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THE WORLD'S GOOD NEWS v.-Ul ccme to your holhe every day through THE CHRISTIAN SCIt-NCE MONITOR Aw International Dotty Neuipafier II record* for you the world's clean. constructive doings The Monitor dors not exploit crime or sensation; neither dors it ignore them hut deal* correctively with them Features lor busy men end all the (ttui|ly. Including the Weekly Magazine Section. The Cbrletlin Science Publishing Society One, Norway 8treet, Boston, Massachusetts Please enter my subscription to'The Chrlftlan Science Monitor lor a period of 1 year *13.00 fl months $0 00 3 months *3 00 1 month f 1 00 Wednesday Issue, Including Magastne Section 1 year *2 60. 6 Issue# 20c Nome Addrese , $ Samp It Ccpy oh Rtquait 3 ' How The Germans Are Living Today " * * (Condensed from "Through Turbulent Years.") In Germany today If a citizen Is jiot parsimonious by nature, he Is forced to be so by law. Nothing Is wasted. Retailers have been Instructed to use as little paper as possible for wrapping parcels; and no string. Toothpaste tubes carry the words: "This tube must not be thrown away." Women must do without rubber in their garters. Toy balloons for the Kiddies are banned. Government regulations provide that every housewife collect no less than seven categories of waste material : Rags, articles made by copper, nickel, tin, aluminum, lead, etc., iron and steel scraps, waste paper, rabbit skins, bottles, bones. Specially licensed dealers come around and colI lect these. 1 It takes a lot of skillful doing for a German housewife to provide a good dinner. "This is my first whipped cream In three weeks," explained my hostesB one evening. "I have It now only because several days ago I explained at my shop that I expected a foreign guest, and asked as a special favor that a bit of cream be saved for me." "You have cards for dairy and meat products?" I asked. My hostess answered: "I^o. But each shopkeeper has a customer's card and a record of your last year's purchases. Then he allows you 80 per cent of 'normal' requirements. A food card would be too reminiscent of 1918 days." Butter and other fats can be procured only from a regular supplier. One family moved to the other side of Berlin, and for weeks until red tape could be untangled had to travel across the entire city to get these products. Each German is entitled to half a pound of butter?usually mixed with a substance?and a half a pound of margarine a week. There Is even ersatz (substitute) margarine on the market, made of fats extracted from wood. At first this was used as a grease for machinery, but after trying It on prison inmates, the Ministry of[ Healfh pronounced it edible. Meats* must also be bought from the same shop, month after month, and latecomers have restricted choice or none at all. The previous day my hostess had asked for beef. There was ouly mutton, and veal at $0 cents a pound. Fifteen thin carrots cost twenty cents. I complimented my hostess on her cake. "Better than I have had any; where else In Germany," I remarked. "I'm not surprised,' was her reply. "German flour Is no longer real wheat flour. By law it must be mixed with potato flour, corn?and, I suspect, occasionally with wood fiber. Please don't ask me how I obtained this. I break the law only on very spocial occasions." "So. You don't know about our synthetic products," inquired mine host, a leading architect. "Well, look at these trousers." I had thought them rather a swagger pair of gray flannel. "They're made of wood?not a thread of wool in them. They've stood up all right so far, but I haven't been caught "in a rain yet. A friend tells me to be prepared for a 20 per cent shrinkage." , Woolen goods are virtually unprocurable. A few specialty shops are permitted to sell some Imported materials, but they are much too ex1 pensive for the average German. Even (women's dresses are made of wood. I Yet to the query of a woman guest at the dinner I could honestly reply that I liked her new dress, and remarked that I was glad to see the style of shorter skirts returning. "Style my eye," exclaimed her husband. "Length and fullness are controlled by law, in order to save materials." Men's shirttails have also been shortened two inches fore and aft, to ' effect a national saving. J German housewives, urged to serve more horse meat, have been told that | "ancient Teutons regarded horse 