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Good Taste Today
Bv EMILY POST
Author of “Etiquette, the Blue
JSook of Social Usage,” “The Per
sonality of a House,” Etc.
FLOORS
When floors are laid, the carpen
ters scrape and sandpaper the whole
surface until it is smooth. Then it
is gone over and every pore and
crevice filled with what is known as
an “oak filler.” This comes to match
various woods and merely fills and
smooths the surface without chang
ing the color. If you want a darker
color, leave this for twenty-four
hours, then slain lightly with a tur
pentine colored with vandyke brown
or burnt umber. Leave that until
thoroughly dr.v and then either wax
or put on two c oats of shellac, (color
less), and wax over the shellac.
Whether it is best to use shellac
or not is an open question. For my
self, l never use anything as a floor
finish except wax, put on with a
machine and re-done whenever nec
essary. Treat walls the same way:
sandpaper, clean, fill big holes or
cracks wilh plastic wood, stain
slightiy to make unevenly colored
boards uniform (or to darken or to
change the hue) and then wax. If
you want to save labor and yon like
a very shiny surface and want to
emphasize the grain of the wood, use
varnish. If you want a gloss finish,
use shellac under wax and polish.
If you want a natural pine effect,
merely wax. and polish only until
smooth. If the painted strips make
a continuous design, which could he
used as a wall paper, It should he
suitable.
©. t>> Kmlty Po«t.
AT THE FIRST SNEEZE
USE
NIGHT AMO
MORNING
Essence of MUtol
ON YOU* HANDKERCHIEF
AND PILLOW
IT’S NEW
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On the Run
Constable—Is your husband at
home? I've come to run him in.
Woman—Well, you won't find 'lm
’ere because I've just run 'm out.
ISPERED
Great Complexion
Secret!
TO her friend she con
fessed the secret of her
flawless clear white skin.
Long ago she learned
that no cosmetic would
hide blotches, pimples or
sallowness. She found
the secret of real com
plexion beauty in HR
Tablets (Nature's Rem -
cdy ).Thry cleansed and
cleared the eliminative tract—corrected slug
gish bowel action—drove out the poisonous
wastes. She felt better, too, full of pep, tingling
with v itality. Try this mild, safe, dependable,
all-vegetable corrective tonight. See your com
plexion improve,_
see headaches,
dullnert vanish. J ^
At all druggists' ■ i
—only 2 jci
7,-r, | sac" Quick relief for acid indige*
TUM5 non, heartburn._Only_^_
Time to Change
He—Darling, I'm so happy; I could
kiss the whole world.
She—Now we are engaged you
must give up those bachelor habits!
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Sioux Citv 3,a. Co., No. 53-1932.
Delicate Operation Cheats
California Prisoner in
Penitentiary
San Quentin Prison, Cal - (UP) —
By means of an "outside plumbing
system,” Jackson E. Ross, 4”-ycar
o!d convict, is alive - more than a
year fater lie swallowed a handful
of lye in a suicide attempt.
Dr. L. L. Stanley, famed prison
physician, conceived the "outside
plumbing system" as a means of
feeding Ross after the prisoner's
throat and gullet were burned
away by the lye.
In June, 1931, Ross decided to
cut short his 35-year sentence
from San Jose on an assault
charge. With his throat and gul
let destroyed, it meant that no
more food could pass from
his throat to his stomach through
the natural channel.
When Ross was placed in the
prison hospital, attaches said lie
had no chance to live. Food was
first injected into Ross. Bue he
wasted away.
Then Dr. Stanley performed an
other miracle of modern science.
He cut a hole in Ross's stomach to
allow food to enter.
Through the “outside plumbing
system” Ross now eats ordinary
food. He chews it in his mouth,
where the food is mixed with
saliva! fluid. Then tin food is
placed in a funnel. It travels
down the tube outside his body
and enters his stomach.
Ross, now' eager to live and
elated with the device, has gained
back every pound he lost.
“It's inconvenient.” he declared.
“But the results are magnificent."
Dr. Stanley has been in charge
of the prison medical department
18 years. To him, the 5,000 pris
oners are part of a great labora*
tory.
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Fish With Hands
Is New Curiosity
Detroit — tUPt — A fish with
hands under its upper lip to
gather food is among the curiosi
ties Silvino De Silva, recent visitor
here, brought back from an expe
dition to South America.
