VOL. LI
WHY=
Wives Want Husband* to
Learn to Cook
Fricasseed, roasted and broiled
meats, vegetables fixed In complicated
styles and desserts de luxe are all writ
ten in bold, white letters upon the slate
of what a husband shall learn to do
within the coming year. Brooklyn
women are seeing to that by having
achieved the promise of a cooking
school for errant males.
The supposedly modern era when
man took over his share of the house
hold duties with a rubber apron and
dish towel after dinner in the evenings
has passed into antiquity with the time
when woman's job was at the kitchen
stove and man's at the office desk.
So housewives of Brooklyn ap
proached the American Gas association
with their idea and It was labeled "ex
cellent." Then the same guardians of
the home approached the male and
prospective half of the family. Per
haps more hesitantly the hunch was
upproved here, too.
It is not enough, the complaining
wives who initiated the movement
against the peace of the husbands
averred, for a man to be a tie to boll
an egg or stew a piece of lamb. There
is no reason why a husband should
not be able to bake bread, make shoe
string potatoes and crisp pie.
"An equal division of labor," Is
their cry—and they point out that while
a man spends'elght hours at his office,
a woman's day lasts from six or seven
in the morning, when she rises to get
the children ready for school, until
after that time at night when they
are finally tucked Into their beds.
Why It la Advisable
to Cultivate "Hobby"
Nature photography, botany, geology,
conchology and ornithology, are all in
teresting hobbles that will take one
into the open air, into surroundings
conducive to health of mind and body.
The study of plants, wild animals and
birds is, to certain ab
sorbing and provides an excellent mo
» tlve for long rambles Into the country
and many hours spent close to nature.
There Is no reason why one should
not have several hobbles and "ring the
changes" according to opportunities.
Many hobbles dovetail Into each other,
as It were, and may be run concurrent
ly. Then It Is perhaps as well to have
an indoor hobby for rainy days and
winter evenings. Sketching, for In
stance, Is both an outdoor and an in
door hobby. Wireless, stamp collect
ing, developing and printing one's
camera pictures, are all hobbies that
may be pursued Indoors, and help to
make spare hours worth while at times
when outdoors Is not particularly
tempting owing to the vagaries of cli
mate.
Why Girla Are Preferred
"In Detroit bine-eyed babies are
more In demand for adoption than
brown-eyed ones," remarked a worker
for the Children's Aid society. "We
are unable to supply enough children
for childless homes, but the majority
of applicants, when they describe
the kind of baby they want, specify
an azure-eyed one. Brown-eyed ba
bies are accepted only as a second
choice.
"Girls are much more in demand
. than boys. Men hesitate to give their
name and potential business heritage
to an adopted son. They prefer to
adopt a girl who eventually will
marry ontslde the family. Girls are
also expected to be more Impression
able and amenable to control. 1f par
ents have lost a child by death, they
always like to adopt one that re
sembles It."—Detroit News.
Why People Quarrel
A well known pathologist has re
cently made an Interesting discovery.
He has found that bad temper has
the curious effect of increasing the
amount of sugar In the blood by from
10 per cent to 30 per cent In the
course of a few minutes.
That is why an angry man wants
to fight the object of his rage. He
becomes hot-blooded because the ac
cent! on of carbonaceous material In
toxicates his muscular system.
The strange thing Is that this rapid
change is doe to; a tiny gland about
the size of a pin. When It functions
•armally a person remains calm and
erro-tempered. If the essence exudes
tee lavishly, hatred, passion, and quar
rels ensue.
Why Pittsburgh Added "H"
Ihe addition of the letter 1" in
ipellln* ■
the spelling of Pittsburgh goes bade
to the (coaming by General Forbes of
what bad been Fort Doqnesae. With
the fleyiHuo of the French from
Fort Daqaesne, which they find he
tore leering, the first thought of the
linglfah conquerors was to reaamd
the plan la honor of William put. at
that thae—l7sß—prime minister of
■agland The English took posse*
■ion November 25, ITSB. While
Forbes' spelling of the name has been
I tali a variously 'as "Pitta-
Borough" and "Pltt|t>ourgV he al
wan added the It*
THE ALAMANCE ULEANER.
MORE OR LESS
At that. It isn't as bad to rush lot*
matrimony as it is to rush out of It
Two things a lot of men won't stand
tip for are their principles and homely
girls.
All glrU would die old maids If
they had to wait for men to come
along- who would suit all her rela
tions.
