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FOLLOW THE LEADERS
No one likes to be a sheep.
But since we can't all be leaders?it frequently pays
to follow the leader.
Those who have, usually know how to get?that's
why they have so much.
S? follow the leader and come to us for everything
in Tires.
McLendon Auto Co.,
PHONE 57 PERRY, GA.
There's No Morning After
The Night Before at BENSON'S
Imagine a Florist's Ice Box the day after
Easter?and you have some idea of this
stock on Easter morning.
But you don't imagine we'ed let one sin
gle customer see us with bare or spare
cupboard?do you.
No sir?it's against the law here.
Easter hadn't said "Gor d Bye" when this
whopping new stock of Spring Suits said
"Good Morning."
You can come here today and see as many
now clothes as tho' it were April 11th.
There's not a hang over in the hoase!
Benson's Suits?Values First.
F. C. BENSON COMPANY, Inc
The Square Deal Store
MACON GA.
QUALITY
and
SERVICE
Courteous and Efficient Service
f o r
LADIES and GENTLEMEN
by
COMPETENT BARBERS
a t
THE QUALITY BARBER SHOP, Perry, Ga.
That Oyster of
Oysters
By S. M. WILD HOLT
(iS). It26. Western N**iptp?r Ucloa.)
JUTER EDITH G HIM WELL grinned
literally from ear to ear. His
huge. Jovial features beamed benlg
uuntly on all alike. 1
Hut on this rosy morning Meredith's
puffed cheeks were slushed by an un
nlloyedly broad smile. His mischie
vous eyes gleamed wickedly as he
tackled the intellectual passivity of
Stanley Worth.
"Terribly depressed, Stan," he
mourned gleefully. "An* It's a woman."
Stanley removed a cigar from Ills
lips with deliberate precision. "A
woman," he repeuted, with eluborate
emphasis.
"A woman," Meredith confirmed
gayly. "She's a jewel?strong on eats,
but one o' them dieting kon-o-seers."
Stanley half-laughed; knowing Mere
dith so weil, lie couldn't be positive
that this was the forthcoming Joke.
"You mean," he felt safe to correct,
"she's a dietetical connoisseur."
"See here?a letter 1 got u few days I
back," said Meredith, "Just after we'd i
been out an' had some oysters?raw."
Stanley took the tinted, folded sheet |
and read the contents. His face re- j
malned calm until he reached the sig- 1
nature, when a brief arch of his eye- i
brows betokened recognition.
Dear Dlth: So enjoyed seeing you
enjoy those oysters. It was a real
treat Your delightful. Ingenuous I
pleasure was more than refreshing, j
But you like oysters so well?did you
ever hear of the Eocene oyster? It's !
a marvel. Indeed. I try to Imagine an ;
Eocene oyster reposing lusciously '
within ? your sensitive, experienced
mouth?try to picture the real enjoy
ment your face must reflect when you
contentedly munch that oyster of oys
ters?really, Dlth, the prospect ln
I trlgues me. If only you could obtain j
one Eocene?but no; It Is too much to
hope, dear boy.
As ever, CEL.IA R. |
I' That signature, "Celia R.," altered
I matters for Stanley.
"Well," urged Meredith, seeing that
Stanley had finished, "did you ever eat
an Eocene oyster?"
Stanley hesitated, vaguely puckering
his brows. "No," he said slowly, "I
don't believe I ever did."
"Imagine!" rambled Meredith ex
ultantly. "Not a waiter, not a chef,
not a soul I've met can tell what an
Eocene oyster really Is like. But Cella,
ah!" He rolled his round eyes angel
ically celllngward.
"This dietetical connoisseur," hinted
Stanley. "Has she?is she otherwise
as great a genius?"
"Oh, sure," granted Meredith, with
wide generosity. "She really likes me,
too."
Stanley pondered mentally, wonder
ing for what under the healthy sun
Celia R. could have come to "like"
Meredith Grlmwell in so startling a
manner. The last time he had seen
her?a dazzling light broke through
the cloudy membranes of his thoughts.
She had said, "Yqu think you are so
intellectually aloof, Mr. Stanley
Worth. Let me warn you that if ever
nny of your dear friends come within
my reach?" and she had shrugged her
white-powdered shoulders in resentful
hauteur.
"Don't you think," asked Stanley,
feeling his way with extreme care,
"don't you think you might be mis
taken about her liking you?"
"Oh, no," with bland assurance. "We
have so many tastes in common."
Stanley half smiled, but with a. trace
of pity. "Would It?hurt?so very
much?If you should be mistaken?" he
queried slowly.
Meredith looked at him with a star
tled expression. Then he laughed with
all-permeating jelly-shakings, a laugh
that reached every nook and cranny
of his robust person. "Easy come,
easy go, Stan." he replied blithely.
Stanley heaved a profound sigh of
relief.