De Silva, a commercial repre
sentative In the United States for
the State of Para, Brazil, calls the
curiosity a cow-fish. He also cap
tured a one- and two-toed sloth
and a ’possum with nails on the
front feet and webbed back leet.
Fishing with insect powder for
bait, the explorer caugh 100 speci
imens previously unknown to
aquariums. The new specimens
have been placed in California
aquariums.
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Farmer Owns Boston
Tea Party Mirror
Sterling, Colo. —(UP)— One of
the many antiques owned by R. H.
Gardner, Pawnee Pass farmer, is a
mirror, which .according to fam
ily tradition, was on one of the
ships in BosLon harbor from
which tea was dumped in the fa
mous "Boston Tea Party.”
The mirror. which is 17'6
inches by 27 inches, has been
handed down from generation to
generation in the Gardner family,
with the word-of-mouth informa
tion It was a part of the furnish
ings on board one of the vessels
which played a part in that inci
dent which preceded the American
Revolution.
Gardner also owns numerous
antiques, including a di um used
in the War of 1812, a fife and a
flute which figured in the early
days of the nation.
STANDING ROOM UNLY
London — A lot can happen in
500 years, and. according to Dr,
Christopher Rolleston, medical offi
cer for Rutland, a lot is going to
happen. Dr. Rolleston says: “If
the present rate of breding per
sists, the world population will
amount to 250 thousand million in
the comparatively short space of
500 years."
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DIVERSIFIED PHILOSOPHY.
So Canada would like a strip
Along the north of Maine;
To give her all the stale, would
cause
No democratic pain.
“An honest dollar,’’ is the cry
Of bankers lirst and last;
Give me the dough and I'll not care
Nor ask about its past.
Those waterways improvement boys
Election set a-quiver;
From Lakes to Gulf, from coast to
It canalized old Salt river.
The ship of bcer-for-revenue—
Or may be it's the car—
Can never really come to dock,
Till schooners cross the bar.
“I’ll knock your block off!”
Oft begins a fisticuffs affray:
To knock the blocs off, seemed tin
goal
Of last election day.
Miss Earhart now a fight for sex
Equality begins.
And lots of married men I know,
Will hope to gosh she wins.
—Sam Page.
Fineless Day Brings
Back Long Overdue Book
Birmingham, Ala. — <UP) — The
15-year-old mystery, the where
abouts of the public library's
‘seven-day-’ mystery book, has
oeen solved.
The library held “fineless book
week’ here recently, and on the
first day, a man brought in the
‘seven-day” mystery bock he had
taken 15 years ago when he was
1 boy.
The fine on this book alone
would have been $109.50.
| t> »Y Nt« WC-a«a. u t PAT OTT
“We needn't try lo surprise each •
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TWO-BIT CLUB 1
AID TO NEEDY
Durango, Colo. — (UP) — Dur
ango is taking care of its needy and
deserving this winter and is do
ing it In a business-like manner.
A “Two-Bit” club has been organ
ized and 90 per cent of the employed
men and women of the town are
members. They each give 25 cents a
week to the community chest.
The community council has estab- i
lished a wood pile. When transients >
apply for meals they are taken to
the wood pile and it is determined
just how well their hands fit an axe
handle.
“The wood pile has assisted in
getting rid of a number of habit- :
ual bums.” said Fred Krocger, chair- j
man of the council. “At the same
time we have been able to get a lot
of wood chopped.”
Civic improvement projects, high- I
way and street repair jobs and other
necessary work has been done by
crews of men hired by the council.
The workers are paid in scrip.
The scrip is used in payment for |
food, clothing and fuel obtained !
from the council store which was |
established last year.
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Cute Colonel?
is shown in her uniform as hono
rary colonel of the University of
Nebraska R. O. T. C., to which dis- ,
tinguished post she was recently
elected by the student body. Colonel
Axtell was formally presented at
the military ball which opens the
formal season at the university.
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Politicians Locate
U. S. Naval Stations
Detroit — (UP) — United States
naval stations are located accord
ing to the dictates of local politici
ans rather than according to de
mands of naval strategy Rear Ad
miral William S. Sims, retired de
clared in a recent address here.
The admiral added that he feared
Rabbit Disrupts
City’s Aulo Traffic
Shelbina, Mo. — (UP)— It was
Saturday afternoon in Shelbina.
Traffic moved swiftly and sure
ly up and dov.ii Center stnet, the
city’s main thoroughfare.
Suddenly there \7as a jamming
of brakes, and traffic was stilled.
