Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 15, 1928 Page: 2 of 6
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ETERNAL CHILDREN
Victims of Father
The Independent
Farmer
Back in the old days, before the
advent of jarz, the boys could be
heard whooping it up with a lilting
lyric, entitled "The Independent Farm-
er" and glorifying the same. Today,
as yesterday, the isolation of the farm-
er while at his labor and the isolation
of the farmer in his life at home make
him an independent individualist; he
differ^ from other laborers in his se-
clusion. Other crafts and trades are
In many instances bound together in
cooperative organizations. Other
craftsmen and tradesmen express dis-
satisfaction by striking, or threaten-
ing to strike.
Has anyone ever heard of a farm-
er's strike?
Walter W. Head writes in the Re-
view of Reviews: "If all the farmers
of the United States were members
of one great union, if that union were
directed and controlled by one man,
if, in 1928, that individual should
order a general strike of all farm-
ers in the United States, then every
man, woman and child in America
would find that, the 'agricultural nroh-
lem' was not merely a problom, but
that it had become the problem of ev-
ery American."
Mr. Head points out that the farm-
er, as a class, differs from other in-
dustrial classes in that he cannot con-
trol either the amount or the quality
of the product to be offered for sale
at a single time.
Mr. Head suggests supervision by
the government of the machinery of
marketing, and capital advances or a
capital loan by government, as in the
Federal Land Banks, to protect the
farmer by private resources, from the
effect of price fluctuations.
The farm bloc in Congress goes
further—it will not be satisfied with
less than some scheme of pricefixing
which will do for the farmer what the
tariff does for the manufacturer at
the cost of the consumer.
Mr. Head also says in his article
that we must somehow reduce the
disastrous effect of the major uncer-
tainties peculiarly inherent in agri-
culture.
That's a very good idea!
Somebody said that a man has four
ambitions: to plant a tree, to write a J
book, to build a house and to beget I
a son.
There is something peculiarly sat-
isfying to a man when he has a sbn.
It may be a survival of the old feel-
ing that one must have an heir to in-
herit his estate.
In China they sometimes drown the
girl babies because they do not want,
so many girls around, and prefer
boys.
The affection between a man and
his son is peculiarly tender. It is
not the same kind of feeling that he
has for his wife or his daughter.
Somehow the son seems to carry
on his own personality and when he
looks at him he feels that his life
has not been in vain.
A man at a banquet the other day
got up and said:
"I am lonely. Neai'ly every man
here tonight has his son with him. I
have only the memory of mine."
Then he disclosed the fact that his
son was somewhere in France either
in an unmarked grave or lying un-
identified near some wire fence or
in a ditch.
The father wanted to go, but he
was too old; they wanted young men.
The sou never came back.
It may be a faint consolation, but
this boy has one advantage in that he
will always be a boy.
We lose our children in two ways.
They either die or grow up. In
either rase they separate from us.
The eternal children are the ones
who die. They always linger in our
memory as children. We expect to
see them in the next world as children.
They will always be children.
But those who grow up and devel-
op their own personality and individ-
uality swing away from us.
Perhaps after all the loneliest per-
son is the one who has seen his loved
ones grow away from him, rather than
the one who has lost them by death.
The latter has them always with
him in his memory, but to the former
that memory is clouded by the reality.
To and From The Farm
"The "United States Deparment of
Agriculture recently made a survey,
covering 2,745 persons who moved
to the cities from the farms, and
1,167 persons who recently moved
from cities to farms. The reasons
given for moving are interesting.
About one-third of those who left
the farms did so because they could-
n't make farming pay. One-fourth
left the farms because they were phys
ically disabled in some way. One
farmer in every forty interviewed
left the farm for the city because
he was financially able to retire.
About two-thirds of the 1,167 who
moved to the farms did so because
they thought health conditions for
both children and parents were to be
found there. Some of the other rea-
sons given were that the persons
found the cost of living too high in
the city; that they wanted the inde-
pendent life of the farm; and that
they were tired of city life.
