The Syracuse Journal, Volume 24, Number 34, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 17 December 1931 — Page 6

News Review of Current . Events the World Over Opening of the Seventy-Second Congress —President Hoover and Secretary Mellon Call for Higher Taxes- —Germany Reduces Everything. By EDWARD W. PICKARD

WITH the Democrats in control oj the house and John Nance Garner of Texas elected and Installed as speaker, the Seventy-second congress began its work on

time. Representatives of the majority party celebrated their new status in the lower chamber with wild cheering and “rebel" yells. But the Senate was fittingly more sedate and its first session was brief and formal. Next day the fireworks began in that chamber with the anticipated revolt of the progressives

Speaker J. N. Garner

against the r«-election o_f Senator }.!<.<e* of. New Hampshire president pro tempore. They have never forgiven him for ca.!i;.ng them "M.ns of the wild so. they gave their seven v.'tes ;<> Norris Nebraska. The- I - s voted so illy Tor Pittman of Nevada but fell short of the required. forty five votes by. three, So there ■vv ■-a deadlock that threat- .. i-ned to last' a lotig time. The most interesting event in the senate was the'swt*artng ill of Mrs. Hattie > .. .■ ay Arkans - to fill thereat <>f her late husband. Intro? duced by Senafor Ito ■ she took |he oath of btliee. signed the register and quietly returned to.her .seat, al-tnost-.in tears. Her associates all gathered about to. eoagrat ulate her. but there was no gaiety in the affair for tfie .memory of her. busband was ever present. In all. sixteen new senators ; presented themselves .to take the oath. nearly all of them being first term 1 temocrats. ’ ■ . . ■ Nearly one hundred new members of the house Vvery ilist.rlied, and so many of them-were'

1 temocrats that Mr. <; a rhe r won th espenkership by the following vote: Car rer 21*: Snell. Republican. 2*»": Schneider of Wisconsin, pro gressive Republican. ■5. Kv.ii.* of Minne sota. the loneTarnier l.atH»rite, voted for -■Nyhne<h-r. Os <•■■ur-.-' nil the other officers of riie house are now

1 ‘eniocrat.*. • •The first actual work in the house was the adoption of new rules. sulib- • raiized that it wi ll no longer be "easy for bills to be pigeonholed by the committees to- which they have been referred. Now 145 members can procure the discharge <>f a committee and bring , a bill lb the floor for a vote. This change was made especially for the benefit of the proponents of modification of the dry law s, and the stage was net for nn early rote on, some «>f their bills which will put the representative* on record though there is po hope yet for the passage of the measures. The I’emo) r;p y presumably Is, still “nnterrifled,” but it faces a tremen tious task in devising and putting through ieg'l.s’lation for the relief of the nation and the individuals of the United States. The Jph congress has on hand is not made easier by the fact that the executive and legislative branches of the government are controlled by different parties. <'o-oper-ntion for the public welfare will dem«>nstrate the patriotism of both Democrats and Republicans. and only through It can the sadly needed relief tie aehlev ed. While congress was assembling and going through the business of the first «!a>. the Communist •'hunger march-e.-s” who had traveled to the Capital by automobile and auto truck from various parts of the country besieged the Capitol building and the White House In vain efforts to lay their demands before the legislators and the President. Tier were rebuffed, fairly, gently, by the police and other officials, and next day starter! home, still discontented and defiant. ECONOMIES In the navy and army which are urged by the President "ere the objects of further attacks. Early In the week President W. H. Gardiner of the Navy league came out with a new assault on the administration policies in that respect, criticizing a statement by Secretary Stimson, hitting back at the Hammond committee. assailing the President for slowing up cruiser construction and calling on congress for an Investigation of Mr. Hoover’s financial policy toward the navy. Next, National Commander Stevens of the American Legion conveyed to the President the legion’s demand that he approve authorization of warship construction necessary to bring the American fleet up to the maximum tonnage limits of the London treaty. The organization also asked congress and the •administration to rescind the economies for the military establishment and to renew for the army. National Guard, 11. O. T. C.. and other military activities the same sums appropriated for the current year. Finally came the annual report of Rear Admiral Frank B. Upham, chief of the bureau of navigation, which termed the administration policy of reduction a severe blow to the national defense. He said that history shows that decreases in the navy eventually result in expenditures many times greater than the temporary savings. Mr. Sevens of the American Legion also called personally at the White House and told Mr. Hoover the legion not only is for adequate national de-

sense but also is in favor of submitting to the people the matter of repeal or modification of the dry laws. PRESIDENT HOOVER on Tuesday transmitted to congress his message on the state of the Union, in which he sketched the economic crisis confronting the coun-