We may be all wrong, bat our guess
Is that the girl who rolls her own
Isn't the kind who is gonna love her
own long.
. The only reason women are craiy
for a lot of things Is because they
know they havent a chance In the
world of getting them.
Very few couples know what they
are doing when they marry. That's
the reason so masy of them go
through with the ceremony.
When a jar of rouge gets to batting
for be&uty sleep it may make a hit
at the start but it doesn't take it
long to get Into a batting slump.
Men are so built that if wives want
their husbands to keep on bringing
them flowers and candy they'll have
the Constitution amended, making it a
crime for them to do It.
It girl just ns long as It
ever did to get Into bed. It may take
her less time to abed her clothes, but
she makes up for it in the time it
takes to remove her complexion.
The honeymoon has taken the count
when she begins to wish they had put
ber in the nut factory When she was
so crary about him, Instead of leaving
her free to make such a fool of her
self.
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS
Fewer laws, fewer
Love Is kindest beginners.
When a dog has a bone, be seeks
no companions.
"Being cute" is the first step toward
becoming sassy.
The tongue ties many a knot that
the fingers caa't loosen.
In a contest for popularity, clever
ness wins oftener than virtue.
Value is not determined by the price
tfcg, bat by Old Mao Time himself.
Chewing gam costs -us more than
books. We exercise oar jaws more
than onr intellects.
Hex Heck says: "Life depends upon
Jnst two things—pnttin' food into the
stomach and glttin' It out."
The reputation of Ananias is all the
more remarkable when it is considered
that there was no Income tax in bis
day.—Bert Moses in Detroit Free Press.
A pair of curtains on a coal bin.
People who Invite the bill collector
Into lunch.
A dry-cleaning establishment in the
Garden of Eden.
A woman who keeps her diamond
bracelet! np her sleeve.
The department store that doesn't
keep you waiting for yon» change.
Children who pick np their toys
from the floor after they've finished
playing with them.
The man who pa/s mora for the
cigars that be gives away than *he
does for the ones ho smokes.
The dame who says, 1 don't care
a thing about looking in the shop win
dows. Let's walk orer on the out
aide of the street."—Chicago American.
WISPS OF WISDOM
The man who gives up goes down.
Too are rich only aa you cnrldi tbo
HTM of other*.
Avoid the pleasure that holds the
i peaaMf of fntare pain. TT "
I «.
Halt the value of anything fee be
| doae is deiag it praapdf.
Ancient Maripm Rule
Rbodlan law is an early system ef
| marine law. the only rule of which that
'survives being the principle of general
| average: "If a cargo be Jettisoned to
j lighten the ship, ail contribute to me be
good .the lees incurred for the lMMflt
of all- » *■: ,
LOST LINKS
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1925
RANDOM
I cannot endure the boredom of
sport.—G. Bernard Shaw.
The moral standhrd of a country will
always be set by the standard fht
women set
Men alone are useless, and no one
knows this better than the men them
selves.—Lady Astor.
That most distressing of all human
types—a woman masquerading as a
man.—Lord Bonaldshay.
If a man Is a pessimist he wears a
belt as well as suspenders; if be la an
optimist he wears neither.
God has put us into t}n extraordi
nary Interesting world, and boredom is
a symptom of hardening of the mind.
There is nothing to prevent men de
veloping into something as different
from us as we are from our remote
ancestors.
1 firmly support flirting on the part
of boys and girls; I think it enables
them to choose the right partner in
life.—Dr. J. A. Hadfleld.
In many cases the medicine bottle
does far more harm than good by sug
gesting symptoms three or four times
a day rather than suggesting their re
lief.
THE SUCCESS FAMILY
The baby is Opportunity.
The father of Success is Work.
The oldest daughter is Character.
The mother of Success is Ambition.
The oldest son is Common Sense
Some of the other boys are: Per
severance, Honesty, Thoroughness,
Foresight, Enthusiasm, Co-Operation.
Some of the sisters are: Cheerful
ness, Loyalty, Courtesy, Care, Econ
omy. Sincerity, Harmony.
Get acquainted with the "old man"
and you will be able to get along
pretty well with the rest of the fam
ily.—London Opinion.
TRIFLING TRUTHS
Ifs well to bear In mind that
It's harder to "land" easy than
it Is to fly high.
In this day the wolf doesn't
howl at the door, but sneaks In
the back way and helps himself
to all in sight.
It's time to hunt cover when
the storms of life catch you
without your rubbers and your
weather reputation.
FROM THE WISE
War destroys man. but luxury de
stroys mankind; at once corrupts the
body and the mind. —Crown.
