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MISS MODERNITY
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Time to Consider tho Matter If You Want to Ralso Early
Hutches It la tho Early Bird That Pays.
By VIRGINIA WOODWARD CLOUD
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BIG GYf PPOPOc2) fOJ? DAfiTffOUrf
(CopyrtBlit, by Uobbi
I looked nround and through the I
inABB of kaleidoscopic color hnd move
ment, without what might bo called 'a
load" a cluo to tho personality of
hor I nought, A young maid, and flhy
perhaps, not yot quite n part of hor
own Boclal world, and looking on with
eager eyes of expectation yot as soli
tary ah I felt niyflolf to bo. I pic
tured her doubtful glance In response
to my own quick recognition, hor
nlower nccoptnnco of mo because of
my dlngulBo of years, bronzed skin and
beard. Her hnlr would bo twisted up,
of course A pity 1 I recalled n mano
of bright curls on hor shoulders, and,
too, her dresses would bo long now.
At least, I know that I should find
a welcome, a hand clasp, when she
should onco recognize mo, and pcrhnps
a corner apart, and thon reminis
cences, memories so far aB a young
girl can hnvo memories of childhood.
Thon would follow a delightful hoiibo
of older brotherhood, on my part.
Wouldn't I mako hor "lmvo a good
tlmo" that Httlo comrade of longngol
llotwcon mo And whoro tho IiobIobb
was HtippOHod to be, moved n rontloss
glittering tldo of humanity, crested
llko a hovorlng, tropical bird, and In
stead of my familiar tho night-wind
In tho palms an orchestra In a gal-
lory wnfted downwnrd tho sighing of
a waltz, 1 wus, Indcod, a stranger to
my old world, an nllen to Its nodal
soil. An Impulse stirred mo to re
main ho for AWhllo, to bo In tho crowd
but not of It, to remain unknown.
Suddenly I hnd In Inspiration, born
llko nil truo Inspirations, not of
thought, And I loaned 'forward to ask
n brunotto
"Pardon mo, aro you Miss Dovour
noy 7"
Two fawn-llko oyoa looked At mo
over a white shoulder, aB sho smllod
a negative. I bowed and passed on
to nsk a splendid blnndo.
"Pardon mo, Aro you MIbb Dovour
noy?" Sho looked back from undor a bril
liant tiara, and I retracted with a how.
Sho I sought was not solt-conBcloun,
A Sturdy Little Thlna with
Hair,
Reddish
nt any rato, A young woman stood
midway up tho broad stalrcaso, loitd
ing to tlio gallery, and I moved on
with tho throng, making hor my dostl
national point.
"Pardon mo, aro you Mlus Dovour
noy 7" I aBkod, when tho crowd had
drawn mo noar enough.
Olio white sllppor was vlslblo, und
hor train caught In one hand,
"Not, at alii" sho said, surveying mo
with tho clear directness of tho twon
tioth century's fomlnluo product,
"1 nm sorry," I murmured, pausing
to lot others pabs us,
Inutoad of turning nway luillfforont
ly, sha veiled a glanCo which had been
of perceptlvo HWlftnoBS, and said:
"DnuhtloBs.' Hut It In hardly flatter
ing to bo told so."
"Hut, you bco, I asHiii-o you I only
meant that If you wero MIhh Devour-
ney I could linger for a moment, and
not light my wny to tho head of tho
btalrs, Even a little conversation
would bo more onjoyablo,"
Tlia Vision in white satin seomod to
bo smtllng Inwardly. Outwardly sho
was maddeningly grave. I felt unao
couutably old and far removed from
hor world.
Is ulio, MIhh Dovoumey, then, a pro
foBClonnl convorsittlonallat7"
"I nsntiru you I never heard her talk
in my llfol" I Averred.
"Oh, that accounts for it. Sho is a
good llstonor," murinurod tho Vision.
Of coiirso, I know that I was being
coldly uhaffod, hut I adroitly ranged
myself on hor sldo of tho stairs won
dering a HUH) nt hor condescension,
"Pin suro I own im apology for
speaking." I ventured, "hut 1 hap
pennd to look up und recognise you'
"Oh I" tho gray blodo of hor gnzo
was suddenly uuslioatud.