'meat as a-special delicacy; it was an old cultural custom." During the past year 126,000 horses in Germany have been slaughtered for meat. It may Beem absurd, but to conserve food, even stage magicians are for! bidden to use eggs, milk, or other eatables in their performances, j In this frenzied drive for economy, an official decree states that "it is the duty of every citizen to see that ! the dead shall not he buried in ex[ pensive materials." German barbers are collecting about 300 tons of men's hair annual, ly, for hair as short as one t^ird of an inch can be utilized in hiaWng ' carpets and roofing felt. And Ger man scientists expect to convert horse chestnuts Into oil and fat. Ooerlng has warned mine operators that their plants may be taken over if they do not bend every efTort to extract nickel, copper and coal from low-grade ore, even though it is "temporarily" un-economic. Powerful Nazi propaganda constantly insists that in respect to food and othe,r vital supplies Germany is in the position of a "blockaded country," a "beleaguered fortress."" Grumblers experience the weight of organized community pressure, and in extreme cases are "visited" by the Gestapo. Hence, the Germans have adapted themselves with notable patience to the various interferences with their private and business lives. Germany's aims toward self-sufficiency in essential raw materials, however, show varying results. Success in rubber and woolen substitutes has been phenomenal; but in the case of artificial rubber (buna), quality is offset by sheer expense; five to six times the cost of natural rubber. The blocked marks (marks spendable only in Germany) with which most imports are paid for, have caused many odd transactions. Standard Oil of New Jersey, in one deal, finally accepted 40,000,000 mouth organs in payment for ite products. The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film company solved a part of its difficulty by buying in Germany a live hippopotamus, later sold to an American circus. The Budd Company, of Philadelphia, delivered machinery quoted at $43,000, accepting, instead of cash, some 200,000 canary birds. Despite such ingenuities, imports have been sharply restricted. The situation a few months ago was so desperate that Bremen importers were delivering half a bale of cotton to individual customers, where formerly they had filled orders by the hundreds of bales. A competent official states that Germany Is more than $200,000,000 behind in its normal supply of raw materials necessary to keep its factories operating. Germany's herculean effort to achieve self-sufficiency has caused a general lowering of the standard of living. It has Increased subsistence costs by at least 20 per cent since the Nazis came to power; and it has resulted In a serious depletion of Germah resources in raw materials, food, and financial reserves. Nevertheless, If s product, raw or manufactured, is unprocurable in Germany, and is needed by the German military forces, real cash is found, tome way or other, to paj for COOL BEACHES BECKON F And the Trip by ha a All GREYHOUND SUPER-SOACH Is Smooth ? Convenient 1 h' V I T"\OWN to the sea in Super-Coaches? that's the new and thrilling way to go week-ending. The trip itself is as cool as a breere off the ocean?and with fares so low you can afford to feel completely carefree. You know it costs only 1/3* as much to go by Super-Coach as it does to drive "a cfft GREYHOUND TERMINAL East DeKalb 8treet ~s PHONE 349 - - - V ROUND TRIP PARKS l?te of Palms $3.60 ? 3 Buses Daily 2:35 am, 1:25 pm, 4:40 pm Myrtle Beach 4.96 4 Buses Dafly 9:35 am, 3:00 pm, 4:45 pm ? 5:15 pm Wrlghtsvllle Beach . 5.15 1 Bus Dally 5:20 pm Carolina Besch ... . 6.60 1 Bus Dally 6:20 pm H 'I | II I CULLING THE LAVING FLOCK tl'rapared by Eleanor Carson, Kxtension 1'oultry Specialist) During these suuuuer mouths hens should bo giving at least 60 per cent production in order to be* profitable. Good care, proper food, culling out the non-producers and proventing infestations of parasites will aid in maintaining egg production. liens that stop laying during the summer months are usuully the poorest layers in the ttock and should be culled out as they go out of condition. When the Mock has been properly cared for all hens that stop laying before September may bo safely cluss od as culls. These that continue to lay through the early fall months may be kept in the