Business Girls To Put Feet On Desk. Like The Men Dc Washington.—Liston, business girls! here's advice on how to Uo bigger and better work: learn to look like a man with your feet on the desk. So says Dr. Ogla Stastny of Omaha, Neb., official physician to America's organized business and professional wom en. “Loa; like a man.” she rayr. •’Women will never have achieved emancipation until they can relax at ease, with their leet higher than their heads.” Dr. Stastny has had expedience in being a boss. She stoutly mantains that women will be abler executives when the tilt back in their swivel chairs and place their feet on the desk during their in-between-con - ierence moments, "An hour or so of rest, with feet up—complete relaxation,” she says, “will give chance for the heart to be relieved of pumping all the time m erect posture. Less pressure on those veins that too often become vari cose. ‘‘Less general loginess. And, yes. less thick ankles. The upward stretch will exercise the angle mus cles.” Dr. Stastny does not welcome the new long and clinging skirts which would hamper the feet-on-the-desk movement. Increase In N. C. Schools Second Carc'ina Is Second In Percentage Of Increase In Years From 1920 To 192C. Raleigh.—-North Carolina ranks second among the states in per cent increase in number of pupils in pub lic high schools from 1920 to 1926, according to the January issue of the Journal of the National Educa tion association, it was learned from the office of the state department of public instruction today. This journal devotes a page of statistics, prepared by the research division of the National Education association, to the development of the public high schools in the sev eral states. Four separate years are treated, 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1926. According to this table North Car olina had 943 pupils enrolled in public high schools in 1900 ; 8,500 in 1910; 30,868 in 1920; and 84.569 In 1926. During the six year period between 1920 and 1926 the enroll ment in public high schools of lin state increased 174.0 per cent, where as the increase in Florida was 176.0 per cent, the greatest of any state. This gives North Carolina a relative rank of second In per cent increase from 1920 to 1926 in number of pupils enrolled in public high Bchcols This publication shows further that in 1900 there was one hi.;h school student for every 2,008 per sons in North Carolina; in 1910 this number had decreased to 259 per sons; in 1920, to 84 persons; and in 1926 there was one high school stu dent for every 34 persons witnin the state. In this respect North Car olina ranked 26 in 1926, whereas Florida had a relative rank of 33. In per cent of increase of public high school enrollment from 1920 to 1926, the adjoining states to North Carolina ranked as follows; Virginia 125 percent, rank 4th, South Caro lina 67 per cent, rank 32nd; Ten nessee 57 percent, rank 37th; and Georgia 45 per cent, rank 46th. To Be Freed After 9 Years In Prisoi Lexington County Men Were Give Fifteen Years For Criminal Operation. Winston-Salem. — Harvey ant' Charles Brewer of the Fredberg sec tion, who have been in the North Carolina penitentiary since 192(1 following their conviction on charges of assault by criminal operation, will be released within the next lew days. Their mother, Mrs. William Brew er, has bean advised by George Ross Poll, penitentiary superintendent that Harvey will be released Janu ary 22 and Charles February 12. Each of the young men was sent up for 15 years, but the sentence:, have been reduced by reason cf their good behavior, it is stated. • The trial, held in Lexington in August, 1920, before Judge J. Bis Ray, attracted much attention. Con victed with the boys was their father, William Brewer, who was sentenced to serve ten years in the penitentiary. He was paroled by Gov. Cameron Morrison, ' however, and died at his home in July, 1928. The three men were alleged to have performed a criminal opera tion upon Robert Hudson, 19-year old son of D. L. Hudson, a nelgn bor of the Brewers. They were con victed In August, but an appeal to the supreme court delayed the be ginning of the sentences and ilicy did not enter the penitentiary un til December, 1920. Too Much For Him. Mrs. Currie (to husband)—Now, tell me drarie, what really mad you step drinking. Currie—Well, you see, lrst time your mother was here X came home late one evening and saw two oi •’*r. and that scared me. One Night In Flanders Field Condensed from The American j magazine. By Captain Bruce Bairns* father. i Those early trenches were tx j tremely crude—simply ditches | Sandbags were