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PRESBYTERIANS
ATTEND GENERAL
SESSION IN OHIO
Omaha Delegates Participate
in Church War Plan Confer
ence Held in Columbus
This Week.
Omaha was represented at the gen
eral assembly of the Presbyterian
church of the United Mates of Amer
ica, which opened Thursday at Co
lumbus. O., by N. H. Loomis, Rev
Dr. A. B. Marshall, Rev. Beniaman
F. Fye, Teakamah, and Robert
Dempster, and S. S. Sidner. Fremont
They are commissioner! from the
Treshytery of Omaha. Mr. Loomis be-
in? the national service committee
man from this section. He was ap
pointed by Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman,
retiring moderator of the National
Service commission which toured the
country and visited Omaha in No
vember, 1917.
Dr. Chapman presided at the con
vention which was held here on that
date in connection with the work and
Omaha people will remember it to
have been one of the largest meetings
.di its kind last year, ,
Pastors In 28 Camps.
Reports nrescnted at the convert
tion showed that 34 men were sent
to towns and cities contiguous to can
tonments to assist local ministers and
churches and 26 were sent to conduct
evangelistic meetings. Camp pastors
are working in 28 of the large camps.
According to Rev. Edwin H. Jenks.
pastor of the hirst Presbyterian
church. Omaha, the service commis
sion has the conviction that In its
work there should be no exploitation
of Frcsbyterianism, nor any emphasis
upon denominational propaganda, but
that so far as possible the forces of
its church should be co-ordinated with
other spiritual agencies and there
should be no unnecessary duplication
of erforts.
Churches Work in Harmony.
Other denominational war service
commissions are said to have acted
on this same principle. Particular
mention is made of the Congrega
tional, Episcopalian, Baptist, Metho
dist, Reformed, and Lutheran
churches, which have co-operated
with Presbyterians at the camps.
Another topic which engaged the
interest of the general assembly is the
progress of the combined boards of
ministerial relief and sustentation fund
toward its $10,000,000 endowment.
The annual report of the board
shows more than $4,000,000 worth of
property and securities, receipts last
fiscal year of $412,000, and that nearly
1.700 ministers, widow and orphan
families are carried on the relief, roll.
The retired ministers average 77 years
old. "Homes" are conducted at New
ton, N. J., Newburgh, Ind., and at
Saginaw, Mich., and a tuberculosis
cottage at Albuquerque, N. M. A con
tributory pension fund is in use, sim
ilar to the government insurance plan,
ft reports show.
Fine or Prison If You
Make Pictures of Balloons
Colonel Horsey, commanding offi
cer at Fort Omaha, has issued the
following, relative to taking pictures
of army balloons: -
. "There seems to be a great lack of
information on the part of the gen
eral public in regard to making pho
tographs of military posts, military
work or any apparatus used in the
military service, without first secur
ing permission for same. The re
strictions in regard to this are espt
cially rigid on aviation and balloon
fields.
"The authorities at Fort Omaha
have received positive instructions to
permit no photographs made by any
one, showing the work or the bal-
reariy every day cameras and pic-i
uret are tV, .w.v 4rnm
tures are taken away from amateur
photographers who apparently do
not understand these regulations, or
are willing to take a chance of ioi
ing their, camera in order to get i
picture of the balloons.
v The penalties for violation of this
law are quite severe, including impris
onment or heavy fines, and while the
: authorities do not wish to make
trouble for those unwittingly violat
ing the law, they will take steps to
nave any nucnuonai violators se
" verely punished."
Preferred Classes of Buyers
. Of Fresh Poultry Announced
j rour classes of dealers are recog
nized for fresh poultry and in order
are: Original packers and shippers,
commission men and wholesaler,
jobbers and suppliers of hotels and
institutions, and retailers, announces
Gurdon W. Wattles, food adminis
trator. v
' "A trading in fresh poultry must
j-oiHiiuuic io moving ine commodity
in a direct line to the consumer." savs
Mr. Wattles. "Resales between deal-
ers in the same class are prohibited,
excepting that wholesalers in differ
ent cities may sell to one another to
supply the reasonable requirements
of the buyer's business, provided that
there is actual shipment of the goods
ana me movement is in the direction
. of normal movement to consumer.
