The Greenfield Hustler (Greenfield, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 28, 1913 Page: 4 of 14
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GREENFIELD, OKLA., HUSTLER
Suitors of
m* Merriwid
JJf KENNETT n
MS
MELISSA WOULD NOT LOOK WITH
FAVOR UPON A FASHION-
PLATE.
" 'A thing of beauty Is a Joy for-
•ver,'" quoted Mrs. Merrlwid, as she
opened a newly arrived box of candy
and passed it to her maternal maiden
aunt Jane. "Tell me if they're good,
dearie. I'm getting a little particular
about what I eat."
"They certainly look pretty," re-
marked Aunt Jane. "I entertain some
doubt of their lasting qualities, how
ever." She made a prim little grimace
of distaste. "It's pistache." she said,
"and I don't like pistache. May I try
another, Melissa?"
"Go as fnr as you like, loved one,"
said Mrs. Merrlwid. "I wasn't refer-
ring to the candy, though; I was
thinking of the beauteous thing who
sent IL Don't you think Mr. Spickan
Is beautiful?"
"He is decidedly personable." he-
plied Aunt Jane, "and an exceedingly
well dressed man."
"I'm afraid he is," sighed hor niece
" 'Exceedingly' Is the word, dear
aunt He dresses to excess and he
dressed. You always know where to
find them and they haven't any bad
habits."
"I like to see a man careful in his
attire," declared Aunt Jane.
"I do, too," agreed Mrs. Merrlwid
"Heaven preserve me from sloppy
persons of either sex, but I think that
an hour or two of serious thought
on the subject in one day is about as
much as a man can afford to give if
he has anything else to attend to,
and I expect any husband of mine to
pay a little attention to me. Poor
dear Henry Merrlwid belonged to a
pressing club, in connection with a
pantatorium, but he didn't let it di-
vert his mind from the dry-salting and
ship chandlery business to any appre-
ciable extent, and he put a reasonable
amount of his time at my disposal
Henry had a theory that a man
couldn't achieve success without bag-
ging his trousers at the knees now
and then, and occasionally ripping a
pram and losing a suspender button.
I'm not sure that he wasn't right.
"I know that there are nifty dress-
ers in history whose names are still
rumbling and reverberating down the
1
"Mr. Spicknrn Would Die of Shame If He Were Obliged to Wear Anything
Appropriate."
hasn't the transparent waxy complex- | bowling alleys of time," pursued Mrs.
Ion and set rmirk to go with it, not Merrlwid. '1 can't call to mind Just
to mention the fact that he weaya | who th(iy were at the pre,ent mo.
ment, but I've been told there are sev
real shoes, which is a discordant uotc
In the general harmony of his appear
ance. There'* always some draw , , _ _ .
back to n man when you ronaider i le P<>r.lT flctlon- ^ >""■
| oral, and there are quite a few in con-
him carefr.lly, isn't there?"
"I suppose there Is, although I am
can't make me believe that the real
live wires gave any large number of
not an authority, and I don't know w,ho°P" *be.'he,r thel,r hl"lor>' bara<>
exactly wtut you mean." Auut Jaue . their neckwear or not. 1
answered have a 8U8Plc,on that Christopher Co-
"I mean that I have always, from wasn't as well tailored, by any
happy twin braided girlhood days, ad means, as the pictures on the cigar
mired tailors' dummies," said Mrs ^xes make him out, and that George
Merrlwid. "I remember one tn partic- Washington s ruffles weren't always
ular who was my ideal and I never ap- JU8t 80
proached the tbop window where he "Far be it from me to countenance
wes 'displayed without a palpitation of by word or deed any combination or
my maiden* heart. He had real hair coalition of silfc hat and sack coat,"
eyelashes and mustache and I used to Mrs Merrlwid protested. "I don't think
wonder how much money II would that tan shoes are compatible with
take to buy him Even now I think evening dress, or that pajamas should
I might do wojeo. There are sevora! be worn at breakfast, except on the
things to admlro about tailors" duta most Informal occasions, but I would
rcics. opart iroui tboir being decided never spurn an honest heart because
ly p*r ouahle md exceedingly well owner had four buttons on hio cut-
away when three were Indicated by
the best authorities on snappy styles 1
for smart sassiety. Mr. Spickan would j
die of shame if he were obliged to
wear anything inappropriate, and a j
misfit would give him a fit. If he has
a deep and abiding contempt for any-
body on earth, it's for the man who
puts his pocket handkerchief in his
pocket when it ought to be tucked In-
side his shirt cuff. Now what woman
in her senses would want a man like
that?"
"I should think a good many might,"
Aunt Jane ventured.
"Then she would miss one of the
chief joys of having a husband," said
Mrs. Merriwid. "She wouldn't be able
to fuss over the condition his clothes
were In, or scold him when he got his
clothes a mass of wrinkles lying down
in It. She wouldn't get a chance to
insist on his standing still while she
removed a grease spot with benzine,
and he wouldn't even let her tie his 1
scarf. Even if I didn't care for these \
perennial and precious privileges, Mr. '
Spickan would never do for me. I'm
rather afraid Fm fond of dress, mry- I
self."
"I don't think there Is any room for ,
doubt on that head," said Aunt Jane,
emphatically.
