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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1913)
usr u u " POULTRY It5 . ay HENRT HOWIAND COLORED ROUEN DUCKS Good Qualities Make This Breed Most Desirable. ejk SBV. I III I ! H t i .1111 i . r OSm IMTS SESF 'VVfflmi'IMIIt'Mlit..ffl Li i ri iv !ii IM IM f 9. IS JMSitifmEIgi227J5 &zmxK2vin E tojEb 1 ,,H "s uandBomt' wrinkles nre Up- j!!SKMiSmM I WW fi comlnB n,ld n JftB of roi'Be no moro ." ' 'tMBSaJBSmaF sd&K$9S?&&. rCfl " I s a crime against tlio symphony of 'SSBH9L, W WwWlSOBf JStw W$ L-J fcm,lll" loveliness IKSSjf' KlllHB 31Sv Kg mSTMrnl t,onnl "blooni ot youth," "chestnut KmcMW '.: raHSPr --sPI w$ Wiw troHses" and tlio soulful "brown JHRQMmmmt "' jJpYv iiMBlta vv( wwvm orbs" ot wl,lcn D00ls ,mvo uunB SfelBR.(iN'M,' ,fP " 3bBS? &M? - IlllwMll lmmomorlnl. C'randmothor nt last Is wSSSJKfirasV S -!IPJlMll' 'lwM ' WMM coming Into her own. Sho la en- V$HMlfSF V' ilMHHfflwlSa iai' hxw..v. .,... - w ,.,....,. ..- vwsy v.;' ii KmHn"7ttsiHmtt, Mx..,saHinBrairw.;r.. t-r i i -v:''..s i i a0BM'jjiT-9Be".v&-xnirHBBiA74r A,t i Fine Market Bird, but Docs Not Ma ture a Early as Docs the Pekln or Aylesbury Is Hardy and Prolific. (By Q. E. HOWAltD.) Tha Colored Rouen duck Is doscrv cdjy popular throughout this country, and Is considered ope of the most profitable varieties to keep. Thcso duclts are said to have como originally from the city of Rouen, In Normandy. It Is known that large quantities of poultry aro raised In Normundy, and whllo thoro may be no posltlvo proof that these ducks camo originally from that city, largo numbcrs of blrdB closely resembling them aro to bo found in tho market places there. Some- writers claim that tho namo should bo ""Roan" ,ow!ng to their color, but really tho color Itself doea not support this contention. Tho Rouen duck Is a flno market bird, but does not mature as early as docs the Pekln or tho AylcBbury. Tho flesh Id considered very delicate ana tho breed Is acknowledged to bo ex cellent for table purposes, bolng easily fattened. The Rouen will be found a profitable blr.d to ralso on tho farm being hardy, prolific, quiet of dispo sition, and of very beautiful plumage. Their eggs are not as largo as those of imOI3 to beauteous Ideals, long nurtured IUIU juuiuutsiy guuiuuu; in uiu wuiu- an Is handsome, wrinkles nre be coming, and n dnBh of rouge no moro Is a crime against tlio symphony of femlnlno loveliness Evil days lmvo befallon tho tradi tional "blooni ot youth," "chestnut tresses" and tho soulful "brown orbs" ot which poots lmvo sung lmmomorlnl. Orandmothor at last Is coming Into her own. Sho Is en sconced upon an nVtlotlc pedestal for tho edification of thoso "snips ot nlrlhood" who have tho temerity to hint "sho was liandsomo In her day." Bho'fl a boauty right now, thank you! Mother and grandmothor owo their Idealistic rejuvenation to tho Now York mon whoso stock In trado Is femlnlno lovollncss tho artists who juilnt and etch and model. Thoy'vo taken us flown a bit, thoHO of us who ravo of fnlr hair, bo witching oyes, peach-bloom tints and aquiline features. For on this ulnglo point they are unison A woman can bo beautiful at fifty. Harkcn to what Harrison Fisher, Irvln Wiles, Kdwln Ulashflold and Victor D. Ihonnor say. This galaxy of Illustrator, painter, mural deco rator nnd sculptor has como to tho dofonso of phjelcal beauty In a woman paBt tho mlddlo sptn of life They'vo all soon matrons nnd spinsters who were handsomo when tho half-century post had faded on tho ten-year dlatnnt horizon. Cheer up, mothers, grandmothers, aunts and cousins you whoso sllver-sprlnklod tresses flroop over sylvan folds of facq and brow! What matters It If naturo rebels at tho strain of busy llf and scars your vclvnf. checks with tho In orltnblo wrlnklon of motherly devotion?