"In no case, however, shall a dealer
sen to another dealer in a class fur
ther removed from the consumer. A
: jobber cannot .sell to a wholesaler or
a retailer to a wholesaler."
Messenger Boy Is Detained
On Anti-Drug Act Charge
- Mack Carter, emoloved bv the
Hurry Messenger Service, was one of
six alleged violators taken into cus
tody Thursday by agents of the De
partment of Justice. Carter is held
fpr selling opiates.
.' The others arrested include Edna
Burns and Frank Osborne. 412 North
Fourteenth street, charged with dis
posing of opiates: Dennis O'Brien,
R. H- Toner and Edgar Johes,
charged with selling liquor to soldiers.
They are held in the county jail pend
ing a hearing before the United
States commissioner.
Lysle Abbott Appointed '
, To Committee at Peace Meet
Lysle Abbott, who is in Philadelphia
attending the "Win the War for Per
manent Peace" convention of the
League to Enforce Peace, has been
appointed on the resolutions commit
tee f the organization. The con
vention is one of the largest meetings
tver held in Philadelphia, .
Another Omaha Bee Girl Goes to
Washington to Work for Nation
Another member of the Bee family
will join the, working forces of Uncle
Sam Thursday, May 10, when Miss
Leah Osborn leaves for Washington,
to work in the animal industry de
partment as a stenographer.
Miss Osborn has been with the edi
torial department of the Twentieth
Century Farmer practically ever since
her graduation from the High School
of Commerce last June. She will room
with Miss Julia Fowler; who went
into thj government service last sum
mer from The Bee advertising depart
ment. Miss Osborn will work under E. Z.
Russell, formerly editor oi, the
Twentieth Century Farmer. Mr. Rus
sell is now in charge of the whole
swine division of the bureau of ani
mal husbandry, which includes boys'
and girls' pig club work, the war
emergency campaign, swine work on
the government farm at Beltsville.
Md and the regular swine extension
work.
JUNE 'COAL WEEK'
DESIGNATED BY
FUEL OFFICIALS
Every State in Union Will Bring
Early Coal Ordering Mes
sage Squarely Before
the People.
Week of June 3 to 8 has been desig
nated as "Coal week" by the United
States fuel administration. While for
several weeks special efforts have
been made throughout the United
States to urge the early ordering of
coal, there will be a special intensive
drive on early ordering during "Coal
week."
It is felt that, witfi the bulk of the
year's supply of coal ordered well in
advance, the various distribution
agencies of the government will be in
a position to adjust equitably and
properly the demands as between dif
ferent communities. It will be possi
ble for the fuel administration to
gauge accurately the increased de
mand and properly apportion the
available supply.
Together with the urgent appeal to
the industries, as well as to the do
mestic consumers, to order their1 coal
early, there goes the request that
those who get their orders in wait
patiently for deliveries. It is being
pointed out that, of course, the entire
coal output of the country cannot be
delivered within a few months. But
it is equally true that those orders
that are first in the hands of the deal
ers wilt be the first delivered.
Production is Increasing.
Production is steadilv increasing.
but it must be further increased if the
country's coal needs for the year are
to be filled, fuel men say.
Already in many communities one
third of the coal orders have been
placed by both industrial and domestic
consumers. In the eastern part of
the country dealers have been prac
tically overwhelmed with early orders
for anthracite. West of the Missis
sippi the orders have been so slow in
coming in as to lend no stimulus to I
increased production, and there has
been some shutting down of mines
for lack of orders for the product, ac
cording to fuel administration offi
cials In every state of the union prepara
tions have been made to bring the
United States fuel administration's
early coal ordering message squarely
before the people. Thousands of
motion picture theaters will carry the
message; tour-mmute speakers will
Y : " '" r. ' 1 uu.,tm-"' v"'1"
d 8Play will be shown in every large
ciiy ana inrougnout tne country com
munities, and the coal dealers everv
where have been enlisted in the big
oai weeK arive.