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and next. Regular Republicans declared the ■ ........ re;; ■ scnted ■ constructive sthtesmansbip of a high order, wl le ■ Democrats and progressive Republi- : :| s. the opening _.n o: ! the IT-.'■ _-:i. There was mm h I comment on the fact that no mention <>n Wednesday Mr. Hoover sent in his budget message, containing the administration’s program of taxation and otl:<T''m>-::sures of government financing. At the same time the. annual re- | port of Secretary of the Treasury Xb 'b it w:>< made public' This called fur increased rates on personal and nJ bac o and capital stock sales. New levies would be imposed on i automobiles, radios, telephone, telea ■ - ami re alty I s,/<>.. Postal charges would-be boosted. Exemptions from Incometaxes would be lo ven d to include I.TtKMHKf new individuals within the seope of the federal levy. j The Democrats In congress immediately began an attack on this program. saying they would soon have I ready one of their own. .' ‘ ' AFTER the message on the state of the Union was received in the house. Henry T. Rainey of Illinois. i the new majority floor leader, utTmmneed an innova: mn .Ur procedure | itis-,.. of sending: the message i through the regular routine of being I printed, he said It would he considi ered on the floor "as in the committee | of the whole.” which meant there would be unlimited time for debate j with no restrictions as to“ topics of address. At once the orators of both rifle* prepared themselves for a real field day of debate, which began after the reception of the budget message. i This Idea was original with Mr. j Rainey ami was designed to relieve I the congestion of speeches before the i start <>n actual work. He said lie neV- | er heard of its being done before. Probably before the session is much older the Illinoisan will provide other I surprise*. for he is In many ways decidedly “progressive”—more so than some of toe-eastern members of his I party like. . \ HIS national socialists or “Nasis” now being in control of three ; German states and constituting the most powerful political party in the | country, Adolf Hitler '

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j has been talking freely to correspondents on his intentions. Briefly, he proposes, when tils party is Inj vested with the governing power byway of the ballot box, to j set up a dictatorship on the Italian model; Ito recognize and pay i to the fullest of Geri many's ability all her ; foreign debts con-

traded In business and normal transI actions but to reject “political blackmail”: to insist upon a new war debt arrangement: and to destroy communism in Germany.. He declares there will be no Nazi march on Berlin, and denies that he seeks the presidency. Hitler’s challenge to the government brought swift response from Chancellor Bruening in the form of a warning that President Von Hindenburg would invoke martial taw If necessary to save the constitution. At the same time the President signed and made public a drastic emergency decree designed to close up what KruenIng called “the deflation period Imposed upon Germany.” The decree reduces wage scales to the level of 1927 and cuts rents, food prices and all other living costs. It also reduces Interest rates, imposes compensatory taxes on imports and strengthens measures against the flight of capital. GERMANY’S capacity to pay reparations and especially her ability to resume payments next summer are being studied by the consultative committee of the Bank for International • Settlements at Basel, Switzerland. Walter W. Stewart. American member, refusing to accept the chairmanship, that place was given to Dr. Alberto Beneduce of Italy. Carl Joseph Melchior was . the first person heard, the burden of his argument being that Germany could no longer pay reparations. This is, indeed, the view of millions of Germans of ail parties. ROII the first time in more than GO years the New York Central railroad has passed a dividend. Two other railways announced reductions in dividend rates.

try, related in considerable detail the measures he has initiated to alleviate the business depression and unemployment and recommended in general terms legisla tion creating midilonal instrfimehtalities for thq- *ame purpose and increasing t.axes to meet a three and a half billion do!lai deficit this year

