Fewer Farms Are Being Occupied in Colorado Now Poor Crops Blamed for De crease—Nonirrigated Dis tricts Suffer Worst—In flux Lightest in Years. Juleshurg, Colo., July 8.—The movement of people away from the farms In Colorado has more than equaled the movement of people from other states and from Colorado cities to the farms in the past 12 months, for the first time in many years. Reports of county assessors to the State Immigration department show that fewer farms are being op erated in tile state this year than last year and perhaps fewer than were operated in 1921. The decrease in farm population in this stale since the 1920 census is not nearly so great as surveys made by the United States Department of Ag riculture indicate it has been in older agricultural states. Until this year this movement has been fully coun teracted by an influx of people from other states to occupy Colorado farms. In the past 12 months, how ever, the movement of settlers to Colorado has been very light, while the movement away from Colorado farms has been heavier than for- sev eral years. This movement away from the farms has apparently been due to the same causes that brought it about in older agricultural districts, augmented somewhat by unfavorable crop conditions in some parts of Col orado. The prices of farm products have remained low, while wages in the cities have in many cases been increased substantially in the past year and in no ease have they bejn reduced since 1919 in,the same pro portion as the prices of farm prod ucts have been reduced. Complete reports from 18 counties show 12,768 farms reported as being farmed this year, compared with 13, 543 farms reported in the same coun ties last year, a decrease of 775 or 5.7 per cent. If the decrease prevails at the same rate for all counties it will show 3.000 fewer farms being op erated in the state this year than last year. The decrease is heaviest in the non irrigated districts of eastern Colorado, especially where the season was un favorable for crop production last year. In the southeast part of the state temporary abandonment of non irrigated farms has been especially heavy, though not nearly so heavy ns following previous periods of unfa vorable weather. When it is under stood that/ this temporary abandon ment of farms is largely due to finan cial conditions that have had a sim ilar effect In all sections of the coun try. it appears that even the most severe drought that ever visits the state will not again cause the same exodus of farmers as was caused by the droughts of 1911 and 1912 and the equally severe droughts of 1893 3894. It Is also worthy of note that many of the farms that have been temporarily abandoned had nev er produced any considerable amount of livestock, poultry or dairy prod ucts. J^arge Shipment of Cream. Special Dispatch to The Omaha nee. Wymore, Neb., July Some idea of the cream business in southern tinge county may be had from the fact that American Express records iiere show that 2.451 cans of cream, each holding 10 gallons, were shipped from the Wymore office during June. This cream came from within a ra dius of seven miles of Wymore. It was shipped by express to IJeatrlce, Lincoln and Omaha. Farmers Union Notes. Omaha—The application of the grain company organize. 1 by the Farmers union for a seat on the Omaha Grain Exchange was turned down by the board of <11 rectors of the ex hange on July *» for the second time, ‘We did everything they told us it would be netenMary to do, even to taking the patronage dividend feature out of <>ur company," said U .1 Osborn, state president of the F t mere union. •The reason given for turning down our application the first, time a few weeks ago was that we were not properly itt corporuted and did not hav® sufficient capital We changed th® articles of in corporation and the by-laws to meet the objections, and added 86U.OQ0 to our capi tal, We can only conclude that the real reason we were turned down is that the men who constitute the grain exchange ✓ do not want farmers to enter the ter minal market." Savings in commissions made by the Omaha house*of the Farmers Union I-#iv* stork commission In the first half of this vear amounted to 75 per cent of the com missions received* reports on file at state union headquarter! show. The house handled 6,831 cars of llvesto< k. compared with 4.297 cars in the first half of last year, an Increase of 35 per cent. Reports from the house in St. Joseph show' total receipts of 8.390 cars In six months, compared with 3.H39 cars In the corresponding period last year, an In crease of t»8 per cent. In the month of June, tho St Joseph house handled 27 per cent of the entire yard receipts. Atkinson — A crowd estimated at 1.000 peisoup attended th® county