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B The great factor in reducing the cost of crop production is H. . the right method of feeding the crops. The composition of commercial plant foods has been pro foundly changed during the period of Potash famine. Phos i>, phoric Acid has replaced all or a part of the Potash in Ameri- jfc-‘ can fertilizer formulas, while just the. opposite has taken Hg, place in Europe, whefe there was a shortage of phosphates. HL Now is the time to get back to normal again and to return r to the fertilizer formulas that were so profitable and satis factory in the past. But this cannot be done without r effort on th? part of the farmer and without sufficient x notice to the manufacturer to prepare for the change. ’ Therefore think the matter over carefully, and if your previous experience has shown you that . Potash Pays notify your dealer that you wish to use fertilizers with 5 to ® 10 per cent, of Potash and a little more to make up for the fl drain on the soil during the Potash famine. * F And do it right away, for it takes time for the manufacturer to import it and it is only fair that he should know what your demands wdl be. The price of Potash naa fallen much faster than the prices of farm prod ucts so you may feel assured that you can again g-t a profit from ita l use The mam point is to insist that the right kind of fc-tihzer shall be r; ady for you when needed. In order to .nstire this, prompt action on ; your part is essential. fe Take up the mat ter with your dealer at once. If we can help you write to us. t SOU AND CROP SERVICE, POTASH SYNDICATE f . H. A. HUSTON, Manager 42 Broadway New York : ®ay! l a ” d ,n L a iCovemment r I V. 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J| ■,«. . ajii iiiu. __~aLWMiiii i|H-„ J I ■ ■*** . »-■' 'to f . : A ... again Education ■>< AKD SUCCESSFUL FARMING —— Dr Andrew M. Soule Mitigating the Housewife’s Tasks The average housewife is a very busy person, and she has a never ending set ot demands made upon her time and patience. There is no rest period for mother from early morning until late at night. I have marveled many times at the never ending equanimity* with which moth ers face one task after another, It is only the love which they bear to those they serve tlfht makes it pos sible for them to continue the never ending round of little duties which they are called on to perform. I doubt very much if the average man ,has ever stopped to think of the in numerable tasks which his wife 's expected to perform uncomplaining ly. I do not think the average boy or girl can appreciate mother until they reach the age of maturity. These, I think, are not exaggerated statements, but if they are, they pre sent the most urgent reasons why we should make the work of the housewives of our country easier to perform. Let us provide every sort of convenience and help which is now available for the purpose of mitigating the labor of the home. Efficient equipment and a properly arranged workshop in which to con duct industrial work is considered essential. The kitchen, alter all, is the heart of the home. It is there that the welfare and the future de velopment of the children is worked out. We cannot over-emphasize the importance of that part of the home in which millions of American moth ers are spending their lives in serv ice# for their families. Some of the things which we can do at little cost to make the kitchen more at tractive are presented below. They represent facts gathered by the home economics division of the Georgia State College of Agriculture. They contain a worth-while message for all of us. The most helpful way to reduce effort and fatigue in housework is by grouping together the utensils that belong to a process. Racks and shelves placed near the stove, near the sink, near the work table, make possible this grouping of the uten sils which are especially serviceable at these working centers. A house wife may have all the necessary utensils to make her work easy, but they may be so poorly arranged that she can work only half efficiently. Instead of placing all the same kind of utensils together in some place, they should be grouped where they are to be used. Each tool should have a definite place on a hook or shelf so that it may be quickly reached. Even though the larger equipment cannot be arranged as she desires it, any woman can group the smaller utensils In away to save needfess running about. No part of the kitchen equipment is more important in facilitating the work in the kitchen than convenient and adequate storage space for the utensils and for supplies. The arrangement of shelving is perhaps, the most important feature in the planning, of storage space. For tlie best results, shelves should be designed only wide enough to hold comfortably one row of supplies of whatever