"Now tell me," demanded Meredith,
"tell me what an Eocene oyster really
Is. That's what 1 caine for, you know.
I hate to parade the name without
somethin' back of it."
Stanley led the way to his well
provisioned library.
"Didn't know you Invested in cook
books," ventured Meredith slyly.
"I didn't," briefly gruff. "Eocene oy
sters don't grow in pantries."
Meredith produced the plnk-tlnted
letter. "It's spelled E-o-c?"
"I know," said Stanley. "But read
that over again. Note very carefully
what she says about the oyster, where
i she Imagines it to be, how she thinks
It will look."
Meredith looked at his friend In a
puzzled, baffled way. He referred to
I the letter?"reposing within your sen
[ sltlve. experienced mouth?"
"Enough," Interrupted Stanley, lift
ing a book from a shelf. He blew off
a tiny cloud of dust. "Are you ready?"
he asked, thumbing to "E" in the
Index.
) "Shoot!"
I "Well*' ? Stanley paused dramat
ically. "An Eocene oyste.r I? fenowja
only hm fossil. It IfVed In Eocene
time, r period of geological history."
He paused again, to favor Meredith
with a conciliating eye. That worthy
was scrutinising the celling, an Incipi
ent ear-to-ear smile curving at the cor
ners of his wide mouth. "An Eocene
oyster." Stanley went on. "Is thirteen
Inches long, eight Inches wide and six
Inches deep."
The Incipient gmlle broadened, and
Meredith slapped his thigh. "Bull's
eye !" he exclaimed boisterously.
"Thank you, Stan, old boy. I had be
gun to suspect. And 1 always heard
b sense of humor would kill any ro
mance J"
CORN STAFF OF
LIFE IN MEXICO
Cereal Forim Important
Part of Food Supply in
Many Counties.
Washington, <I\ C.?Mexico's corn
crop moved up n few pegs this year.
Interesting economics and sociology
?*#e wrapped up in hucIi a report, ac
cording to a bulletin from the Wash
ington I>. C., headquarters of the Na
tional Geographic society which points
out that, like adequate rice supplies
in China, potutoes in Ireland, or wheat
in Russia, a good stock of corn In
Mexico is likely to contribute townnl
general contentmeut and stability.
"Corn or maize Is the staff of Ufe in
Mexico," says the bulletin, "but to the
American used to his substantial und
vIzuMe loaf It Is likely to appeur t\
poiuewhitt frail prop. Most of the 1
Mexican corn Is rot milled Into metil .
or Hour. It Is laboriously crushed wish j
small stone rollers by hand, in mil
lions of kitchens and dooryards. The 1
crushed grain Is then moistened in'o
a stiff paste and cooked on a griddle
Into what the average visitor from
north of the Rio Grande would term ;
a 'tough, flabby pancake.* These are
tortillas, the most generally used arti
cles of food in Mexico. They ure ,
cooked In the home, in restuurunts,
over braziers In the market-place, or
taken cold by laborers in their lunch
packets. Nor are they unknown on
the tables of the prosperous. Wher- :
ever food appears In Mexico the tor- !
tilla stands well to the fore.
"Not only does the tortilla look un- j
appetizing to the outsider; It Is sure
to prove unappetizing if he follows his
first Impulse and treats it like a pan
cake, for it is tpugh and rather taste
less. But treated as bread, the tortilla
will make a much better Impression.
The proper trick Is to roll It tightly
so that it will be manageable and will
retain Its heat. It then becomes a
bread-stick whose splrnled end will
melt a bit of butter and furnish a
really delectable bite.
To Eat Tortilla?.
"If one casts aside outlander no
tions of etiquette he can enjoy his
tortilln even more. If the rolled end
Is dipped Into the fiery red siruee of
chile con came or the highly seasoned
gravy of a stew, It furnishes delight
ful morsels. Among the millions rath
er than the thousands of Mexicans,
however, tortillas are eaten day in
and day out with boiled brown beans.
"Corn contributes to another Im
portant Mexican dish, the tamnle.
"Indian corn or inalze is almost uni
versally believed by botanists to have
originated In the Western Hemisphere,
probably In Central America, upland
South America, or Mexico. It was
wholly unknown In Europe and the
Near East until after the discovery of
America; but it Is so prolific a crop
and tbe grain Is so satisfactory as a
food for both man and live stock, that
Its culture spread rapidly over the
world after the Sixteenth century. The
United States continues to be the
dominant producer of maize, but Ar
gentina is getting to be a considerable
rival and exports millions of bushels.
"Throughout Portugal, In parts of
Spain, In southern France, In the Po
valley of Italy, and In the countries
along the lower Danube, maize Is a
valuable crop and the grain an impor
tant food material. The American
from the 'forn belt' who made a trip
through these countries would have
surprises aplenty In the different meth
ods of handling and raising corn. In
Portugal he would find corn not be
ing 'shelled' by machine or hand, but
the eqrs spread out on a threshing
floor, being beaten with flails.