Another interesting thing brought
sut by the survey was the tendency
for the younger people to move to the
farm and for the older to move to
th« pities.
The Children's
Column
Conducted by Fairy Godmother
FURTHER ADVENTURES
TOMMY
OF
Chapter Two
TOMMY AND THE LITTLE
RAIN DEARS
For some people the week-end seems
to have seven days.
And now it seems the "statute of
limitations'' is to substitute for a
]pteS of insanity.
There are some writers that even
a press agent can't write into fame
and fortune.
Mussolini's latest speech 1? iv port-
ed to have left Vienna cool, <t it
left us, as usual, quite cold.
Probably the next great boon for
the common people will be the inven-
tion of an electric can opener.
Business hasn't been pressing in
New York for a week or so, all the
tailors and dry clcansrs being on a
strike.
The cost of living may be coming
down but there are several places
i» the mountains that it hasn't reach-
ed yet.
Now that Lindbergh has brought
good-will into our foreign relations,
some one should persuade him to visit
Congress.
Maybe Russia would find it easier
to get recognition for her government
if so many of her leaders didn't wear
beards.
A man is quoted in the newspapers
aB saying that American-born opera
singers give him a pain, and some of
them could probably start a hospital
if, such frankness were universal.
It was raining softly and steadily.
Tommy stood looking out of the win-
dow, and thinking of the pine grove.
He remembered that, for his many
trips there he had always chosen a
sunny day. Now he was wondering
how the grove looked on a rainy day.
He decided that it was worth going to
see, so he took his cap and stole soft-
ly out.
It was not long before he and Tony
were standing beside Godmother's
steps. Tommy sniffed the air. The
pine grove was always a fragrant
place, hut now he thought that he
had never smelled anything so delight-
ful as these rain-wet woods.
He found Godmother inside the house
and, after a little chat with her he
said,
"Godmother, is there any place I
e&n go on a rainy day?"
"Well, Tommy, suppose you let me
thin'* about it while you sit on the
Veranda and eat one of my cookies."
As she said this she gave him a crisp
little cake from her cookie-jar.
"O-o! This looks good. Thank you,
Godmother."
He went out and sat on the edge
of the veranda with his feet on the top
step. The rain was still falling softly,
and under the dripping eaves little
pools of water were standing. As
Tommy ate the delicious little cookie
he felt himself growing smaller and
smaller. It was a peculiar feeling but
a very pleasant one. As he took the
last bite he was very small indeed.
The step and the veranda seemed to
belong to some great giant's house.
The sound of laughter drew him to
the edge of the step, and looking far
down to the ground, he saw a little
Rain Dear playing in the edge of the
pool. His plump little body was pink
as a rose petal. His head was quite
bald except for a yellow curl on top.
Tommy wanted to go down and join
him, but didn't know how to get there.
Just then a rain drop fell from the
eaves, and to Tommy's surprise, he
saw a litte Rain Dear riding down
upon it. He watched it till it splashed
into the pool below and the Rain Dear,
with a merry laugh, joined his brother.
Tommy now felt that he must go
down to them, so he looked about for
a way to descend. A honeysuckle
vine was growing to a trellis near,
and he began to climb down that. As
he clung to a leaf it broke off and be-
gan to fall. Tommy hung on for
dear life, and when the leaf landed
in the pool, luckily, he was on top of
it. As the leaf floated upon the water
like a boat, the Rain Dear saw it and
hailed it with delight. They took a
long slender grass stalk and held it
out to Tommy. He grasped one end
of it and the Rain Dears drew the boat
to shore. As soon as it touched land
both Rain Dears clambered aboard
and joined Tommy.
"Ho, for a merry voyage with Cap-
tain Tommy!" they cried.
Using the grass stalk for a pole
they sent the little boat skimming
over the water. Once a rain drop
from the eaves landed in the middle
of the leaf boat and almost swamped
it. Tommy soon bailed it out with his
cap and they went happily on.
