THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, MARCH 21. 1921.
News of
- A
Lame Amount ot
Wheat Held Over
In U. S. and Canada
Combined Surplus for Two
Countries Estimated at .
163,000,000 Bushels
On February 12.
C anada and the United States on
l'fbruary 12, had a wheat surplus o(
165.000,000 bushels for export and
carry over, according to figures re
rently published in "1 he Market Uc
porter, a weekly publication issued
by the United States Department of
Agriculture.
This estimate takes into account
the combined crops of the two
countries, the carry over from the
last crop, bread and seed require
ments, and export clearances at sea
ports from the beginning; ot the crop
year to February 12 of the present
year. The crop of the two coun
tries, according to the latest official
estimates, and the carry over from
the previous crop, amounted to 1,
loJ.OOO.OOO bushels. Bread and Jced
requirements in Canada are estimated
at 105,000,i00 and in the United
States at 615,000,000 bushels. Total
estimated requirements for the two
countries are therefore 72,000,000
bushels.
Export Business Large.
Kxnort clearances of wheat and
tlotir for all the seaports of the twa
countries from the beginning rf. the
crop year (July 1 in United States
and September ! in Canada) to Feb
ruary 12, amounted to 278,000,000
bushels, )This deducted from the
crop year surplus leaves 165,000,000
for export duritiK the remainder of
the crop year and for carry over
into the next season. -
The carry over from one crop sea
sou to another in Canada is small.
Jt may be assumed ' that the cafry
over 'from this crop to the
next will be approximately the same
as that from last season to this,
which war, 4,000,000 bushels. In the
United States, however, the varry
over is large and varies fjreatly. It
has beep as low as 20.000.000 bushels
and as high at 16J.000.000. The ave
rage is about 70,000,000. Some graiu
statisticians believe that the carry
over in the United States on July,
next, will be close" to the minimum.
It is thought that the demand from
Etirope will be great enough during
the remainder of the season to take
all the wheat this country can spare.
This digression is made to show he
futility of trying to estimate the
probable carry over, tfhe best that
can be done is to estimate the com
bined surplus for export and carry
over. Canadian Crop Heavy.
The 1920 Canadian wheat crop, ac
cording to revised official estimates,
was 263,000,000 bushels, and the car
ry over was 4,000,000. Consumption
and seed, it is estimated, will require
103,000,000 bushels, leaving a surplus
of 162,000,000 for the crop year.
In the United States the crop is
officially . estimated at 787,000,000
bushels, and the carry-over July 1,
1920, in part official and in part
commercial, is estimated at 109,000,
000. a t;ota! of 896,000,000 bushels.
Estimating the consumption at 530,
000.000. Estimating the consumption
at 530.000,000 and seed requirements
at 85,000,000, makes a total require
ment of 613,000,000 bushels. This
amount taken from the total supply
leaves 281,000,000 bushels far export
and carry-over into the next crop
season.
From the beginning of the crop
season, September 1. to February 12,
Canada shipped 69,000,000 bushels
of wheat, including a small amount
of flour computed as wheat, to this
'country. In the same period, 30,
000.000 bushels of Canadian wheat in
bond was cleared at United States
ports, leaving 39.000,000 bushels still
m this country on that date.
Division of Shipments.
The Canadian wheat shipped to
this country may be divided as fol
lows: As flour. 3,000,000 bushels;
bv lake from September 1 to De
cember 14, 57,000,000; by rail to- Du-.
luth. and Minneapolis from Septem
ber 1 to February 12, 9,000,000.
No returns are made by United
States customs offices of Canadian
wheat that enters this country in
bond as it is regarded as "in tran
sit' for clearance at some Ameri
can seaport. Yet each customs of
fice on the northern boundary has
a record of wheat that enters in
bond; When it is cleared at sea
ports returns arc made, or when it
is taken out of bond to be sold in
this country, it is then reported as
having been imported. Wheat not
in bond that is brought into the
United States is reported by the cus
toms offices as imported.
