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The Coolidge examiner., 1931-05-22
POULTRY
*FACfS
FRYING PAN MAY
HURT HEN FLOCK
Too Frequent Use of Vigor-
Gus Chicks Harmful.

Fried chicken is a delicious dish
when prepared as only a good
North Carolina housewife can pre-
pare it, but too frequent use of
the most vigorous spring chickens
for this dish will hurt the flock
next year.
do not let the best of the early
hatched cockereIs go to the frying
pan this spring as they are the
ones to use as breeding males next
season." cautions G. F. Parrish,
poultry extension worker at the
North Carolina State college. THE
first selections of breeding males
should be made from the early
hatched chicks. Save only those
which mature early, and have the
size, constitutional vigor and the
other desirable traits of the
breed being grown. The late-hatched
cOckerelS will in all probability
cause weak and undersized chicks" J"
For breeding purposes, those
cockerels showing early sexual
maturity are desirable. This is in
dicated by the rapid development
of the comb and wattles and the
age at which they crow. The size
of the body is an important char
acteristic of a good breeder, says
Mr.. Parrish, and may be deter
mined by handling the bird. Those
cockerels with a long. wide back.
great depth of body, and long,
straight keel bone, should be
chosen.
Mr.. Parrish says high constitu-
tional vigor is essential, and af-
fects the general appearance, size
and shape of the bird. Such cock
erels are alert, active, refined and
well developed. The head of the
vigorous male is wide across the
skull, set with full, prominent eyes,
and has a strong, well arched
beak. The body is developed with
a full round breast and full abb
domen. The shanks are large.
containing a large amount of pig
mentation and are set well under
the body. Birds of poor vitality
are the opposite. being ill-shaped,
under-developed, small and pale
shanked.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-05-22
3e STATES USE CENTRAL BUYING

finery and the retail market price
was 20 cents per gallon. The saw
ing on this gasoline purchase will
approximate $3S2.500.
Every Item Reduced.
In Maryland virtually every item
used by the state was reduced in
cost under centralized purchasing.
On mimegraph paper the price was
cut 26.6 per cent. Bond paper was
cut 24.2 per cent. Bacon was re-
duced 2l.7 per cent.
Similar savings were revealed by
the survey in virtually every gov
ernment which had adopted cen
tralized purchasing.
Savings in the price of goods are
only one of the many advantages
of this system, Doctor Forbes re-
ports. Others include better deliv-
cry service, reduction in overhead
cost through reduction in person
mel; reduction in the volume of
paper work.; centralized super
vision over deliveries and stock,
closer accounting control over ex-
penditures, saving of discounts
through prompt payment of in
voices and the elimination of favor
itism in buying.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-05-22
Survey Shows Big Saving
Results From This
New Practice.

New York. = Centralized pur-
chasing has been adopted in 80
states and in more than 200 cities
of the United States and in three
provinces and % cities of Canada,
according to a survey just complet-
ed by Dr. Russell Forbes, secretary
of the National Municipal league
and associate professor of govern
ment at New York university, for
the National Association of Pur-
chasing Agents.
"a sentry at the tax exit gate"
is the phrase with which Doctor
Forbes describes this system of
governmental buying. 1t is the
delegation to one office of the au-
thority to purchase supplies, mate
rials and equipment needed for US
by all the several branches of the
organization"
A billion dollars a year is spent
by federal. state, county and mu-
nicipal governments for this pur-
pose. Doctor Forbes estimates, and
centralized purchasing can save on
the average of 10 to u per cent
of the total. he believes.
Several Prices for Commodity.
He cites many illustrations as
proof of this. Under the old sys-
tenn of decentralized purchasing he
found different branches of the
same government paying different
prices TO the same dealers. He
found favored dealers, rebates to
politicians and all sorts of expen-
sive methods which favored pri-
vate instead of public interests.
Under the new system, in one
contract for gasoline for the state
highway department, the purchas-
ing department of California saved
more than three times the annual
cost of operating the purchasing
system. On a l0ng-term contract,
the state secured a base price of
12% cents per gallon of gasoline
at the same time the dealers price
was 16 cents per gallon f. o. b. re-
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-05-22
New Wrinkle for Mites
Is "Black Leaf 40"

