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
<E B Morrow In Progressive
Farmer.)
Some met ns of growing early
j'ant-s .should be provided for every
arden. For the average farm gar
’en, the manure-heated pit hotbed
Is perhaps best. In most parts ot
ha south twelve to eighteen Indie.
>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. Build the
■ it bed in such a position that the
over will slope toward the south In
rder to take advantage ot the
rentest amount of sunlight. The
best cover for a hotbed ts glass
ash. although cloth and a number
it other substitutes -ve sometimes
srd. Proper temperature, proper
enttlatton, and proper watering
ire very important hi the growing
'f plants in hotbeds
Timely .Suggestions.
1. Tito supply of garden seed
liould be bought in J*nuary It
p ssib’e. If postponed too long, s ed
f your favorite varieties may be
•■xhaustcd.
2. Try some of the new varieties
ach year, but stick to the standard
' inds for the nain gard'n crop un
til the new ones prove themselves
better than the old. This business
of trying out new things Is a fas
cinating game, so I suggest that a
small part of the garden be set aside
for this purpose.
3. Plan the garden now for the
whole year. It ts well to have on
pnper just about what you expect to
’o from now till next Christmas. It
s never possible to follow a plan to
he letter, but If you know how
.vlicn and where, half of the battle
(a won.
4 If you dc not have a good
trawberrj patch, by ell means
tart one this spring. The first ol
pring fruits, the strawberry is one
U nature's choicest delicacies.
H. Etheridge of Clay county
cleared over $300 above his feed bill
in November from a flock, of BOO
v.hite leghorn hens.
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