"Well, there wouldn't be closet
room, so that settles that," said Mrs.
Merriwid.
(Copyright. 1913, by W. Q. Chapman.)
DRY FARMING METHOD
ft Is Necessary to Have Soil in
Proper Condition.
Cost of Typhoid.
It is hard to state human lives in
terms of dollars and cents, but prob-
ably Dr. McLaughlin did not exagger-
ate in telling the Association of Life
Insurance presidents in New York that
typhoid is costing the United States
$100,000,000 a year. Incidentally it
kills 25,000 people, or as many as a
considerable war, and to life insurance
men that is not a merely sentimental
argument. That the greater part of
this loss is avoidable appears from
the fact that in 50 of our largest cities
the death rate per 100,000 from ty-
phoid is 25, while in 33 of the principal
cities of northern Europe it is but 61^.
That means that some 18,000 of the
25,000 who die every year from ty-
phoid fever In the United States might
probably be saved by better sanitation.
This is a reform upon which effort
should be strongly concentrated.
Her Furs Put Out Fire.
A1 Baum, manager of the Crystal
Theater of Manitowoc. Wis., is minus
one perfectly good coat, and his wife
a set of furs as a result of Baums
action In smothering a fire which
started in the theater and threatened
destruction of the place. One of the
moving picture films became ignited in
some unknown manfler and Baum,
grabbing the first thing at hand, seized
his overcoat and at the same time his
wife's furs on the same hook to ex-
tinguish the fire. He succeeded, but
stands to lose $75, the value of the
coat and furs. In addition to the $100
for the film.
Feminine Extortions.
They are few and far between, but
still they exist. This rare member of
the sex is the girl who actually asks
men companions to purchase her any-
thing for which she may take a fancy
It is decidedly unfair to the man. and
he dislikes the feminine thoughtless-
ness. He will soon desert a girl who
has the weakness. It is surely unfem«
inlne.—Exchange.
Fete for the Lame.
In the little village of Varennes-
Saint-Sauveur, in central France, a
fete is to be held; at three o'clock
there will be a walking race, and the
festivities are to be wound up with a
ball, to which the lame ^|J1 invite
guests less handicapped than them
selves.—London Standard
Posthumous Growth.
"If you do good work your work
will grow after you are gone." "That's
a fact Rubens left only some 2.000
pictures, but there are 10,000 of hi*
pictures In circulation now."—Louis
vtils Courier-Journal.
How to Conserve Moisture Is One of
Most Important Questions for
Farmer to Solve in Dry Por-
tions of Northwest.
Much is said at present in the
Qorihwest regarding dry farming.
These methods are only good farming
methods. In good farming it is neces-
sary to have the soil in a good physical
condition, including texture, tempera-
ture, ventilation and soil washing.
The soil should have plenty of plant
food. In raising 100 bushels of corn
It requires 240 pounds of the three
things necessary to make corn, says
a writer in the Orange Judd Farmer.
These must be taken from the soil.
With the soil in a good physical con-
dition, the plant food in the most avail-
able form, then it is necessary to have
another important factor, and this one
factor is, a man.
In the drier portions of the north-
west the question of how to conserve
soil moisture is one of the most im-
portant problems for the farmer to
solve. There is hardly a season that
some crop is not reduced from one-
fourth to one-half of Its yield, be-
cause there was not enough moisture
to mature it. The soil may have
been in good conditibn, plenty of
plant food, In fact, all other condi-
tions may have been favorable for a
good crop, but with an insufficient
supply of water all of the labor and
expense counts for little, and In many
instances nothing.
So the question arises, to what ex-
tent can the farmer control the soil
water? Before he can do this intel-
ligently it it necessary for him to
know in how many forms soil water
exists. Soil water exists in three
forms.
Gravitational water is under the
direct flow and is vertically downward
until it reaches the ground water sur-
face. It moves through the spaces left
by decaying roots. Plants do not use
it, but it is detrimental to most culti-
vated plants when within 18 inches of
the surface. It is a supply for wells
and springs, also the source from
which the capillary water is drawn.
Capillary water does not flow by
gravity. It is the direct source form
which plants derive moisture. It may
be drawn upward or downward, do
pending on whether the soil is drier
aUthe surface or below. In dry timet
the capillary action may be strong
enough to raise the water five or six
feet, the power depending on how good
a physical condition the soil is in.
If In poor condition, coarse and
cloddy, and the soil particles not close
enough together, then the water can
not rise to take the place of that car
ried away by evaporation or used by
the plant. On the other hand, if th«
soil is In good condition, and the soil
particles close together, then the wa
ter passes freply to the surface.
Notice the track of a horee In th«
plowed field. Moisture in seen at the
surface. Why? Because the soil par
tides in the track have been pushed
close together, and there is capillary
action between them. The moist sur
face shows that the water is passing
off into the air. This should teach
a lesson.
The question is sometimes asked,
^ hat must be done to stop the water
from passing off into the air so that it
will pass off through the tissues of the
plant? Break the compact soil by till-
age, and thus break the capillary ac-
tion and stop the water in its upward
course. This forms a soil mulch. This
is onp of the most important ways of
preventing the evaporation of water,
because it breaks the capillary pores,
and leaves a layer of loose soil be-
tw f on the air and the moist soil below,
so that the water cannot rlss through
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