Do-, ii the Ei.r-et swerving occa- i
sionally to light or left, cr.mo a
jack-rabbit, apparently frantic with
fear.
Charley Richard saw the r. h
_ flj
thrr this year. You fo huy yourself
i washing machine.
little from the threats some forces
see in Japan—distance, he stated, is
the greatest barrier and protection
we have.
"All conflicts between nations are
based on economic war,” said Ad
miral Sims, “and if the pacifists
really desire peace they should di
rect their efforts toward stamping
out vicious commercial competition
and war will naturally fade away."
QUAKES MAY BE
TRACED TO OIL
Austin, Tex. — (UP> —Withdraw
als of huge volumes of oil and gas
lrom the earth may be the cause
of minor earthquakes. Dr. E. H. Sel
lards, head of the bureau of eco
nomic geology at the University of
Texas, believes. He lias asked mem
bers of (he Southwest Geological
society to study the matter.
His question was propounded to
them recently in discussing the rel
ative records of two Texas earth
' quakes. One at Valentine, in August,
1931, was recorded by seismograph
as far as Sitka. Alaska. Strassburg
and Honolulu. One at Mexia failed
to register on instruments within
100 miles last April.
Using the theory that deep quakes
travel farthest. Dr. Sellard suggest
ed possibility that the Mexia quake
near a large oil field, might have
been close to the surface and due
to oil withdrawals.
Depression in tiie gulf coast area
of a large tract of land without,
shock, also is cited as an indica*
lion.
The New Style Investor.
Prom the Magazine of Wall Street
Mr. Walter S. Case has done n
public, service in pointing out to the
New York Conference of the Invest
ment Bankers' association how, in
the present deranged condition ot
economy and finance, the old rules
of investment are no longer depend
able. Today's investor must weigh
the passing effects of investment
mob-psychologv He must consider
that finance the world over is ruled
by arbitrary and artificial measures
and that trade, both domestic and
international, is subject to rigid and
arbitrary restrictions. He must cor
relate erratic exchange, managed
currencies, agrarian unrest, interna
tional economic and political debt
problems, disappearing government
al revenues, crushing taxation and
the complex of forces that are mak
ing for lecoverv. He must remem
ber history, watch and apraisc the
news of the day. furbish up his eco
nomic fundamentals and interpret
events that defy them. In a word,
ns Mr. Case says, the investor in
these times must buy and sell "on
broad judgment, involving political,
social, psychological and scientific
factors.’’ He must be a philosopher
of investment. He needs all the
technical equipment of the markets
as much as ever, but he must us*
judgment more than ever.
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“Window Burglar"
Scare Returns to City
Allentown. Pa. — (UP) — Return
of the “window burglar” who
smashed display windows to steal
their contents ran through the
minds of Allentown policemen as
they dashed toward the business
section on a “hurry” call.
Pedestrians had reported a man
was “prowling" about store windows
on Hamilton street.
The police let him proceed on his
way when he explained he was do
ing his “window shopping.”
bit coming and with a quick bend
that would have made the heart
of an army calisthenics director
plow', grabbed the rabbit by a 1 ind
leg.
Richards proudly displayed his
trophy and in a f"w minutes traf
fic was resumed and quiet restored
once mere to Center street.
It is reported th it thire are nove
then 150 radio stations illegally
cp'rated n and nround New ifork
by boot'egging rings. These sta
tions are used to communicate with
supply ships.
STANDARD FARM GARDEN
C ireful investigations made
through several years have shown
the exact quantities of vegetables
necn ary for balancing the. diet and
maintaining tlie health of an indi
vidual These quantities have been
translat'd into row-feet for plan
ning and planting standard gar
dens, Ii most localities the standard
spring g .den for the maintenance
of one p xson should contain the
followin' Asparagus, 10 feet, of row,
string be . ns 40 feet, lima beans 40
feet, bet 6 feet, cabbage 20 feet,
carrots 4 met, corn 40 feet, cucum
bers 8 f t eggplant 5 left, kale
or spina: 5 feet, lettuce 10 feet,
mustard 5 feet, okra 20 feet, onons
15 feet English peas 40 feet. Irish
potatoes 100 feet, squash 5 feet,
turnips 20 feet, and tomatoes 50
feet. This appromlmates 450 feet
ot row in the early garden lor the
production of food required by one ■
person: t'j rows 100 feet or nine
rows 50 feet long. A farm family,
therefon. of five persons cannot
get along with a garden smaller
than one-fifth of an acre — 60 by
145 feet. This should be increased
approximately two-thirds in order
to take care of the fall garden that
must be planted latex. Should a
surplus for canning and drying be
desired, a still larger garden must
be planned, as the row-footage of
vegetables given above is sufficient
to supply only the green, fresh food
for an individual. The value of this
green food is about $25 per yea . so
that much cash can be saved per
family member through a garden
30 by 50 feet for each individual
getting a living from the farm. This
value can be increased by planting
for a surplus to be canned, dried or
stored With times as they are,
economy as of this character should
not be overlooked. II is well to re
member, also, that the city dweller
does r.ct have a garden, but re
quires lust as much green food as
anyone else. Why not make a trade
with some city family to supply all
the n essary green garden vege
tables t quires for the year at. say.