few and fai between. ; Corrugated iron had not ’)een i‘i I troduced. Rain had transformed these trenches Into watery slots. "Dougouts” were muddy alcoves in terjected at randrm into either wall of the trench. Muddy rifles lay in crevices. The gaps between the rifles were filled with rusting cars, which had brought us food. Here and there were slots running oaek from the trench, which served as toilet stations and refuse pits. Be hind our unpleasant habitat-'on. sundry small wooden crosses stuck out of the ground, recording the massing cf those who could not have been buried farther away, because j of the dangers and pressures of the | moment. Try to visualize this scene, over . which rifle shots “crack” intermit - | tently; then try to realize that this ' is where you must live, and that ' there can be no escape except cm a stretcher. If you can do this, you will have a picture of the spot in which the first Christmas of the war found u.s. What a Christmas! Lurking in a filthy slot that wound its way across "n ex-turnip field! Yet when the i post arrived on Christmas Eve. bringing several small packages of food and cigarettes from those back at heme, the effervescent nature of the British soldier showed itself rnd we all cheered up a bit. By about midnight, songs were breaking out i here and there. How painfully ridiculous it seem j ed! Nation facing nation from two | long, winding slots in the ground. This, after all the mental evolu tion of map through the ages, was i the method used to settle a dispute! Kow strange is the dual nature of ! civilization which cares even for i hopeless cripples at enormous ex pense in peace, and throws ‘ts strongest and best into a mechani cal hell in war. So I thought, as I sat idly scraping t,he mud off rr.y boQts. Suddenly a sentry on my right turned down the trench and shout ed excitedly, "Shut up, you fellers' Listen!" The music stopped dead. "What’s the matter?" I asked. “The Germans is singin,’ sir. Lis ten, and you’ll ’ear- ’em!” Sure enough. We all distinctly heard the distant sound of a concer tina, coupled with yoices and occas ional laughter. Our men seemed pleased to think that the Germans could sing, and play music too. There was much laughter and in terest at this phenomenon. We nil went instinctively to the point where our trench approached the German line most nearly, and listened again. The German singing and playing continued, amidst much jocular comment from our men. Suddenly, one of the crowd scram bled up the parapet and shouted out “Come ever ’ere!" There was a laugh amongst us at the absurdity of the notion. Some one else repeated the invitation louder. There was an un-under standable replyfrom the German trenches, which brought forth still flirt her merriment on our side of the field. Even this terrible war had been unable to check the Spirit of Christmas that seemed to be abroad. Here, on Christmas Eve, something had snapped! An excited soldier ran to me. “They’ve met. sir! One of our men and a German! Out there in the open!” I hastened back with him to that nart of the trench, and found (nut this had not only really happened, but that one or two more from both sides were on their way to do the same thing. The situation from a military point of view \tas absurd were soldiers who had found, nd had got to continue fighting. To What should be done about It? Wc stop suddenly and be friendly seem ed a preposterous thing. But there was a greater force than armies at the front that night. As dawn came, I was able to see the situation. Our soldiers were everywhere in disorder. Some were standing on the parapet, a position which at a normal time would have spelt sudden death. Others were straggling out into No Man’s Land. Looking towards the German lines I saw precisely the same scene! I'm* soldiers of both armies were ap proaching one another aerrss No Man’s Land with smiling curiosity There was a mutual trust about Ine whole thing, although naturally ac companied by a curious shyness at first, which rapidly wore off. There was no trace of hatred or antago nism. One felt the establishment of 'hat friendliness which ferms itself between companions in misfortune. i met a young uerman oir.cer, and exchanged buttons as souvenirs. With my wire-cutter pliers I remov ed a button from his tunic, and gave him one of mine in exchange. Later I was photographed by a German with several others, in a group icm posed of both sides. Not far from us lay some dead, now approach able for the first time. The scene was so strange that in a simple foolish way I felt the war could not endure in face cf it all. This fraternization