Finally they came to the end of the
pool, but they got out and dragged
the boat overland to the next pool.
It was much larger than the first
pool, and a little stream of water from
the eaves was pouring into it. Little
bubbles of rain foam floated about ov-
er the surface of the water, and on the
bubbles rode many little Rain Dears.
How happy they were, and what a
merry welcome they gave to Tommy
and his companions! Leaping from
one springy bubble to another, or
sliding down a bubble to land with a
splash into the pool, seemed to give
them much fun.
As soon as they noticed the leaf
boat they began to plan a boat race.
Two Dears were sent to get another
leaf boat, others were sent to get new
and stronger poles, while others plan-
ned for the race. It was to begin at
one end of the pool beside the great
violet stalk; to go straight across the
pool, passing under the water fall; to
end at the opposite shore beside the
larkspur tree. Tommy was to pole
one boat and a Rain Dear the other.
Soon everything was ready for the
race. Tommy smiled at hiB little
friend in the other boat as they stood
waiting for the signal to start. This
was to be a blast from a honeysuckle
trumpet. The Judges took their places
under the larkspur tree, the trumpet
sounded, and off the boatmen started.
How they worked! Tommy thought
it was great sport. The little leaf-
boats skimmed rapidly over the water,
with first one in the lead and then the
other.
As they dashed under the water-
fall they became widely separated.
The falling water drenched them and
almost upset the little boats. As they
came out of it the crowds upon the
shore cheered them loudly. Tommy's
boat now began to gain and it looked
as though he was going to win. The
Rain Dear poled frantically and
brought his boat up within a short dis-
tance of Tommy's. Dropping his pole
overboard, the Rain Dear ran the
length of his boat and made a flying
leap into Tommy's. With a merry
laugh he caught Tommy around the
waist and said,
"Let's both win!"
So they drew up to the shore and
were greeted joyfully by the crowd.
Just then the sun came out and with
many merry goodbyes, the Rain Dears
vanished. Tommy was now alone and
he wondered how he was to get back
into Godmother's cabin. Before he
began to walk the long distance to the
steps he knelt by the pool to take a
drink of water. Godmother's cookie
had made him thirsty. As he drank
he began to increase in size, and it
was not long until he was himself
again. Bounding up the steps, he ran
into the house and told Godmother
about his fun. She smiled at him
and said,
"It is only two o'clock and you still
have time for a little journey. What
about it?"
"Oh, that's just what I want, God-
mother! Where shall I go?"
"How would you like to go on an
errand of kindness for me?"
"That would be best of all, God-
mother."
"Then I shall be glad to have your
help, Tommy."
End of Chapter Two.
Next week, Tommy's Errand of
Kindness.
W. C. T. U. NOTES
By EMILY BURTON
(Press Agent)
Daffy-down-dilly has come into town
In a yellow peticoat and a green gown.
—Mother Goose.
Farmer, gardenncr, bird and bee.
And children at play are glad to see
This lovely maid in her green -silk
gown,
Over a peticoat soft as down,
All yellow tinted with the gold
Of April sunshine, fold on fold.
Without meat, or bread, or song to
sing,
What does Daffy-Down-Dilly bring?
Beauty she brings for hungry eyes.
For the weary rest and joys surprise
To keep the old young, make the
young glad
Soothe the sick, and cheer the sad.
She heralds glorious days of June
When children play and roam till noon
Searching for every lovely thing
That grows in the woods by brook or
spring.
Honey suckles and blue-bells blue
Dew-berries sweetened with the dew.
The clustered grape and magic vine
Daring boys to climb and twine,
Till in the tops of the highest trees,
They view the world and drink the
breeze,
She brings an offering sweeter still
In ripe strawberi^es on the hill.
Soon pretty cups of leaves are made
And filled with berries of a grade
That no home-grown berry yet,
Though helped by science is able to
get;
And marching home with appetites,
Like hungry badgers longing for bites
Of bread and butter, and sugar and
cream
To make reality of a dream.
Dinner is just ready to eat,
And seated, they rest their tired feet.