From September 1 to February
12. the customs offices reported 36.
iWO.OOO bushels of wheat and in ad
dition flour equivalent to 3,000,000
bushels of wheat, as having been
imported, or a total of 39,000,000.
From Canada it was reported that
69.000,000 btuhels of wheat were
shipped to the United States in that
period. The 30,000.000 bushels dif
ference is accounted for by the '"in
transit" wficat as shown by that
amount of clearances in bond at
American seaports.
Total of 30,000 Members
In Nebraska Farm Bureau
The Nebraska Farm Bureau fed
eration now has a total of approx
imately 30,000 members in the 30
counties covered to date in the mem
bership campaign, according to Sec
retary H. D. Lute. A vast amount
of cleanup work is still' to be done
during- the spring, although the cam
paign has been completed in all or
ganized counties throughout the
state. ..
Nebraska Furnishes Seed
Oats to Other States
Nebraska 21 White Kherson oats,
of which there is said to be a con
siderable supply held by farmers of
Clay county, have been finding a
ready marke as seed stock of late.
Sales from Nebraska growers were
recently made to Flagstaff. Ari.,
Kiriias Experiment station, Colorado
Agricultural college and to countv
grnt in Motfat and Logan counties,
Special Interest to
Good Library Is Part of
Modern Farmers Tools
By FRANK R1DGWAY.
Good reading is the power behind
the gtneral forward movement so
evident in country life today. There
is a direct Connection between the
reading habit and the success of the
modern farmer. Yet there is too
great a scarcity of libraries and far
too little reading in the farm homes
even now. In spite of Abraham
Lincoln's proof that rail splitting and
reading are compatible, many farm
ers fail to realize the possibility of
making the reading of good books a
part of their busy schedules.
The fanner seldom has access to
public libraries, and for this reason
it is necessary for him to acquire a
library of his own if he is tq have
the stimulating and valuable bene
fits that come from the reading of
good literature. Leaders in rural
communities are those in whose
homes are found books and periodi
cals connecting them with the best
information pertaining to agricul
ture. The reading community is
the progressive community, and the
farm homes with libraries are usual
ly the best homes.
Among the best farm libraries in
the middlewest is that of M. O
Stover, Bloomfield farms, Mahomet,
111. For 40 years this farmer has
been accumulating books on all ot
the subjects in which he is interested.
Along the walls of his library .are
rows and rows of the choicest books
on agriculture. One hundred and
fifty volumes deal with all of its
various nhases, from honey bees to
live stock. In addition to " tiles:
there are three or four times as
many buoks on other subjects. A
striking feature of this library i3
that the books have been unusually
well selected.
When Mr. Stover was asked to
point out some of his favorite books
and authors that might aid in guid
ing other farmers in building up their
libraries he said: "I hesitate to make
a choice of books and authors as
there are so many good ones that
farmers should have in their libra
ries." He named, however, the fol
lowing books' as those whith he
thinks are of particular valueUo the
farmers of the corn belt:
Books for Corn Belt Farmers.
On soils and field crops "Story
of the Soil." by Hopkins; "Franl
Mann's Soil Book;" "First Princi
ples of Soil Fertility," by Vivian;
"The Soil," by King; "Soil Fertility
and Permanent Agriculture," by
Hopkins; "Clover," by Shaw, and
"Indiana Corn Culture," by Plumb.
Horses "The Horse Book," by
Johnstone, and "Relations of Man
and Horses," by Busbey.
Cattle "Beef Production," by
Mumford, and "Cattle Breeding," by
Warfield.
Sheep "Sheep Farming in Ameri
ca, ry Wing, and sneep Manage
ment," by Kleinheinz.
Dairying "The Farm Dairy, by
Gurler, and "Dairy Cattle and Milk
Production." bv Eckles.
Fruit "The Practical Fruit Grow
ers," by Mavnard, and "Fruits and
Fruit Culture." by Bailey.
Poultry "Farm Poultry," by Wat
son, and "Productive Poultry Hus
bandry," by Lewis.