- You'ro liandsomo still! Tho fair dobutanto may appeal lo tho oyo for lieauty no moro than hor mother from whom tho" color ot buoyant youth has down; whoso flesh Iiiih lost tho satin gloss ot girlhood dnys; whoso tender lips have compressed In tho firmness that comes of mental Btrcngth and maturo charactor Nona thu'loss lo tho artUtlo oyo today appre ciative of vivacious girlhood with Us luminous Ilouli ntid radlnnt nature. But It Iiiih turned to nnothcr quarter for a typo of boauty that has fturvlvod from tho birth of man, but nover Bhono resplendent In tho light of public approval. Tho maturo woman sho who has tho fulluosB or llfo, tho mental development and tho strong forco of character written lit every ago. lino of hor countenance has been culled bontitlful. She has boon striving for this vordlot for centuries nnd centuries, but only now has her day of reck cuing with youth como. Sho can match hor charms' with her box lit Its tonB nnd aland be foro the modern day court of art without fcar-or ' favor. Th'o mlddlo and tho paBt mlddlo-agod woweu of Now York havo hoard tho vordlct. You ero boautlful! Victor D. Uronncr, srulptor. who knows tho toft and pleasing linos ot flguro nu well as ho knows tho face, Ib to tho foro aH tho moBt out Mokon nnd uncompromising Indorser of this now viewpoint In art "All women aro to bo ad mired," ho put It generally, and declares that ftmilnlulty In ovory condition of norvltudo and ugo has points tor nrtUtlc admiration Tho poetic Iiub Ub placo In Sculptor rironnor'B reasoning ns much as tho hard nnd fast rules for physical porfoctlon. Ho perstmlfieu tho time vorn ttdnso: "Ucauty Is only skin iloop." Ro noatlt tho llosh, bonoath tho wnllo of musclo nnd tlm frumo of bono coes Sculptor Uronncr for his Ideals. Mentality, morality and warmth of heart"' aro nil liU prescribed Ingrcdlenccs for tho most lienutlful woman. "nonutyull depends upon tho vlowpolut of tho Individual sculptor," doclaros Mr Dronnnr. "Ho Is Influenced by tho naturo of hts HUbJoct. by tho task lio has before hint. It brnuty of childhood Is his thomo, then his wholo heart and soul nra v tapped In tho lufinlto lines of tondornoso nnd fl'Mlght to bo found In early youth. "'"If tho sculptor seeks tho poetry of spring time, ho poichnnco requisitions boauty ot an age from olghteon to twenty. Ho nono tho less appre ciates this bloom of early life nnd it can't help but; draw forth his ndmirattou. "From twenty-flvo (o thirty I might classify an wnotliur typo of beauty; a beauty that Is begin ning to bloom In all Its radiance fully dovolopod nnd taking on tho richness of a valley flower beforo the-touch of withering heat. "From'thlrty-flvo to forty takes us to a period where tho nvorago human utmchooled In moro than a superficial appreciation of beauty jnlght remark that voluptuousness was giving,., way to tho ravages of ago, Jl havo found many, many beautiful between tho ages of thlrty-flvo nnd for(y positively liandsomo. "This brlngB us to tho half-century mark, whoro woman has all tho strength of character Imparted by a llfetlmo ot observation. Ilaro en tors personal magnetism, a factor which fig ures largoly In tho determination of beauty. If faco77orm and temperament .harmonize, she Is placed In tho cntogory of tho lovoly. "I liave scon women fifty years old who I con sidered oxcoedlngly handsome." Edwin niashflcld, mural decorator, says: "Thoro aro four types or ages of beadty chil dren, who aro most handsome; youth, between tho ages of- sixteen and nineteen; mlddlo age, ranging from twonty-flvoto thirty, and women who aro mounting tho ladder pt tlmo toward tho half-contury mark. ''I have soon many handsomo women ut,forly flvo nnd fifty. Sometimes wrlnklos aro exceed ingly beautiful In women of that ago. Persons who uso their brains n grout deal In after llfo gdnernlly are exceedingly attractive Wrinkles enhance this typo. "I have no particular cholca of beauty as re gards age. I uso models front nineteen to thirty, but by no moans do I corridor tljey aro tho em bodiment of all that la beautiful." Harrison Fisher, HluBtintor, has hla personal tnstoa ob regards tho ago of charming women. "I prefor tho boauty of a -woman front stxtoen to twenty-eight," ho says. "Dotwoon thoso periods of llfo I consider her tho most charming becauso sho ombodloBjtll tho spirit of youth, tho Innocenco Ql girlhood nnd lacks tho voueer of worldllncss that comes to n woman lator In llfo. Hut I am not decrying' the attractions of older women. I have oeoir thorn nt thirty and thlrty-flvo and evon forty whom I consider moro liandsomo than girls. I know women of fifty- who I consider embody all tho olomonts of gonornl beauty. They may havo lost some of tlio falrnosB of their girl hood days, but they havo mado up for It In physi cal development, In mental sharpness and In tho strong characteristics of tho face. "Thoro aro bo many good-looking women In New York Jt's hard to pick out uny particular boauty of nny typo or of any age. Women nil aro to bo