Old timers who lived in the
days when bedbugs were abroad in
the land will remember the ancient
protection against these pests used
by the old settlers when they set
the foot of each bedpost in a pan
of kerosene, thus setting up a bar.
rier against the oncoming hoard
which would appear with the set
ting of the sun. Poultry men of
today are using similar devices to
keep mites from visiting their
fiOcks. These poultry men are fas-
tening a piece of cloth around each
end of each roost, then they satu-
rate the cloth with "Black Leaf
40." The mites, that hide away
during the daytime in crevices in
the house, find themselves blocked
off from their feeding ground by
this simple device.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-05-22
Mexico Plans Dredging
of Abandoned Harbors

Mexico City.-Many harbors on
the Pacific ocean and the Gulf of
Mexico, which, in the last few
years, practically have been aban-
doned, will De improved during the
present year, it has been announced
by the ministry of communications.
Dredges at present are at the
Vera Cruz harbor and in the Pa
nuco river at Tampico, and very
soon third dredge is due to ar
rive from England at Salina Cruz,
an abandoned tropical Pacific port.
Another is due in July, to be used
at ManzanillO, Mazatlan and Quay
mas on the West coast and at the
Lower California ports. Puerto
Mexico and other lower Gulf of
Mexico ports are also included in
the Improvement program.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-05-22
WIN BATTLE ON Child DISEASES

and in the avoidance of which the
individual is called upon to exert
his own initiative. Conspicuous
among such diseases are those con-
ditions which are prevented by i'm
muniZatiOn.
1t may be freely granted that
the inoculation of individuals in
order to render them immune is
not an ideal procedure Health Off
cials wish as much as any one else
does that there was some simpler
general measure which would make
this procedure unnecessary; in fact,
for many years they have been at
tempting to control by such means
as quarantine, isolation and disin-
fectiOn to check the spread of COM
municable disease.
These efforts have met with some
measure of success in the case of
certain diseases. For example, it
has been possible to reduce typhoid
fever to the disappearing point by
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-05-22
Discard Roosters

June l is usually set aside as
the day on which to sell, pen or
cook every rooster. This usually
marks the end of the Matching sea
son and the males from that time
on are a bill of expense.
The production of fertile eggs
means a big loss during the sum-
mer by rots developing. This can
not occur when the males are sold
because an infertila egg cannot rot.
1t can evaporate and lower the
grade, but it is entirely fit for food.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-05-22
MOUNT VERNON HOME WAS FURNISHED BY WASHINGTON

England supplied practically all
of the furniture as well as the
clothes used by George and Mar
tha," said Miss Wolfe, while Grand
Rapids has equipped the Mount
Vernon of Paris. Fourteen differ
ent furniture companies have do
mated fine reproductions of the
original Presidential mansion set
ting. The electric light furnishings
and all of the mantelpieces have
come from Detroit, and many au-
thentic bits of silver and acces-
sories have been picked up, or do
mated, or loaned.
New York has furnished US
with all the fabrics to be used in
the mansion here" said Miss
Wolfe, land the designs and mate
rials have been copied as nearly as
possible from the originals. We
have had to search for samples of
the originals in museums and pri-
vate collections, make sketches Of
them and then have them made up.
1t has all been terribly interesting
but we have had our troubles" she
added.
Martha may have had lot to
say about what went into the orig
inal Mount Vernon, but it was
George who did the ordering, and
in searching through old records
and documents we found that he
did most of the arranging when
the furniture arrived from Eng
land"
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-05-22
Man Learns to Walk
Again After "a Years