kind considered. An ar rangement of narrow shelves spaced close together will prove to be roomy, accessible, and easy to clean. It will be found that the area of comfortable reach is between one and six feet from the floor, leaving five feet of quickly available space. This space should be as completely shelv ed as is feasible for the use intend ed. A cupboard provided with one or two broad shelves below and a series of narrower shelves above will hold an amazingly large number of articles both effectively and acces sibly displayed. In order to make 'the most out of a given space, it is best to think out carefully the ma terials that are to be stored and to space the shelves accordingly. Glass doors to the upper part of cupboards insure a light, clean cupboard which is as open as open shelving without having the dust. In narrow quarters it is better to have the closet doors slide. The kitchen cabinet brings a new element into the storage arrange ment. It has a work shelf at table height, thereby dividing the storage into an upper and a lower part. The deep under part may be arranged for either closet or drawer space; the upper part may be a shallow cup board for supplies. A built-in cabi net decreases care by lessening floor space required and leaving no place behind for the accumulation of dust and dirt. If such furniture cannot be extended to the floor, sufficient space should be left below to allow for easy cleaning. A good arrangement consists of a kitchen cabinet flanked by shallow cabinets extending up ward to a height that makes each shelf accessible to the user, A storage pantry for food in large quantities should be planned at the outside entrance to the kitchen. Much of the food produced on the farm is lost because there is no way to store and care for it. Food storage involves refrigera tion, preservation by canning, keep ing cool dry in cellars and also food containers such as bins, barrels and boxes. Where one cannot have ice, much comfort and convenience can be had from an Iceless refrigerator which is being used in a great many farm homes. In it milk and butter can be kept cool by the evaporation of water for moistened curtains hung about a food closet made of wire netting over a set of shelves. The ends of the curtains extend over the top and into a vessel of water. Food containers of tin, earthen ware, or glass, can be had for the kitchen and every housekeeper should plan to have them for cereals, sugar, salt, spices, for bread, and for many other supplies that are left in paper bags where they deteriorate from be ing left open or from attacks of ver mjn and mice. Unfinished wooden floors require too much scrubbing to be cleanly Old splintered, soft wood floors should be stained with a dark stain, walnut or dark oak, because these dark stains are friendly to shabbi ness and wide cracks. Next shellac rub of a little liquid wax on a cloth Hnoleum makes the best kitchen floor covering, pro vided it is properly laid over a level J*, s 2 lould b e first laid, allowed to stretch for a couple of weeks, then cemented firmly to the floor. This linoleum should be a thorough co n ing of paste wax so that every pore is so filled with wax that there can d b rvin2. po T s ? lbillt < of cracking from np ' ,J* c , an be riasilv cared tor by washing it when needed, then wiping and finishing with a liquid Y p a *J^ aration A Hno'euV th’.s defml^it nd c f red for win ,ast in - U and one need have no hesitation in scrubbing It. if wax or oil are not used the linoleum w’H gradually dry out nad crack Th e walls pf a kitchen should be plain and free from cracks, ridges a " d ”l oldln ßT as such places not only collect dust and dirt and thus iri- I he di £ fi culty of keeping a loom clean but also may harbor whlVt, roaches, and other pests. Whether plaster or wood, the wall should be painted, and preferably in yellow or light tan wheer the room lacks window lighting or has a north ern exposure, and in light green blue or gray where the room is full of sunshine. Any house already built may in volve conditions that ar e not ideal. But when one is planning to build a good architect should be employed in order that the plan of the house shall add to the efficiency of the housewife’s work. Careful considera tion should be given the location of the kitchen in its relationship to other parts of the house. For the woman who can do the principal part of her housew.ork in the morning, a kitchen facing the west is very de sirable, for it Is cool and shady in the summer forenoo.ns. On a farm where a hearty supper must be cook ed for workmen during the busy summer months, an east or north east exposure affords protection from the intense afternoon heat. This is also a good arrangement where the dining room is in the southeast cor ner. The kitchen does not have to be placed at the back of