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THREE great farm groups, the American Farm bureau, the National Farmers’ union and the Grange, in session in Chicago, united on plans to fight in congress for surplus crop control. Their leaders said their demands would be for the export debenture and the equalization fee, and that their disagreements of the past on these matters had been adjusted. Amendments to the agricultural marketing act to permit the farm board to use those principles will be introduced in the senate and house soon after the holiday recess. The organizations will offer no objections to the program of the farm board other than the stabilization operations, The “harmony” program has resulted from frequent conferences in recent weeks between Edward A. O’Neal, head of the farm bureau; L. J. Taber, master of the grange, and John Simpson. who recently was re-elected president of the farmers’ union. It is their contention that the nature of the surplus will solve the problem of which to use—-the fee or the debenture. ’T'OBACCO raisers of Kentucky don’t intend to let their product go for what they think are ruinous price*. When the Lexingb n tobacco market, the largest loose leaf hurley mart In the world, opened the other day the low price of Sl2 a hundredweight was offered, and the growers sit once started a riotous demonstration that 1 abrupt suspension of sales with- ten million pounds of leaf unsold. After fighting with warehousemen and the dred< held a protest meeting in the city .piditorium where speakers urged them to; stand loge-her and mu “g’.ve their tobacco away to the trust.” ONE of the interesting department reports of the week was that <’f I’ostma-ter.General Brown. It showed tiiat the department came out, Sl4<‘>.odi■>;!s!• behind in the la<t fiscal year, which is almost Sjs.oiio.dMi above the defit it of the pyevious year. Mr.. Brown repeated his recommendation that the letter rate be raised from 2 cents to 2’ 2 cents, staling that »»n the prtsent volume this would bring in ithHi.thmi a year additional. “A- 2’g-cent rate would, however, obviously fall far short of producing adequate revenues at the present time." the report said. "The deficit for I'.l’M attributable to strictly postal operations was inbre than siK.(mm an<l if present trends are maintained the net deficit for the current year will be in the neighborhood of $150,-; (MMl.immi. "This raises the question whether, in view, of the already overtaxed condition of the general treasury. It would- not. he advisable, pending the return of noral conditions, to fix a 3-cent rate for letter mail. ESTIMATES for next'year’s river and harbor work, submitted by the budget bureau, vvere the same as tliose of last year—siui.immijmmi. These probably will be accepted-hy congress. Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown, chief of vast army engineering projects, submitted the. figures op what he could use profitably in the fiscal year beginning next July 1 on plans, it is estimated, vvill cost $210,1>51.»;75 to plete. jhe Great I.akes system would be given $T;333.400. Canals along the coasts from Boston to Corpus Christi. Texas, would take 57.2tz>.380. On the entire Mississippi river system Brown wo.uld spend s2s.'>.‘<o.<mm). This includes S2.r>7s,<MM) from the mouth of the Ohio to the Illinois river; 54.045.0m> between the Illinois and Minneapolis, and $4,900J)00 for the Illinois river, \ fiss JANE ADDAMS, founder of 1 Hull House in Chicago, and Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia university, were jointly awarded the Nobel peace prize for 1931 by the Nobel institute of Oslo’, Norway. The prize amounts to S4O. <mmi. Roth of them have been Indefatigable workers for international petice. pRINCE NICHOLAS Rumania * putting love above titles arid honors, has renounced his membership in the royal family and declared he will stand by his bride, the former Mme. Jana Lucia Deletj. He has given up his constitutional rights, his titles and prerogatives and his commissions in the army, navy and air force, and prepared to go Into exile. The prince’s announcement followed upon a decree of the Rumanian supreme court annulling his marriage because “proper legal formalities had not been observed.” King Carol, his brother, proved relentless. ; MOT long ago the Belgian govem- * ’ ment intimated to Archduke Otto, pretender to the Hungarian throne, that his presence in Belgium was provine emlMirrassine. so

the young man went over to England incognito to visit a British ducal fatally. Now It Is rumored in London that plans are afoot to put him on the throne through a coup that will be a reminder of the way Carol returned to Rumania. The story Is that a group of Hun-

Archduke Otto

garian noblemen, in England ostensibly for hunting, really went to accept delivery of a powerful seaplane which Is ready to carry the archduke to Lake Balaton in the center of Hungary where he would take oath as king in a miniature chapel that has been built In the plane and dedicated to St. Stephen. Monarchists believe that If Otto returns to Hungary the peasant support of his cause will be strengthened and solidified and he, can be established on the throne. Premier Mussolini is known to of the Hapsburg restoration, which gives the friends of Otto Ipts of encouragement. There have been rumors recently that Otto might become the husband of the second daughter of the duke of Norfolk and that he and his mother, former Empress Zita, would make their home in England. (©. 1J32. Western Newspaper Union.)