Mock. Hy removing the culls, feed costs will be lowered and the rate of production kept on a profitable basis. .In selecting the good producers and in culling unproMtuble birds, it Is nocessury to be able to distinguish hens that are laying from those that are not. The condition of comb, wat ties,*, vent and other parts indicates whether a hen la laying at a particular time. The bleaching of the pigment of the vent, beak, and shanks, the time of year that molting takes place, and the duration of the molting period are useful factors In ddtermlning how long birds have been laying. The earning capacity of the Mock can be kept at a high level by the frequent elimination of non-layers A few years of Intelligent selection, based on the factors mentioned, or the purchase of new stock from sources where such selection la practiced will lead to the development of highlaying strains. The birds will be noteworthy for earllness of sexual maturity, good rate of laying, comparative absence of breedlines, and persistence of production. These four characteristics largely determine the number of eggs produced. If you are Interested In learning how to cull your Mock, get In touch with your county farm or homo demonstration agent. Write the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., for Farmers' Bulletin No. 1,727, "Selecting Hens for Egg Production." To make a proHt from your hens it Is necessary that you learn to cull your Mock and give It a systematic culling in July, August or September each year. An attempt was made Monday at Beirut, Syria, to assassinate Premier Mardan, by throwing a bomb Into his automobile. The bomb failed to explode. Nobody's Business NVrltteu for The Chronicle by Gee MeQee, Copyright, 1928. FLAT HOCK NEWS FLA8HE8 ..rev. will wuittj. uur local preeoher at rohobor church, was vefry much mipprlsed, gratler-Aod* hiuI happy when he opened hia mall at the puat offla last satturduy and found 3$ in same which waa sent to him by the schollars of cedar lane hi; he preached there baoky-laurule serwont down there about 4 weeks ago. the other letter was from hla mother-in-law; she will be up next week for the summer, so he aald. ,.mr. dump moore, the married son of hon. and mrs. holsum moore, has recently benn promoted from a w. p. a. wheel barrow to a timekeeper, he feels mighty proud of hlB advancement. by attending the night scholl. he learnt how to rite a little and Agger fairly well, hence hlB advancement. hla wife aaya education la certainly a wonderful thing, W s ,.mr. torn .head has withdrawed hla name us u candy-date for the legislature. aomeboddy commenced to whisper around about him and hla conduct befoar he married, and he was afeared that when he got on the stump, the publlck mougbt provo It on him. ho was newer actually arrested; he had strong friends In the law, but pollitlcka Is stronger than the law ansoforth. ..the c. i. o worker has loft town at last, ho was here trying to oggernize the Ailing station employees and the ford washers, he got 5 of them to jtne at 2$ per head, but the other 4 stayed out. they are verry well sattisAed with the new 40-hour law and the minimum wedge of 10$ per week, they aoem to realize that they are not worth anny more at pressent. ..miss Jennie veeve smith, our afficient scholl principle, is off to the mountings on her Bummer vacation as a ltfe-gard. she can't swim herself, but she will look after the swimmers who swim In the upper part of the lake which is not much over kneedeep. little fellers can get drowned In shallow watter as easy as they can in deep watter If It gets Inside of their lungs, she took red cross 2 weeks. ..there is nothing of a social nature in Aat rock, no parties are being hell, noboddy is getting married, no wives] and husbands have fell out and sued for alllmony, only a few dogs are barking at night, blzness Is dull at the Btoars, drummers are about all off of the road waiting on the new ependlng and wasting program, and the goose ain't hanging so hlgb. yores trulie, mike Lark, rfd, corry Bpondent. LA8T WILL AND TE8TAMENT deer rar. eddltor: ? 