Pomeroy, Ohio.-Charles Curtis,
seventy, has learned to walk for
the second time in his life.
Curtis lost the use of his legs
in an accident when twenty. He
could move only his head for ten
years. But instead of becoming a
helpless invalid. he became CORE
spondent for a newspaper, trans
mitting news items over a telephone.
A few years later he began to
sense slight feeling in his fingers
and toes. Then he found he could
roll over and crawl for a short dis
tance.
Finally he grew strong enough TO
walk with the aid of crutches. He
was able to walk without crutches
for the. first time since the accident.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-05-22
MOTHERS ARE
LEARNING USES
OF MAGNESIA

From the beginning of expectancy
until baby is weaned, Phillips Milk
of Magnesia performs the greatest
service for many women.
1t relieves nausea, heartburn,
"morning Sickness" inclination to
vomit; helps digestion. It's mild lax
ative action assures regular bowel
movement
Phillips Milk of Magnesia is bet
ter than lime water for neutralizing
cows milk for infant feeding.
All drugstOres have Phillips Milk
of Magnesia in generous 25c and SOC
bottles. Always insist on the genuine,
endorsed by physicians for so years.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-05-22
Feeding GosIings

After the goslings are two or
three weeks old, if good grass, clo-
yer or alfalfa range is available
they will need only one light feed
ing daily of a mash made up of
two parts of shorts and one par1
of fine ground corn, or ground oats
or barley. After they are six weeks
old, If they still need extra feed
change the mash to equal parts of
shorts, ground corn and ground
oats, with 5 per cent of meat scraps
added. With good grass range the
amount of feed needed will be
small.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-05-22
Old Bills Show George, Not Mar
tha, Was Our First Interior
Decorator.

Paris.-The ancient bills of lad
ing show cOnclusively that George
Washington, not Martha, was the
first interior decorator in America.
It was he who furnished Mount
Vernon. planned the type of fur
nishings to be used. where they
should go and even selected the
curtain and draperies to hang at
the many windows of the great
house.
This information came to light
in an interview with Miss Frances
Wolfe, who is in charge of the in
terror decorating and furnishing OF
the French Mount Vernon erected
in the Bois de Vincennes for the
French colonial exposition.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-05-22
Pigeons Coo at Guests,
Lose White House Home

Washington.-The caves of the
front porticO of the White House
are being remodeled to dispossess
a horde of cooling pigeons that had
established themselves there. Across
from the White House is Lafay-
cite park, which is almost as ia
nous an abode for pigeons as St.
Marks square, Venice. The birds
found that fresh peanuts were be-
ing placed on the White House
lawn for native squirrels and
moved across the street to dip into
the squirrels larder.
Carpenters were put to work to
place pastebOard across the caves
in order to keep out the unwelcome
visitors, who at times set up a din
of cooling when famous guests and
statesmen were arriving and de-
parting from the White House.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-05-22
Slightly Mixed

JOhnsOn-SO you gave up trying to
teach your wife to drive the car?
WilIiams-Yes. When l told her
to release her clutch she let go of
the steering wheel
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-05-22

To keep clean and healthy take DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They regulate
liver, bowels and stomach.-Adv.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-05-22
Centuries.Old Proverb

The prOverb, "The gray mare is
the better horse" dates back to Hey
wood (1546).
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-05-22
Preparedness

Young Husband-Last night when
1 got home my wife had my chair
drawn up before the fire, my Slip
pers ready for me to put on, my pipe
filed and
Cynic-How did you like her new
hat--Tit-Bits.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-05-22
OF Course