$25 per family member, then plant
a standard spring garden for each
individual, to be followed by a fall
garden? This standard fall garden
should contain the following: String
beans 10 feet of row, lima 10 leet,
beet' 6 feet, collards 15 feet, cu
cumbers 5 feet, kale or spinach 15
feel onions 6 feet, turnips 120 feet,
Irish potatoes 40 feet, squash 5
feet, turnips 120 feet, and tomatces
10 feet, a lota’ ot 294 feet.
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MARKETNG ONIONS
Onions arc one o(. the most spec
ulative of tlie vegetable crops and
p.ofits dep» nd largely on deter
mining ihe p*oper time to sell. Jn
jears of short oops it invariably
l ays to he’d tnions late into the
season and rel' them out during
February, March and early April.
Last year, lor example, the pr'ros
obtained after February first were
more than doui’e those obtained
during the fall months. On the other
hand, prices two years ago were
lower alter Frlruary first than at
harvest time. Records show that
during Ihe past 4C years there have
never been two consecutive seacons
when it was highly profitable to
hold onions for the late market,
Last year it paid handsomely be
cause of the short crop, so if priors
do rise alter February first this rea
son ii v.ill bn a decided exception
to the rule. The crop this season
was one cf the largest ever har
vested, being only slightly smaller
than that of 1P30. Because of the
largo crop of lets onions following
a heavy crop cf midseason onions,
early fall shipments were exception
ly light. This means that an un
usually large quantity of onions
was stored for iaier use. Imports of
onions will probably be a minor
factor because of the tariff rates
now in eflect. Hrwever, the storage
holdings of onions are sufficient
this season to more than compen
sate for the lack of imports. An
other factor that will have an Im
portant bcarina: on the closing
weeks of the Murage onion caaaon
will be the new crop in Texas. Eariy
indications are lliat a large acre
age will be planted, particularly in
tiie earlier sections. Of course there
is no ceitainty at this time that a
heavy movement of new crop on
ions will begin early, but there is
a strong possibility. Those who arc
holding osions will undoubtedly find
that a free selling policy during
the early winter months will be
more profitable than holding in
hopes of a rise at the end of stor
age season.
WAS IT WISE COUNSEL?
After a dairy farmer finished his
milking the other night he made
this remark: "We should be better
oft if we did not have a milking
machine. We would be keeping
lewer cows and employing more la
bor.” This causes one to reflect up
on what would be the situation if
if farm work were carried on with
out labor-saving machinery. We
so quickly lorget the conditiens on
the farm when its work was car
ried on largely by hand labor and
comparatively few labor-saving ma
chines. Without machinery we could
not maintain the standard of living
that exists on the farm today. It
is doubtful whether there are
enough people to cut the wheat crop
if we were to use the methods em
ployed one hundred years ago. Our
TURKEYS NEED FINISH
Plenty of rich mash with an am
ple supply of cracked corn will im
prove the quality of market tur
keys. Unless turkeys are well fleshed
and have a covering of fat under
the skin, they usually sell as under
glades. The same Is true If they are
fill of pinfeathers even though they
may be in fair condition. Ordinary
laying mash containing 13 to 20
per cent protein fed in open hop
pers will enable growing turkeys to
maintain rapid growth which in
sures tenderness. This high protein
I feed also keeps up feather growth.
t
rood roads, autom.'biles, trucks, ra
dios, electric lights, washing ma
chines, and all the many other
things that, have come to the farm
arc results of improved machinery,
improved methods of growing crops.
No one would care to go back to
the methods of living 25 years ago.