"as MUs Modernity"
"Absurd!" she murmured "Then
plooao uiidorntnnd that 1 recognised
you first ns Mr. Antiquity, or 1
shouldn't huvo answered you."
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I fancy tho meeting of oxtromcs Is
Inovltnbio," I said, politely. "May I
not mako n way for you to ascend or
doHcond? It Js crushing hero, to say
tho least."
"Yes, if you will. I siippono I must
let you. I I vas looking for some
ono when yqu camo up and "
Here tho crowd mano It nocnBsnry
that I should force n way up to the
gallory above. When wo had gained
it I added:
You aro exceedingly good, nnd l
am favored beyond expression. You
see, rm a stranger yet 10 ray own, n
sort of Hip VAn Wlnklo, and am koon
ly anxious to feel my ground bononth
my feet for awIiIIo. I don't know n
Boul hero oxcopt "
"Miss Dovournoy?" Hero sho sank
on a soat behind tho gallory rail. "I
novor heard of her in my Hfo, and I
thought I know thorn all tho womon
hero."
I looked nround and spoko confldon-
tlally, marveling thnt I did so, yot
realizing that It wns no strango thing
"Thon I will mako a. confession. 1
novor did, elthor."
Miss Modernity hiughcd, softly, hut
with ovldont enjoymont. It wab n
seal upon our sudden bond of conll
donco, and I wan glad of tho human
sound which rippled through tho mad
clamor of voices around us, llko the
memory of a moiulow brook In the
midst of a noisy thoroughfnro, her
eyes as sho turned them questioning,
tolerantly, wero full of humor.
"I was really looking for some ono.
and wanted to rocognlzo hor myself
first. So I hit upon a nnmo to glvo
mo an opportunity of speaking to dif
ferent ones. I think it was quite In
genious! Sho wns an old friend In
fact, a pUyniAto "
"Unskot-ball or rog-dools7" sho in
terrupted.
"Neither. It war, or stolon ap
ples and rides hnrahack, and wading
up stream I mean on my back, you
know"
"Pnncy!"
"Oh yes, nil that sort of thing,
Hut when anticipation has formed an
Ideal, ono uomotlmcti nhrlnks bnck
from Its fulfillment nn If tho Imagina
tion Is loth to relinquish that which
It has found sweet."
Sho nodded quickly with a compre
hension that was good to rocolvo.
"And I should llko to confoBS thnt
I reprcsont thnt uuouvlnhlo atom of
masculinity, an ox-flnnco."
"Oh! Horn, you moan?"
"Yes, sho was only llvo when sho
promised to marry mo. When I wont,
wo pnrtod in the"
"Uaunl wny7" Miss Modornlty was
evidently Interested.
-tho orchard, I think It was. I
nullod hor out of nn npnle-troo. You
bco sho wns a fatuous cllmbor and hnd
a way of tearing hor clothes nonrly off.
I unod to go In pursuit
"Dear mo how how pastoral I A
hoyden or an atliloto?"
"Neither, I asauro you, but An ndor-
Ab!o child of about IS yeArs. With
promtso of gront beauty "
Mlas Modernity stirred uuenstly.
"What, was your ox-Ilnncoo Hko7"
she said suddenly.
"A sturdy Httlo thing with reddish
hnlr and freckles on hor nose," I said.
noticing Miss Modernity's slim, Hb-i
somo linos.
"And hor nnmo7" sho pursued, ovl
dently with n kind Intention to keop
mo to tho subject moBt intorostlng.
"Her nnmo was Hetty."
"I do not know any girl by thnt
nnmo. Sho unrurlcd a fan or whlto
fonthars, wnvlng It dlstrnetlngly bo-
tweon ub, whllo I was realizing that
thla was tho kind of woman, whoso
youth combined grace, control, boun
ty, wit and gontlo perception, to mako
a man's llfo and koop htm clean. All
this pnssod through my mind with sud
den Uglt and I satd, stopping short:
"I lmvo not been duly presented to
you. I am Hvorett O'Uall, of"
"Of u score of bravo buttlos," she
smllod up nt mo, "I recognized you
when you enmo up tho stairs, ovon be
fore you spoko to mo, or do you think
I should be hero with you?"