Gardening "School and Home
Gardens," by Meier, and "The Sea
sons in a Flower Garden," by Shel
ton. "In addition to those," Mr. Stover
added, "every man on the farm
should read 'Adventures in Content
ment,' by Gravson: "The Brown
Mouse.' bv Quick; 'Letters to the
Farm Folk,' by Wallace; 'Happy
More Truth
By JAMES J,
The Black Sheep
The bards of all the ages.
With lyrics .ringing clear,
Have filled uncounted pages,
Eleven months a year.
Eleven months, in phrases.
Of eighteen-karat gold.
They've sung the season's praises,
But March has left 'em cold.
Xo doubt they've often started '
To chant of coming spring. '
When snows shall have departed
And birds are on the wing;
But 'ere their lays were ended,
'As swiftly as a wink,
A blizzard has descended
And frozen up their ink.
Full many a glad cadenza
Has lost its silver trill
When colds or influenza
S Have made the poet ill.
Full many a lilting measure
Has been begun, no doubt; .
Then bards, with sore displeasure,
Have seen their coal run- out.
So poets daily carol
Eleven months a year
But, ah! the muse is sterile
Whenever March is here.
yThe songs they sing lack savor.
All inspiration dies.
For March can find no favor
In anybody's eyes! ;
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BOIL IT DOWN
We trust that Mr. Harding will now and then cast his editorial eye
over the Congressional Record.
. ESTABLISHED FOREVER
We have no hreditary offices in this country save the assistant secre
taryship of the navy, which always must be held by a Roosevelt.
TOO BAD
It would be unfortunate if Charlie Chanlin has in wall. fcirait-l,t il
i result oi atepping on a nail (lie other
1 , lWowiU UU, to tta
Hollow Farm,' by Lighton, and 'New
Lives for Old," by Carleton.
Books Are An Investment.
Definite attention and a little mon
ey are needed for the supplying of
the right kind of reading for the
farm family. In the home of every
alert farmer; today is found a daily
newspaper and farm and household
M. O. Stover of Mahomet. 111..
owns one of the best farm libraries'
i . , - , . . r i
ana ine cnoicesi collection oi agri
cultural books in the middle west.
Books are a part of his farming tools
and he finds them essential on the
farm.
journal. These are all necessary in
order that the fanner may keep pace
with current events, but the library
must not be neglected, for the fin
est, most valuable, and most 'perma
nent ideas of man are found in
books.
No sudden big expenditure is nec
essary. Books selected with care and
gradually accumulated make the
best of libraries. In this way the
expense of buying seems less as it
is distributed over a long period of
time.
After all, books are an investment,
for the information and knowledge
to be gained in reading more than
pay for the. comparatively small cost
necessary for the establishment of a
good farm library. The time and
money saved by a farmer through
the knowledge he has gained in read
ing often amount to more than the
actual cost of the whole collection
of books that has taken him a life
time to gather.
Drop in Average Price
Of Land Shown for 1920
Average grade plow land in the
United States is valued at $83.78 an
acre, as compared with $90.01 a year
ago, according to a statement re
cently issued by the United States
Department of Agriculture.
Although showing a decline from
the peak price of 1920, the average
is still higher than any of the pr
eceding years. The values shrunk
more heavily in the cotton and to
bacco states, while the smallest de
cline was in the far western states.
The values ranged from an. ave
rage minimum of $26 an acre in Ala
bama and Mississippi to, $200 in
Iowa.
Than Poetry
MONTAGUE. :
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Iowa and
Strong Movement
For Co-operative
. Marketing Plan
Two Schemes Now Before
Fanners of Country-Ef-fort
Being Made to Con
solidate Schemes.
Farmers' organizations of the
United States today are officially
considering the most extensive co
operative marketing plans in the
history of the country. Two well
developed projects, for handling
grain already have been worked out
.uid are now being presented to
farmers. If adopted, they will go
into effect this summer.
Efforts are being made to unite
the two farm groups the American
Farm Bureau federation and the
Wheat Growers' association in a
single system.
The final ratification meeting for
the broader of the two plans, which
includes the handling of all grain, is
set for April 6 at Chicago. The other
organization which concerns itself
only with handling wheat, is already
signing up members.