"Are you in favor of capital pun
ishment?"
For ukulele players, yes"
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
Today and
TOMORROW
S Doing

ze..s Association, 8 p. m, Mount
Pleasant Library.
Exhibit-Carnegie Institute,
afternoon and night.
Meeting-Gridiron Club, noon,
Willard Hotel.
Gridiron Club, 7:l5 p.
M. Willard Hotel.
Address-League for the Larger
Life, 8:15 p. m, 1400 New Hamp-
shire Ave. N. w.
Meeting - Alliance FrancaiSe,
lbs p. m, Lafayette Hotel.
Party-Bethany Chapter, o. E.
S., Eastern Star Home, p. m.
Tomorrow
Exhibition and tea-DiStrict of
Columbia League of American
Pen Women, 4 p. m, club rooms,
l706 L St. N. w.
Memorial service - District of
Columbia Society of Sons of The
American Revolution, 2:30 p. m ,
Old Presbyterian Meeting House,
Alexandria. Va.
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
LIFE |NTERLUDE
IS TOPIC Of
BISHOP

The Rt. Rev. James E. Free
man, D. D., IL D., Bishop Of
Washington, will deliver the third
Of a series of Advent sermons,
"Life'S Interlude," at Bethleham
chapel in Washington Cathedral
tomorrow at 4 p. m. The service
and sermon will be broadcast, as
usual over WMAL.
Next Wednesday Bishop Free
man will preach at the consecra-
ton of the Rev. Frederick G..
Budlong. D. D, rector of Christ
Church, Greenwich, as bishop
coadjutor Of Connecticut. The
biShop-elect is a personal friend
of Bishop Freeman's and has
been helpful in arousing interest
in Washington Cathedral among
the residents of Greenwich and
nearby communities.
The Rev. G. Freeland Peter,
DID,, canon and chancellor of
Washington Cathedral, will preach
at the II q. m celebration of the
Holy Communion tomorrow in
bethlehem Chapel. Other services
include the celebration Of the
holy communion at 1880 a. m.
and morning prayer and litany
at 10 a. m. Under the direction
of Edgar Priest, organiSt and
choirmaster, the Cathedral choir
of men and boys will furnish the
music at the IL a. m. and p. m.
services.
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
CHURCH VIE VS.
GOD AS MANS
PRESERVER

God the Preserver of Man"
is the subject of the leSSon-Ser-
mon in all the Churches of
Christ, Scientist, tomorrow. The
Golden Text is from Psalms OIL
HE that dwelleth in the secret
place of the most High shall
abide under the shadow Of the
Almighty" Among the citations
which comprise the lesson-Sermon
is the following from the Bible:
Happy are thou, o Israel;
who is like unto thee. o people
saved by the Lord, the shield OF
thy help, and who is the sword
of thy eXcellency!" deuteronomy
1920.
The lesson-Sermon also includes
the following passage from the
Christian Science text book,
Science and Health with Key
to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker
Eddy: The beliefs we commonly
entertain about happiness and
life afford no scatheless and per-
manent evidence of either. Sc
curity for the claims of harmo-
nious and eternal being is found
only in divine Science" page
232)
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
DOG NOSE SAYS
IT'S RABBIT

Two men in Ford truck
pulled up to Joe Benham at
Thirteenth and H Streets North.
west this morning and one said:
Listen, Buddy We're de-
livery men for a big fur house
here and this morning they
gave us an extra fox piece,
worth S145. Well sell 1t for
S25! What do you say?"
Mr.. Benham said that when
he examined the piece Of fur two
dogs, passing by began 10 bark
at it, which convinced him that
it was just plain rabbit skin.
Mr.. Benham so told the fur de.
livery men as they drove away
in disgust Said He:
ITS an old racket in New
York where 1 come from, and
even the children know about
it,"
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
Alive for Christ"
Is DR.. Balls Tonic

Tomorrow morning, at the
Metropolitan Baptist Church, Pas
tor John Compton Ball will speak
on ALIVE for Christ" The Live
Wire" Bible Glass Of young men
will be special guests of the
church at this service and mem
bers of the class will assist the
pastor in conducting the service.
They will sing the class song, en-
titled, Living for Jesus"
In the evening Universal Bible
Sunday will be observed. and the
pastor will speak on Where is
your Bible. in the waste basket
or on the center table?" At this
service there will be a great dis
play of family Bibles, and every
one present has been requested to
bring the old-time family Bible
and place it on the platform.
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
Fall Program Set
Bu Christian Church