Mayor Smith Issues His
First Official Proclamation
. The following is Mayor Smith's
first official proclamation:
Friday, lUy 24. will be the anni
versary of Italy's entrance into this
great world war that is now raging.
The splendid services that are being
rendered by th,e Italian people have
won for them the admiration of all
liberty loving people. Throughout
the United States that day will be
celebrated as "Italy's Day." Every
citizen is requested to wear a flower
on that day as a token of appreciatkm
of the services and sacrifices being
made by these brave people.
"It is my privilege ahd pleasure as
yr of the city of Omaha to ask
that all our citizens join in this trib
ute, to these people who are doing
their part along with others in pre
ervin the liberties of the, world."
Buel is Arrested.
"Jim" Buel, formerly one of Gov
erno: Neville's specially appointed
state liquor sleuths, has been arrested
by the Omaha police. "Investigation"
is elastic charge entered against the
ex-booze sleuth.
Missouri Adopts Nebraska Plan
In War Savings Stamp Contest
Announcement was made at a meet
ing Of War 8a vine rnmmitt...
Missouri, held in St. Lou! f h.
adoption of the Nebraska plan of sell
ing savings stamps, following an out
line of. Nebraska's way of "going
after 'em." by Harry Q. Palmer mem
ber of the Nebraska war savings com
mittee. :
A St Louis miner, whirh v,t,K
lished an account of the meeting bA
this tj enlighten " its readers:
Through the Nebraska plan the state
was able to win the honor of being
the first 'over the top in the war
savings campaign. The state's ouot
was raised in one day. The plan has
the upproval of . Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoO." .
Mr. Palmer left Omaha recently in
company with members of the na
tional war savings committee and
others on a tour of the country with
one object in view boosting the sale !
of war savings stamps. Mr. Palmer
is not expected to return until irnnnii
July 1. From St Louis his itinerary.
iHE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, MAY 18,
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FIRST SEDITION
CHARGE IS MADE
IN VAGRANT CASE
Convicted Bootlegger Named
in Warrant Issued at In
stance of State Prosecu
tor in Police Court.
Orders of the city officials that sedi
tion charges be filed against bootleg
gers, vagrants and suspicious charac
ters are being rigidly enforced by the
police, pour charges were brought
rnday under this new law.
Emit Talbod, former saloon keeper,
convicted ot illegal possession of
trunkful of whisky and beer in his
home, is one of the accused men.
Complaint filed by Alfred C.
Munger, special assistant attorney
general, recites that lalbod. being
"physically able to work, and not en
gaged in any useful occupation, did,
with the intent to obstruct, hinder, de
lay, discourage, hamper and other
wise interfere with the efficient prose
cution ot the war m which the gov
ernment of the United States is now
engaged, willfully, knowingly and
feloniously refused employment and
remained habitually idle when useful
employment was obtainable.
Hearing Up Saturday.
Talbod's hearing has been set for
Saturday morning and bond fixed at
51.1KJ0. He is also charged by fed
eral authorities of having illegally
transported liquor into the state.
Similar charges have been filed
against three young men suspected of
having passed bad checks and upon
whom much "Mexican" money was
found, police say. They were bound
ever to district court under $1,000
nonds. ihey gave names as raul
Newman, Sixty-sixth and Ohio
streets, William L. Rogers, 1821 Cass
street, and rred Lbokey, 616 South
Twenty-ninth street
A large number of alleged vaerants
ha,ve testified they are physically un
able to work. The exact nature of
their illness is not divulged, but Po
lice Judge Madden has diagnosed it
as hookworm. He prescribed a long
rest in jail as an antidote.
