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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1916.
THE STATESMAN
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THE STATESMAN
Majestic Theatre Today
FARMING AND HIGH PRICED COTTON.
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THE ADAMSON LAW.
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Denying themselves weekly shaves and all allow-
anees of tobacco, and even doing manual labor to
increase their offerings, aged inmates of New
York City’s Home for the Aged and Infirm on
Black well’s Island have given a larger pro rata
share to war relief, their complete lack of income
considered, than any other persons in America.
These old men and women, many of them un-
able to walk briskly, some of them crippled and
almost everyone of them beyond 60, in one week
by self-denial or hard work collected $27 as a
contribution to the work of the American commit-
tee for Armenian and Syrian relief.
The voluntary gift of the inmates was the first
ever made by the Home for the Aged and Infirm.
The homeless men and women hearing of the plight
of almost a million starving Armenian women and
children in Turkey, at once decided to make prac-
tical their sympathy with the homeless across the
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DIRCTION WILLIAMI R© X-
If the Republicans gain the speakership, Champ
Clark's old houn‘ dawg may get a good kicking
out of the speaker’s stand; Mann will want his
kind of canine under the chair.
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HOW VICE PRESIDENTS ARE
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From present indications spinach will
not be the national dish in America
during the next four years.—Galveston
Tribune.
We would have ydu understand that
we don’t like such disrespectful refer-
ences to our Travis County crop.
PUHLISHED DAILY, AFTEnnOoN AND MIGHT—AND
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In an exceedingly crusty editorial the
"World” of New York complains that
the price of pie has gone up.—Cleburne
Review.
The World ought to be well fixed as
regards pie,- having worked for Wilson
like fighting fire.
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as a Christmas present this year!—Chicago News.
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MEMBERS ASSOCIATED PRESS
'This Boy Scout movement is a great
thing to teach the boys patriolism."
"I suppose it is, but ft mnkes It aw-
ful hard to find a boy that’s got time
to split kindling wood for his mother.
—Kansas City Star.
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Cuticura Soap and Ointment and got
relief in a few hours. I used one cake of
Cuticura Soap and one box of Cuticura
Ointment, and in twoweeks was healed
entirely. "(Signed) Roy Banka, R. F. D. 1,
Milton, Ky., Jan. 25, 1916.
Sample Each Free by Mail
With 32-p. Skin Book on request. Ad-
dress post-card: "Cuticura, Dept. T,
Boston.” Sold throughout the world.
against Norway was launched in the German press, I
all of which the Norwegian people haye been un-
able to understand.
Nothing seems to have created a greater bitter- ,
pess in Germany against Norway than the govern-
other boys skeered of him.
a good fighter."
"I can’t say about that.
“FAKE REMEDIES" ADVERTISED.
with the Exchanges I Grladys Brockwell at the
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"My trouble began with a few lirde
pimpes-eeming on my face. In a few
days it began to spread, covering all my
face and neck. They were
irritated and would fester
and come to a head. I could
not sleep, they itched and
burned day and night, and
Girl” is one of the most dint Ingulshed
gatherings of film favorites ever as-
aem bled in one photoplay, including as
it does the popular Lasky players, El-
liott Dexter, Theodore Robers, Edythe
Chapman, Lillian Leighton and others.
"Paramount Pictographs,” the inter-
esting and educatial screen magazine,
is presented at the matiness as an ad-
ditional feature.
my face was disfigured very
much .for the time being.
“The trouble lasted
bout two weeks. I tried
didn’t know much about
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Juries are said to sometimes bring
In verdicts so they can go to dinner.
It has been suspected that national
conventions somelimes nominate can-
didates for Vice President for reasons
as weighty. In the Republican con-
vention of 1878 that nominated William
A. Wheeler for that office there was
one delegate, at least, who had a bet-
Probably the phase the Twentieth
Century mother of daughters hears
most frequently is, “The other girls do
if when she objects to conduct or
clothing she regards as unbecoming
and unladylike, says the Detroit Fre
Press. It is an almost unanswerable
argument because the major premise,
that what other girls do is not inva-
riably what all girls should do, is ab-
solutely denied. When a sensible moth-
er requests her daughter to remove the
powder and rouge from her face she
pouts and says, "The other girls do
it!”
So they do. Because from the mani-
kin in tho-shop window everything has
been eliminated that can possibly be
spared, a bracelet doing duty as a
sleeve, a string of beads the precarious
Ten thousand people witnessed the
builafo hunt on the Goodnight ranch.