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Who Was Who? By Louise M. Comstock

MOTHER GOOSE WHO wrote the famous "Mothei Joose Nursery Rhymes” we will never know. Some nf them, such as “Ride *-8 Cock Horse to Banbury Cross.” “Little Jack Horner.” and “London Bridge Is Falling l>own." are obviously of English folk origin; others have been borrowed from a famous collection of French folk tales called “Tales of My Mother the Goose," edited In 1697 by Charles Perrault. It is nevertheless a fact that our own country can claim a real Mother Goose, through whom these indisi>ensable nonsense ditties were first introduced to the, children of America. Mother Vergoose. he& grandchildren called her. Her name was Elizabeth Vergoose, and she made her home with, her daughter and son in-law. Thomas Elect, in Boston, early in the Eighteenth century. Like many grandnfothers she held active, if doting sway tn the Fleet nursery, and sang her charges to sleep nightly with the well-, known riiyttii - Thotmis I 'eet was a printer by trade, and important ns the editor of P.ostoms first new-paper, the Boston News Letter. Recognizing the value of Mother Verge..-. s rhymes, he Wrote them down and in 1710 published a. printed c<>i>y which sold arid sold well, at two coppers each. Elizabeth Vergoose must be given Credit as collector. ,m>t as originator of these |M>etns. But in spirit site was a real Mother Goose, •• —whose melodies shall never die, while nurses sing and babies cry.” • • • ROBIN ADAIR What’s this dull town to me? Kobin's not here! Who 1s t I wished to see? Kobin Adair! THUS wrote the love-lorn Lady Car dine Keppel about the famous English watering place. Bath, to which She had been banished by her father in the vain hope that “out of sight’’ might prove “out uiind." For young Robin Adair, however well he may ‘sound as the hero of lutdy Caroline s ballad, .was - as a real persitn no great match for an earl's daughter, Adair was a young medical student who. after some youthful scrape, left his native Dublin to walk penniless to London and was on the way ruri down and injured by a coach belonging to a London society woman. She took him home with her. superintended his recovery. established him in society and Introduced him to Lady Caroline. Set to an old Irish air. Lady Caroline's little poem became immediately popular, much to the chagrin of her father. Since, however, it failed to soften his heart, she took advantage of a prerogative of her generation, went into a “decline" and thus woq her point. In a recent London auction there was put up for sale-an exquisite miniature of Robin Adair. Lady Caroline and their three children. 1 . » • • LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY \yiVIAN BURNETT in all probability was never guilty of wearing a short-trousered, black velvet SuR with a big white collar, and surely he detested long curls and wide brimmed hats with streamers as much as any of the numerous seven-year olds who did wear them. Nevertheless, it was Vivian Burnett who was responsible for this amazing juvenile fashion some years ago. For it was he who inspired his mother. Frances Hodgson Burnett, to write the book that set this style. “Little Lord Fauntleroy.” and the quaint ways, the sweetly candid eyes, the friendly, kind little heart that endeared Its small hero to al) readers, were Vivian's. Mr. Burnett tells the story in his own book, "The Romantic Igidy," a biography of his famous mother. "I shall write a book about an American boy with aristocratic English connections.” Mrs. Burnett exclaimed on 4 day. “and Vivian shall be he. Little Lord Something or other. What a pretty title! Little Lord —. what Lord —-— what?” A day later she, had written on a slip of paper still preserved, “Little Lord Fauntleroy” ten times In a column, as though testing out Its appearance and sound. ' Nobody knows just why she chose Fauntleroy, though It Is a common enough English name. Indeed, shortly after the book was published, one man. quite unknown to her. wrote Mrs. Burnett asking just why she had chosen his name! (£. IS3I Western Newspaper Union.) Historic Book Plates Book plates ere ancient Som of the small tablets found In Assyrian libraries must have been book plates. Japan had them in the Tenth century. Modern book plates are nearly contemporaneous with printing. The earliest’ actually known Is a hand-colored heraldic wood cut of about 1480. Country Well Named Not more than one-fourth of Iceland is inhabitable. The rest of the country is composed of elevated deserts. lava streams and glaciers. It was for this reason, undoubtedly, that the land was called Iceland. Mulatto Hero Crispus Attucks was a mulatto.. He was one of the first martyrs in the cause of American liberty, having been shot by British soldiers on the night of the sth of March. A. D. 1770, known as the Boston massacreProlific Layer* A queen bee can lay 4,000,000 eggs In an average lifetime of tnree years. A lobster can lay 10,000 eggs at a sitting, and a white ant lays 80,00 u eggs in a day.