"In Italy corn is seldom made Into
bread. The meul Is made Info thick
porridge containing bits of meat and
called 'polenta.' A coarse bread of
maize meal Is sold en the streets of
Constantinople.
When Corn I? Not Corn.
"In Egypt. South Africa, Syria, Per
sia, India, and even China, American J
corn is grown, though It Is given a dif
ferent name In each locality, ranging ;
from 'mealies' to 'Turkish wheat.' The ;
stalks are valuable for fuel In the at- ,
i most treeless Nile delta, and are used j
I also by the fallaheen in building their I
f simple huts.
"Certain old records In China indl
rat? that corn was rov?ivtNl at thr
court ?? tribute from parts of the aa?*
plro before the discovery of America.
This has been taken by some student?
as pointing to an Asiatic origin of th?
plant, but the general opinion la thai
America was the home of corn, and
that If It appeared In China before
the voyage of Columbus, lta presence
rather Indicates a pre-Columbian traf?
flc between America and Aala.
"In the United States corn flnda ttf
most Important use as a food for live
stock. Millions of buahels, however,
are exported to Europe, and other mil*
Hons are used as raw materiala in In*
du s tries. Corn starch, corn oil and
glucose are the principal producta now
manufactured.
"Much corn Is used also as a food In
the United States, especially In the
South and parts of the West. The
dishes prepared from corn meal are te
a considerable extent localized. The
Southerner who has not tasted th?
fluffy, sweetened corn cake of the
North, the Northerner who has nevei
eaten the golden-crusted 'egg-bread'
or the foamy spoon bread of th?
South and those In both regions who
arc top far removed from the farm to
know the nutty 'crackling pones' huv?
missed some of Amerlcu's most char
acteristic foods."
Care heeded to Keep
Plants in Goad Health
Gardeners are occasionally asked to
Inspect unhealthy window plants and
to advise concerning their treatment.
Verj often It Is found that the 111
health of the plant Is due to mistaken
kindness on the part of the owner.
For instance, It Is deluged with watar
day ufter day, with the result that
the soil turns sour und the plant be
comes moribund
Another not infrequent cause of
trouble may be truced to erratic wa
tering; that is, dally attention for a
time and then a period of forgetful
ness, during which the unhappy plant
receives no moisture, nays Gardening
Illustrated. A third cauae la not un
commonly traceable to the fact that
the plant Is placed directly In a draft.
It Is not, as many suppose, the eaal
est matter In the world to keep win
dow plants In good health, and It 1?
only by patient attention and clos?
observation that the cultivator learna
the exact requirements?the likes and
dislikes?of Individual varieties. Car*
ful watering, occaaional weak dose?
of stimulant and, in the case of aapl*
dlstras and other fine-follaged plants,
occasional Bpongings of the leaves, will
go far toward succeaa In the caa?
of pot plants.
Some Obtervationz on .
Man, and Hia Helpmate
"There Is onlj one teat of a man's
character?hla attitude to women."
"A man hates a woman to be re*
markable, not because it renders them
both conspicuous, but because it
lessens his chance of being so."
"To find out whether a man 1s
worthy of a moment's consideration
from you, watch his attitude to women
who are older and poorer than him
self, and see him in u moment of un*
expected success. Even then you can't
be quite sure, for whereas women
sometimes pose before other people,
men pose all the time, and particu
larly to themselves!"
"It Is highly inconsiderate of any
wife to be unwilling to spring ut once
Into the posture her husband wishes
her to adopt; to be kittenish when he
wishes to toy, adoring when he deslret
to soar, submissive when he elects to
swear, and aspiring when he requires
to converse as with an equal. It Is
Just like a woman to have moods of
her own at such a time."?From "Mere
Mun," by Honor Bright.
Green Grocer
"Have you any nice fresh eggs to
dny?" asked the breezy customer.
"Madam," answered the man who
had Just started in the grocery busi
ness, "permit me to remind you that
nice eggs ure necessarily fresh and
fresh eggs always nice.. Moreover, II
I have any I have them today. My
possession of eggs yesterday or tomor
row does not uffect the situation,
therefore?"
"Humph!" snorted the woman as she
started for the door, "eggs are not ths
only fresh things In this store. L'll do
my trading elsewhere."?Boston Tran
script.
Bleating t of Quarantine
"I wish to thank the city authorities
for quarantining my family and me
recently for three weeks because ona
of them had smallpox. During thai
time my wife caught up with her sew
ing. We had three square meals every
day, as no one came in and she wal
not permitted to leave. We enjoyed
three weeks of good nights' sleep, and,
best of all, a cousin with four children,
who hud arranged to visit us, saw th<
smallpox sign on the door and left
town so scared that she will nevel
come back again."
Tbe above letter of thanks was re
reived by a city health department re
cently.?From Hygela.