I put my glnsses on again, porplox-
edly scrutinizing tho humor of those
frank, gray eyes, as a volco broke
upon us.
"My father!" sho said, and I turned
to face an old friend.
"O'Rulll You wild nmn-of-tho-woods,
welcome homo I Wo'vo had u
scurch-wnrrnnt out for you! Tho gov
ernor wantB you to rocolvo with him
At ton. Might lmvo known I'd 11 nd you
with Elizabeth!"
"Elizabeth I" I was stumbling man
llko ho I ore tho complexities of fom
lnluo transitions tho low knot of
brown hnlr, tho womanly contour of
llguro, tho grace, tho aplomb thon
her laugh murmured toward mo de
lightedly. "No, Hetty! Oh, I could not help
It It was too funny!"
"Miss Modurnlty, Miss Modornlty,
how could you 7" I said. Her oyoa
grow softer,
"I wantod to know If you had forgot
ton mcr-lf " suddonly hor baud
slipped lu mlno with a breathless
nsldo, "Oh, Rally, you old owl, I am
so glad 1 So glad como to-morrows
Plonaol"
I read Miss Modernity's ovos. and
loft hor with my fnro turned toward
ulud to morrow,
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nn. aom bowler, mnvcron
or jmujiricj jr mnmoum
Tho college gymnnslum has como to
occupy n most conspicuous plnco In
ovory qundranglo, and tho buildings
At most of our lnrgo unlveroltlos nnd
colleges aro architecturally as artistic
and compldto as nro tho moro Imposing
structures dovoted to tho exercise and
dovolopmont of tho mind. Hut that
tho present typo of building which 1b
dedicated to tho dovolopmont of n
sound body In which n sound mind
enn dwell is nil that it can and should
bo nro questions which nrlso with tho
now huge gym proposed for Dart
mouth college This institution of
learning would tnko n grent forward
step and provldo a structuro largo
enough to nccommodAto nil tho major
'Athlotlo Bports, oxcopt rowing, nnd it
Is probnblo that Dartmouth's move
will llx tho typo of futuro construction
of collogo gymnnsla.
This plan for a hugo gymnasium
building, really a big athlotlo Hold un
dor glass, la bolng fathored by tho
alumni of tho college, and ao enthusi
astic aro they over tho project that
there Is Httlo doubt but that they will
bo ablo to bring their plans to com
plete realization. Tho building which
their plans provldo will bo so huge
that trnck men will bo ablo to pmc
tlco on a trnck of eight laps to tho
mllo, nnd with straightaways of moro
than 100 yards: so hugo that basobnll
men will lmvo space In which to bat
tho ball and to run, yot without en
croaching upon tho amplo area re
served for shot-puttors, Jumpers and
polo vaultors; so hugo that tho entire
college mny tnko exerclso nt ono tlmo
undor Its roof.
Tho Indoor dirt track, tho largest
In tho Unltod SUtes Is, porhaps, the'
moat remurknblo feature of tho pro
posed gymnasium. It will bq n regula
tion cludor track with built-up turns,
ton feet In width and as nearly porfoot
as such a track can ho.
Tho A. H. Shaws and Stephen Chases
of tho futuro Dartmouth shall nocd no
moro seek out, In tho spring;' somo re
stricted Htroteh of dry, baro ground on
which their hurdloB mny bo sot up.
Entirely Independent of howovor lag
gard n springtime, undisturbed by rain
or any windy woathor, thoy Bhnll lit
thomsolvos at tholr pleaauro for rec
ord-breaking Mights ovor tho high
sticks.
This Bplondld Indoor track will pass
and roturn beneath tho first floor of
what Ib really tho gymnasium propor,
and clrclo out and nround tho two
far-strntchlng sholl-llko wings that
will extend on olthor sldo, and In
which will bo contained the oxpauscB
of nuttvo onrth, 110 foot by 1J0 nt
least, which tho basobnll mon nud
trAck squad may call tholr own.