Pigs Make Gains on Mixed Ration Cottonseed and Fish Meal, Among Others, Show Good Results. When cottonseed meal is mixed with fish meal as a part of the ration fed to fattening pigs, better gains at lower costs are made than when the fish meal is fed alone as the protein carrier. "Experiments which we have made at the North Carolina experiment station show that fish meal containing 55 per cent protein Is slightly better for fattening pigs than tankage containing 60 per Cent protein. Then when equal parts of cottonseed meal is mixed with this fish meal as a supplement to corn, the mixture is superior to the fish meal alone.” says Earl H. Hostetler in charge of animal husbandry research at state college. "Since we secured these good results by mixing fish meal anti cottonseed meal, we decided to mix the cottonseed meal with tankage and see what result would be obtained.” Fifty-seven pigs weighing S 5 pounds each were selected for the test. They, were divideil Into two groups and fed for 77 days on the self-feeders. In group 1 wore 29 pigs which vvere fed white shelled corn, tish meal one-l/alf and cottonseed meal one-half, with mineral. In xroup 2 were 28* pigs which received the same feet] except that 40 per cent tankage was. substituted sos the tish meal. The' pigs in group 1 gained 394 pounds more than those in group 2. The first group consumed 15.517 pounds of feed as compared . with 14.863 for the second group, yet. the total feed required to produce .!•*> Pounds of gain was .mly .">!'■.» pounds in group .1 as compared with 425 pounds in group 2. The first group of pigs gave a profit over ail fee<l costs of sl.'»3 a pig as against sl,.’>l for the tankage group. "Therefore.” says Mr. Hostetler., "if the tankage had cost $39.10 a ton instead of the S4O it did cost, the profit would have been the same in each group. The increased gains in group 1 would have been offset by the lower cost of animal protein in group Changing From Corn to Small Grain Advocated The sooner a wheat or oats field may be plowed after being cleaned of the, crop the better for the soil and the crop to follow, as a rule, says the Kansas Farmer. Changing often from corn to small grain growing is an easier way to keep ahead of the weeds. Thirty-five years agb this section of tlie state was growing hut little small grain. At that tiriie we were almost exclusively corn fanners, and we were waging a slowly losing battle against weeds, especially during the wet seasons Since dropping into a system of more equal division between corn and small grain, we are keeping ahead of the weeds easier, and everywhere cleaner kept farms than formerly. Folks who wait until a weed crop has matured seed before plowing stubble fields gain nothing in the fight against weeds, for weed seed seldom rots in the soil. Feeds for Lambs The addition of com silage to a ration of shelled corn and alfalfa hay increased, the rate of gain and reduced the cost per pound of gain, it was found In experimental studies at the Michigan agricultural experiment station at East Lansing. The addition of linseed meal to a ration of shelled corn, alfalfa hay and corn silage resulted in more rapid daily gains and a slight reduction in cost of gains. The addition of linseed meal to a ration of oats, com silage and alfalfa hay increased the daily gains and reduced the; cost per hundredweight of gain. A ration of barley, corn silage and alfalfa hay proved nearly equal in all respects to a ration of shelled corn, silage and alfalfa hay. A ration of oats,- com silage and alfalfa hay produced the least rapid and economical gains.—Wallace’s Farmer. Silo Doubles Com Value Corn made Into silage is worth twice as much as it is in any other form. That is the opinion of V. V. Prewett, McClain county. Oklahoma. He built the first trench silo In the county and has found it a valuable addition to his fymdng equipment despite the long grazing season in that country. “A silo will double the feeding value of an acre of corn.” said Mr. Prewett. “In view of that fact, I can’t afford to be without one. I would prefer a vertical silo, but the trench will serve until I can build a better one. A big advantage of the trench silo Is the low cost of construction and the fact that it can be built in a short time under emergencies.” —Capper’s Farmer. Farm forestry Pays One-third of all farms In the United States yield as much as $229 worth of timber per year, the United States Department of Agriculture says. An exhibit from the forest service shows that the annual farm forest crop Is worth $395,000,000. Timber not only pays Id dollars and cents, but it Is like a bank account upon which the owner can draw. Its uses range from farm buildings, telephone poles, repairs, and fuel on the farm, to saw logs, crossties, pulpwood, posts, and poles. Labor-Saving Tools Proper tools save time and labor in handling ensilage. The special ensilage forks with close tines to pick up and carry ensilage, are disked in shape for carrying a sizeable load. A silage cart or overhead carrier from which the silage can be scooped with the same fork also saves time. With the trench silo where the silage for each feeding must be cut off from the face of the pile, a carefully sharpened hay knife is a convenient toot— Michigan Farmer.