Let friendship creep gently to a
height; if it rushes to It. It may soon
run Itself out of breath. —Fuller.
The heart that Is soonest' awake
to the flowers. Is always the first to
be touched by the thorns. —Moore.
Music Is the fourth greft material
want of our nature —first food, then
raiment, then shelter, then music.—
'Bovee.
Life does not count by Some
suffer a, lifetime in a day, and so
grow old between the rising and the
setting of the sun.—Augusta Brans.
ENGUSH EPIGRAMS
' Women like to wear tbeir age like
their gowns—cut as low as possible.
The more of a pattern wife you are
the more easily will some woman cut
you out
A iroman's clothes are of two sorts:
Those that clothe her and those that
disclose her.
A woman regards a man aa a means
to an end; he soon discovers that she's
an end to his
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
A friend in need is never Intan
gible—he is one you can tooeh.
When one calls another a liar It may
Result in a Job for the undertaker.
When a man ooce poaes as a wide
awake citizen ha should art repose
HOW——
SCIENCE HAS PROGRESSED
DURING THE PAST YEAR.—
Among the chemical achieve
ments of 1024 has been the
standardization, stabilization
and cheaper distribution of in
sulin.
The announcement of a
method for the Isolation of Bios,
or vltamlne D, in a crystalline
form from yeast marked the
first great success In the isola
tion of the vitamlneß and may
lead to their early
tlon. With the Increasing evid
ence of the Importance of vi
tamlnes In nutrition, their Isola
tion and Identification, which
may even lead to their syn
thesis, may be anticipated.
The use of lodine and its
compounds In the treatment and
prevention of goiter has now
progressed beyond the purely ex
perimental stage and has
reached the point where the
utility of this element for the
purpose is no longer disputed.
At least one city, Rochester, N.
Y., adopted a plan.of adding at
regular intervals a quantity of
lodine compounds, to the domes
tic water supply and various
lodine-bearing tnaterluls have
become established upon the
market.
Ethylene has been used as an
anesthetic during the past year,
with apparent success.
How Chestnut Weevil
Deposits Eggs in Nut
The worm found in a chestnut is
the larva of the chestnut weevil, a
yellowish beetle with a long beak.
During the -blooming season, which is
in June and July, Uie female bores
through the burr of the chestnut and
deposits her small white eggs In the
Immature nut The larvae when
hatched feed on the tissue of the
growing kernels. After the nuts' have
matured the grubllke worms gnaw
through the shell and barrow into
the ground, where they remain for
eight or ten months. They finally'
emerge from the ground as mature
weevils and the life cycle starts over
again. Several eggs may be laid in
a single nut. This accounts for the
fact that frequently a Worm Is found
in a nut which, has no hole In It. —
Exchange.
How Zoning Haa Benefited
Approximately 24,000,000 people,
living in 2«1 municipalities through
out the United States, are enjoying
the benefits of zoning, accordjng to
statistics complied' by the division of
building and housing of the Depart
ment of Commerce. New Jersey leads
in the number of zoned municipali
ties. having 00; New York has 41;
California, 33; Illinois, 25; Massachu
setts, 24; Ohio, 16; Wisconsin, IS; In
diana, 5; Michigan and Missouri, 4
each; lowa and Rhode Island, 3 each;
Florida, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania,
Virginia and Washington, 2 each, and
Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut,
Georgia, Maryland, Nebraska, North
Carolina, North Dakota, South Caro
lina, Tennessee, Utah and the Dis
trict of Columbia, 1 each.
How Love Unites Men
When tbe Forth bridge was build
ing. tbe Immense arms from either
side were completed; slowly and
steadily they had been built out and
now at the center of the mighty all
that was needed was the final rivet
ing. But the day fixed was cold snd
chilly, and cold contracts metals. So,
in spite of fires set under the iron to
expand It the Inch or two required,
the nnion could not be completed, and
the day's program was a failure. But
next morning the sun rose bright the
day was warm and genial; tbe Iron
then expended, tbe boles came oppo
site one another, and the riveters bad
nothing to do but drive the binding
bolts home. So lore unites men—
"love never failetb."
