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SUCH IS LIFE- ? To Be Sure! ft)Pj FO<2 A\y HOME work j two USES ft^R. cow/woe ?'38a: AJOVV Voo N TU\KS\C 71 By Charles Sughroe 10 W Decrease in Population in 30 Years Is Predicted Social Code Disregarded in Face of Luxury. Washington. ? Definite prospects of a declining population In the United Btates are foreseen by federal econo mists as the result of a nreaengjiay ?octal code In which the rearing of children has been subordinated to craving for economic luxuries. Within the next three dOcades, ac cording to Dr. O, E. Baker, senior economist of the Department of Agri culture, the population of tills country (probably will reach a peak of about ilS8, 000,000 persons and begin a down ward movement unless present trends are reversed. "For twelve years," Doctor Baker declared, "the number of births In the jUnlted States has been less each year than in the year preceding, with three (exceptions. In 1933 there were about COO, 000 fewer children born than there were in 1021. MIn addition the tlow of Immigrants from Europe has been stopped ; Indeed, ?ach year during the last three years more people have left the United Btates than have entered it. Ten to twelve years ago the yearly increase of population in the nation was about two millions. Now it is less than one million." Blames Costs and Tastea. Doctor Baker tlnds no Indication that the decline in the birth rate is Blowing up. Already, he says, there are not enough children being born to maintain the present population per manently. But for the next few dec ades the population will continue to ?how slight annual Increases because of the large number of middle aged people now living. The Department of Agriculture economist attributed the declining birth rate to?two modern dny circum stances ? the high cost of rearing chil dren In large cities and the unwilling ness of parents to sacrifice In order to have children. Doctor Baker quoted statistics com piled by the Metropolitan Life Insur ance company showing that prior to the depression the average cost of raising a child to the age of eighteen In New York city was about $7,.r>00, or fully $10,000 If 5 per cent Interest on the Investment be allowed. Farming Would Help. "Three children per mother, the number necessary to maintain popula tion stationary," be commented, "means, therefore, an Investment of $2J?,000 to $.'10, 000. The average cost on the farms Is probably only a third as large, and In the small towns and villages Is Intermediate. "The decline In the birth rate would doubtless be retarded If a larger pro portion of the people lived In suburbs, small cities, and villages, particularly If many engaged In part-time farming. "The rural population," Doctor Ma ker continued, "Is no longer able to maintain Its own numbers and provide enough young people to the cities. If Jobs could be found for them, to bal ance the urban deficit. The large cities particularly may well consider the handwriting on the wall. We may be on the verge of very great shifts in the residence of the people. "Fully as Important, I believe, as an Increase In the proportion of the popu lation living In a rural environment, Is an Increase In the number of par ents who are willing to sacrifice for the sake of children and the preser vation of the family line." Big Nets Used to Trap French Wild Pigeons Paris. ? Trapping wild pigeons In nets Is the newest thing In hunting, according to reports from the Pays . _ enjoyed. Every year the wild pigeons start a pllgrlmnge south, and their route fol lows the Garonne valley, where they assemble for the flight across the Py renees. It Is here that the hunters stretch great nets across the valley and attract the pigeons with various foods. Flying low In the valley and through the trees, they do not Ree the net and run headlong Into it. As soon as they nre snared the hunters start hurling chunks of wood at their prey, so that they fall stunned to the ground. This year the catch has been especially good. Poor Health When 80, Hale on Reaching 100 Oreensburg, Ind. ? Twenty years ago Thomas J. Shields, of Adams, made his own cofTln of walnut, lined with sntin, and fitted with silver handles, and stored It away In a condemned building. Shortly afterward the build ing burned, destroying nil contents, In cluding the coflln. Shields was eighty years old at the time and was in Impaired health. He recently celebrated his one hun dredth birthday anniversary and Is In good health. Fie Is the oldest voter In Decatur county. He lives with his son. Landes, where this type Latest in Hats A plented flange of the straw Is blown forward over the right side of the face In this creation for milady. ODD THINGS AND NEW? By Lame Bode Protecting lighthouse from Sun/ Covers must be PL AC 60 ON THE LENSES OP lighthouses, which other wise focus the sun's rays AND 0ECOME HUGE BURNING GLASSES DURING THE daytime. 