Man Enjoined From Tearing
Down Fair Ground Fences
The Omaha Driving club has ob
tained a restraining order in Judge
Day's court, enjoining Chris Jensen,
J. J. Bleick and G. J. Kyte from con
tinuing the work of demolition of the
fentes, stands and buildings on the
Douglas county fair grounds. Final
hearing of the case will be held on
May 22. ,
In the petition for the restraining
order the Omaha Driving club asserts
that the 25 acres comprising the
Douglas county fair grounds is owned
by the Metropolitan water district of
Omaha and that the ground was
leased to the Douglas County Agri
cultural society and sublet to the
Omaha Driving club.
It is further asserted that the Doug
las County Agricultural society is
tearing down the fences, buildings and
stands on the property and thereby is
interfering with the rights of the
driving club and making it impossible
for the club to give the racing meet
scheduled for next month. ,
Distrjct Court Jury Finds Man
uuiity of Wife Desertion
reter Dargacewski was found guilty
of wife desertion by a jury in Judge
Wakeley's court Thursday night, after
a few minutes' deliberation. He was
released on bonds of $500 furnished
by his father and brother.
Dargacewski is alleged to have
claimed exemption from the draft on
grounds of a dependent wife, and after
having secured deferred classification
to have deserted her.
kes him to Kansas City, thence to
Texas, where he will speak at Dallas
and Houston, and then in Oklahoma
City and New Orleans, and then east
across the southern states.
M. A. Sams, director for war sav
ings societies in Douglas county, was
present at the St. Louis meeting and
returned Wednesday, bringing with
him facts about the nation-wide repu
tation Nebraska has established
through its record breaking sale of
savings stamps.
SATURDAY BLOUSE
SPECIALS
Ai 15.00 we will offer several hundred
new georgette erepe blouses in ell colore,
hand embroidered and beaded I also pussy
willow taffeta la white, flesh, maiie, navy
and black. It' the greatest showing of
S5.C0 blouse that we have ever made, and
the best valuea we have ever offered.
JULIUS ORKIN,
lsoa-isto DOUGLAS
Famous for Bloue
DEATH INQUIRY
PENDS IN LIVER
AUTO ACCIDENT
Family of Mrs. Alice M. Jen
kins May Ask for Warrant
Charging Manslaughter,
Son-in-Law Asserts.
C. B. Liver, -president of the C. B.
Liver company, who resides at 3205
Poppleton avenue, may face a trial on
a charge of manslaughter, according
to Robert C. Druesedow, 1141 Georgia
avenue, son-in-law of Mrs. Alice M.
Jenkins, who was killed Tuesday by
a motor car driven by Mr. Liver.
"County Attorney George E. Mag
nev had no authority to announce
that relatives of Mrs. Jenkins 'dis
favored an inquest,'" Mr. Druesedow
declared Friday in a statement to ihe
Bee.
"Certainly, we are going to clear
up this matter through a complete in.
vestigation and an inquest, and I may
ask for a warrant later against Liver,
charging manslaughter. Of course,
this will not be taken up until after
the funeral Saturday.
Will Demand Probe.
"I was in Chicago at the time of
the sad affair, he said, and was sur
prised to hear upon my return that
the county attorney had announced
that he 'fcund no evidence of crimi
nal negligence on the part of Mr.
Liver.'
"Whether he was is to be deter
mined later by a thorough investiga
tion which we shall certainly demand.
Most assuredly we have not author
ized the county attorney to drop the
matter."
Funeral services will be conducted
at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at
Gentleman's parlors.
Members of the Douglas County
Association of Pioneers will attend in
a body. Pallbearers will be Judge
Lee S. Estelle, William I. Kierstead
Frank Dewey, George E. Jewett, D.
M. Haverly and William Counsman.
DEAFT MEN LEAVE
OMAHA, BOUND FOR
EAILROAD CAMPS
Drafted men who have been se
lected for special work in industrial
trades will leave Omaha Saturday for
various camps throughout the country.