On April 7 the first real working
meeting of a national live stock mar
keting committee will be held in
Chicago, it's object being to develop
a national live stock marketing plan,
Coincidcutally with these two meet
ings, fruit growers of the country
will hold a conference, also in Chi
cago, at which consideration will be
given the possibility of a national co
operative effort.
The grain marketing plan, which
has the support of the Farm Bureau
federation, and which is at this time
being presented to the farmers in
various states, is the outcome of six
months' work. It was first drawn up
by farmers and other experts under
the Committee of 17, with C. H.
Gustafson of Lincoln, chairman. The
live stock committee appointed by the
Farm Bureau federation to devise
a national live stock marketing plan,
starts with much the same aim as the
grain committee. This body is called
the Committee of 15.
While the two grain plans differ
in detail and elasticity, each calls
for a national sales agency. Whether
the Jive stock committee will similarly
advise a national live stock commis
sion sales company is one of the
questions to come before' it. Mr.
Gustafson is also chairman of this
committee and H. W. Mumford of
the Illinois Agricultural association
is secretary. 1
Value of Nebraska Farm
Produce Shows Big Slump
A noticeable slump in the value of
farm products in Nebraska is re
vealed in figures given in a bulletin
recently published by the Nebraska
departnent of agriculture. The 1920
corn crop, though much larger, is
valued at $100,000,000 less than the
1919 crop. The hogs in the state in
1918 were worth $61,000,000, in 1919,
$42,000,000 and in 1920, $28,000,000.
The 1920 alfalfa crop dropped to
$35,000,000, compared to $64,000,000
for the previous year, while last
year's wild hay crop was worth but
little more than one-third than that
of 1919.
Horses show a decrease of $25,000,
000 since 1918 and $37,000,000 since
1914.
Cash Bonus Proposed for
Windbreaks Along Roads
The state senate recently passed
a bill by Senator V. G. Bliss of Elm
Creek, which proposed a bonus for
farmers who plant at least 10 rows
of .corn on the north side of the
main traveled highways. It is said
that corn stalks when left standing
during the winter, form an effectual
snowbrtak and road men are enthu
siastic over the measure, claiming
that it will eliminate much repair
work each spring, caused by the
melting snow, It is thought the
bill has a good chance to become a
law. '
Do You Know the Bible?
(Cover up the answers, read the ques
tions and s If you can answer them.
Then look aC the answers to see If you
ara Tight.)
Follow these questions and answers
i as arranged by
J. WILLSON ROY.
1. Why was the name of Ephra
lali fixed to that of Bethlehem?
i 2. Why was Jesus Christ laid in
j a manger?
3. Why was Anna, the prophetess,
I so called, seeing the race of the pro
I phets had ceased' for several hun
! dred years?
I 4. Why was Christ's second man
I ifestation to the Gentiles or "the
: Magi" and not to the Jews?
i 5. Why is our Savior called Jcr
;sus? .
i 6. W hy did the Magi offer to
ijesus Christ "gold, frankincense, and
I myrrh?"
Answers.
1. That was the ancient name of
i the town. It signified "fruitful."
When the name Bethlehem came in
to use. Ephratah was joined to it.
2. Because it had been so pro
phesied, and it was the purpose of
God to exhibit the Savior of mankind
in the humblest possible position.
3. Out of reverence for her char
acter and virtues, having lived in
the temple for probably 50 years,
serving God with fasting and pray
ers night and day. . ' ,
4. Because the latter had. bv their
! leaders, universally apostatized from
a spiritual worship, and this rebuke
was sent for their punishment.
5. Because He is thus pointed out
as the anointed one, the great de-.
liverer, king, priest and prophet,
who was tq come and to fulfill all
righteousness.
6. Because in the figurative lan
guage of the eastern nations, they
thereby typified his three-fold char
acter, as King (by the gold), God
(by the incense), and man (by the
myrrh), the latter being used as the
chief material in embalming.