What a novelty in 1916, with only! a
few scattering nerds in zoological gar.
dens, the noble game animal which
once roamed the plains in countless
thousands from the Rocky Mountains
to the Mississippi River. have long
since been exterminated. The Kiowa
braves from an Oklahoma tribe of In-
Wheeler and was at first disinclined
to vote for him, but George F. Hoar,
who was working for Wheeler, took
Lowell aside and said: ‘‘Wheeler is h
very sensble man. He knows The
Biglow Papers’ by heart.”
A little later Hoar saw Lowell talk-
ing earnestly to James Freeman Clarke
and stepped up in time to hear Lowell
say: “You ought to vote for Wheeler.
He is a very sensible man.”—Kansas
City Post. ______ ,______
The quick decision of Judge Hook that the Adam-
•on eight-hour law is unconstitutional is, of course,
pnly the beginning of the legal battle to test this
law. The Government asked for an early decision
in order to expedite the putting of the ease be
fore the Supreme Court, and it was understood
that whichever side lost would appeal. As an in-
dication of what may be expected from the higher
bourt, the opinion of Judge Hook might have been
interesting had it not been so brief. 1 he Judge
mentioned that he had been “hurried up” in the
Blatter, and he did not prepare a long opinion.
1 Friends of the Adamson law are pinning their
Hopes on the fight to be made for it by the Attor-
ney General before the Supreme Court and are
•eying that Judge Book’s decision is by no means
final, which is very true. An able fight will be
made for the law, and it is quite possible that the
Supreme Court will not take the view taken by
Judge Hook. At the same time, it is well to realize
that this is far from certain.
But whether the Adamson law passes the test
or not, a victory for labor has been won, the fruita
of which can not be taken away. If the law is not
perfect it will in time be perfected, and its bene-
fits extended. What is really important about it
la that it represents a national policy; that it ia
the declaration of a great nation’a Congress for in-
dustrial justice, the first declaration by an Amer-
ican Congress for the eight-hour day. The law
itself is a "serap of paper” which may or may not
be torn to pieces in the courts. The principle it
represents waa indorsed by the American people
in the recent election and the courts can only bring
about a change in the language of whatever law
is to embody this principle.
The concentration of troops in Ha-
waii had brought together again some
old comrades of Indian frontier days,
and one of the good wives insisted
upon gathering them at her table to
talk of Auld Lang Syne. They had
been talking of Comrade’s splendid
services and advancement up the lad-
der of fame. All knew he was super-
stitious and never hesitated to stake
all on one chance if he could see the
moon over his right shoulder. The
hostess summoned one of her guests to
the lawn to try his lock, and said.
"You must hold this silver dollar in
your left hand, look at the new. moon
over your right shoulder, make a wish,
and it will come true.”
The think was very quickly done,
and they rejoined the party. Laler the
hostess asked if the wish had been
made, and. upon being informed that
it had, she remarked:
"Where is my silver dollars?"
“Oh!" replied the guest, ‘I wished
that I might keep the silver dollar, and
it came true.”—Harper’s Magazine.
SCHOOLROOM HUMOR.
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Texas Industrial Congress have averaged above
sixty bushels to the acre, and in individual cases
have produced more than 200 bushels of nuts to
the acre. Peanuts are subject to fewer diseases
and insect pests than cotton; they are less exhaust
ive to the soil when property harvested; they may
be fed to hogs without cost of harvesting, and
they are out of the way, the .owner has eashed in
much earlier than the cotton grower.
On the other hand the prospect of an enormous
cotton crop next year is rapidly becoming a cer-
tainty. Overproduction will certainly depress the
price of the staple for jiext year so that it may
easily and probably will sell for less than the cost
of production. There is no likelihood of an over-
production of peanuts; if the market does not hold
rp the nuts may be readily converted into pork,
which is certain to command a high price for at
least two years.
Twenty-eight counties in Middle and South Texas
grew about one-fifth the peanut acreage of the
State for 1916. Despite the fears occasionally
voiced, there was no overproduction, and the nuts
which were originally expected to be sold in the
Houston market were eagerly sought by purchasers
from mills located in other sections.
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rine in the world, baa suffered severe losses. Up
to date they have totaled: One hundred and fifty
steamers of 235,900 tons, insured by the “War In-
surance Association” for $25,000,000: sailing ships
aggregating 50,000 tons, and insured, for $1,888,000,
and many sailing eraft loaded with lumber and
pit props for England, which were not insured.
One hundred and fifty sailors have lost their lives,
fifty of them by German torpedoes from subma-
rines and the others when ships have been de-
stroyed by mines. Besides these, many boats have
been taken by belligerents and confiscated after
prise eourt proceedings.