picnic and celebration of the Holt County Farmem union In the grove on the farm of S A. Hickman, countv president. Ktate Presi dent nsborn and Jim L. Peters, manager of the Farmers Union Insurance com pany, were the speak* r* President Hick man was Kept at the bedside of his father, who was seriously ill. and the program was in < harg-* of W K Hersch berger A program of sports and a bail garm* followed the speaking. Plalnvlew—Tha Plalnvlrw Fartnera I ninti t'o-operallva I.lveatock Shlptun* a* aociatlon ahtpped 70 rare of llvratock vorth $100.0011 In ihe firat year of opera tion. the report of Herrelary C. J HJo* ouiah alow*. Tha aaaortation liaa 10» tneinhera repreaent In* the local* of Ihe Fartnera union In thia vicinity. Jnauranc* aaalnat lo»a»a In ahlnpln* la carried by the aaaoelatlon Itaelf. throuKh a arnall aaaeaament. at a aavln* to the mambara. 1)H An audit coverin* tha firat five and one half month* of the year ahow* that the aalae t>r the Farmer* Union .tore here totaled on which there waa a net profit of 1*23.91 The atoro handle* uletal rnorchandta* and hardware Philip Nelaon. an asprrieneed hten haul, la lnao**et Th!a a'ore waa nratanlaed In July. 1»I0 Jul'* arm la preaident and Uharlea ( ampbell la • ary-treasurer. . HnatVlrk A profit of «*00 waa made bv the Farmer* Fpton Klevalor company here In Ihe flucal year endlnr .Inna 10, the face of a decree** In the volume of bualneaa. The volom* In th" year jir.1 elnard waa 140.10147. which waa I2il 70n lea* than Iho year before Thla •l«rr«a** win flue to light crop* in 1 • Prom.i'1 tn Arm for a largo volumo of grain ih««* ' oar Th* company export* to take i tittl« nilfpi margin on grain. ln«t**d or paying dividend* at. tho •'ainone ia manager Kimball On a volume of Imaine** imountlng to $21 1.479 55 in tha ve»r end rig Mav 31. the Farmer* l nlon i u°l{# tr.itlve naxorlation here made i, net prom ,r $.'.03.01, arcordlng to an audit r« < eritly •nmol'* ted by 'he Farmers union audit lennriment The a**orUtion pp**raUo* an tleva t or. aid handle# Impleitmii l*. twine *nd wnrihottM fornmodltla*. Thl* email net profit, the dim. tor* *•*>, * «■ du* to • perat Inx on narrow margins Wheat wa* handlt*d on h ruarg'n of H4 r*nt« a ' uahej, whereat*. «• • n»a n bu**he| I* **ldered a fair aver ege SuppIu** were handled on a groea margin <>f 4*4 per « ent A« « ounta and in,ten rv> cdvable arrnunta payable and operating • xpen:*** were all radu*»*d in the tear, r*»**uMng In a marked improve . men* In the fin.tin >1 ondMinn of the t.uMn*** < per cent larger than last year’s pig crop and the number of sows that farrowed is 9 per cent greater than last year, according to a survey made by the division of crop and livestock estimates of the United States Department of Agricul ture made public by A. E. Anderson, agricultural stastistlcian. 1922 Hay Nearly All Marketed, Survey States General Quality of 1923 Crop Only Fair. Shippers Say— Prices Rmain on Firm Basis. i The 1922 hay crop has been mactual ly all marketed, according to a sur vey just completed by the United Slates Department of Agriculture. On June 13, 1922, the date of the survey, the reports Indicate that about 90 per cent of the marketable surplus of the 1922 timothy crop bad been marketed, 98 per cent of the alfalfa, and 97 per cent of the prairie. The timothy sur plus Is slightly larger than at the cor responding time last year, while the amount of alfalfa and prairie is slightly less than remained unsold on June 15. 1922. Stocks llelow Normal. Reports from the principal consum ing areas indicate that dealers’ stocks of hay are generally Vie low normal for this season fo the year. Considerable local forage is available in most sec tions, but the amount probably is not so much as last year because of dry weather. In some sections of the east and south commercial industries are reported to he slightly more active this year, and southern con sumers are said to be in h better financial condition, on account of higher cotton prices, than they were at the beginning of the 1922 crop year. The quality of the 1923 crop, as re ported hy shippers throughout the T'nited States, will he only fair, with the exception of a few of the Im portant alfalfa producing states in the southwest, where hay is produced almost entirely hy irrigation. Timothy hay will he short in many sections because of insufficient mois ture. while in sections where the moisture has been excessive, it will be rather weedy. Wet Weather Hurts Alfalfa. Throughout Kansas. Nebraska and Oklahoma the first rutting of alfalfa has been seriously damaged hy wet weather and most of the hay from this cutting will be of inferior quality. This excessive moisture, however, has been hneficial to the prairie hay In that territory, and reports indicate that an increased acreage ranging from 5 to 20 per cent will he har vested. The increased acreage to he harvested was reported as follows: Missouri. 