(Copyright, mi, by The Wheeler
Syndicate, Inc. -
There are at present 23,000 passen- j
Rer cars., truck and tractors in use '
; in ft e km m. Thi number is less f
I than th registration of motor vehi- I
itlc for the state; pi .Wj-pining. J
Nebraska
New Compulsory Weed
Law Pending Before
Legislature of Iowa
Compulsory eradication of unlaw
ful weeds is provided in a measure
now pending before the Iowa legis
lature. At present there is a law oi
the statute books which prohibits the
growth, of such weeds, but the pro
visions of the law have been broadly
interpreted and no enforcement has
been observed tor number o
tyear.
Milkweed, ragweed, mustard, tox
tail, aster, wild morning glory, In
dian hemp, smartweed and pigeon
weed are among those pests classed
as unlawful under provisions of the
new bill.
An economic loss of $35,000,000
annually is sustained throughout the
Hawkeye state because of the unlaw
ful weeds, it is estimated by the hor-
ticultural department of the Iowa
State college. The department
makes known that there are approx
imately 250 kinds of weeds which
have been classed as unlawful and
detrimental to crops and land.
Fanners Holding
1920 Seed Back
Large Per Cent of Last Year's
Production Still in Hands
Of Producers.
Reports received ' by the United
States bureau of markets frorri ship
pers of red, alsike and sweet clover,
alfalfa, and timothy seed emphasize
the belated movement of the 1920
crop of these seeds from the hands
of the growers. Up to the first of
the present year, only 49 per cent of
the surplus 1920 crop of red clover,
53 per cent of the alsike clover, 17
per cent of sweet clover, 41 per cent
of alfalfa, and 62 per cent of timothy
had been shipped from producing
sections. Comparing these figures
with the movement of the 1919 crop
up to December 15, 1919, it is found
that 63 per cent of alsike clover, 53
per cent of sweet clover, 59 per cent
of alfalfa and 78 per cent of timothy
had actually been shipped at that
date.
The much lower prices offered for
the 1920 crop, together with reluct
ance on the part of the seedsmen to
buy early, is believed to have been
largely responsible for the sluggish
movement last year. The average
price per 100 pounds paid for 1919
and 1920 seed respectively were as
follows: Red clover, $44.05 and
$17.80; alsike clover. $41.40 and
$21.50; sweet clover, $23 and $9.95;
alfalfa. $28.30 and $16.15, and tim
othy, $10.25 and $5.70.
Pou
By EARLE WHITNEY.
Illinois is to be complimented on
the progress of its first egg laying
contest. The competition will last
until November 1 of this year., It
is being held at Qm'ncy under the
auspices of the Illinois Poultry as
sociation. The highest individual
record for February was 25 eggs,
the winner being a Barred Rock
pullet. White Rocks, Barred Rocks
and Rhode Island Reds tied for sec
ond place, with a total of 23 eggs
each. It is interesting to note that
all the Mediterraneans in the con
tests have made a lower record this
month than the larger breeds, a
very unusual condition. Several
states are represented in the contest
and interest in the records is nation-wide.
The Illinois State association has
published a four-page circular per
taining to expermental work in con
nection with the contest. Here are
some of the pointers which it con
tains: "Feed all hard grain in deep lit
ter, tausing all the birds to work."
"See that all chill is taken off the
water in cold weather. The more
water they consume the more eggs
you will get and it not very pleasant
to try and drink ice water and still
fill the egg basket.
"Feed only sweet, wholesome
food.
"Avoid damp and 6oiled litter.
"Feed any moist mash sparingly
only an amount they will clean
up quickly; to let it lie around in
vites sickness.
"Keep drv mash before the fowls
all the time."
It is estimated thaf $45,000,000
worth of eggs spoil every year. One
of the most important problems be
fore the poultry industry today : is
that of eliminating this unnecessary
waste. Better methods of handling
eggs have been developed and these
methods will greatly reduce loss if
given universal practice among poul
try farmers.
The proper preservation of eggs
by farmers and back-lot poultry
raisers will also tend to lessen spoil
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Farmers
Michigan State
Trooj)s Success
Report Shows Fines Collected
By Constabulary Over Twice
. Cost of Organization.