1 1 Stars an o space F IN ftPACe MATTER IS A billion times scarcer than in AIR, WHILE IN STARS IT IS THOU SAND Of TIMCS DENSER THAN LEAD. Goes to Puerto Rico Miss Itose Schneiderman/ champion of the working women of this coun try, left her post with the nntlonal labor board in Washington to become sole labor adviser In the administra tion of the NRA for Puerto IUco. She will work with Boaz Long, NRA ad ministrator, in framing codes and fur thering the same principles in Puerto Kican industry that have been laid | down In the United States mainland. | OUR NATIONAL MORALE By LEONARD A. BARRETT The economic readjustment through which we have been passing haa been characterized b y some writers as a bloodless r e v ol u tion. While tho term revolution may seem a bit harsh, Id the Anal analysis that Is Just exactly what has occurred. We are gradually emerging out of a revolution, which had It occurred some fifty or a hun dred years ago could easily have been accompanied with all the horrors of bloodshed. ICvery person, regard less of his social or economic status, has been compelled to suffer severe loss. This has not only been financial but In many rases has involved the impairment of health. The rich man of yesterday has become the poor man of today. Much of the real suffering will never be adequately apprehended for the reason that pride forbids pub licity. The astounding fact is that all this tremendous burden, plus the risk and strain of making readjustment, has been borne with a minimum amount of criticism. It would seem that this country Is honestly and seriously en deavoring to pull itself out and Is sin cerely endeavoring to follow govern mental leadership. It Is a clear indication of that philosophic attitude, which though restless at times, is content to toll and wait. In his recent address, President Koosevelt spoke of the "recovery which means a reform of many old methods, and a permanent readjustment of many of our ways of thinking. There fore, of many of our social and eco nomic arrangejiKMits." -*r Xve agree with the President. It has been a hard but successful year, and as ho remarked. "We have plowed the furrow and planted the good send ? the hard beginning Is over ? we must now cultivate the soil." May this cultivation of the soil bo accomplished with the snme spirit of co-operation. If this Is done through out the country, the future Is assured. ? by Wmt?rr. Nnwupnper Union. I.ava Bi?nr Captur?H R'mmnth Kails, Ore. ? A lava bear, one of tho most unusual and rare spo cles of the bear genus, was caught In a coyote trap near here recently. The bruin weighed more than 60 pounds. One Nickel Saved Is a Team Earned HoWtan, Okln. ? When Lloyd Bur rls, received a nickel for (food gradea In *rhool ho purchased noma corn and plnnted It, growing aoveral hufthela. 1'nrt of the crop ho traded for n pig, which nte tha surplus corn and grow Into a hog. The hog wan traded fdr a calf, which was bartered for n pnlr of colts. Ilurrla, now a farmer, has a dandy team of horses which cost him tho nickel. The Household By LYDIA LE RARON WALKER THEKLO are certain ways of Judging the quality of materials woven of cotton strands, and the homemaker does well to acquaint tierself with them. In order to select yard Roods or articles made of cotton and have them prove durable and well-suited to re quirements. When yard goods Is being purchased, see the cut end Ravel a strand from it. H u p t h e u n ? gloved tinkers gent I y and carefully over It, first with out m o v I n r the thumb and finger as the strand Is very slowly drawn between them. This will show whether there are any de elded uKevennesses in size of the strand which should lie straight, smooth and even. It Is well to do this with two or three st r ii tu Is. so that the ) u d n ni ent Is not !>nsed on an excep tlonnl one. The next thing is to hold one end of u strand In the left hand and very slowly and careful !y untwist the oth er end of the strand with the right hand, rolling t lie thread between the thumb nnd forefinger until the fllnments uncoil. As they slightly separate. It becomes evident whether the tllament Is long or short If It Is long the cotton Is of high grade The length of fllnments Is a matter of great Importance In Judging cotton and oth er threads and weaves made from them. Weave#. The fineness or coarseness of the weave should be carefully considered according to the use to which the tex tile Is to be put. Two elements come Into this consideration, the size of the yarn, as the thread Is termed, and the ch?8eness of the weave, by which la meant the number of threads or wnrp and filling In a given square, as a square Inch, which Is the usual measuring area. It is evident that there will be more yarn threads In a close weave of fine yarn, than In that of coarse or heavy yarn, yet the lat ter can be of nR high a grade of weav ing as the former Whether If Is or ?i<>t will alsoL. depend on the grade of ynrn ? thnt Is. whether It If of long. A-oll twisted filaments or not. In examining woven cotton goods try to discover If there are any tiny, almost Infinitesimal fuzzy particles. These burrs Indicate joining places of yarns or filaments In strands. While there would be some, they should be very few nnd far between In a