5 per cent: Oklahoma, 10 per cent: Kansas, 10 per cent, and Nebraska, 20 per cent. May prices throughout the 1922 and 1923 crop year were well main tained on a fairly firm basis. The range of timothy prices was slightly below that of the previous year, but fluctuations were less violent. Alfalfa prices displayed much more strength than those for timothy, and the average price at the close of the year was on practically the same level as No. 1 timothy prices. The decline in alfalfa prices to a new crop basis, which has usually occurred in June, was apparently delayed this year hy the laie marketing of new hay caused hy excessive rains in the southwest. This higher level of al falfa prices was reflected In” the prices of prairie hay. so that at the close, of the season, both alfalfa and prairie hay were quoted on a bas s of $5 per ton above the quotations at the corresponding time last year. Poison for Prairie Dogs. Supply depots for the distribution of prairie dog poison were arranged for in Fall RU'er county. South Da kota. during the month, through the efforts of Sain !.. Sloan, county agent. Thirty With the County Agents Douglas County. Omaha—Forty-five wortien attended the afternoon meeting on the last day of the four-day dross construction school hold at Elkhorn last week, ac cording to Earl O. Maxwell, Douglas county agent. Eight delegates from four different communities were present throughout the four days, under the guidance of Mrs. Hattie Hogg of the extension service. They cut patterns and each made a com plete dres.C for herself. At a meeting held at the court house last week the Douglas County Co-Operative Cow Testing association was formed, officers elected and plans made to begin testing July G. The following officers and board of direc tors were elected: Charles Oran, Ben nington, president; John C. Forburg er, Elkhorn, vice president; C. F. Kuehl, Benson, secretary-treasurer; Otto Boettger, Charles Rosacker. Building of ridge terraces to pre vent fields from washing and becom ing cut with gullies is being urged upon the farmers by Earl O. Max well. county agent, who declares that tliis method Insures the fields against soil erosion and the terraces will last many years. Cass County. Weeping Water—Making of slrMim, Improvement In diet*. »nd correction of food ha bite and other kindred work ere interesting ihe women of <‘nw* bounty, »r rordifig to Ida M Wilken*. home demon inf ration agent for the county# A num bei of filuha in the <-ounl> are carrying on their work through the summer. Farmers are being advised by T. R Snlpea. county agent, that whenever a man la obtained to help in the harvest, the farmer *hould keep him for harvest ing both wheat and oats “It now looks a* though we will have a f*’W days be *ween cutting wheat and o*ta Men will be *rar< e. so keep them," the c ounty agent said Mitriifton County. Rattle Creek <> N. Humncra extension specialist In poultry at the college of agriculture of the University of Nebraska will t,e in Madison count)- August 16 and 17 to hold four poultry culling demonstra tions and to talk on poultry disease*. |t was announced here today by the county Agent Meetng* ar»* to t>e scheduled for four differ.-,ft parts of the county, if farmer* request It, in order to give all who wish to attend the opportunity. Seventy-three person* attended the Val ley township farm bureau meeting held last week a« th»* Hhv school bouse accord ing to reporta to the tountv ag.-nt's of fice. A debate on the <|iies|nn of abolish ing ardlon IB A of the transportation act of 1920, and two reels of film showing how to cure swine of round worm" were feature" of the meeting Details and general arrangement* foi th«* farm bureau ptm|r are being worked out hy the various committees, according to an announcement made at the fount) agent's office here The picnic will be held at t hs Tomhagen grove Cuming I miniy. West Polrft A fHjniber of Curbing coun ty farmer* report s rapid growth of *«»y tre* n plants fi«,m *ecd shipped in last spring. It w** announced here today by Kenneth C Pouts, • ountj agent Farm rrn who planted henna b) oil Cog the *”» d with « orn in the ii 1 nni<■ i box and thtn tried out lU« aoy beau atta- htnant h.ne found tlie latter method more sat isfactory. Mr. Fouta declared. The public achool ground* •« Wiener have been surveyed under the direction of |. f» Woods, extension engineer, and the ground* are to be graded so a* to Improve their appearance and usefulness, l» \mi announced here today by Kenneth C Fouts. county agent. Dod?