Germany, after a few months rest, suddenly
started a submarine warfare against Norwegian
ships last September much sharper and more mer-
ciless than ever, before—exposing the lives of many
sailors to the dangers of the arctic storms. At
the same time, it is declared, a hostile campaign
No doubt some of the medicines
advertised are taken, but these never
have anv lasting success. They stand
in striking contrast to the good old
standard, dependable remedies, like
Lydia K. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com-
pound. which has stood the test o1
time and for more than forty years
has been alleviating the suffering of
womankind. Such medicines are a
blessing .to the community and will .
continue their good work from one
generation to another.
it $35, or $10 less than the income from peanuts.
Mr. Ousley, of the extension department of A. and
M. College, estimates it costa $50 a bale to pro
duce cotton. One-third of that amount would be
the cost of one acre. Deduct it from the $35 and
you will have a net profit of $13.33 per acre on
cotton against a profit of $30 on an acre of pea-
nuts.
The comparison just made discriminates against
peanuts as a crop to the advantage of cotton in
every respect. In the first place the average pea-
nut crop may be easily greater than forty bushels
per acre. Peanut raisers in the contests of the
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A * teacher in a lower grade wax in-
structing her pupils in the use of the
hyphen. Among the examples given by
the children was the word “bird-cage.”
"That’s right," encouragingly re-
marked the teacher. “Now. Paul, tell
me why we put a hyphen in "bird-
cage?"
•’It’s for the bird to sit on." was the
startling rejoinder of the youngster.—
The natural history teacher waa
working hard but receiving rather un-
satisfactory answers to her questions.
At last she inquired:
"Now, what little boy or girl cah tell
me where the home of the swallow is?”
Long silence, then frantic waving of
a diminutive hnnd.
"Well. Bobble, where is it?"
’The home of the swallow," declared
There has been no riotious celebration of the elec-
tiori result by either side thus far. The reason is
obvious.—Milwaukee News.
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"What are you views on the tariff?"
“I’m for protection of everything that
my conaUtuenta manufacture for Bale.”
replied Senator Sorghum. “And I favor
free trade for everything that they are
compelled to buy for cash.Washing-
too Hint
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confer a favor on the management by calling the circula
tion manager at either phono 1K
it remaired for a woman aviatrix to
come near the accomplishment of what
a masculine aviator sought to do. Miss
Ruth Law flew from Chicago to Hor-
nell, N. Y., a distance of 662 miles,
without a stop—establishing a new rec-
ord for distance flying in the United
States. Victor Calatrom, mere man,
who tried o make the Chicago-New
York flight, fell considerably short of
Miss Law’s record, and she believes
that but for a delay in starting she
would have accomplished quite what
the man failed to do.—Denton Record-
Chronicle.
“Delay in starting.” Had to take one
more look in the mirror, we assume.
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Nothing is more to be knocked than
a bumptious, self-conceit ed man. Hit
him as often as you like and as hard
as you can.—Alba News.
Suppose he is conceited enough to
think he can lick you, and is able to
prove it?
diang were present, And 1462 came in
autos. The buffalo was killed by the
Indiana with arrows. What a contrast!
Ten thousand people to see one buf-
falo killed, when back in 1870 a hunter
that could not kill from one to 1000
in the se3son was not proficient enough
for the job.— Gilmer Mirror.
The reason why the bison is so scarce
today is that the animala slaughtered
in so reckless a manner in the old
days. The vandal instinct in man and
the thirst for blood lead him to de-
stroy that which can do him no pos-
sible good and at the same time rob
his descandants of important sources
of wealth and pleasure. We see the
same thing going on daily. Needless
killing of birds—game birds, song birds,
insect destroyers needless destruction
of trees, and many other needless prac-
tices demonstrate that the brute in us
is yet uncondqered by the man.
Enthusiasm shown for the playins
of the Hlonzaley Quartet is reflected
in the comment in the press both of
London and America. Tickets for the
concert at the Majestic *1 heater are
selling rapidly and can be procured at
Reed music store.
•The performance,” said the London
Morning Post recently, "was one of the
most perfect kind and will rank us
most remarkable.”
"Such playing as theirs is rarely
heard,” declared the Westminster Ga-
zette. "For perfection of ensemble and
beauty of tone they are certainly un-
surpassable.”
“It is safe- to say that the Flonzaleya
have only one or two equals in the
world,” declared Henry T. Finck in the
New York Evening Post. "If chamber
music is ever mad > a truly popular fohn
of musical art, it will be through the
achievements of organizations as simi-
lar as possible to this one. It seemed
last season as though the work of the
four players could not be subjected to
further improvement. Yet, strangely
enough, it impressed one last night as
having achieved the apparentivimpos-
Walter Anthony, critic of the San
Francisco Call; referred to the Flonza-
ley quartet as follows:
“It would require an overcultured,
hypocritical being. Indeed, to pick flaws
in the Flonzaley’s well nigh perfect
work. We are told that for nine years
none of them bothered himself with
giving a single lesson, played in an or-
chesira or a solo. They have devoted
themselves as individuals to making a
perfect quartet, to the end that all
four play like one, and that one a
composite of all four.”