This track ns planned will bo lnrgor
than tho bicycle track orectod ut tho'
Madison square gardon In Now York
for tho six-day bicycle racos, und will
bo nearly twlco as lnrgo as tho Indoor
track In Mechanics' building, which
Is of 13 laps to the mile, or 130 yards.
A building which thus provides tor
organized nthlotlcs. ns woll as for
gymnastics, Is tho typo of gymnasium
which the collogo mon of the present
nnd future will applaud nnl covet.
What Is moro, it is tho typo of gym-
uusium which tuoy win insist upon
having. Collogo men everywhoro will
roullze tho Importnnt ndvantnges
which Dartmouth athletic teams must
gain by this onormuus addition to
their equipment. Thoy will Insist
upon having equal advantages.
On tho second floor will bo Bltuatod
tho gymunslum proper" containing ull
tho apparatus for gymnastic work,
and an open floor spneo whoro baskot
bnll can bo played, nnd whero half
tho collogo could bo glvon class drill
nt ono tliihs; also courts for court ton
nl8, squash courts, boxing and fencing
rooms and many other features.
In tho upper story, too, thero will
bo provided opportunity for training
men for indoor athlotica. A board
track will run nround tho Insldo wall
of tho. entire bulldlug, which, whllo
thla track Is not In use. will bo nvntl
ablo for spectators of baseball prac
tice and imqk sport taking placo on
tho mothor oanh below.
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On tho ground floor, under tha
main building, tho plnnB show a Bpnc6
whero a swimming pool of lnrgo elzo
will bo constructed ultimately if pres
ent intentions can bo carried out. On
elthor sldo of this open collar run out
tho hugo wings, lofty shells sur
roundod by tho gnllerlcd walls.
Tho roofs, all glass, nnd tbo win
dows, numerous and near together,
should mako theso Inclosed nnd Bhol
torcd spaces as bright b tho dAy out
side, and tho proper tomperaturo will
ho malntnlncd by a systom of stenm
heating fed from tho 'central plant ol
tho college.
The skylights of tho wings will
Btretch 40 feet from tho ground and
will bo protected with wlro gratings
so that tho basoball can bo batted aB
woll as thrown, and Dartmouth ball
teams, which for years lmvo practiced
In a chill and dimly lighted wooden
"cage," on a dusty floor of rough
boards, need novor again como down
to play Harvard having had less than
a wcok of adequate practice beforo
tho event.
Tho greatest length of tho gym
nasium will bo 300 feet.
Tho groatest width of tho long wings,
which mako posslblo tho long running
strotch, will bo 110. foot north and
south, whllo tho dimensions of tho
gymnnBlum proper contained In tho
cross aro 200 fcot north nnd south and
80 feet, n pArt of tho greatest length
of tho building, oast and west.
Tho basoball diamond will bo located
In tho west wing, whllo In tho cast
wing, in addition to tho room for
field ovonts, thoro will bo spaco for
several handball courts.
Re-enforced concroto will bo tho ma
terial chiefly used In tho building of
tho now gymnasium.
Tho design, whllo by no means or
unto, possesses dignity and tho beauty
of long lines. Tho building in ItBOlf
nid by reason of its proposed loca
tion will handsomely round out tho
prosont group of college buildings at
Hanovor. It will certainly bo an im
prcssivo structuro, with its strong
and simple Roman arch construction,
Jto nrcadod entrance. Thoro will bo
a decided hint of magnlflconco about
it.
It is planned to build It In tho form
of a croBM, parallel to tho street as to
its groatest longth. It would bo en
tered by tho shortar arm of tho cross,
tho other Arm giving upon tho nthlotlc
Held, whero Almost ns much lovol
ground is now nvallabla as Harvard
has reclaimed in Soldiers' Field. Tho
gymnasium will bo located north of
tho oval, nearly opposlto tho Alpha
Delta Phi house.
Tho gymnasium propor, according
to tho plans, will bo locntod within tho
arms of tho cross and thnt section of
tho long building to which thoy Join.
Tho long wliigs will contain tho hugo
open spaces.