1 have benn asked by miss Jennie veeve smith, our afficient scholl principle, to send you a coppy of the last will and testerment of sudle lou Lark, a graduate of the Aat rock high at our last commencement, and which] was read by her at the exercises ansoforth. It is as followers: "1 returned back from a stay In germanny and a trip around the world which lasted 10 years and landed in old Hat rock, the place where 1 was borned and schooled, there were very few changed in the looks of the town. the old libberty stable and the allnight garrago have both benn converted Into licker stoarB ansoforth. hansom moore was running a lunch counter and his wife, dinah head moore was doing the cooking. her brother, puddln head, was reported to be getting along verry well in- the fedderal prissou in atlanta with only 3 more years to go for unlocking a mail box In the night time with mallis-aforethought. miss Jennie veeve smith was still teeching the Aat rock hi, but a few gray hairs had crept Into her head, her twin sister, miss sallie veeve, had married the widdower Jones and him and her owned 9 pretty childrens, including them that he merged into the familey from his Arst matrimonial adventure. slim chance, Jr., had benn In pollitics twisto with unfavorable results, and had moved out into the country where he lived with his wife's peeple he had married art square's third darter the Arst time who ancered tc the name of fair ann square, but she ran away w,th a frult tree agent lE 1906 and had not returned back, he took unto hisself for his secont wife tootsey skinner. dr hubbert green was still running his drag stoar and his son, slmkln? green, had benn in a meddical col lege for 10 years but had newer fetch ed home a sheepskin to practise medl son with." ennle taeenle and mint* moore had all got married and wer< either In the sowing room or totinf vlttles to their husbands on the w p. B. ? J % 1 . gtonii . _ ^ Find Fortune In Safe of Hermit. Masontown, Pa., June 11.?Neighbors of Fred Schroyer still were discussing tonight tho extent of his fortune, several hundred thousand dol| lars of which was found In an old Iron safe In his.* lamp-lighted home lust outside Masontown. The 72-year-old recluse died In a I S Uniontown hospital May 31, protesting against ministrations by physicians treating him for diabetesAt 2 o'clock thd next morning the four heirs, Mrs. David Oans of Philadelphia, and her three daughters, arranged for a guajrd of state motor police about his house, a well built structure but without running water, electricity or telephone. Next day the safe was opened before the astonished heirs, police and Attorney Dean D. SturgiBs. After counting 102 $1,000 blllsi $100,000 In liberty bonds and more than $60,000 In school bonds, the remaining stack of bonds and stocks were shunted aside for a later check. Details of the discovery remained secret until today. Schroyer lived quietly with a housekeeper and a "handy man," Jimj Franks Before he left for the hospital1 he gave Franks a rifle and told him to guard the safe. sudlo lou Lark, class of 38." mr. edditor, plese run the above In yoro flne little paper and yore favor will be evermore appreciated, yores trulie, mike Lark, rfd, corry spondent. PLANNING EARLY FOR MUSIC FESTIVAL IN COLUMBIA Those South Carolina musicians planning to enter the 1939 festival auditions will do well to docldo on their programs now and spend the summer in intensive preparation as the final duto of entry, November 1, will be earlier than heretofore and the rules governing the contest much more exacting. The purpose of the festival auditions is to discover mature musical talent in South Carolina, ranking with the best of the country, artists who will be a credit to the big festival program in the spring and can perform expertly with a symphony orchestra and chorus. The contestants presenting themselves for the auditions must he able to perform a complete recital program?lasting one hour and a quarter of playing time?from memory and must accompany their applications with letters of high recommendation from at least two musicnl authorities. The Judge for the final contest on January 21 will be no less an authority than Joseph Szlgeti, the world renowned violinist. The preliminary contest will take place the day before on January 20. Anyone wishing more specific Information about the festival auditions may write to Music Festival Association, 208 Central Union Building, -Columbia. * 1 The house rules committee pigeonholed a labor sponsored bill to penalize government contractors, who fall to observe decisions of the National Labor Relations board or disregard stipulated wage-hour standards. John L. 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