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AXINE was entertaining the bridge club of which she was president with a Christmas party. The group of lively young women gathered about the tree for ■ their annual election. "Before we take up the

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election of officers, for next year," Maxine announced, “I want to review with you a little of what we have •lone this past year. "It was at our last January meeting R was suggested that we carry the ; Christmas spirit through the year by considering the 25th Os every month a’ •Christmas anniversary.’ . , . . “On January 25 we helped the Stone boy get a new suit ; on February 25 we took out and cooked a real Christmas dinner for the Perkins family; on March 25 we arranged to buy music for the postman’s boy. In April we ; took care of Mrs.,Perkins. "May 25 was a Sunday, and we took all the poor children we knew to the park for the day. In June we gathered discarded winter clothing for the Welfare society. "On July 2v> we started Phyllis Bivens off to a tuberculosis sanitarium. I n Aug u s t w e

bought school supplies for Sarah Stone, and In September we made another drive for discarded clothing. “For a couple of weeks during October we 4 helped In the Community Chest campaign; in November we wa 11 e<l until Thanksgiving day, when we distributed five turkeys; and here it is Decein be r again. What are we to do

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this month?’’ “Well,” said one of the girls, “of course we have been working all month on toys for the Community tree for poor children. “So I suggest that this month we spend the 25th at home, but that next year we follow the same plan. (®. 1931. Western Newspaper Union.) Christmas Suggestion— Peace and Contentment WHEN trials pressed in upon the household of a certain brave woman she used to gather her family about her and say gaily. "Now I will make some graham gems, and open some marmalade, and we will take * little comfort." And comfort was theirs for the taking, and with comfort, no doubt, came courage and strength and some measure of wisdom for the trials when they had to be faced again. Most of us spend too much time in taking pains and too little in taking comfort. Martin Luther once advised Philip Melanchthon to give up managing the universe and let the Almighty God do it. An old colored mammy, asked how she could be so cheerful when she had no easy time of it, replied, “Lor, chile, I wears the world like a loose garment!” And so It is suggested for a Merry Christmas this year that Christ’s teaching of peace in the world was not a leaching for principalities and powers, Vut for individual men and women—

A Christmas ~ Jurprise Harold L.

ELL. Jennie.” said Mr. Ja‘meson, “I don’t see but that I’m a failure after all. Even though I could probably sell out this minute for a cob) half-million, I cannot give you the only happiness you really want this Christmas

eve.” “What’s that?” queried his wife. •‘Why, our son I” he exclaimed. ‘‘Don't you. suppose I know how you are going to miss him this first Christmas birthday of his that he has not been home. “Os course.” answered Mrs. Jameson. “But vou are a Success, never- & - theless. If it hadn’t been for the money you’ve made by your hard work, we never could have given Richard the advantages he has had. He has that splendid opening in Chicago, and even if he is too far away to come home for just one day. I am glad that he has the opportunities which our wealth has given him. Os course our son means more to us than all these things, but we still have each other, you know.” Mrs. Jameson kissed her husband affectionately and led him toward the window. “Look:” she exclaimed. “A plane’’” Sure enough, high over the great expanse of white lawn before the house circled a tiny plane the sound of whose motors just barely readied their ears. Nearer and nearer the earth it came, and Mrs. Jameson kissed her husband again. She knew that in the plane was Richard, their boy, their treasure. “It is my Christmas present to you and to him.” interrupted his wife. “Just as twenty-one years ago today I gave him to you as your son and heir, today I give him back tb you. With this machine he can visit us on holidays, for now we are twelve hours nearer Chicago.” £ I® 1931. Western Newspaper Union.) each of us, personally. “My peace I give unto you,” was his personal pledge to us. Os course we cannot put aside thedemands of life upon us nor evade its issues, but we can take some time out of life for the deliberate cultivation of a peace and contentment that will increase our efficiency, enrich our beings, and make the whole of living more tolerable. —Farmer’s Wife.

MISTLETOE FRUIT “Does the mistletoe plant produce fruit?” “Delicious fruit, dear—kisses, you know.”