The. present method of doing things
is more in keeping with our taste,
and these improvements have been
brought about became of improved
facilities lor doing our work. Our
attention should be devoted to the
best system of farm management
that can bo inaugurated on lira
farm rather than about the elimin
ation of essential labor-saving ma
chinery. We should be directed to
laying plans as to how this ma
chinery can be used to give us the
largest return possible. If the lar
mer who thought he would bebet
ler off without the milking ma
chine is not producing enough feed
for the cows ho is keeping or has
too few cows to warrant him to go
to the expanse of purchasing a ma
chine, then he, perhaps, would be
better without the mechanical
milker. On the other hand, if his
place is large enough to permit him
to use modern machinery and labor
cun be adjusted to be well and
economically employed, then to
quit using a machine that increases
his capacity for the production of
milk would be a mistake. Each
farm is a problem unto itself and
the owner who expects to have suc
cess must be directed in these days
to laying plans to utilize power ma
einery and labor savin"' device*
economically.
PURC HASING FERTILIZER
The farmer must be a deep stu
dent of his business or he will b?
led into buying useless products
and incurring expenses that are not
waranted or that will bring him low
returns. Certain .mixtures or so
called fertilizers that contain rare
elements necessary to plant growth
are not infrequently offered lot
sale. Invariably, extravagant claims
are made for these growth-produc
ing mixtures which are made up
principally of limestone, peat, and
other inexpensive materials. When
it cornea to fertilizing the soil, thre#
elements are commonly recognized
as plant food. They are: nitrogen
phosphoric acid, and potash. The
farmer has but to observe the tag
on the sack of the fertilizer to note
what he is purchasing. State laws
require that all fertilizers be plainly
labeled, but if you are in doubt as
to the moaning of the label, a letter
directed to the experiment station
college of agriculture, or depart
ment of agriculture in your stats
will bring you information concern
ing the label on any particular
product offered as a commercial
fertilizer. Reputable manufacturers
of fertilizers arc honestly labeling
their products and it is better for
the purchaser of fertilizer to deal
with such films when purchasing
material for enriching his soil.
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CARE Ol IIOGS
That certain practices arc closely
associated with profitable farm op
eration is pretty largely taken for
granted, and yet checking back on
them occasionally la desirable. In
one state, during the last six or
eight years, a large number of far
mers have kept detailed farm rec
ords on their business. These rec
ords are totaled, analyzed and com
pared by farm management service
people. Tho.c who have done thi
best through both gcod and poor
years with hogs have been found
to do the following: Select healthy,
active, well-deve'oprd sires from
large litters. Flush sows at breeding
time. Feed balanced rations fa preg
nant sows. Feed bred sows at a dis
tance from the sleeping quarters.
Avoid injury to sows from narrow
doors, high sills or crowded pens.
Usa guard rails in farrowing pens.
Clean sows before farrowing. Scrub
the farrowing pens with hot lye wa
ter. Haul sows and pigs to clean
pasture. Keep pigs in clean pasture
until at least 100 pounds in weight.
Castrate boars at two to four weeks
of age. Study markets to judge the
best types, best weights and best
times to sell. Vaccinate pigs at four
to six weeks or shortly after wean
ing. Feed balanced ration to grow
ing pigs. Feed balanced ration to
fattening pigs.
ABOUT POOR LAYERS
There arc many reasons why hens
don’t lay. but one thing is certain,
according to a poultry extension
specialist. More attention could be
given to better management on
many farms where egg production
is low’. Probably the most common
i reason for unthrifty birds that will
lay poorly this winter will be worms.
In the case of infested flock, it
would be advisable to treat the birds
and then confine them to clean
quarters to prevent a reinfestation.
Kens won't lay their best unless
their houses are kept clean, free
from lice and mites, well ventilated,
and not overcrowded. Four square
feet a bird is best for good results.
There also should be plenty of reed
hopper space. Hoppers 10 feet long
which permit feeding from both
sides will pro.ide enough hopper
space for 100 birds. Plenty of fresh
drinking w’ater also is important.
A BIT OF WISDOM
Keen veu: soil and your soil will
keep you.
thus reducing the numoer cf pin
feathers. A good many feeders pre
fer feeding mash wet with skim
milk for stimulating maximum
gains toward the finish. Cracked
corn fed frc,n open hoppers is for
producing that layer of fat which
adds so much to the appearance
and quality of the birds. It is im
portant to have enough hoppers for
half the birds to eat at once. Fast
growing turkpys require enormous
quantities of water. These sugges
tions must be put into practica
about two months before market
lime to be most beneficial.