the house, but can even be placed on the front with high windows on the side next the porch or entrance. In the consideration of con venience, size of the kitchen is the first item. Naturally it depends much on the number of persons us ing it, and on the uses to which the kitchen is to be put. I,f some of the meals are to be eaten in the kitchen a larger room is required or an alcove fqr the breakfast table. In addition to the suggestions al ready given, some conveniences that can be had with little exiiense are a home-made fireless cooker, a. wheel table for serving and removing the dishes from the dining table, a work table on wheels which will enable the worker to carry on operations at any place in the kitchen or on the screen porch where she can be most comfortable. An oil stove is well worth its cost in providing a means of cooking in summer without the usual extreme heat produced by the wood stove and for heating the radiators of the fireless cooker- The county home demonstration agent will give directions for the construction of these home-made de vices and Mtill demonstrate the use of these and many more. Write the College of Agriculture if you do not have a county agent. In the business of housekeeping the housewife may learn to organize; and one of important prin ciples of organization is a definite plan of work. It is vpry important that the housewife have a daily schedule of tasks. The woman who does all her work has duties so va ried they are difficult to reduce to an exact program or schedule, but as she becomes, more proficient she is better able to map out working plans and schedules. Menus should be made at least a week ahead, and supplies bought in as large quantities as can be cared for. The meals should be thought of as parts of a day’s food require ment and made to supplement each other. Use of left-over foods should be planned every day. The use of reference books in the kitchen is as significant as any one thing of a new age in housewifery. We accept with eagerness every” op portunity to make our home labora tory up* to the minute in its equip ment of information as well as de vices fpr modern methods of turn ing off work. We do not blame the failure! to the day's poor luck, but we usrf tested formulas worked out for i>«= Abv professionals and set down jJOLpamphlets. AUNT JULIA’S LETTER BOX “Help for the Helpless—Kindness to All Dumb Things” RULES No unsigned letters printed. No letter written on both sides of paper printed. All letters not to exceed 150 to 200 words. Dear Children: A Merry Christmas to all.' Lovingly, AUNT JULIA. Dear Aunt Julia: I am a little girl six years of age. I live iu the country and go to school. As I have a number of little friends will you please suggest how to en tertain them some during the long winter evenings. Your loving niece, SHIRLEY CHEEK. Madison, Fla., R. F. D., C. P. S.—You will find inclosed 5 cents for the little American kid. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Please ad mit a little South Carolina girl into your happy band of boys and girls. I live on the farm and like farm life fine. For pastfipe ! play the organ and read. I like to read good books. Well, x guess I had better 'close before Mr. W. B. wakes up. If any of you good looking boys and girls want to correspond with a little fourteen-year-old girl, let your letters fly. Your loving niece and cousin. ALMA ROTHELL. Liberty, S. C,, Route 3, Box 17. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will yon all please let me in for a little chat this afternoon? I will promise not to stay very long. It has been raining and I- am very lonesome and thought lowuld take the pleas ure of writing to the dear old letter box. I have written twice before and was admit ted, so I thought I would try my Igek again. I have received many nice letters from .the cousins and wish to thank Aipit Julia for her kindness to me. I am in the fifth grade and ten years of age. How many cotisins have my birthday, April', 23. Cousins, don't you all think auntie is very kind to educate the little American child? I am sending my bit for the baby. 7 live on a farm like most of the cousins and en- fine. I hear auntie reading the rules, so guess I had better close. If any of you girls wish to write to a little North Caro lina girl, just address your letters to EDNA WHITESIDES. Gastonia, N. C„ Route 1. