thousands of
| persons who, in some degree, have felt
| in mind and heart the power of great
things, whether of religion, art, liter
| allure, education, love, kindness. right
one supporting the rest, all helping one
Thus it has come about that men
| of many races and creeds have, as
| Lucretius, Thoreau and Whitman did,
| thought much the same way about the
| same things.
Tracing these similarities of thought
| through the literatures of the world is
one of the most interesting and in
| spring tasks to which one of ordinary
| power of appreciation can give himself
1t requires an open mind, a fairly
clear head and the ability to withstand
the pressure of those who would ham,
mer away everything which does not
please them. The curious conformity
of thought thus revealed will not appeal
to those of preconceived notions. The
| latter have thought habits which find
similarity of intellectual processes dis
comforting, and willingly discard such
discoveries because they conflict with
prior standards.
| Appreciation, let us say again, is the
keynote to happy intellectual life. 1t
is not every day that one thinks how
much of modern living is mental. 1t is
wholesome to take stock, now and then
of The part which mentality plays in
the everyday life and to give it, for
the time at least, its due place.
Then, in the hurry of the every day
the due place of such intellectually as
one has will never be wholly forgotten
and the result will be that appreciation
will receive its due appreciation, for
there must be an appreciation of ap-
/ probation before 1t can become a fact
in the average life.
With appreciation playing it's part
the interesting phenomena of modern
living may be sampled knowingly, as a
scientist goes over his collections of rare
natural treasures, intent on getting
from them all that he can.
This is his right, this is the right of
every one who lives, to get from it the
most that he can, legitimately, decent
". since there is no other way to get
the most from it, although no doubt
many think or pretend to think other
wise. In any event. appreciation is the
key to 1t all, whether in considering the
curious similarities of writer's or the play
of light on sunset clouds or the actions
of heroes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21
Restoration Assured
OF Washington Home

From the New York Times.
The restoration of the house in which
George Washington was born, which the
generosity of Mr.. Rockefeller seems to
assure, will be mansion. The Wash
ingtons were landed gentry, and in their
migration to Virginia at a time when
Cromwell was making Northamptonshire
warm for Stuart Royalists they probably
managed to take some of the family
fortune with them. When the first
President was born his father was al
ready man of at least three estates.
For time in Americas most romantic
period it was a delight to show the
field as proof that Washington. like
Lincoln, was child of the poor. While
his strain of gentility was conceded, a
certain amount of hardship was inferred.
But it Is much more to his credit that,
though he was of aristocratic birth, he
sought adventure by flood, field and
battle. Yet it was once considered i'm
perative that schoolboys should believe
every President to have begun in the
quasi-log- cabin stage. jefferson was
passed over lightly as a sort of literary
person and therefore not ruined by
inherited comforts.
It now develops that the restoration
of Wakefield House will show one of
those lovely old brick manor-houses.
some of which in Virginia are today
inhabited by rich owners from New
York. Chatham, across the Rappahan-
mock from Fredericksburg. is another
such place as Wakefield was, and
throughout the Underwater the pleasant
meads and rolling woods are agreeable
settings for these charming Colonial
houses. They represent the best mood
of American architecture, and-as wit
ness the great restoration movement at
Williamsburg good taste has
seen fit to preserve them. In Virginia
even the creeks and villages have the
same names they had when George
Washington knew them. In his child
hood Wakefield House faced Popes
Greek, and Popes Creek it is still. If
a town was called Lone Tree in Virginia
in 100, it is not Sentinel Oak now.
Regrettably, this proud and sensible in
terest in the past has not everywhere
prevailed; and almost every day a news
paper somewhere records legislative
act, or town ordinance changing a good
old name to silly new one.
The older the Nation grows, the more
it appreciates the essential qualities of
the inflexible man who was born at
Wakefield House. And the more 1t
applauds such acts as Mr. Rockefeller S
to preserve all possible memorials of
his extraordinarily useful life.