admired." Irvln Wiles, eminent portrait painter, who has dally opportunities to observo types of beauty, Is moro lenient as to advanced ago than either Mr Fisher, Mr. Dronner or Mr. lllashfleld "1 havo aeon women who wero handsomo nt-sev only," ho declared. A woman nt thirty may bo fur more handsomo than ono nt fiftoen or eight con. Thoy Bay ago Is no rospectbr of beauty, but you may roverse It nnd remark that beauty Is no respector of age. Much of tho secret ot boauty depends uppn tho physical nnd mental care, a woman taken of horself. Tho portrait paltttor does not look so much for beauty in his BubJcct as ho does for tho medium that permits M3S2zmmmtt&cm&zfoir-z Trio of Colored Rouen Ducks. the Pekln, and are diverse In color. Tho Rouen is undoubtedly closely related to tho Mallard duck; Its plumago alono would mako good this belief. But the shnpo of the domesti cated Rouen duck has been greatly modified front that of the wild Mal lard, tho body Is grown longer and heavier, with a tendency to drop down In the rear, the wings havo lost tho power of flight which the wild an cestor possessed. The plumago, how ever, remains almost tho same. Both tho drako and duck clothed in plumago attractive and pleasing to tho eyo, are as much fancier's fowls as any of the varieties of chickens, yet they aro of much value as market birds. The only objection to them, aside from their slow maturing qualities, is that ot dark pinfeathers. This should not stand against them any moro than It docs against tho many valuable vnrlo tlea of chickens that havo dark plum age and dark pinfeathers. To the far mer who intends raising ducks for market' purposes they aro to be recom--mended. him to emphasize beauty. Ot course tho major ity of.pur nltters want us to paint them as beauti ful ns la consistent with tho laws of art. A woman of thirty has dovolopod. Sho has learned i .tho valuo ot dress, how to attire -horself in a manner thut enhances any physical charms sho may possess. Girlhood lacks the development of more mature age. Thoreforo, a woman of thirty may present n fnr more attractive appearance than tho girl In hot; 'teens or just past the twenty mnrk. "Tho woman beauty at fifty Is less In evidence than tho handsomo feminine in her 'teens or be low the age ot thirty, But I havo seen handsomo women at fifty; women whoso features, whoso personalities and whoso physical development struck mo as bolng nmazlngly handsome. "From my view I don't thtnk dross has much to do with good looks. Tho true lover of beauty gazes and can onthuso over cut of features and tint of complexion without dwelling on clothes. I consider a woman between tho ago ot,oIgltteon nnd twenty to bo 1ft tho bloom of youth. Nntur ally, youth Is attractive; It la Uko n roso In Us brilliancy beneath a light morning dew." UNMISTAKABLE EVIDENCE. "Thoso seeds you sold mo for "flower' seed's" wero nothing but weed seeds." "Como up, havo they?" "Of course not; I only planted them day be foro yesterday." "Then how. do you know thoy aro weed seeds?" "Tho nolghbQrB' chickens won't dig ' them up." PLANNING AND PLANNING? "I am planning a trip to tho Panama canal." "That sot So is President Wilson." "But tho Ttrlp ho Is planning1 la i altogether different from tho ono I am plannlng," "That so?" . "Yes, ho's going." NEW POULTRY'FARM STARTED Second Experimental Station Located at Beltsville, Md. Managed Upon Practical Lines. So Important has tho poultry In dustry become that "Uriclo Sam has Btarted a second experimental poultry farm on his own account. Ho want3 to find out what aro tho best breeds and what is tho best treatment and management to make thorn most profitable. Ho will not trust to tho experimental work by tho stato of Maine, New York, Ohio or any other. Ho will havo It done under his own supervision, so that no mistakes will bo made. ' Hla now poultry farm Is located nt Beltsville, Md., some 13 miles out of Waoliington and beyond tho Maryland experiment station at College Park. It Is being developed by tho bureau of animal husbandry along practical down-to-dato plans, and tho equipment, whllo of good nppearanco is simple and inexpensive In character, bo that tho veriest n'ovico can copy tho Ideas without a great expenditure either of time or money. Sixty ucres havo been set asldo for the poulfry farm, but as yet It Is only In the development BtiTgo, and uracil has to bo done beforo a real ly workable demonstration plant Is ee tabllslied Most of the houses aro of tho colony portnblo typo. Ilo left tho little old town, one clay, To pursue success and to win renown; The seasons parsed In too dull a way To ste hlni Joy In the little old town; In the little old town tho street.