Their berries poured into one large
dish
Are amply all each one could wish.
And give the white dressed table
agrace,
Sweet as rose or lily in a vase,
As proof of beauty's mission fine,
Daffy-Down-Dilly is gift divine.
From the angels to mortals given
As foretaste of the joys of Heaven,
Daffy-Down-Dilly and all her race
Of gentle flowers have a saving grace.
Those who love them will not walk in
The miry slough of drink and sin.
HIS FAMILY CROWDED HIM
A man descended from an excur-
sion trail and was wearily muking his
way to the street car with his wife
and eleven children, when a policeman
touched him on the shoulder aad said,
"Come along wid me."
"What for?"
"Blamed if I know, but when you're
locked up I'll go back and find out
why that crowd was following ye."
"Who was the unluckiest voman in
the world 7'*
"Eve. She couldn't thrOW up to
Adam the better men she hud known."
akb«'Jo»t.
Small boy: "Dad, how do they
catch lunatics?"
Dad: "With pretty faces, beautiful
clothes and charming smiles, my son."
Edgar Chisholm, aged six, and
George Chisholm, Jr.. aged nine,
who were found in the Indiana
Harhor Ship Canal. Their father
has confessed to slaying them be-
cause there were too many mouths
to feed. Mr Chisholm's original
statement, in his first confession,
that both boys were drowned con-
tradicted a Coroner's .port that no
water was found in the lungs of the
two bodicsi
Rose From Slums,
Now Sought In
Failure of Bank
Sullivan, Ind., March 14.—(Auto-
caster.)—Colonel "Jimmy" Lang, 73,
was on his vacation for a month, and
during that time his bank at Sullivan
was closed by state examiners. Now
a reward of $10,000 has been offered
for Col. Jimmy's arrest. Police in
Chicago have been asked to look for a
white-haired, stoop-shoflldered man,
about 5 feet, 5 inches tall, carrying a
weather-beaten black bag.
The Citizens' Trust Company, which
the Colonel headed, suffered a short-
age of $250,000, and indications point
to the Colonel having about $73,000
of it.
The Colonel was born in New York
as Alois Tsairvich, in the slums, and
one day came with a group of "fresh
air kids" to live with James Lang, a
Sullivan farmer. The boy took the
name of his foster father and became
a successful and respected citizen of
Sullivan.
Hatch Early—Get
Bigger Poultry Profit
Washington, D. C., March 14.—(Au-
tocaster)—The Department of Agri-
culture has made surveys which reveal
the decided benefit of hatching the
year's supply of pullets early in the
season. It was found that one hun-
dred early pullets will lay, in a year,
about 16,000 eggs, valued at more
than $450, while the same number of
late-hatched pullets will produce about.
11,000 eggs.
The late-hatched pullets will leave
receipts in the seasons of lower prices
only about half as large as the early
layers. May 15 is as late as it is be-
lieved profitable to hatch.
Twenty-Five Hundred
Dollars For One Kiss
Washington, D. C., March 14.—(Au-
tocaster News Service)—Twenty-five
hundred dollars was the price fixed by
a Circuit Court Jury when it returned
a verdict for damages against Vasilos
I. Cliebithes, a Washington attorney.
Miss. Madeline McNamee Price, wife
of a Jacksonville, Fla,, real estate
broker, and formerly Chebithes's sec-
retary, was the plaintiff. She charg-
ed that the attorney forcibly kissed
her at a Chicago hotel in 1925.
KNOW TEXAS
Texas has a priceless water supply
in her underground waters, and the
development of these is said to be the
outstanding fact in the state's devel-
opment in the last 35 years.
Texas produces commercial well
waters to the value of from $18,000,-
000 to $20,000,000 a year.
One of the noteworthy spring water
areas of the United States lies in
Southwest Texas.
There are about 850,000 acres under
irrigation in Texas.
Cities and towns which have elec-
tric light and power service from
transmission lines or local plants in
Texas now number about 975.
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