How Electricity Aided
Interested la the experiment on* a
poultry farm where electric light
caused the heas to lay more eggs, oil
men in Monroe county, Ohio, now
hang electric-light bulbs In their oil
shafts and leave them for two or
three days with the result that the
heat causes the oil to flow better
from certain strata. One well pro
duced ten barrels a day after this
treatment, whereas It produced only
one a day prior to the experiment
How Pag«• Arm Appointed
The pages of the United States con
gress are appointed by the sergeant
at-anns of the- senate and doorkeep
er of the bouse through the individual
senators and representatives: Then
are only 21 pagee appointed and they
roust be between the ages of 12 and
10 years. They receive $3.30 per day
for the time they are employed, that
la, when congress Is in session.
BILLVILLE BRIEFS
Instead of th« "Bunny," the weather
of late has made it the "funny" South.
No one kills a songbird, and ammu
nition is so high even the spring poeia
escape.
We read of a genius who died from
starvation. Why don't they go to work
for a living?
If you can't lead the procession, you
can stand aside and give It three
cheers as it goes by.
A correspondent Is informed that
plain hellfire Is the only Ingredient we
know of In moonshine booze.
Now that Uncle Sam has our Income
tax safe and sound, we hope hell order
a good dinner and Invite us to It
We don't need a hobby-horse for
exercise. Managing a mule in a ten
acre field gives us more than we want
Sure, the world you a Uvln%
but you have to belong to the bill col
lectors' union and work day and night
to collect It
It's great to be a congressman and
raise your own salary, and then get
paid while you're running 'round ex
plaining why you did it
We bate to ran the plow through
the lilies of the field, bat they toil not,
and they draw the line at the spinning
business, and this is hustling time la
Georgia.
ORIENTAL WISDOM
Ever# woman hatea flattery— when
It is bestowed on another.
The woman who smokes deserve* a
husband who uses perfume.
A wise man moves with the shade;
the fool sits still and complains of the
beat '
Every man has faith In himself, bat
few have the courage to test their
faith.
Jenlooay Is suspicious even of the
sunbeam that kisses the loved one's
cheek.
Happy tbe wife whose husband caret
for the poetry he reads to her when
they were courting.
A woman will forgive a man for
leaving her to starve, bnt not for
doubting her beauty.
Women love three times; the first
Is accident; the second, design; the
third, despair.—Boston Transcript
WISE MEN'S WORDS
No legacy to so rich as hon
esty.
He who knows but little tells
It quickly.
Truth to truth to tbe end of
reckoning.
The burden which to lightly
carried becomes light
The web of oor life Is a min
gled yarn, good and ill together.
ODD JOBS
Giving a ton of coal a shower bath.
An elephant putting «one foot ca ■
fly.
A camel wearing a pair of-suspen
der*.
Installing a telephone In a monkey
house.
Keeping your loose change la a
hairnet.
Putting a mustard plaster on a por
cupine's back.
Sws Mowing a pill that looka like a
dime and feels like a silver dollar.
Looking for the theater tickets that
yon feel sure you've left st home.—
Chlcaro American.
• Introduce your enemies to your
wife's relations and then forgive them.
When a girl goes gunning for a hus
band she should keep her powder dry.
. The girl who hesitates may not be
lest but she is apt to become an old
maid.
When a woman accuses her h—lisnd
of having poor Judgment his mind
slowly wanders back to the time when
be asked her to marry hist.
ARKANSAS MUSINGS i
Let us dream we are in trouble aatf
we'll realize our dreams.
The man who Is always trying net
to make a mistake never makes m
stake
If time would only wait for ua we
would never get to the other end ef
the fuq-ow.
A Hot Springs man has outlived
three wives. That's going some in this
land of widows.
There Is no hiring a substitute in
the battle of life. Every man must
fight the enemy himaelt
The Idea that what you don't know
won't hurt you Is frequently a mis
take; it may cost yoa your Job.
Ctourtesy is the quality that keeps
a woman smiling when a departing
guest stands at the open screen and
lets files In.
A Hot Springs woman says her hus
band Is a deceitful wretch, because he
pretended to believe her when he knew
she was lying.
People are always wondering why
some spins, who are particularly nice,
are spins, and why some married wom
en, who are particularly uncomely and
me&n-mannered, are married—Arkan
sas Thomas Cat.
ADVERTISING IS—
Advertising la telling others things
you would like them to know.
Making your business safe foe suc
cess.
Saving time by multiplying your
soles appeal.
Speaking to the multitude instead
of to the few.
Telling the world why you are prood
of your goods.
Telling a story in a day that would
otherwise take a year.
A wholesale reminder to the public
of what you have to offer.
Telling again and again the things
that the public ought to know.
Qolng to the public Instead of wait
ing for the public to come to you.
