Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 242, 6 October 1907 — Page 3

PAGE THREE FARMERS PLEASED; CORN DDES WELL Now Appears That It Will Mature Before There Is a Heavy Frost Open Wednesday Evening Till 9 O'clock mm W (EMI CLOTHE 1 I Shakespeare said there was nothing in a name, but we have found a fortune in the name of Hart, Schaffner & Marx. It signifies High Grade Clothes, and the term never misses the mark. We have all the lines of this celebrated house ready, and merely await the psychological hour of your need. CORN CUTTING IS BEGUN. WHEAT SOWING IS OVER AND THE FIELDS ARE GREEN SO FAR THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF THE HESSIAN FLY. 4

fHE RICHMOND P ALLADIU3I AND SUN-TELEGRAM, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1907.

(By Walter 8. Ratliff.) Farmers are well pleased with the prospects of the corn crop maturing before the heavy frosts that have been expected for some time. Late planted corn has been in a condition that would have suffered very severely from a severe frost, and as much of the corn In this locality was late planted, much apprehension was noted among our growers. Corn cutting has begun in earnest and men with knives, horses with sled cutters and twine binders are seen on many farms at work. With fodder still green and clean, there will be Piuarsretle work to harvest all that is

possible before the later heavy rains. Usually, some of the standing corn is topped by means of a knife, which saves only that part of the stalk that grows above the ears of corn. This fodder is used exclusively for horses, and saves feeding high priced hay during the long winter months. .Wheat sowing Is over. That sown about the middle of September "greens" the fields, while most of the later sowings are up and growing. From an examination of many fields in the locality of Richmond but little evidence of the Hessian fly is seen, while many plants are suffering from the attacks of the little larvae of the meromyza Insect. It is a little too early to form a correct opinion as to the probable extent of the ravages of

these two insects. Careful examination of the wheat pllts sown under government instructions are being

made, which will doubtless be of value to the general public as these sowings cover a period of several years. From the number of swine that are at present being fed on old and green corn, the price of pork is expected to be affected at marketing time, yet the sizes of the feeders would indicate that all will not be thrown on the market at the same time. With abundant pastures, fat cattle are more than plenty, but the drfcmd inspection has caused many cattlemen to look for other than home markets. Not only two and three-year olds are ready for the block, but many yearlings are in prime condition. , Sheep men have been busy sorting and selling their surplus stock, as prices have been such as to induce owners to part with those that can be spared at this time. From indications sheep will be found on more farms next year than for several years past. This is the result of interest taken in sheep husbandry together with better prices of the animals both on foot and on the block.

Tha Cusscdness of a Sail. Sometimes a sail is only playful, and willful at the worst, and after a slight show of resistance will succumb to your arts, but at times they get malignant and cruel. They will fight you fiercely, bitting back viciously, spitefully battling for every Inch, taking most treacherous advantage of any relapse of alertness or looseness of clutch. When a canvas has got that devil in it, look out for yourself. That Is when it fights to kill. That la when it hurls men off yard and boom to their death. At times you can only conquer after a steady and well generated fight. At other times a bit of trickery will succeed. I have cursec! a sail and turned away pretendingly beaten, when, thrown for a moment off guard by my apparent carelessness, It has opened its defense. A tiger spring, a tarn of rope, and the victory re won. But I tell you it makes a man of you, a fight to the finish with a sail. Every nerve tingling, every vein flushed with blood, you, take the last turn, and with a "Hang you. you'ro fast now," go aft and report all snug. -T. F. Day in Outing Magazine.

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THEATRICAL CALENDAR. NEW PHILLIPS. Week of Oct. 7. Vaudeville. GENNETT. Week of Oct. 7 Reed-Stuart Stock Co. Soon "The Isle of Spice."

Reed-Stuart Stock Company. The Reed-Stuart stock, which is scheduled to appear at the Gennett all this week, is considered among the foremost of repertoire organizations and Manager A. P. Reed has spared no pains in making this one of the strongest attractions of its kind in existence. While this company may be new to the theatre-goers of Richmond, several familiar faces will be seen who have appeared here before in other companies. The plays to be presented are tried ones that

have been previously seen at higher

prices but seldom with so good a cast as that provided by the Reed-Stuart company. In addition to the dramatic performances Mr. Reed carries a complete vaudeville show which is well worth the price of admission alone.

proach of cooler weather shows an increase in the patronage on vaudeville and a profitable fall and winter run is in prospect.

LIVING ONAWAflSaiP The Fare That Uncle Sam Serves to His Bluejackets.

COSTS THIRTY CENTS A DAY.