was now tak ing place on a front of half a mi'e. Strolling about in No Man's Land, I observed the extent of the thing, Ho Man's Land! where only a few days ago it would have been impos sible to meve without disaster, out where now soldiers were exchang ing food, souvenirs, and cigarettes. What would have happened if this curious situation had spread in both directions, until such a scene was being enacted along the entire length of the front? With hate, and all the propaganda that is used to inflame soldiers, gone from the war, it would be hard to get the thing started again. If someone could have shouted loud enough to have been heard all along the front —then what? What could the directing few do if a herd, numbering a million, re fused to start again? And what is the right point of view to have if such a condition arose? Should Peace and Good Will—Christianity —be fostered, leading to amicable "sttiement of the dispute, or should armed force prevail? But if some none powerful enough had arisen in No Man's Land on that morning and advocated a “.stop fighting” Homesick? WHEN you are away for a few days and become homesick—then pay home a visit by tele phone. A telephone visit will cheer you. For a few min utes it will be almost as though you were back again within the family circle. You know your home telephone number. Give it to the long distance operator and she will complete the connection for you probably while you hold the receiver to your ear. Use station-to station service and you will be surprised at how little it costs. Why not give yourself and the folks hack home, right now, the pleasure of a few minutes visit by telephone. Number please! Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company F policy, he would have been cour martlaled and executed. About noon, as the general laxUv and friendliness were growing, a! football match was suggested soav one had evidently received a deilit- j ed football as a Christmas iresem ' Playing football with the enemy doesn't, sound right somehow. How ever, this project was interrup.eu, X was suddenly sent for by the ’aptain of my company, and some thing within me told me that ah was not well. I arrived at Ills dug out and heard that there was dis pleasure in the mind of the Colo.iel at the proceedings. The news had reached the Ger cral. and sharp orders had arrived to terminate any fraternization im mediately. What else can a general i do? Chatting with the enemy take-, no place In his profession. So, with much trouble, the officers in the front line began herding the -.oldie; s I back. The Germans were made to understand that the friendly meet ing was over. The orders to return to the trenches were reluctantly obeyed. Christmas Night saw both sides back In their lines, and on our icti a few still-mingling soldiers, who had not grasped the serious nature Gaid:n Tips f manure is enough in building it. ’.ess manure Is required for start ng such crops as eabbr ge and let - uee than for such warm-season rops as peppers nn.1 tomatoes. Addlni Manure. Before parking the manure in the pit it should be piled and re-piled until it is heating uniformly of the orders, were shot dowrtNby opposing fire. The war had started again. Rifles spat forth death across the sh li scarred turnip Held, banishing the Spirit of Christmas that had fitted in a strange way across No Man's hand, and for a few hours had tri umphed. .rotighout For best results, use itnIi hai or mule mr.nurc con* .:iinlt!»: about one-till'd strawy Ilt ■i. It it l. dry at the time ol piling he manure should be moistened to tart fermentation. Pile it four or live feet high and allow it to stand until it begins to strum; then re sale. throwing the inside of the old vile on the outside of the new to nsure uniform henting In filling he pit the hianure should be proud out well, a h f or at a time, nd trampled down. Fill the pit to within four to six inches of the top nd flu sh filling with good garden oil in which to sow the seed. If lie seed Is to be sown In flat box 's instead of directly In the hot b d, two or three inches of soil ts sufficient. The temper.dure will u«l high for the first few days fier the hotbed Is made so no seed hould be sown until it lias d tipped to around eighty-five degrees Fah enlielt Get a good thermometer ind place it In the hotbed per manently. I.occt'on Of Bed. After digging the pit and filling with manure and soil. build a frame around the bed. For average ■oncitlons, the frame should be bout fifteen or eighteen Inches Huh at the brck and from nine to welye inches in front. 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