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I wonder if you will admit a Georgia girl into your happy circle for a few minutes’ chat. I'll promise not to stay long, as this is my first attempt. I’ve been a silent reader of the Letter Box for some time, and decided to write and get acquainted with some of you good-locking cousins. What have you all been doing these cold days? Picking cotton and going to school, I suppose. Our school will start soon and I’ll sure be glad, as I always have a delightful time going' to school. I live on a farm, and, like most of the other cousins, enjoy farm life fine. Well, as most of the cousins describe them selves, I’ll do likewise, that is if you will promise not to get too badly excited, so here goes: I am 5 feet 2 inches tall, weigh 110 pounds, fair complexion, blue eyes, light brown hair and am fifteen. So now please hush laughing and I’ll run along, as I see auntie frowning. So all of you be good and some of you good-looking girls and boys write to me and I’ll try to answer all. With love, MARY EDDIE EVANS. Lafayette, Ga., R. F. D. 2. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I Just want to join your happy band of girls and boys. I have been reading this paper a good long time and just thought I would write. I dearly love to read your letters. I live in the country and am an Alabama girl. 1 am going to school and am in the seventh grade. I do like to go to school. Well, I will describe myself and quit: I am 4 feet 9 inches tall, black headed, brown eyed, light complexion, thirteen years old. I wilt hush. I would like to hear from any of the cousins. Love from NELLIE NELSON. Andalusia, Ala., Route F. Good morning, Aunt Julia and cousins! Here comes an Oklahoma girl to join your happy band. I have been reading the Letter Box for a long time and think it Is grand. We came from Georgia only two months ago. I like Georgia fine. I live on a farm, and like it verv well. I will go to school at Florence chapel. I am in the seventh grade. I wish some of thfe cousins were here to help me pick cotton. I have two sisters and one brother. I think Aunt Julia is the greatest aunt I ever heard of. Isn t she, cousins? Say yes, everybody. If ever any of the cousins come to Oklahoma, come to see me. I will tell my age, which is twelve. WhWo has my birthday—April 23? All who care to do so write to Paoli, Okla,, Route 1. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: May 1 come ’in for a chat this evening? I guess you cousins have forgotten me, haven t you. It has been quite a while since I wrote. lam coming in favor of our American orphan. How many of you cousins read A Journey With Aunt Julia?” I for one, and liked it fine. I sure do enjoy reading the Lettei Box. What do you cousins do for !>a stl • I read and play the phonograph I of the Hawaiian music. I wonder how you cousins are enjoying this cold weather 111 not describe myself this time. Hoke Dunn, write me again. I lost your address and couldn’t answer your letter. Artna LiefL come again. Your letters are fine. Deane Retch, I also enjoy reading your letters. I was fifteen years old October 8. my birthday? Aunt Julia, find '"ekisei l cents for the American child. I hope to s. writ. «... n or y“ ““"’o’hAr to Nasiiville, Ga., R. F- D- 1, Box 41. Dear Cousins and Friends: Hellpo again, this beautiful afternoon! I W vou all are doing to amuse yotnselv . S fs IP riie m e^ob Sy Tunt Rn jU° U w a as ust deir to print n>y oth« letter and iill remember that I promised to call n ß an, rx t^f<io s winter. But *to With me. Aunt * remPm bec yom the Letter Box. Nicholls, Ga., Route 2. Box 53. ® ““ bmzTmust go Please print this as this is my g first letter. Some of you good cousins write me. Your new BERRy> Braxton? Miss.. R. T- D- 2. Dear Auntie and Cousins: Will you P'oase admit a lonely girl into your happy band of boys and girls this cold and rainy winter night? It has been raining two days and one night and is still raining. i thmk t will be Knowing tomorrow. I liveon the lonely old gray hills of Virginia and like farm life fine and also live thirty ml les from the city of Richmond. I think it is a grand thing to fied the little birds tn the winter like Aunt Julia said. Come on agat"' Lottie Hodge, I enjoyed reading your letter f’ne. i' will descr be myself and go before Mr. w . B. comes in from his .upper: T have brown hair, blue e /es, fair complexion, weigh 100 pounds, 4 feet 6 inches low and am fq'w teen years old. will be fifteen in May. Girls especially, write me long letters. Lovingly. (Miss) ALICE LEE OWEN. Perkinsville, Va. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you please admit another S-orth Carolina gyri into your happy band of boys and girls? Like most of all the other cousins, I live on tlie farm and enjoy it fine. I will not describe myself. If any one wishes to know how I look ust write to me. I am not like some of the cousins. I am not lonesome. I have three sisters and only one brother. It is cold and rainy here today. Well. I guess 7 l«id better ring off before Mr. W. B. gets hold of this. I will try and tell my age so you all won’t think I am an old maid, it is between thirteen and cnfteen years. Your new cousin, MAVDIE LINKER. Chona Grove, N. C., Route 1. Box 56. ‘ Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: What are you all doing this pretty afternoon? It is «o warm here we have let the fire die down. It doesn’t look right for writing Christmas letters, but the colder days will come, and that long wished-for Christmas day. Now, cousins, we must begin to make our pres ents, ns Aunt Julia said, and try to make some one happy by giving our little gifts. Some mar say, “I don’t know what to give.” but if we will look around we can find something to give. A handkerchief made witfl a nice flower in one corner .or the in itial. either is a nice, inexpensive gift for a girl, or a tie, to be worb with a middy. Take a piece of silk, most\ any color, cut it with three corners and Utein, add you The Country Home BY MRS- W. H. L’ELTON Christmas If this article goes in on time you will have made ready to eat your Xmas dinner and distributed your Xmas gifts. For twenty-two long years that have come and gone, you and I have had some correspondence concerning Xmas days. It would be Interesting to call to mind some of the notable things that have happened in nearly a quarter of a century of friendship and cor dial relations, but that is impossi ble at this Writing. I am going to write you some thing of the history of Xmas, its beginning and why it has continu ously been observed as a holiday time for centuries. We may learn something together on the subject that is new to me or to you. The first certain traces es Xmas is recorded in 180-192, Anno Domini. Emperor Diocletian was Informed that a company of Christians were assembled in the city to celebrate the birthday of Jesus, and he set fire to the building In which they were assembled and all perished in the building. Some Christians held the festival in the spring, others in January and conjointly with the feast of the Epiphany. Christmas from the fifth to the eighth century gathered around it other festivals, partly old and partly new. Something like a Xmas cycle. Many things conspired to make the twenty-fifth of December the gen erally accepted Xmas holiday. The Norsemen held their yule feasts. That is where we get the “yuletide.” Th© custom of decorating churches with holly is a very ancient one, but the custom of feasts and frolic was not in favor with the earlier Chris tians. The Christmas tree seems to have had its. beginning in a Roman Satur nala. It is noteworthy that the Xmas tree and pendant toys was distinctly portrayed in Virgil (Geor. 11, 389). The vista of Santa Claus is said to belong to the birthday of St. Nicho las. In the Roman Catholic church three masses are performed on Xmas aay, one at midnight, one at day break, and another in the morning It is also one of the chief festi v th® Anglo-Catholic church. lhe Greek church does the same. The Lutheran church and most communions adopted the general cus toms. The Presbyterians were among the latest to come In. The greater part of Christendom it is also kept as a social holiday with complete cessation of business. in England there has long been a custom to fix up what is known as a Christmas box—with a small gift of money for servants, such as post men, tradesmen’s messenger, etc., etc., and they call the day after Christmas, "Boxing day.” Christmas cards, which are sold by the millions during the festive season, are regarded as souvenirs and expressions of good will. This invention is traceable to Sir Henry Cole, in the year 1846. Immense beauty and artistic ef fect have shown the progress made in these Christmas cards. An immense trade has grown up, with artists, engravers, lithograph ers and printers. The passage of these Christmas cards through the mails often congests them. Down at the root of all these things is the tribute the civilized world pays to the name of Christ— wherever these tributes are chroni cled in any community, in foreign lands or the islands of the sea, It is equivalent to a recognition of the birthday of Christ—the Saviour of the world. ’ To my mind it is one of the very strongest proofs of the validity of the Christian religion. In my childhood there were no Christmas cards—and no Christmas trees. I lived in the country and It was a season of rest from field work ■ —a time for good eating and neigh borly visiting and home made toys for little country children. I have no doubt but I was as de lighted with a little pound cake, all my own, and a home-made whistle that my father’s fingers could fash ion out of a small limb of a hickory tree, where the bark would slip, as any of the modern children who are sour and disappointeri if they are not crowded with all sorts of bought toys and gimcracks, paid for at the store. I always had some thrips and seven pences given to me, but as my father had a store and I could get all that I was allowed to have, free gratis for nothing, the little silver coins did not bother me enough to remember what I