Vaudeville at the Phillips. This week's bill at the New Phillips promises to give the patrons of that house more than their money's worth as it bears the names of various well known performers who should prove most entertaining. Tippel and Klimont, comedy musical artists, are counted on to prove one of the high places and it is promised they will have something different

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bill is varied and ranges from a juve

nile act to a wire stunt and old fashioned songs. The full program is giv- ; Wow: Overture ?JL&s Grace Miller. The Gladstone children Singers md acrobats, said to be fhs most wonderful child act In vaudeville. Elizabeth Miller In old fashioned songs. Claude Ranf in his astonishing wire exhibition. Illustrated song Cal Lenkert, "Love me and the World is Mine." Tippel and Klimont, comedy musical artists.

' The Cemeragraph showing "Boy : Accuser." This week's order of performances will be as usual, with a souvenir matinee Wednesday and a special matlinee for children oa Saturday, Ag-

The Food Is Good, Plenty and Varied and Better Than Many Civilians Get. The Officers' Meals and the Different Messes The Paymaster's Work. How many housewives would like to have to cater for a family for 30 cents a head a day? That's exactly the sum it costs Uncle Sam, and he has something like 30,000 bluejackets to feed at his man-of-war table. Even on ordinary days a sailor sits down to a fare no civilian need sniff at, says the Home Magazine. Eggs, boiled potatoes, bread and butter and coffee form his breakfast one morning. Perhaps the next he has sausages and corn bread. Roast veal with gravy, boiled potatoes, succotash, bread and butter, gingerbread and coffee is an ordinary dinner menu, while fried ork chops, bread and butter, apple sauce and tea is the bill of fare submitted by the steward to the paymaster for the same day's evening meal. That the fare agrees with him is attested by his hospital record. Seldom more than five to ten men are sick at a time from the ship's crew of 850. Not all the seamen are brought up

hear the sea. Many of them are inland boys who run away from home for the life on the brine. The books of the Virginia, for instance, bear this but with a record that of the 850 sailors 600 have enlisted from states as ar inland as Idaho and Wisconsin. Every minute of the day aboard ship Is lived according to rule. At 5:30 o'clock in the morning the sailor la aroused by the call of three bells. Thirty minutes is allowed him for lashing his hammock, etc. After that he is allowed to take it down only by special permission. There is no sneaking it off for seductive little naps in the day. His breakfast is served at 6:30 o'clock, five bells. Twelve seamen mess at one tsble, one of their own number receiving an extra stipend of $5 monthly from Uncle Sam for waiting on his comrades. This assignment is now generally made in rotation. Jack tars have been tauasa to jcojW lal0wa:iothir -e&l

to secure it. Then, again, when stationed in warmer climes it was not easy to find men willing to officiate. Uncle Sam sets seven tables, in accordance with his rules of class distinction, which are as fixed and unswerving as the laws of the Medes and Persians. There is, first, admiral's mess, at which the head officer Is served in solitary state; second, captain's mess, at which the presiding officer enjoys the same lonely distinction; third, wardroom officers' or jollification mess, so called for the good times enjoyed by the tableful of commissioned officers below rank of captain; fourth, junior officers' mess, consisting of midshipmen, the young graduates of Annapolis, who, having been educated at Uncle Sam's expense, are now getting their first maritime experience; fifth, the chief petty officers' mess, for those in rank below the midshipmen; sixth, the warrant officers' mess, who, by pull, special ability or act of prowess, have raised themselves from the enlisted ranks; seventh and last, but not least, the general or mess table where the lusty appetites of the rank and file are assuaged. Uncle Sam's officers want the fat of the land and supply it from their own purses. By special clubbing arrangements among themselves an officers' mess is provided at a cost to each officer of ?30 a month. Even a colored chef is retained. His souffles and his salads are true works of art. The key of the wine

chest he guards with jealous care. But all this is a matter of reckoning between him and the officers. Uncle Sam enters not at all. Uncle Sam's head housekeeper, the paymaster, indeed, has quite enough on his mind trying to keep nearly a thousand lusty men satisfied with their grub and at the same time keep his bills down to the satisfaction of the navy department auditor at Washington. It is no light undertaking.

rne paymaster in truth must be a man of rare parts and is rightly esteemed one of the ablest and most honored officers in the service. Take the qualities needed to make a successful hotel man, add to them those to make the popular leader, throw in intense pride and loyalty to the service, seasoned, with untiring zeal for the interests of his men, and you get the kind of mixture Uncle Sam has to find before he appoints his paymaster. When he is loading up for an eight weeks' cruise no wonder his brow is knotted. Making out the next meal's order while in port Is one thing simply a confab with his steward as to wbeier It shall be 500 pounds of fish or 250 pounds of pork and a barrel and a half of beans. By the ship's regulations every man is allowed a daily stipend of one and three-quarter pounds of fresh laeat For tbe long; vorace,, however, ijt's a