On tho main floor tho trophy room
will bo situated, nnd this trophy
room, It la bolloved, will be tho very
heart and soul of Dartmouth ath
letic llfo, It will bo as largo in itself
as UIbboII hall, 05 foot by 80. Two
monBtrous tlroplacos will yawn at
each othor from oppoBlto walls of
enameled brick, ovory brick boarlng
tho nnmo of a Dartmouth man who
gnvo of his snbslnnco for tho build
ing of tho Dartmouth gym. Tho
walls will all bo of brick, and not n
brick unnnmod, so tho optimistic nnd
enthusiastic nlumnl loaders declare,
In tho bricks will bo sot bronzo tab
lots bearing tho namos of tho non
Dartmouth donors who hnvo contrib
uted to tho good causo.
Hoyond this trophy room, not eranty
of painted footballs, cups nnd bnnnors
ovon lu 1000, will bo tho lockor room
with 1,000 steel lockers, tho lava
tories and showor baths and tho dross-
ing rooms of tho athlotlo teams.
Thoao will glvo upon tho Hold, now
known as tho ovnl, but capablo of
considerable enlargement.
Tho now gymnasium, howovor,
which lending nlumnl aro sotting to
work lo provldo with such ontlro faith
In thomsolvos and In tholr follows, will
not only ennblo every Btudont to koop
"fit" nil winter long, but will Also on
nblo tho basoball and track teams to
got Buch practlco as should glvo thorn
a fair chanco to compoto on oqunl
torms with all rivals. In othor words.
thero Is a prospect nt Inst of eeolng
Dartmouth nines nnd track toams
wnicn sunn wear mo green with as
much credit to their collogo as tho
football clovcnB of the pant dozen years
lmvo worn It,
Laborer's Valuable Invention.
A railroad Boctlon laborer In North
Carolina has patented n tle-tAmpins
machine, practical tosts of which lmvo
shown that on both old nnd now- road
beds It will do tho work of 60 mon,
Whero chickens nro hAtched with in
cubators, it Is tho almost invariable
rulo to - placo them in brooders or
brooder houses, though occasionally
a person is found who prefers to givo
them to hens. Thoy will requlro less
cIobo attention with tho hens, but
whero chickens aro raised In consid
erable numbers, tho labor of caring
for them in brooders or brooder houses
less than It would be with hens
ind ono of theso methods is almost
invariably preferred.
It 1b by no means an easy mattor to
so rcgulato nn out-of-door brooder as
to aocu.ro satisfactory results. With
practically nil tho brooders offered In
tho mnrkot, tho regulation of tho tom
peraturo is a mattor of considerable
difficulty. Sovcral automatic contriv
ances for controlling tho tcmporaturo
in brooders hnvo been placed upon tho
market, but none of theso hnvo bcon
found to satisfactorily accomplish tho
objects in viow. Tho variations In
outdoor temporaturo aro very wide.
Exposure to bright sunshlno will cauBo
tho temporaturo to run up very rapid
ly; while, on tho othor hand, tho dls-
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Plan of a Brooder House.
appearanco of tho sun bcuinu tno
clouda or tho coming up of n cool
spring wind will causo nn equally rapid
fall in tomperaturo. Outdoor brood
ers Bhould, of course, bo sot in ns shel
tered a location as possible. It might
bo oaslor to regulate them if they
should stand in tho shndo, but sun
shlno la essential for tho well-being
of tho chickens. Satisfactory results
with outdoor brooders aro, for tho rea
sons which lmvo bcon briefly roforrod
to, Impossible without rather close
watch and constant attention. Tho
brooder Is much moro easily managed
If It BtandB undor cover, whoro tho vari
ations in tomperaturo will bo relative
ly small nnd If tho room In which tho
brooder Is plncod Is so constructed
that tho chickons can get Into tho sun
shlno, tho conditions will bo as good
as it is posslblo to mako thom whoro
thla stylo of management Is adopted.
In tho management of brbodors, as in
thnt of incubators, it is tho part of
wisdom for tho boglnnor to closely
follow tno directions rurnisuou by tno
manufacturers.