did with them. The time I enjoyed most was generally before day, when the col ored people down at the quarter, had some bonfires and popping things, like gun shots, to make a noise with. Then they circled around the big house door to catch Christmas gifts. They always went away jolly, if not entirely satisfied. The colored men, who came to, see their wives when they belonged to different masters, generally remembered to bring the Ijttle girl at the "big house” all sorts of nuts—chestnuts and chinkapins, and such like. I never relished any thing more in my life than a meal on Christmas day down at Black Mammy’s house, where she had good things spread on her table, and Un cle Sam, her husband, who generally came only Saturday nights, could stay four or five days and be as happy as a big sunflower. I could carry tobacco from the big house, as my present, and mammy and I were always giving something nice to one another. Happy days were they, and sweet to remember Now to one and all of the dear coun try home readers I wish you the best Christmas of all your lives, and may the Lord bless you, in basket and in store, until Christmas of 1921. have an inexpensive gift and a pretty one, too. Another one is a handbag of black silk or silk poplin, cut in the shape of a V and put a piece of elastic for the draw string and draw out a piece about five indies long for the tassel and taek to the bottom, embroider with gold silk thread. I wish you all a Merry Christmas. IRENE SIMPSON. Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins: I have just finsljed reading the Letter Box, and enjoyed tlie letters very mucli. Aunt Julia, for Christmas presents I think dainty little handkerchiefs make an excellent gift. They can be made from bits of soft white cloth that have been left over from something else. To hemstitch their, or work initials in them makes them very pretty. Most every one apprecates dainty handkerchiefs. Also beautiful pincushions can be made from odd bits of lace and silk in a few minutes’ time. They are also attractive and useful on the dressing table or elsewhere. Dainty little tea aprons make an acceptable gift. TJie.v can he made from a yard of most any kind of white cloth. They are very pretty with a dainty bit of lace nround the edge or a bit cm embroidery worked about on them. There are many more inexpensive gifts that enn be made from odds and ends of cloth that have been left over. Gifts such as laundry bags can be made from nieces of cretonne. Tbey are also very useful gifts. I will describe myself and go. I.irht hair, blue eyes, fair comnlexion, .' feet 3 inches tall, weigh 110 pounds, nge fifteen years. I would be glad to hear from some of you cousins. 1 will close, hoping to sec this in print. With love to all. a new niece and cousin. I JESSIE LEE SULLINS. White, Ga. 4 Route 2. J The Tri-Weekly Own Serial The Only Thing That Counts A Mystery Romance of Modern Bohemia By the Famous Novelet Carolyn Beecher (CopyrlshL lu2u. i CHAPTER XXV KRK LANSING had been with Helen. For an hour or two lya had exerted himself to enter tain her and to prolong the time he could remain. When he finally said adieu, he had turned from her. more than a little shaken. He realized with all the force of his manhood that she was the only woman for him—that he must win her. Why -was she so cool, so Indiffer ent? Was she really so unrespon sive, or was it maidenly modesty? She was a woman grown. Surely if she oared for him she would give some sign. He sensed now for the first time that he loved her too well to risk being sent from her. Lansing possessed in an unusual degree—for a man—a sensitive deli cacy both of thought and speech. The last few weeks had been golden ones to him because of the time he had spent with Helen—the dear near ness of her—in spite of her cool re serve. He would break that reserve, but carefully, so as not to frighten her by any show of impatience. “I could wait seven years for her," he murmured as he turned his steps toward home after having walked until weary. Helen was returning from a visit to Mortimer Kellogg’s office. She was writing a series of stories, each com plete in itself, yet all dealing with the same characters, a style just then very popular with editoTs. The short, slouching figure on the opposite side of the street straight ened a bit as he saw her, hestitated in his shuffling gait, laid an inter rogative finger on his chin, then hur ried a bit faster, closing the distance between himself and Helen. He wore a shabby coat, which only half concealed a hall-boy’s uniform. But his black slouch hat, his rusty shoes, gave no hint as to his call ing. He had a furtive air, not so much as if he were afraid of any thing as that he wanted to discover something. No one glanced at him as, walking rapidly, he crossed the street and continued on directly back