(UirertiiL sujifBd must ue reduced snd more salt meat consumed. The ship's cold storage capacity Is 10,000 pound. Here is where the paymaster's real opportunity of generalship enters. Everything his men will need for the next sixty days must be planned to meet tNit capacity. And meantime there is 'ce to be manufactured without infringement of Uncle Sam's prohibition against any form of ammonia plant aboard. There are some 10,000 gallons of distilled water to be purchased (it is cheaper to buy this in port than to have it distilled aboard) and some 6,000 pounds of meat to be inspected. No hotel kitchen could le more up to date in its equipment. Electricity plays no slight role. There is electricity to heat the irons in the up to date laundry for the officers' clothes. Electricity turns the grinders for the Hamburg steak. Electricity mixes the dough in the ship's bakery, where 1,000 loaves are baked daily. Electricity, too, heats the coffee in the great brass caldrons (in construction exactly likt the French drip coffee pot on your own table, madam, only each of them holds 150 gallons). Nor is any hygienic device overlooked. The paymaster is responsible for the health of his men. The very cups in their water tank must be germ proof. After drinking each man is required to rinse his cup in a special tank filled with antiseptic solution.

When under the weather he is permitted to use only such medicines as are supplied by the ship's doctor Even the contents of the canteen, his own private supply shop where he huts his luxuries, are carefully In

spected by the paymaster with a keen view to excluding liquors or any other article deemed injurious to the health of his men. The man-o'-war seaman must be a jack of all trades. Very early in hif career he learns how to sew on hi own buttons, in some cases ever makes his own clothes. For the clum sier fingered there is the ship's tailor. Uncle Sam's price for the materia and fashioning of the regulation navj blue sailor suit Is $7. Once the uni form is provided every man is be!strictly accountable for the conditioi of. his wardrobe. The more enter prising of the boys have their ow? sewing machines, and very deftly dc they learn to ply them. Cleanliness is another maritime vir tue early instilled. Friday mornlnt Is general wash day-1 occasion fo' swabbing down decks and scrubbing of clothes and ship's canvas. It migh' seem to be a case of "water, wate; everywhere," but as a matter of fac; fresh water for cleaning purposes h the scarcest article aboard. At sea a bucket a day is each man's allowance, doled out o Mm by the master At arms. On tint sttoend be

must keep his cldthes, himself and the contents of his locker immaculate or stand in danger of a reprimand or the curtailment of his privilege of going ashore. And so his life goes, at every point hedged about with red tape and routine, but within those limits as care free and happy go lucky as the dancing waves about him. Should there be war tomorrow all the better. That means action. As to any national Issues, why bother his head about them? The Jack tar is hired to do Uncle Sam's bidding. In return Uncle Sam does his thinking for him.

A Servian Custom. In Serria there still survives a wonderful old institution known as the Zadruga. It is the living together of a whole tribe, numbering sometimes as many as 100 persons, all under the absolute authority of one chief. Ho keeps all the money, makes all purchases and decides the minutest details of family life. As a family grows the home has to tx enlarged, and sometimes It re--' " - s 0f a street.

A yankee girl had traveled far.

She went to gay Paree, She rivaled all the beauties there. She used Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. A. G. Luken & Co.

"Your wife has such a liquid voice." said Mr. F. admiringly to Mr. T. "Yes; that's a pretty good name for it," replied Mr. T. Mr. F. looked up inquiringly and Mr. T. added Immediately: "Don't you understand? Why. it never dries up. you know."

Have yon trouble of any kind arislnr from. a disordered stomach? Go to your drucrUQ and get a SOc or SI bottle of Dr. Caldwell') hyrnp Pepsin, which is ponltlTcly gusrsotae d t ruro you and keep you well.

H? Theatorium 620 Main St. J. H. Broomhall, Mgr. Moving Pictures Illustrated Songs Pictures Changed Monday, Wednesday and Friday The Show of Quality THE COST 5c

THE NEW PHILLIPS VAUDEVILLE THEATRE O. G. MURRAY, Lessee. GEO. A. SCHWENKE. Treas. and Ats't Mgr. WEEK OF OCT. 7. Daily at 3:00 and from 7:30 to 10:15 Continuously.

Aw OVERTURE. Miss Grace Miller. B. THE GLADSTONE CHILDREN. Singers and Acrobats. The most wonderful child act in vaudeville. C ELIZABETH MILLER. In Old Fashioned Songs. D. CLAN DO RANF. In his astonishing wire exhibition.

E. ILLUSTRATED SONG.

World is Mine.' F, TIPPEL AND KLIMENT. Comedy Musical Artists. G THE CAMERAGRAPH. Boy Accuser. Special matinee each Saturday? children 5 cents. Souvenirs at Wed nesday's matinee. General admission 10c. Reserved seats at night, 5c extra.

Cal Lankert. "Love me and the'

Special Matinee each Saturday; children 5 cents. Souvenirs at Wednesday'a matinee. General admission 10c. Reserved seats at night, 5c extra.

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New Plays. 5 Vaudeville Acts. PRICES 10c, 20c, 3Cc. Matinees, 10c Ladies' Free Tickets Monday night with one paid 30c admission if purchased at advanced sale previous to 6 p. m., Monday. SEATS ON SALE SATURDAY, 9 A. M. at the Westcott Pharmacy.

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