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Mae Murray, the charming Iasky
star, who will be seen at the Crescent
today and Saturday in the Jesse L.
Lasky production of “The Plow Girl,"
had her first taste of farming during
the filming of some of the scenes of
this picture She was given a yoke
of oxen and told to make a nice, com-
fortable furrow. According to reports,
the oxen and the plow remained on
the ground, the star at the plow han-
dle. spending most of the time doing
essential gvmnastics. Finally the oxen,
realizing that they had an amateur
at the helm, ran away with Miss Mur-
ray si 111 clinging to the plow handle.
The star has announced that in the
future she will do her plowing in a
taxicab.
The supporting cast of 'The Plow
Twelve million dollars is a conservative stimate
of the value of the Texas peanut crop for 1916,
according to investigators of the agricultural com-
mittee of the Texas Bankers’ Association, conduct-
ing the “Safe Farming and High Priced Cotton
Campaign” under the direction of William G.
Breg of Dallas. From figures gathered by the
Texas Industrial Congress, it is evident that 300,
000 acres were planted in peanuts for the season
just closing. Statistics show the average produc-
tion per acre for the State for several years is
approximately forty bushels, while the peanut hay
has averaged slightly more than one-third of a ton
to the acre.
Early in the season the price of nuts was slight-
ly less than $1 a bushel, but the price is now well
above the dollar mark, with every indication of
remaining high. Peanut hay brings more than
815 per ton. On this basis the income from an acre
of peanuts is at least $45 to the acre; making lib-
eral allowance for the cost of labor and interest
on the investment, it should cost about $15 to grow
•nd harvest a crop. Hence the net profit should
be about $30 on one acre of peanuts. .
Much of the cotton and seed raised for this year
was sold long before present prices were reached,
and on the average producers have received less
than 16 cents for the lint and $45 for the seed. But
on that basis the return for a bale of cotton would
be $102.50. At a third of a bale to the acre, which
Secretary Houston of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture has written a
letter of denial to a southern farmer
that any means, secret or otherwise,
of annihilating the boll weevil had
been discovered. Its annual ravages
-cause a loss of 400,000 bales of cotton
in the South. Appearing in this count
try in the eastern counties of Texas
in 1892, from its original habitat in
Mexica, it spread in concentric cir-
cles in subsequent years until a foot-
hold had been gained in practically
all of the cotton-growing states of
the South. The annual loss in Texas
alone as a result of the weevil’s depre -
dations is placed at 127,000,000. Every
effort has been made by the Depart-
ment of Agriculture to destroy the pest.
It was thought at one time that the
Guatemalan ant was its natural enemy,
and a supply of these was imported.
Whether the boll weevil turned on the
Guatemalan ant hi not clear The fact
remains that the ant has disappeared,
leaving the weevil in control of the
field. Thus far, the only successful
means of control has been the burning
of dead cotton stalks in the fall, there-
by destroying in large measure the
hibernating millions that would de-
velop into active parasites during the
coming season. —Thomas F. Logan in
Leslie’s.
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ment’s ordinances prohibiting the export of eer-
tain foodstuffs, which Norway claims it needs for
itself—especially the ordinance of last August pro-
hibiting export of certain kinds of fish. Although
fishing is one of Norway’s main trades, yielding
a great surplus for export, since the war so much
fish has been exported that there has not been
enough left for Norway itself, and the country has
has been deprived of one of its main foodstuffs.
The export to Germany has been increasing to such
an extent that the people demanded that the gov-
ernment should take steps to provide fish enough
for the home market.
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Events are veering to the point where the am-
bitious family will have to count its money and
choose between an automobile and a Thanksgiving
turkey.—Houston Post.
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Another reason why the cost of living is so high
io because a pair of good shoes hosts as r " ’ as a
box of 10c cigars.—Galveston News.
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undress in the same fashion on "full
dress" occasions. Put when weight
does a mother’s interdict carry
If We let the girl tell It-— and .she 4
generally does—a girl has to be let
alone. She knows what other girla
do, and it must be right.
When a mother’s remonstrances can
overbalance the standard set by "the
other girls"-, who refuse to see them-
selves as others see them—depends
upon whether her influence has been
strengthened or weakened by the years. I
“Girls didn't do that When I was young”
is a futile plea; it overlooks the gap
between 40 and 18, and youth is quick
to assert that times and manners
change. It is difficult to stem the ar-
rogance and self-confidence of youth;
one can only hope youth may escape
the perils of inexperience and age
brings sanity.—-Pat hfinder.
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