The National City Christian
Church reports an exceptionally
full program for the week begin
ming Sunday. Tomorrow morning
at GAS the church school will meet
in the auditorium of the new
church for special program un-
der the direction of Mrs. Helen
Turley. This will include the
presentation of gifts, a short
pageant and music by the new
school orchestra. At the regular
II o'clock church service DR.. Har-
mon will speak on ''Tidings From
the Mountain" and at the eve
ming service he will speak on
answering An Old Question"
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
The Tragedy of Saul,
DIR. McC1rtney'S Text

DR.. Albert Joseph Mccartney OF
the Covenant-First Presbyterian
Church will take as his subject
tomorrow morning "Ye Mountains
of Gilboa," the story of the trag-
edy of Saul.
The assistant minister. Rev. j.
Woodman Babbitt's father, Fred
erick E. Babbitt, died December 8
in New Jersey and was buried in
New Jersey Thursday.
The Sunday School of the
church is planning Sunday morn
ing the goth, to have a white
gifts" service in celebration Of
Christmas. Gifts of food, cloth
ing, toys and money will be
brought by those attending to be
given to the needy in the city.
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
Today

Today
Dinner - Junior High School
Teachers Association, $50 p. m /,
Mayflower Hotel.
Reception-Canadian Club, 4
p. m, Mayflower Hotel.
Dinner-Arlington Hall Girls
School, p. m, Mayflower Hotel.
Dance-Georgetown University
Tental School, 9:30 p. m, May
flower Hotel.
PreSentation-George Washing
ton Troubadours, Happy Land
ings." 8 p. M, Mckinley Audi
torium.
Dinner-Alpha Mu Chapter,
Sigma Delta Kappa Fraternity,
7:15 p. m, Colonial Hotel.
Meeting Biological Society, 8
o. M, Cosmos Club.
Meeting-Sons and Daughters
of the Republican Clubs, 2:30 p.
M. Wilson Teachers College.
Meeting-Mount Pleasant Citi.
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
BILL ASKS NEW
CAPITOL DOME

An initial appropriation of
$500,000 for the reconstruction
of the western approaches and
central portion of the Capitol
was asked in bill introduced in
the House yesterday by Represen-
tative Andrew J. Montague CD
of Louisiana.
In his bill, Montague recon-
mended that the present dome
of the Capitol be replaced and
reproduced in masonry and mar
BILE. in accordance with an archi-
tectural plan adopted in 1905 by
a Congressional joint committee.
He estimated that the total
cost would not exceed $500, 900.
MANY Automobile Repair Services
are listed today in the Business Service
Directory published in the Classified
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
News of the Local Churches
Dr.. StOckdaR
To Reuiew
Play
Dr. Allen IA. Stockdale, the mir

DR.. Allen A. Stockdale, the min.
lister of First Congregational
Church, Tenth and @ Streets, will
preach at both the morning and
evening services tomorrow.
At ii DR.. Stockdale will de.
part from his usual custom of
preaching a regular sermon to
deliver his message in the form
of a review Of Charming Pol.
locks great play, House Beauti-
full" The great truths of Chris
tianity and their vital applica.
ton to life can be presented in
dramatic picture form. Under
DR.. Stockdale's handling Of the
play the Importance Of the soul
as the secret Of satisfaction will
stand out in vivid and pictur-
eSuue form.
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
DR.. Phillips Sermon
To Be Broadcast

The Rev. DR.. Phillips will
preach both morning and evening
at the Church of the Epiphany.
The topic for the morning will
be THE Worlds Need of the
House Beautiful" This service
will be broadcast over VOL.
At the o'clock service tomor-
row night, DR.. Phillips will give
the third lecture-Sermon in the
course on THE Development of
the Doctrine of God and Immor-
tality as Rev""led in the GreaI
Religions of the World" The
special topic for tomorrow nights
lecture will be "The Hindu Re
ligion-ItS Doctrine Of God Com,
pared with Christianity"
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
DR.. Herbert Smith
To Talk at Service