<» County. Kramont—Dodge county farmera *re he. lng urged by the county agent to heavily pasture t h* Ir sweet closer fields to pre vent Its becoming too rank and so woody that stock will not eat It later on If sufficient animals are kept on the sweet clover to keep It at not more than nine or ten Inches high, new shoots which are tender and palatable will h« produced continually, the county agent said. The county farm bureau and the coun ty agents office will aagjst In the dis tribution of Improved grains early thla month, according to an announcement made at the office of the county agent. The annual aeed directory will be Isaued goon. Dawson County. Lexington--Farmara of Dawson county are growing better wh**«t thla year than ever before, according to Alvnh H Hsclit. county agent, who declares that this la flue to the fact that most farmers in ’he county have hail their wheat seed certi fied during the past three years Hessian fly ha* been reported on wh*at on the farm of Oliver Fgrle). the cotjniy agent said. Fillmore County. Geneva — Harvest btgan hi Fllmora county Thursday. .Turn* 2*. according to I,** W. Thompson, county agent ’ Karly Indications arc that there will be a sufficient supplv of labor." the county • gash *>" <1 Laborers were being placed ta t week it t< a ill1 Another ot gantxat inn was added !•* t ha Hat of 1 oya 'Ym-I git la clubs ut Fillmore county during the past we*-k. according to Lee W Thompson and lldna (* Pegler. ctiuntv extension agents Tha new club is tailed th** Thimble Hollers and v* a* organized through the ♦efforts of tha Strang Community Womans club Four teen members were enrolled end the fol lowing: officeis elected Remits Rorole, president ; Klixabeth Hhlrtluff. vie* presi dent. Phyllis Keister, secretary Samiiler* ( minty . Wihflo—-Haundera county will have a real tuherculnsls eradication campaign next fall. If plans of the • ounty farm bureau Ixiard continue with as great *ucc#a* a* they are having at present, a* cordmg to Walter F Roberts, county nger.t Of 40 fsrmeis visited with one petition, only one refused to sign The stntn law rrquiie* that 61 per cent of the stock owners of any county must petition the state department for the t tiherniloNi* test before the te«t will be conductat! At present tin petitions are being circulated pi the county <’onsldet able damage Is being done to wheat this season by wheat stem mag got*, according to Walter F Roberta, -ounty sgent Tli# Injury Is smillsi t-» that caused h\ Hessian flies that Inrtiiera nr# Idamlng the latter Insect for the trouble. Mr Huberts ssid Th« inag got tauses ripening of wheat lienda pt* maturely, the bounty agent said, and the worn of this Insect of iha dub *1 ha N'aadlt Art dub of 'Orth Ilian* h 'm « ht rying mi ita v»orl« during thin au»n mar, a rrordltig I o \ II Lld.onir i»l»>r omit, agani. Mia J aim a litaUuur la laadail >1 tho club. Conditions Are Poor on Indian Farm Lands Four hundred Thurston county Indian farms have been given a farm business survey under the co operative efforts of the officials of the 'Winnebago and Omaha Indian agencies, I he extension service, and the Thurston county farm bureau*^ Data gathered In this survey in cludes crop rotations, the state of the soil fertility, the leasing system, tlie housing problem, and social con ditions in general. Only a partial summary and digest of the survey records has been made to date. Enough has been done to disclose a sad state of affairs. The Indian owner Is too pexy to provide adequate shelter for the tenant and livestock. Meanwhile his rolling land is being eroded ami washed away, while practically all grain and hay are being sold and hauled from the farm. A few of the Indians have been in duced to require their tenants to grow sweet i lover on the light colored hilltops. After two years of sweet clover these light colored spots have been found to have taken on a much darker color, and on being planted to corn have 'produced twice the yield harvested previous to the treatment. People Urged to Kat More Homegrown Vegetables Dee Moines, la.. July 8.—Eat more home grown fruit end vegetables, Is the plea of R. S. Herrick, secretary of the Iowa .State Horticultural so. ciety, in a statement in which he de clared that domestic science experts write the menus of hotels and res taurants with too much stress on the horticultural products of far-off Rtates and countries: and to the det riment of home producers. "It too often ha’ppens," Mr. Her rick said, "that our domestic science i xperts in menu writing are inclined to follow the old adage, 'distance lends enchantment.’ They seem to hove the idea that something grown a few thousand miles away tastes a whole lot better than something grown in our own gardens or which could be purchased from our own growers. "The words ‘home grown’ should mean to t*ie consumer, freshness, crispness, maturity and first class quality in every respect. Our grow ers of horticultural products are com mencing to realize the importance of better cultural methods, but what is the use of growing a thing If there Is ho market for it. "Let's help our growers of hortl ctlltural products by calling for home grown things to eat." Helds Prepared Early Give Best Grain Results Land Plowed in July Has (Greater Yield Per Acre „ Than That Tilled in September. Aggressive farmers, those planning (or a maximum wheat crop next year, are now turning their attention to the all important quesiion of early prepa ration of their fields. Officials of the Southwestern Wheat Improvement association, which gives its entire ef forts to aid in producing a better quality of wheat, have declared that early and proper preparation for the next crop is tiie greatest single factor contributing to a successful and profitable yield. Kxperiment stations and actual practice have clearly proven that land prepared in July for wheat will produce from two to seven bushels more per acre than that on which tlte work is delayed until September. This is due largely to the fact I hat early plowing destroys weeds which if allowed to propagate consume the available plant food and moisture In addition such plowing affords time for the land to settle. It Is pointed out tha,t wheat demands a firm seed bed and for that reason It is always wise and profitable to use some sort of a packer immediately after the plow. A disk harrow, with the blades set straight, has proven effective in lieu of a regular packer, boose oil, especially that which is the result of late preparation, can be depended on invariably to produce a poqr wheat crop. Successful wheat growers find that If time does not permit of early plow ing or listing that disking immediate ly after the binder or header de stroys the weeds, saves moisture and renders the soil easy to plow at a eonvenlent time later. July disking, followed by late August or early Sep tember plowing or listing, ran be fol lowed out with successful results. Early listing for wheat is especial ly desirable in sections where the rainfall is limited, and frequently pro duces letter yields than other meth ods. With listing, a substantial amount of moisture Is saved hecause the ground can be covered rapidly. Experience has shown that best re sults are obtained by relisting and leveling early so sufficient time will be allowed for the soil to settle be fore sowing. The Business Barometer This Week’s Outlook in Commerce, Finance. Agriculture and Industry Based on Current Developments. By THEODOKK H. FRIC K. Uilor (ommfrre and Finance, New York. Another week has paaacd. Nona of tha failures rumored o» predicted have occur red The markets have in a measure re covered their poise and one finds himself wondering why the financial w-.rld was for i time afflicted by a baseless hysteria of fear. T4ie answer srerna to be tha' m*n are more alarmed by the unknown than the known and that the vague apprehension felt In Europe over the A nglo-Franco German situation communicated itself to some bankers hers whose gloomy alien-a was construed to mean more than they I are willing to tall. Hut now that the] ► worst is known It lias loft Its terror* and , there is every reason to t-ipert that nor malcy will soon resume lta away in the western world. Briefly, this worst appears to be that Great Britain has derided to make its own settlement with Germany amL. leave France to do likewise. Thia naturCT? dis please* the French, and some nervous souls have sugg**«ted that the result might be war Those who are willing to believe this are welcome, but the vast majority of men are likely to rejet the Idea as pre posterous. a> least until the generation who fought the last great war dtfd. There ar* nevertheless a few who shud der when they read that France is build ing many new airplanes and that fa»rd ]>erby has announced that there would he no further reduction In Great Britain s fighting force* for the present Another effect of these belligerent gestures is a ri^e m the Hank of England rate which h*>» been advanced from to 4 per rent, vhlle both fran * and sterling have he* n very weak and marks are s little nearer r.ero * 'n th*s sole the Atlantic there has a.ao he ute contraction and that business is on a per fectly even keel is the harvest season opens and the crops ara mada ready for market Almost th« only unsatisfactory featura of the outlook la tha surplus supply of wheat This year s crop la #*perted to egceed by s00.ooo.000 bushel* With an estimated 'arrv-over from last year of at I I 10.u00.00ti bushel*, there will b* an Available supply of nearly ].ooo.ootr.ooo •bushels