Ten men have been selected from
Division No. 5. They will serve as
brakemen, general construction fore
men, engine dispatchers, firemen and
cooks. Two colored men, John
Harry Saunders and Will Puckett,
will serve as chauffeurs.
The other men include Ed Sprague,
Joseph T. Becker, Julius Tostenson,
Harold Watson, Phil S. Cook, Emil
C. Haack, Harold Smith, August
Strohbein, Charles E. Lowinstrin.
Twelve men, draft registrants in
Division No. 12, will leave Saturday.
Among the 12 are five railroaders, one
air brake inspector, two locomotive
firemen and four carpenters. The
carpenters will go to Laurel, Md., and
the others will report for duty at
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapo
lis. The men are: Joseph Krebs, B.
L. McMullen, Albert Hallberg, Ed
ward Stribling, Lowell W. Soper, Wil
liam H. Packer, Frank Kellner, Harry
W. Champion, John C. Peterson,
Theodore Baldwin, John Yunek and
Leo E. Reeves.
Chance for Young Men to
Get Into Army as Engineers
The War department has called at
tention to the fact that at this time
there are any number of openings
for young men who desire to get into
the service 'as engineers. Men be
tween 18 and 40 years old are eligible.
Recruiting to fill up the fifth di
vision is being pushed at this time.
Headquarters are in Corpus Christi,
Tex. Applications for . positions
should be sent to Lieut. Wallace A.
Sawdon.
Butler Will Ask Newsies to
Help Keep Streets Clean
Newsboys are to be enlisted as vol
unteer assistant street commissioners
by City Commissioner Butler, new su
perintendent of street cleaning and
maintenance.
"I am going to have a conference
with the newsies next week and will
ask them to co-operate with me in
keeping the streets free of loose pa
pers," Mr. Butler stated. "When you
get the newsboys on your side, you
have something worth while."
SPECIALS
For Saturday
t bought a epecUl
lot ot Sample Suite
from a New York
meker. $35 values.
They go on sale Sat
urday only at
$10 tt $16.75
Big Una ot Bum
mer Dress, vry
nice model in beau
tiful material
$4.98
Ueorgett - Crepe
Watsta. Just received
a big lot 8peclal
$2.48 to
$4.98
Kttra special eatuea tn Women's
Sklrta. foulards, eerges. mohair, taffeta,
extra, else. Saturday, only
$3.48 to $7.98
MEN'S CLOTHING
Big line of Men's Summer Cloth
ing. In pori- extra special
$6.00
Other Suit, tin materials, splendid
tylea
tis.se. lis. tis.18, su.m
. . Hatmrday Miirt Sale
Big lot of Men's Shirts, soft euffa,
pretty patterns, guaranteed washable,
- S1.60 and U.Ot values.
$1 to $1.95
Also a splendid atork f Men' Tub
Silk Shirts, all slies, extra value
$4.00
JOHN FELDMAN
109 K. 18th St. Opposite Fofttofficc.
De ur to watch eur windows.
m.
(When the Service
Blue Have
When the news was cabled to Oma
ha that Monroe Banister, ion of
Colonel and Mrs. J. M. Banister, 9
Colbert apartments, had been killed
in action, the first American to die on
the battlefield while fighting at Vjmy
Ridge, a poem was written by Lieu
tenant Harry H. Brown, dedicated to
Mrs. Banister. -
Young Banister was with the
Canadian forces. Lieutenant Brown
is with company G, 350th infantry.
His parents are Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Brown, 2854 Dodge street, Omaha,
and both are more than 80 years old.
The poem follows: ,
When this land of Liberty,
Ham. ot the Brave and Free,
Come to waken (rem Iti dumber to behold
There i sorrow In the land,
Po you think they'll understand
What It means (or Stan of Blue to tura to
Gold?
Now with pride we decorate
Service flats which consecrate
The lives of ions and brothers true and
bold.