of Helen. She was unconscious of his scrutiny, which as yet had evidently not al lowed him to place her. His face still wore that slightly questioning expression, emphasized occasionally by a lift of his irregular eyebrows Helen stopped to buy a bunch of flowers from the cripple on the cor ner. She chatted with him a mo ment, as she always did. It gave the man trailing her his opportunity. The Tri-Weekly Journal’s Fashion Suggestions Ladies’ Two-Piece Skirt The panelled tunic of No. 9845 achieves an original and decidedly attractive line. The tunic is made with tour separate panels. The The ladies’ two-piece skirt No. 9845 is cut in sizes to 82 Inches R I’m! ffi '8 W ' U '! i I ' V waist measure. Size requires 3%, yards 44-inch material and 11% / yards braid. Price 15 cents. Limited space prevents showing all the styles. We will send our 32- page fashion magazine, containing all the good new styles, dressmaking helps, serial story, &c.. for 5 cents, postage prepaid, or 3 cents if ordered with a pattern. Send 18 cests for ( magazine and pattern. In ordering patterns and maga zines write your name clearly on a sheet of paper and inclose the price in stamps. Do not send your letters to the Atlanta office, but direct them to— FASHION DEPARTMENT. ATLANTA JOURNAL, 22 East Eighteenth St., New York FACTS ABOUT FURNITURE (In this series of illustrated sketches, The Tri-Weekly Journal presents the most Interesting and important points concerning “Period Furniture.” Each little article will be complete in itself.) Type of Mantel Clock / — — ’ 111 11 U y sTWf i i At the'beginning oF the nineteenth century, the mantel VJlock was in vented by shortening the pendulum and making tlie •’eights smaller. Prior to this tima, tne works had been wooden, but now rolled brass was used. The illustration /shows a mantel | clock with brass works which runs i eight days. The dase is rosewood. I He stood waiting, as if to buy seme flowers, where he could look direct ly at her. A smile swept across his unhand some face; a smile not good to see The questioning look disappeared and something very like satisfaction took its place. He closed one eye as if winking to himself. As she paid for her flowers and walked awayAhe took her place and a conversation with the flower one eye still upon her retreating form. "Sell many flowers?” he asked in a wheedling voice. "Some days.” Helen had disappeared in a nearby doorway. The man noted the place before he continued the conversation. “That lady one of your custom ers?” “Yes, she often buys a bunch of flowers, her and the other girl.” "What other girl?’’ "The one what lives with her— leastways in the same hotlse. | They be fine ladies. Have some flowers, sir?” Evidently the thrifty crippit thought he had’ wasted time enough. "Yes, give me them roses. How much?” "One dollar, and thank you, sir.” "I'll come again and buy more some day. You won’t forget me?” "Never, sir. I never forgets a face, and I don’t sell many dollar bunches.” "I thought not.” The man mum bled as he walked away, still in the same direction Helen had gone. "So that’s where she lives. I won der has she any man living with her. She ain’t been there since. It’s queer—there’s something behind it all. I’d like to get hold of it. Money in it for you If you could, Jim Gage, or I’m a fool.” He walked slowly past the house, down the square, then back again. Just as he reached the corner, Kirk Lansing stopped to buy flowers for Helen. He was going to beg her to give him some tea. He had no idea that a ferret-eyed man with a shuf fling gait followed and watched un til he saw him also disappear inside the door. "That’s the gink who’s with her. I’ll bet a nickel. He don’t look like the man who would stand for no nonsense. I guess my strangle-hold Is on you, my lady!” and with an expression of satisfaction upon his ugly face the watcher slunk away (To Be Continued.) QUIZ Any Tri-Weekly Journal reader can get the answer to any ques tion puzzling him by writing to The Atlanta Journal Information Bureau, Frederick J. Haskin, di rector, Washington, B. C., and in closing a two-cent stamp for re turn New Questions 1. —How many matches are used in this country? 2. —ls a person were standing ..at the north pole where would jAhe east and west be? 3. —Does Ireland have a /larger representation in British parliament than Scotland! and England in com- I parison with the population? 4. —How does the coast line of the I Philippine Islands ccmpalre In length with that of the United States? 5. —What book in the Bible does not have the word. God, in it? 6. —How many theaters and mov ing picture houses are there in the United States? / 7. —When was tjie word, brain storm, first used? / 8. —ln speaking of a suit of furni ture, how is the .word pronounced? 9. —What is tJie origin and mean ing of the / expression, "spittin’ image” of anyone? 