Letting everybody know what only
a few people know about your goods
Re-creating in the minds of the pub
lic the sales Ideas In your own mind.
Sowing the seeds of Ideas that grow
Into sales and. what Is more—good
will.
PHILOSOPHY
Since be had that raise in sal
ary our congressman bas bought
a farm.
Trouble Is as you look at It
and the more you look the big
ger It gets. But It dwindles
when you tell It to come out and
fight like a man.
It Isnt lonesome up where the
high cost of living stays—so
many people follow it In the
bope of coaxing It to come down
and be socisble. —Exchange.
PERHAPS
Jonah was the father of all flsh
stories
Jostle* isn't blind, bat only need*
glasses.
Experience Is feminine gender be
cause It Is so costly.
The hardest time to be bnn to
when there's nobody watching you.
Cupid might have better luck If be
aimed at some pocketbooks Instead
of at some hearts.
Some day folks will give the postal
carriers tbe same credit for carry
ing things to people on their backs
as they do to Santa Claus.
SNAPPY SAYINGS
Mo man can exactly describe beaves,
for wrery man's heaven is different.
Satan's plsce for doing business Is
always thronged. He doesn't bare to
advertise. i
Efficiency and thrift have never fecsn
able to'remove tha buttons froct saea's
cast sleeves.
NO. 18
CHATTER
• M
Happy Is the man wh* can laugh at.
trouble, hla owa aa well aa othav
people's.
Even when they are bcto* poshed
to the front same people can be pushed
Just so far.
Dont parade year virtues with the
Idee that the whole world la pa th«
reviewing stand.
Ton never eaa telL Many a aa
takea a train of thought without know
ing its destination.
The fellow who boasts that he eaa -
always master himself may not be
much of a boss at that
The cynical bachelor observes that;
many a girl who fishes for a hue
band catches a skate.
Nor can you tell from the sise tit
a man bow far he can Jump from the
frying pan Into the fire.
Blobbs— says he halsnji
to e swell family." globb— "Swell to
right. They are all sponge*"
Aa between turning the other cbeek
and hitting a fellow when he Is down.
It Is just as well to strike a happy
medium.
"I contend that every man shoeld
marry," aid the newly wed. "New,
what possible excuse can yea have for
being single?" "Well, for ooe thing;
I wss born that way." replied the
bachelor.
Muggins—"Cleeeflat cant he a*
mean, after all. Be Insists that wham
an appeal for charity cornea, he al
ways puts his hand la hie pocket."
Buggies—"lf he does. It's to aattaQr ,
himself that nobody else wllL"
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GEORGIA NUGGETS
The gold in the land la only wato»
lag for the grit in the man.
Reason the big fish get away to
because they see the tiara coming with
their fishing poles.
Pew authors eaa afford to write tor
posterity, with the coat of living high
er than ttieir hopes.
We won't believe In an opttmlat aadl
we hear one giving thanks for a free
ride od s hurricane.
If Happiness shoald shoot haHetato
on the highway he would be fiaed tor
disturbing the peace.
Thrift doesn't mean denying yeas
self a holiday to save the »ry>aas at
s ticket to the picnic.
We preach and stag about hiaiMfc
but still prefer an airship an earth to
the wings of the angels.
e — .
Our favorite mule was struck fey
lightning recently and kicked the
lightning baefc to where It came frsaa.
Too pray for the goods, end If the
goods come, you expect Providsace to
build the fire sad wait sa the table
Only three new magastaee wave
started recently. They are *
by wealthy writers, who will thaa ha
In position to accept their owa con
tributions.—Atlanta Constitution.
CRACKLINGS
Even an ocean liner tips occasion
ally.
> A rose by aay other aame coate
quite as steep.
A man's idea of a dub la a place
where there are no mothers-in-law.
Everything In this world Is balanced
—what a baldheaded man saves am
haircuts be puts into hair tonic.
There are two kinds of ties la the
world—the kind husbands wear and
the kind their wire* pick out for tbeas
to wear.
Judging from the way a man pridsa •.
himself on picking chickens It would
be s good thing to let him do the mar
keting for the bouse.
When s maid stays longer thaa a
month In the suburbs she Is immedi
ately suspected of being in love with
the country or the furnace man.
~ . Is
News l«em: "Decrease In number
of girts who marry after they reach
twenty-five years." Explanation: No J
unmarried girl ever gets beyond that "
"re. - J
Wkmt Developed in ISO&a
Whist is thought to be of English |
origin snd developed from s game of *
trump plajed about 1900 to IffiT.