Mn who hear the Nation's call
And while fighting bravely fall;
WIFE SMILES AS
HUSBAND TELLS
OF MARITAL WOES
H. I. Goodwin Testifies in Own
Behalf in $25,000 Alien
ation Suit Against Her
, Wealthy Parents.
While his wife indulged in merri:
ment and smiles swept through the
court room Friday, H. I. Goodwin
was seeking to convince a jury that
he was entitled to S25.000 as conv
pensation for the loss of her affec
tion, in an alienation suit against the
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Hirsh Fogel
son, wealthy citizens of Lincoln.
When called to the witness stand
to testify in his own behalf, tjiree
warnings from Judge Sears, 'culmi
nating in a threat to fine him $50 if
he did not calm down, were neces'
sary before Goodwin could comport
himself in a manner satisfactory to
the court
"I don't know, I was hysterical be
cause they took my wife away from
me," asserted Goodwin, again and
again, when attorneys endeavored to
have him recall some incident
Word Battle Fought.
Attorney Frank Howell and Good
win engaged in a verbal battle when
Mr. Howell took exception to Good
win ending each statement with the
qualifying clause, "because they took
my wife away from me."
"I did not ask for your reasons," de
clared the attorney.
"Well, I answered you, didn't I?"
shouted the witness. "If you wouldn't
try to treat me like a dog you'd find
out what you want to know."
Judge Sears threatened to fine the
witness and cautioned the attorney
against unnecessarily antagonizing
him.
Goodwin told of the treatment he
alleges he received in, the office of
Attorney Henry Monsky, but could
recall nothing definite except that he
was locked in an interior office while
his wife and her parents made their
escape from the building.
Stands Up for Wife.
When Goodwin referred to some
unnamed people as "they," he was
asked to particularize.
"Well, my father-in-law and his
wife and the rest of them," explained
Goodwin.
"Do you mean your wife, too,"
asked Howell.
"No, sir; no, sir; I do not mean
my wife; she's too good to be named
with them."
"You think you are too good for
them, too, don't you?" asked Howell.
"You bet I'm too good for them,
You Will Admit
When You Understand
Our Proposition Fully That
v ME
Of Our High Island Property
Should Make Your Fortune
.BEffEtOPEaEDT '6.
740 First Natl Bank Bldg.
Phone Tyler 398 , OMAHA, NEB.
Stars of
Turned to Gold"
ThB we change their Star of living Blue to
Gold.
Seems se hard to realize
That tho Freedom which we priie
Is In danger, and we wonder when It told.
That our neighbor lost his lad.
And we know they're feeling sad
A they change their Memory Star from
Blue to Cold.
May the God eur Fathers' kaew
Breathe His Spirit Into you.
That our Birthright may not be forever
sold.
Are you doing your full share.
For your countrymen s welfare.
To keep fron, turning Service Stars from
Blue to Odd?
Help drive back the savage host
Of murdering Huns with lust and boast
And make them pay our bitter loss a
thousand fold.
' For the live ot Kith and Kin
Mothers, Babes aBd weak old men.
And our Service Star of Blue that tura te
QalC.
There' O.i know each sacrifice.
One whose ever watchful eyes
Counts . the deeds that wilt be don till
story' told.
If It' loss must be your part,
He will comfort your sad heart,
And turn Service Stara of Blue to Crowns
ot Gold.
SCOUTS OF MANY
STATES ATTEND
MEETATY.M.C.A.
L, W. Barclay of New York
and M. Jioardman of Lincoln
Among Visitors to Make
Speeches.
Interstate conference of Boy Scout
officials opened last night at the
Young Men's Christian association.
Speeches were made by various scout
officials, with addresses by L. W. Bar
clay of New York City, director, de
partment education; M. Boardman of
Lincoln, acting scout executive; Dr.
Sowerby of Kansas City, scout execu
tive, and L. L. McDonald of New
York City, national camp director.