10. —Do y/>u know of any way to peel onion-s without making the eyes water? Questions Answered 1, 'Q; —How many different words are u&ed in the Bible? A.-A-The fact that the Bible has had/ such great influence upon lit erature led to the supposition that it/had a large vocabulary. A tabu lation of the words in the King James version shows that about 6,- 000 words are used, while Milton used about 12,300 arid Shakespeare 21,000. 2, Q. —Are sugar planters In Cuba threatening to reduce their crop next year? A.—Because of the large produc tion of sugar this year and the re sulting low prices, that threat is be ing made. 3. Q. —Are many windmills export ed from the United States? A.—ln 1919 windmills to a value of more than a million dollars were exported; Argentina and British South Africa furnished the principal markets. 4. Q. —Who was known as "Leath erstocking?” A. —This is the most familiar of the names given to Natty Bumpo, the hero of Cooper’s pioneer ro mances, hence called the Leather stocking Tales. 5. Q. —-How many different sounds has the leter “a?” A.—"A” has approximately nine sound values, as in lame, man, fa ther, water, want, ask, village, data (last a). 6. Q. —What per cent of insane asylum patients are unmarried? A.—About 20 per cent of the patients in insane asvlums are sin gle. 7. Q. —What presidential cam paigns brought out the most nomi nees? A.—'ln 1900, and again in 1908, there were eight men, nominated by as many different parties. 8. Q. —How much is a cubic inch of gold worth? A.—The treasury department es timates that a cubic inch of gold is worth $362. 9. Q. —What causes a ground swell? A.—A ground swel’ <curs fre quently along a co" where the water Is shallow l long dis tance from th” ' it is due to deep water ances from heavy wind .veil or roller breaks wb „aes the shallow water ar- ,i series of break ers, sir down again before reachi’- . e if the flat is of great to ow is the name “Blasco lb: .ronounced? name is pronounced Blas’- k' ah-nyath.. For Dressing Table A charming addition to any dress iig table is an atomizer of cut glass and sterling silver. These can be purchased at a reasonable price and will be an appreciated gift. Practical Inkwell A new inkwell consists of a con tainer for the ink, a quill, sealing wax and tapers. These inkwells an of enameled wood and come in vari ous colors. They are simple and di not take up much room. For the Young Miss For the young girl, a diary will be a welcome gift. Most of these come in one-year sizes and are provided with a lock and key. For the Smoker A smoking stand of wrought iron is easily moved and a most practical gift for a man. It is reasonably priced lasts for years. T ‘ 3 i .n ■ r.H,. . ;:. J.: unary. using . ci I !iad been about egg.- every other day ■) !:.-ns. By the end of January was getting 30 eggs a day. In weeks more, i was getting 48 a day." km —G. W. Vincent. South. Ky. Mr. Vincent’s results, in January, prove that you can get the eggs when eggs lire high. It’s no trouble and costs nothing to try. Give your hens Don Sung and , watch results for one month. If ' you don’t find that it pays for it self and pays you a good profit be sides, simply tell us and your money will be cheerfully refunded. Don Sung (Chinese for egg-laying) is a scientific tonic and conditioner. It is easily given in the feed, im proves the hen’s health and makes her stronger and more active. it tones UP the egg-laying organs, and gets- the eggs, no matter how cold or wet the weather. Don Sung can be obtained prompt ly from your druggist or poultry remedy dealer, or send 52c (includes war tax) for a package by mail pre paid. Burrell-Dugger Co., 2LL—Co lumbia Bldg., Indianapolis, JzfS. (Advt.) Government Wool Blankets PRICE bO.th’O elegant wool army blankets cliaswl ili>-e<t from F. S. surplus Blankets tluit are real wool anil will y«u wnrni for several years to come. ■aw material alone is worth more price we ask. slightly used in local camps, but • ■ally as nemi cs new. Inspected, ren lau-.1c.-i il an<i s.erilizcd by thurifies. Our price $4.90. Strictly new anil just ns received tK-jMH I el .imetit from the manufacturers. nrii'o ji.'i.'.'O. R'guliir value would i>e #1(1.00. Either of the above As ii matter of good fuith mall na IHisit of sl.l'o for each blanket nnee on delivery. We will ship blanJflflHMßHH cm r.-s mi'n-s oth< rwisu KINGSLEY ARMY SHOE 3852 Cottage Grove Ave., Dept. jtBB fas Chicago, 111. GETAFEATHHUM SAVE 1 25-lb. belt. 1 p»lr Mb. pillows. 1 tilnnk.'tn full eiie. 1 counterpane lar«« • tie nil tor »15.95 MBaggEft/ .Retail value 527.00) Berne as above with 30-lb. bed »15.95 i with 35-lb. bed *17.95; with 40-lb. bed *18.(6. Bed* ' •lona 25-lb. *10.05; 30-lb. *11.05; 35.1 b. *11.05; ■ 40-lb. *13.95. Two 2 1-2 lb. pillow* *1.95. 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