Earlier in the year the Michigan
Farm Bureau federation conducted a
referendum of its 100,000 members to
determine farmer sentiment toward
the state constabulary, which had
been in operation about a year. The
vote showed more than 73 per cent
of the membership in favor of con
tinuing the service.
Michigan, like most other statct,
has been suffering from "ctime
waves" since the great war. As the
police in the large cities made
things too hot for the unruly cle
ment, said element transferred its
activities largely to the smaller
towns and country roads.
Other law-enforcing machinery
failing to preserve order and pro
tect property, it was decided to or
ganize the Michigan state constab
ulary, after the plan followed by
Pennsylvania with such signal suc
cess, with the understanding that if
it failed to make good after a rea
sonable trial it would be disbanded.
At the end of the first year the
question of continuing the service
was brought up.- There were soaic
objections, principally on the ground
ot expense.
On digging into the records tie
federation officials learned that the
new police force had not only proved
highly efficient in thinning out thugs,
burglars, bootleggers and other gen
try of the same stamp, but that it
had actually more than paid its way
in the amount of fines collected, the
expense ot maintaining the con
stabulary the first year was $360,000,
The total amount of fines turned in
to state and federal governments
during the same period was a little
more than $800,000, while the question
of efficiency was settled by the rec
ords showing that convictions had
been secured in 94 per cent of the
cases where arrests had been made.
It was on the strength of this
showing that the federation mem
bership declared in favor of con
tinuing the service.
Farm Labor is Reported
Plentiful in North Dakota
Farm labor for spring and summer
work in North Dakota will be plenti
ful at a wage of between $30 and $35
a month, according to E. A.' Wilson,
agricultural agent of Cass county,
who has just finished an investigation
of the farm wage situation in that
State,. Farmers are having no diffi
culty in getting help, he says. Wages
of from $50 to $60 a month and up
were paid for farm hands last year.
age. With the increased demand for
preserving eggs, new methods of
preserving have developed and it is
predicted that the coming of spring
when preservatives will again be in
demand, will bring a number of new
discoveries that! will improve and
simplify present methods. It is
known that new processes are now
being thoroughly tested. - ,
Eggs are abundant and reasonable
in price in spring and early summer
and it will be a good business move
to preserve all the fresh eggs avail
able as indications are that eggs
will go into storage this year around
40 cents a dozen and that means
SO cents for the storage product next
winter. Fresh eggs will again be at
a premium.
In preserving be sure to use in
fertile eggs only. The United States
Department of Agriculture recom
mends the use of water glass for
preserving. Readers who are inter
ested can no doubt obtain the gov
ernment instruction on the subject
by writing the department at Wash
ington. Worthless
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The Bond Men's Club
calls attention to the fact
that there is being of
fered in Omaha the
worthless securities of
the defunct Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific
Railroad 4s of 2002.
Investors should not
confuse this issue with
the bonds of the reorgan
ized Rock Island Rail
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Not
HOLDING A HUSBAND
Adele Garrison's New Phasq of
Revelations of a Wife
I need not have feared for LciU.
As her mother-in-law threw open
the door of her room, with a tri
umphant childish gesture that said
plainly, "Just see what I've donel"
the pretty bride stood - still for a
minute. Her ryes roved over the
exquisite room with its rose draper
ies, its every detail worked out in
Iter favorite color, while the air was
i!eliciously scented with the perfume
of the roses which completed the dec
oration. Then sheturned with a
girlish squeal of delight:
"Oh, Alfl Look at what mother
has done!" she called; then she put
her arms tight around her mother-in-law.
"You precious darling," she said
lovingly. "I never had such a beau
tiful surprise in my life. And every
thing in my favorite color, too. How
vou must have worked to accomplish
it"
Little Mrs. Durkee's face changed
niteously, I saw her elanco furtively
at Edith Fairfax, who was regard
ing her with a look of cool detached
tnnraisal. then anpealingly at Lillian
and me, standing together afew feet
from her. I knew of what she was
afraid, that Edith Fairfax would tell
Leila of the original decorations
which had been in this room, and
would paint the preparations for the
bride's reception in far different
colors than the rosy hues through
which Leila was now surveying
them.