DR.. Herbert Scott Smith, rector,
will preach at II a. m. tomorrow
at st. Margaret's Church, Con-
necticut Avenue and Bancroft
Place N. w.. at morning prayer.
At 7:30 a. m. members of the
Communicates League and the
organized workers of the parish
will make their monthly corpor-
ate communion. Following this
there will be a fellowship break
fast in the parish house. At $50
service will be held for the Sun
day School.
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
DIR. SizOO to Speak
On Lost IndiQnQtiOn

At the New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church tomorrow morn
ing. DR.. Sizoo will have for his
subject, The Lost Sense of In
dignation" At the evening ser
vice he will discuss another
leader of the Reformation, Martin
Luther. Following the evening
service a short song service will
be held consisting of the singing
of Christmas carols from the
screen.
The Washington times., 1931-12-12

This home offers some family double
value comfort, convenience, luxury as
long as they live in it, and definite resale
value if they should ever want to sell.
Why? Because this is one of the new
Gas Convenience Homes-the kind of
home that everyone will soon be demand
ing, and that therefore will always be
popular. Refrigeration, house heating,
cooking, water heating will all be done
automatically here, by gas. Housework
will be easier, cleaner, more carefree
than you have ever imagined it could be.
The annoying little tasks and troubles
will be done away with, and you'll have
a house that "runs like clockwork' -
with the clock being a set of automatic
silent gas controls
Whether or not you're in the market, you
ought to see this house, and see for your
self the marvellous convenience that
modern gas appliances can give you,
Drive out Georgia Avenue just beyond
Walter Reed Hospital to Dahlia Street,
turn right one block on Dahlia to 71O2
Everyone is welcome.
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
BRYANT GAS HEAT

Clean, quiet, automatic.
Maintains exactly the tempera-
ture you like, all winter long,
without a moments work or
worry on your part.
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
FEATURES YOU'LL SEE
IN THIS CAS-
CONVENIENCE HOME
THE GAS REFRIGERATOR

-Electrolux. Permanently 81
lent. Extra large capacity.
Free labor service for a life
time. Lowest-cost domestic
cold maker on the market.
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
and for Investment UGIue, too!

In addition to the Columbia Con-
structiom Company, these WASH
ington builders also modernize
their homes aUith gas:
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
ROPER GAS RANGE

Owen heat control, smokeless
broiler, insulated oven, auto
matte lighter. Its attractive
colors brighten the kitchen.
The Washington times., 1931-12-12

G. L. Bennett
L. E. Breuninger & Son
Boss & Phelps
Breuninger e. Phifer
Edison w. Briggs, Inc.
Cafritz Construction Co.
Casey. Engineering Company
Henry J. COnnOr
Cooley Bros.
ID. J. DUNCAN, Inc.
Federal Construction Co.
ThOS. J. Fischer Co.
]. F. Fox
VIM. ID. Goodman
B. H. Gruver
Harvard Terrace Development Co.
VIM. A. Hill Co.
Independent Investment Co.
Jacobson Bros.
ThOS. A. Jameson
Randolph L. Jennings
Kennedy -Chamberlin Development Co.
McKeever and GOsS
G. F. MikkeISOn g. Son
w. C. & A. N. Miller
Frederick B. Mills
c. w. Morris g. Son
A. T. NewbOld
NewbOld. Candy g. DeNeaI
Henry J. RObb, Inc.
Fred Schnider
Shapiro Construction Co.
ChaS. L. TankerSley
Waverly Taylor
John B. Tiffey
Triangle Realty Company
Waple & James
Wakefield, Inc.
M. & r. b. Warren
c. M. Wilcox
C. w. Williams
Edward M. Willis
p. III. Willis Realty Co.
Young & Oppenhcimcr
Earl Warren
Walter Vaughn
MOIye Fillmore