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COLORED ROUEN DUCKS
Good Qualities Make This Breed
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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
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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
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A FREQUENT HAPPENING.
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"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?"
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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."
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