mate rial of high grade. As will be seen by the aoove, It Is knowing what to look for in yarns and weaves that provides the means of judging textiles, nnd some of these ways are easily comprehens'Me. There are Intricacies for those who test goods expertly, but some of the minor methods have been shown which any one can grasp Home Decoration. A home should be representative of the occupants, whether there be one or many In the family. It should be more than a building uouslng people. There should be something vital about it, something In character with the people living under Its roof. To a cer tain extent this Is true of almost every dwelling, for personalities are Invading elements. What is wanted Is more of the occupant's personalities I list 1 1 led. and not that of dictators of styles o. those who have chnrge of decorations. This has been too much a vogue. The Idea of having a house In perfection of decoration has often been responsible for substituting the characteristics of those who were not occupants, rather than accenting those of the family. It is a wise thing to have the aid of a person who knows detulls of decoration as a guide to the homemaker, but It Is equally im portant that the decorator leaves the imprint of the best taste of the occu pants In the house and not mere cold fashion. It Is. however, far from the fault of decorators Q<at Interiors reflect vogues rather than the owner's good taste. The homes which are solely lacking in characteristics of occupants, are those In which colors and arrange ments, and even the articles of furni ture and furnishings, are chosen not to coincide with the tastes of those who are to live within the four walls, but to accord with certain detlnite phases of decoration which are being fea tured. While It is true and also laudable that furnishings should be In good style, It Is possible and practical to select Individual pieces which will HI) the needs of the family, furnish rooms pleasingly, express Individuality, and yet be articles chosen for mere style. The pieces In any one room should go well together In kind or at least In color of wood. ?. Bell Syndicate. ? WNU sorvlc?. Boss of Phillies Jimmy Wilson, veteran catcher, who will be manager of the Philadelphia National league baseball club during the seasons of HKM nnd 10r?f>. Wilson played with the Phillies before and was recently returned to them In ? trade with the St. Louis Cardinals. Need* Good Time Watcher Over a period of 21 hours, a navi gator uses seven different kinds of time to determine the exact location of his ship at sea. Seminoles Have a Papoose Show -LIJIUBJU ' ? I I >r. John llnrvey KelloKK, noted honlt.li specialist, wns the chief Judtfe at a hnl j show In Mlnirtl, Fin., hold exclusively for the Homlnole Indian pnpooses. The doctor la shown above examining Rome of the smnll children entered lh th? contest, nldod by his two nnrHOS, Mrs. II. P. Cowley and Miss Angle Kstella." On the Funny Side THE DECEIVER A little boy surprised tils parents by refusing to be scared Into being good. "It's no use telling ine thQjuigfil*? wlll write down In their books if I'm naughty," he said. "I might as well tell you they think up In heaven that I'm dead." . "Hut why should they thluk that?' "Because I haven't snld my prayers for two weeks." Important He had been warned off golf for six months owing to the state of his health. At the end of that period he presented himself for medical exami nation. "Heart's good," said the medical man, briefly. "Well, doctor," said the patient persuasively, "what about clubs?"? Vancouver Province. Hero Wor?hip "Are you a hero worshiper?' 'I am," answeied Senator Sorghum. "Are you sad when a hero disap points you?" "Yes. But I don't hold him per sonally responsible. I realize that I made him up largely out of my own Imagination." ? Washington Star. Only One Way to Go "How did you know business was going to get better?" "By a very simple process of rea soning." answered Senator Sorghum, "all the experts were saying It couldn't get any worse." VOICE OF EXPERIENCE Assistant ? A man who is getting too tall has written to find out 11 there Is anything that will make him short. Editor ? Tell him to try matri mony. Disappointed in Mother "Mummle, yon can't be nearly sc pretty as nurse." "Don't you think so, dear?" "No. We've been In the park for an hour and not n single soldier lias tried to kiss you." --London Humor ist. Should Carry a Rabbit'* Foot Mrs. X (arriving home) ? I've been making a round of calls, and I've been so unfortunate. Mr. X ? What, everybody out? Mrs. X ? No, everybody in. ? Lon Ion Opinion. They're All the Same Mrs. Newed? Matilda, our new cook, says she put her very heart In to her cooking. Mr. Newed? Then she must have boon very heavy hearted when 8he made this cake. ? Chelsea Record. Licked at the Start "Rill's only books are women's looks." "It's hard to earn a bachelor's de gree thnt way." ? Argosy. No Self-Starter Ross ? Would you care If I gav? you only Sir> a week to start? (Jfiga (Jertle ? 1 luh, I couldn't even start caring for that 1 A FAMOUS FLAVOR