"I I" she stammered.
I struck in impetuously, angered
beyond discretion at the look on
Edith Fairfax's face.
"I Mean Just That"
"This doesn't begin to express
half the work, Leila, I said lmpres
cIvpIv "When vou know what this
little woman really lias done you 11
hug her tighter than ever. You
know, of course, that she's really
only about 10 years old," I laughed
fondly at my little friend, whose eyes
were fixed on me with the expres
sion of a child who inadvertently has
been imprisoned in a room and sees
a rescuer approaching.
"You do her wrong," Dicky put m.
"Seven and a half."
"And she got mixed up on your
favorite colors," I went on, ignoring
Dicky's interruption. "This room
was the most exquisite thing last
n:ght, but it wasn't in your colors.
You'll have to look in her own room
for the color scheme that was here
as late as this morning in the last
detail."
"You don't mean she changed it
with all this work?" Leila exclaimed
breathlessly. '
"I mean iust that," I returned
steadily, fortified by the alight curl
of Edith Fairfax's hps, and the flash
of exasperation which I had seen
in her eyes las she turned them on
me for a second, then as quickly
averted them.
Saving a Situation.
At least I had spiked her guns,
I said to myself vulgarly but tri
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umphantly. I knew that even i(
she told Leila of her suspicion as ta
the real reason of the first decora
tion, the bride would attribute it to
the cynicism which the older sister
had developed since her absence in
war work abroad, and which I had
heard the younger girl attempt to
soften on more than one occasion,
"Oh, you darling!" There was
real emotion in Leila's voice, as she
fulfilled my prediction and hugged
her mother-in-law tighter than ever.
"I'm not the-one to hug," Littla
Mrs. Durkee's voice came muffled
and distressed, hut with a distinct
note of clad relief in it, from Lei
la's embrace. "I don't believe I'd
ever have thought of it by myself.
And Lillian and Madge and Edith
have worked like horses to get it
ready. Lillian, especialy. She went
to New York on the early train this
morning, shopped like mad, returned
at noone and has been going it ever
since. I should think she'd be ready
to drop."
"Do I look as if I were ready fof
the ministrations of a trained nurse?"
Lillian demanded challengingly.
"Stop your nonsense, Kitten; take
your bow gracefully, and let's havo
something to eat. I'll bet these folks
are starving. I known I am."
"Oh-h!" the little hostess cried. "If ,
those things are burning; Edith, will
you see to Leila and help her with
her things?"
She scurried down the stairs as a
girl of 16 might have done. I look
cd at Lillian with admiring eyes.
She had diverted her hostess' atten
tion, had saved a situation which
might have become too emotional,
and had disclaimed credit all in a
sentence. As my eyes met hers, (
caught a flash r( commendation in
i, and knew that she recognie:l
and approved what 1 had tried to
do for Mrs. Durkcc.
"Well, Leila!" Dicky drawled.
"Much as I'd like to stay and ex
plain to you which of these drap
eries are cut on the bias and which
have curlicues up the sides', I suppose
I'd better get out. There' no one
else could do it as well, but there's
so much professional jealousy'
around here, I'm going to beat it
pronto. Come, Marion, let me givd
you a piece of advice. Never,
never "
He rushed Lillian's little daughter
down the stairs as if he had been hef
own age, and whatever nonsensical
piece of advice he was giving hef
was lost in the child's peals of
laughter. '. Lillian and I, more se
dately following, smiled at each oth
er, not so much at the sound of their
mirth, but at the unconscious hit '
Dickv had made in his nonsensical
adieu.
"I think that'll hold dear Edith
for awhile," Lillian said with a lit
tle click of her teeth, which told me
that for some reason or other hef
dislike for Edith was as intense as
her liking for Leila was sincere.
One of the latest fads adopted by
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wearing of monocles.
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