-) wero Wldo And the buildings low nnd pleasures cheap, And ho pitied those who wero satisfied To stay where tho pcoplo wero half ' asleep. Ho left the Utile old town to win The large rewards that to worth be long, To add to tho city's unceasing din, To try hlsypowers among the'strong. And ho proudly thought, as ho turned to gazo At the little old town In Its pcaccfulncsa Of a distant glorious dny of days When ho would return, having claimed, success. He thought of the villagers dozing there, Deaf lo Ambition's persuasive call, Content, becauso they wero free from care. To claim rewards that wero few nnd small. And he thought of n girl whose eyes wero wet When, wishing him well, she said good by, But he hurried away, to soon forgot Where tho roar was loud nnd tho walls wero high. And ofteti ho thought In his lonely nook, When his niUHcles ached nnd his heart" was sad. Of tho llttlo old towfTwlth Its sleepy look, Whero the streets were wido and tire children glad, And often he thought of tho peace out "" thero. And often he wondered If, after nil. The people were wasting tho seasons whero The days were Ions and rcwaTds wero small. He had thought of a glorious day of days When he would return to tho llttlo old town " And listen tn those who would glvo him prnlsc For his proud success and his wide re nown, And tomorrow ho will bo traveling back. No mora to care nnd no moro to sigh. For the glory tho little old town may llo and rest where his parents lie. PREPARED. WRITING THAT PAYS. "Whnt does this young fellow write?' -I won't hnvo my daughter married to a starving au thor." "Off tho handle, as usual, dad. That young chap wroto $400,000 worth of llfo Insurance ItiBt years." v I 4 A FREQUENT HAPPENING. -' "Wo don'r do ns wo should. For one' thing, wo aro told to love our cnemlos." "A great many ot ns llvu up to that. DIdn'f you over notice a couple of -society lenders kissing each other!" Culling Out Old Hens, It Is well to keep in mind that from the standpoint of egg production-pullets nrq moro profitable than older lions. It Is false economy to rotaln hens moro than two years old unlo33 for breeding or exhibition purposes, dot rid of tho old stock lit the lato summer or earjy fall, retaining only tho very best lienB for breeding pur poses. Plenty of room should be pro vided for tho young pullets to develop and this can bo accomplished best by gottlng rid of tho old BtocU which shows signs of deterioration. "So you aro all ready to go to housekeeping?" "Oh, yeB," re plied Mra. Young love. "Charley's friends at tho of fice havo made him a present of a beautiful alarm clock and 1 havo a splendid nickel-plated chafing dlsh, Queer Girl. "By George! Hero's the funniest thing I ever heard of. A young nran who was Inclined to be decent and a" fellow who had n hard reputation rought over ,a young woman, after which she married tho decent one." "Why shouldn't sho?". "Of course, that's just what sho should havo done, but tho other fellow won tho fight." Prepared. "They say Murchlson, who, -ns you will perhaps remember, secured an appointment to a consulship a-yonr or two ago, haB aiarrled a deaf and dumb lady." "Inecd? He must Intend to remain In tho diplomatic service." Space for Hans. Allow every hen from four to six foot of floor spaco; better six. Ton inches each of roosting space 1b not too much, The roosts should be placed ; at least eighteen Incjiea apart Cause and Effect. "So you parted never to again?" "Yes." "And what happened then?" "Ho kissed me good-by." "Ah! When aro you to bo rled?" meet mar- A Novice at the Business. "I suppose you had n perfectly love ly tlmo at Wexford's houso party?" "No, It was a fizzle, Mrs. Wexford has so llttlo tact, Sho was always arranging it so that tho men would havo to pair off with their own wlve3." Random Guess. "Why Is It that most married worn ei. are inclined to frown upon tho woman who has beon divorced?" "I think It Is becaugo they con demn btjrlor being too weak to go on suffering and pretending to like It." '- .. .ni .; S&" M r,. .IS ytsr ' i :F flV -.wi.AtM-AJttay,il, f . y , , '''4- i ..JBr.'WrfiL. m. SftJSm (aJWW ,