Ihe Omaha troop of the Boy Scouts
were seen in exhibition drills and
games under the direction of Scout
Master C. H. English.
Delegates from Nebraska and cities
throughout Iowa, South Dakota and
Kansas are present at the convention.
Program for Saturday.
Program for Saturday includes ad
dresses by G. H. Gendale, scout
executive of Des Moines, exercises at
Creighton field and a visit to the
scout reservation in Florence, where
supper will be prepared for their
guests by the Omaha Boy Scouts.
Efforts are being made by the na
tional organization to enroll more
than 100,000 boys in the summer
camps to be established over the
country for patriotic work as well as
recreation. Directors of the associ
ation say membership is increasing at
the rate of more than 1,000 scouts a
day.
This is the first conference to be
helcLin this section of the country
under the direction of national leaders.
I'm white clear through," shouted
Goodwin.
Sarah Goodwin, wife of the plaintiff,
who had been sitting quietly in the
court room, glanced uneasily at her
parents, who accompanied her, and
smiled at her husband.
Mayor Smith to Appear .
Before State Supreme Court
Mavnr Smith will eo to Lincoln on
Sunday night to appear before the
state supreme court on Monday in
rnnnprtinn with the anoointment of
three district judges to serve as a
court of condemnation m the mu
nicioal acquirement of Omaha Gas
company's plant.
The law provides that one of these
Judges shall be of the Douglas county
district court. -
TBflOT
t
CUT WORMS GAS
OMAHA GARDENS;
DESTROY PLANTS
V
Citizens Complain of Ravages
Made by Pests; Poisorr Bait
Thought Best Remedy to
Combat Insects.
Market gardeners, as well as ama
teur gardeners in Omaha and environ,
are complaining of the ravages of cut
worms.
The ugly looking larvae is helping
along the cause of the kaiser and Gen
eral High Cost of living by nipping off
the tender stems of the bean, pea and
corn plants that are now up.
Last summer the amateur gardener
would gather his family about him
during the cool twilight hours and
they would gaze with pride and pleas
ure on the thrifty garden they had
planted in the spring in response to
fervid appeals to their patriotism to
help in food production.
While pa and ma feasted their eyes
on the blooms of promise, little Billy
and Mamie were attracted ty swarms
of white butterflies that fluttered about
the garden and they gave merry chase
to the insects, mingling their cries of
animated joy with the night sounds
of the city.
Butterfly Camouflage.
"Isn't it a pretty sight," said ma,
indicating the garden, the butterflies ,
and the children.
"Yes, nature's own ornaments," was
his reply, embracing the whole scene
and including the tender ctVntenance
of his better half.
But the pretty butterflies were
camouflaging. In their beauty they
concealed an evil activity for they
were hunting spots to lay their eggs,
which developed into chrysalis during
the fall, in which the offspring, ugly
grubs, lay dormant until the warming
influence of the spring zephyrs .
brought them to pernicious life.
How Cut-Worms Develop.
The butterflies have now developed
into cut-worms which are destroying
valuable food plants to an extent that
is alarming.
The only way to combat ihem is
with the use of poison bait As they
do most of their feeding during the
night time, the gardener should pre
pare his bait as late as possible. To
prepare the bait take bunches of
clover, sprayed with a solution of
paris green, one pound to ISO gallons ,
of water. For the bran mash bait
prepare it by combining one part, by
weight, of white arsenic, one of sugar,
and six of bran sweetened with a little
sugar or molasses, and enough water
added to make a mash.
Planting the Poison.
Scatter either one of these baits
over the ground that is infested, being
careful to see that the ground is bare
of any other vegetation than the
plants you want to protect Chances
are 10 to one the pesky cut worms
will be fooled into eating the doped
banquet and die of acute indigestion
before morning.
Tomato, cabbage and other plants
can be protected from the cut worms
by dipping them in a weak solution
of the paris green or by placing at
the base of each plant some of the
poisoned bran mash bait.
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