neat fall Thla *a 200,000,§00 bushels in e*crss of the probable demand for domestic consumption and etport and the problem of Ita disposition la a serious | one A demand that the government shall buy It or finance It is already heard, but it 1* not likely to be granted and unless Kurope c«n be put in a position to »my "i*r superabundant production thw'-aeault may he serious for the wheat producing states. Hut the grain market la neverthen*** reasonably steady upon the theory that |n some whv the farmer will muddle through and that the profit h« la making on his urn and other crops will In a measure offset his loss on wheat. The other commodity markets do not call for much comment Cotton declined on a bearish government report that will ■non be forgotten and is already discredit ed by the recovery in pri< e« since record ed. Sugar ia unchanged Coffer is gradual ly dropping to an investment level as it becomes evident that the Brasilian gov ernment does not intend to support tha market. Rubber ■ easier Copper distinctly weaker at 14‘*' inflect rig the economic Import*oca of Bvropt, where tha ; consumption was ao large For a similar reason tin ami lead are mI»o lower Pulp wood and paper are distinctly firm be cause the Canadian parliament has passed a hill prohibiting the export of pulp wood from Canada. If the governor general sign- this bill, as expected- 1? will redu* « the supply of pulp wood available for tha United J»tat*a by at least 20 per cent. The ate* 1 industry is working at full capacity, but price* for tome shapes are slightly lower Car loadings continue to heat previous records, hut there are still soma surplus cars and th* prospect is for less congestion and a prompter traf ftc movement this autumn Railroad ; earnings are atitl increasing and th« pros pect ia that the year If. ' will be the moat prosperu* in tha history of the roads Retailers and Jobbers are doing an ex cept tonally ryi I business sn have the postwar of the government behind them Following aie comparative prices for end of last wee*, end of previous week and last year: Bank clearings < Bradstreeta i in thous anda * «. . I 6*9,41 If.1 * 001. Bualncsa failure*. 2€< 116. 3"9 Federal reserve ratio *1 l per cent, 76 • per cent 7« * per cent Security prices. New York Stock ex change Twenty Industrials. I'T 9* 169 11. S9S 97. Forty bonds Iff 29. 1M 10. 119 19 ('ommodlty prices Wheat. July delivery, Chicago 11 02 S li o:s. i I?\ Corn, July delivery, Chicago, 79c, 9 2c, €!*<*'• Pork, r.ba, July delivety. Chicago. 9 10c. 1 tic. 11 1&< lle**f, good dressed ateere. Chicago. ||., 60 fit! &n 114 76 Sugar, refined. New Tork. .Oltlo .0926c, .Of 20c Coffee. Hlo No 7. New Tork. 11 *4c. USc. t p » -1 «r Cotton middling. New Tork. 2711c. 2120c, .2270c Pr*nt i lot ha New York. 04Sr, 0f%c. Of s Wool, domestic average New York. 1191c. 9261c. ,74»>lr Silk. No 1. Small!u. New Tork. *7 10. 17 97 60 Rubber, crude plantation New York. 2 4 V 26 S° US' Ilides. pM'k.tig No 1, New Totk, 14 14 . 17 Iro » No 2 Philadelphia. 129 :« 1" 76. 127 12 Str^l billet s. Pittsburgh 147 60 142 60. 115 00 __ v _ w Lowest Fares Pram CHICAGO tL A NICKEL PLATE ROAD - LACKAWANNA HR. Para to Clooolond $1Lit-Buffalo $IT.3»- Now York $30.70 Through Stooping Can mg Coachn-Parioc and Dining Car Sar\ ko Reduced Summer Tourist end Circle Tour Fares To Mountain and Soaglrto Raaorta In Raatcrn Stair* and Canada ASK Ticyi^ ACtyWT TO TU. NK'KFI. PLATK ROAD (Inssrt Agents Naunes Ham) I 1 D»«ga, n. I A A H Hut row•, T R.. W H. Cunningham. 1 K , 420 Railway Laihanga Bldg , Kaotag Cll^, Mo. Rough-Hewn Dorothy Canfield | << ontinuei! From Vntrrdaj .) s\ NOPMIV Neale ( rittendeu. 15 years old, is h typi cal rod-blooded American boy living with ! Iiim parents in l nion if ill. a small village near New \*.rk City. He hits completed I three 'ears in preparatory school. \uca tlon time arrive* and. with hi* mother gone to visit relative*, he and his father debate as to how Neale shall spend hi* vaculion. In Franco Marine Allen. II years old. is living with her American parents In the home of Anna Ftchergnry. a French woman. Marine’s father is foreign agent for an American business firm. Old Jeanne Amigorciia. trench peasant woman, is employed by the Allens as a servant. Marlse is deeply Interested In the study of French and music. I Hiring vacation Neale become* an omnivorous reader and spends much time in liis fa ther's library. Vacation over. Neale re turn* to Hadley preparatory school and finishc* his last year. Farly the follow ing autumn lie passes the entrance ex aminations to < ohiiiibia university. Pend ing tiie opening of school lie works at his grandfather's sawmill. In France Marise enters a musical contest. In the au dience are Mailume Farnier. a French lady ae