Tho plans of tho brooder houso
shown herewith provldo for exterior di
mensions of 70x10 feot. All posts and
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End Elevation
sills thnt como in contact witn tno
ground nro Kyanlzod spruce. Framo
spruco. Front and muiuio posts iour
jy four lnchCB by two reot, ubck posts
four bv four Inches by threo feot, nil
sot llvo feot apart and two feot Into
grouud on stonos at bottom or noios.
Sills two by Jtpur Inches spiked to
posts. StudB twq by four Indies, ono
ovor each post, snwed beveling nt top
to suit pitch of roof. Plates aplkeu on
top of studs. Roof timbers two by
four Inches, two uy six incnes npun
botweon contora, and can be lapped
on center plate If short lengths aro
used. Theso aro toe-nailed to plates.
Covering )oards aro hemlocit. uoor
covorod with propnrod rooting nnd
aides clap-boarded over building paper.
Studs of two by four Inches are
placed at each Bide or window frames.
Windows nro without hinges, and aro
swung In by means of one-Inch squaro
Btlcks from alloy. Trlangulnr sldo
pieces attnehed to window frames pro-
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vent sldo drafts. A piece ono by two
Inches Is nailed across from one tri
angular piece to tho other to keop win
dow from falling Into pen. Window
slides up against thla plcco of roof
when cord running over pulloy is
pulled from alley. Windows aro fit
ted with dotachablo frameB outsldo
covered with one-Inch mosh wlro.
Sliding doors operated by cords from
alloy, nro undor each wlndovy.
Piecos of two by threo inches , nro
spiked ncross from center studs to
back posts near ground. From heater
end of houso to tho othor end each two
by three Inches Is one-half inch hlghor
than tho ono beforo it. This glvea a,
pitch of six inches in GO feot. Upon
each two by three-inch nnd parallel to
It la placed on edgo, and nailed to
tho center stud, a piece of plno board
ono Inch wldo nnd threo feot two
inches long, lapping two inches on to
stud. Against the ends of theso
boards next tho alloy long boards ono
inch wldo aro nailed at right angles
to tho two by threo-Inch ploccs. Thla
makes lower portion of wall botweon
pens And alley. Notches aro cut In
tops of cross boards to rocolvo pipes.
After tho pipes nro In, another sot of
boards like tho others Is placed on top
of tho others, making a tight fenco bd
tween pens and botweon penB and al
ley of a height of 2 feet.
Tho heater pit Is wnlled with stono
nnd cement, and tho floor cemonted.
Tho heater has a 1.7-Inch flrq pot
Pipes running from heater to headers
are 2 Inches and brooder pipes are 1
Inch. Expansion tnnk Is at top of plpo
set In one of top outlota of heater.
Top "of oxpanslon tank close to roof.
Heater drafts aro controlled by olec
trie regulator. Operated by thermostat
placed under pipes of first pon. About
8 inches of pen is fencod off for this
purpose. A second thermostat oper
ates bell In Bleeping room Of attend
ant wherever It may be, Tho first
governs tho temperature within 2 deg.,
whllo the second rings boll in case of
accident to the first, if tho tempor
aturo runs up or down 7 deg. from
normal.
Pons aro 5x10 foct outsldo tho plpo
sections, which nro 5x3 feot. Pons aro
separated by boards 1 foot wido and
Abovo that 1-Inch mesh wlro 3 feet
wldo. Holes aro cut through tho sop-
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o f Brooder House.
nrntlng boards by which chicks may
bo driven from one pon to tho next.
One-lnch mesh wlro wns laid on tho'
ground and nnlled to the sills bforo
any of tho insldo work 'was started.
This Is to keop out rats and Is burled
under tho dirt with which pons nnd
nlloy nro filled.
There nr 12 pons, tho heater pit
And n room tho size of two pons on
tho other sldo of tho pit. Doors in
both ends of tho building.
Chimney Is of tllo set In galvanized
collar on roof.
No hovers aro used, tho open plpo
system being preferred. Hovors wero
not successful nnd wero discarded.
This houso Is a successful chicken
raiser.
Lme Sorrel Fields. It appears that
sorrel Is not a sure Indication that
eoll Is aojd. Yet, no ono hns probably
soon a Hold well filled with sorrel
which llmo would not help,