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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 5, 1924 * 
Things To Think About 
Easy to slip off and on — one of the big convenient 
features of the “U. S. " Walrus 
In and out of ’em 
i 
a dozen times a day 
Slide ’em right over your leather shoes— 
snap the buckles shut — and you’re ready 
for the stickiest muck and mire the barn¬ 
yard offers. 
You can walk in mud or icy slush—these 
big overshoes are as watertight as a boot. 
And their heavy fleece lining keeps your 
feet always warm and dry. 
Then when you’re through, a douse of 
water washes off the caked dirt in a 
flash! Mud has a hard job sticking to 
that smooth rubber surface. 
The “£/. S.” Walrus can be 
washed clean instantly. Its 
surface is as smooth and water- 
proof as a boot. 
Trade 
Mark 
Ask for 
66 -nr t , 
Wives have a real interest in the “U.S” 
Walrus, too! No miry tracks on the 
kitchen floor—no dried mud around the 
house! Just flip open the buckles—kick 
your Walrus off—and you walk in¬ 
side with clean, dry feet, no matter 
what the job outside has been! 
Other “U.S.” Footwear — all 
built for long , hard wear 
“U. S.” Boots, built so tough and 
rugged they’re famous wherever 
boots are worn—Rubbers and Arc¬ 
tics, all styles and sizes for the 
whole family—“U. S.” Bootees, the 
all-rubber lace shoe, for spring and 
fall use—every kind of rubber foot¬ 
wear you could possibly need is in¬ 
cluded in the big “U. S.” line. 
Every single one is backed by 75 
years of skilled experience. It will 
pay you to look for the “U. S.” 
trademark — the honor mark of the 
largest rubber organization in the 
world. 
United States Rubber Company 
U. S. W&lms 
Non-taxable Bonds 
Someone has been sending me Tiie R. 
N.-Y.. and I have noticed with much sat¬ 
isfaction the stand you have taken 
against the issuance of non-taxable 
bonds by States, counties, and cities, and 
the waste and extravagance caused there¬ 
by in the (expenditure of the public 
money, and especially the injurious ef¬ 
fect on the farmers. I wish to call your 
attention to the fact that on November 6 
the matter was put squarely to the vot¬ 
ers of Virginia, the issue being whether 
lifty millions of bonds should be issued 
by the State of Virginia to be spent on 
the roads, or whether they should be 
made by annual taxation, and especially 
a tax of three cents a gallon on gasoline. 
The voters by a majority of 45,000 de¬ 
cided against bonds, the cities generally 
voting for bonds, and the country against 
them. I hope that the action of Vir¬ 
ginia may be an incentive to the other 
States to do likewise. The bond people 
flooded the State with propaganda, as to 
what Maryland, North Carolina and 
other States had done, but it did not 
move Virginia in her determination never 
again to create a public debt. 
Virginia. s. b. whitehead. 
Growth from Dormant Seed 
I am interested in the article on page 
1256 about the hickory and other trees 
growing on the Western prairies. About 
35 years ago my brother and I broke up 
a piece of new ground for corn. On one 
corner of the field was one-fourth acre 
where 65 years before a cabin sheltered a 
widow and daughter. After plowing and 
fitting for corn there came up a quantity 
of old-fashioned flowers, A man who had 
owned the land for many years said there 
had not been anything else but sod there 
for over 60 years to his knowledge. On 
this farm, which has been tilled for 132 
years by the same family, ragweed seed 
grew abundantly, which I have very good 
reason to believe was very old, as I dug 
up the soil deeply to sow a special crop 
later in the Fall, that the seed (celery) 
might lie dormant all Winter and grow 
when Spring warmth came. If seed will 
stay dormant in the ground 50 and 100 
years, why not much longer, and then 
grow? The same seed stored above 
ground might not, but the soil is a pre¬ 
servative. What say you? Nature has 
a wonderful way of holding and retarding 
growth until such time as it will amount 
to something. F. M. P. 
Cayuga Co., N. Y. 
Relief for the Sleepless 
What is more distressing than lying 
awake at night hearing the hours and 
half hours struck by the old clock on the 
stairs, as the darkness slowly advances 
into daylight? Sleeplessness may be 
caused by a number of different things. 
If there'is severe pain, organic irregu¬ 
larity or other illness causing this con¬ 
dition, it is wisest to consult a compe¬ 
tent physician. The consequences re¬ 
sulting from want of sufficient sleep are 
often very sex-ious, and certainly no one 
can do his best work without the sleep 
and rest which his system requires. 
Quite frequently insomnia is caused by 
overwork, worry, over-excitement, ner¬ 
vousness or from being over-tired. M hen 
assured that it is produced by one of the 
last-named causes, the trouble may often 
be greatly relieved by following these sim¬ 
ple rules'. If they are carried out persist¬ 
ently each day an entire cure may be 
hoped for in a' comparatively short time. 
1. So far as possible, remove the cause. 
2. Exercise at least one hour in the 
open air daily. 
3. Eat a light but warm and nutritious 
supper not later than 5:30 p. m. 
4. At 7 :30 drink a full glass of clear, 
cold water. 
5. At 9, or soon after, scald in a 
double boiler a pint of whole sweet milk, 
and toast three or four soda crackers un¬ 
til golden brown. Prepare immediately 
for bed. . The last thing before retiring, 
drink the milk as hot as possible (the 
hotter the better), and eat the crackers, 
unbuttered. If the taste of the milk is 
unpleasant, it may be made palatable by 
the addition of a little salt or nutmeg. 
It is unwise to add sugar. 
6. Be sure that your window is. open 
enough to give ventilation without 
draughts. 
7. Get into a warm bed. The cover¬ 
ings ought to be light, but should give 
sufficient warmth so that the sleeper will 
be perfectly comfortable. Pillows should 
not be too high. As it is quite impossible 
for anyone to sleep well if his feet are 
cold, it may be necessary to use some 
kind of bed warmer, especially if the 
night is very cold. Nothing is more sat¬ 
isfactory for this purpose than the old- 
fashioned stone bottles—such as our an¬ 
cestors used for root beer. Many of these 
are still lying useless around the cellars 
or attics of our old farmhouses. They 
may be heated and filled with boiling 
water, corked and slipped into a stocking. 
Next to these are the stone “pigs,” such 
as are used in hospitals. A heated soap¬ 
stone, an electric heating pad, an alu¬ 
minum or rubber hot water, bottle, are 
all satisfactory heating devices, to put 
into cold beds, and aside from inducing 
sleep, are conductive to good health. 
8. Darken the room. 
9. Once into bed, close the eyes com¬ 
fortably and relax systematically and 
completely, beginning with the tips of the 
toes and fingers, until all muscles are re¬ 
laxed and at rest. Sleep will usually 
follow. 
Should this plan fail the first trial, the 
following night take a warm tub bath, 
to which a cup of sea salt has been added, 
immediately before drinking the scalded 
milk. Such a bath should be followed by 
a vigorous rub with a coarse towel. 
At this point a chorus of voices asks, 
“How many hours of sleep does an adult 
need, anyway?” There is an old jingle 
which answers the query with fair ac¬ 
curacy : 
“Nature takes five, 
Industry seven, 
Laziness nine, and 
Wickedness eleven.” 
Physicians, however, usually claim 
that the housewife who is the mother of 
small children—especially if there is a 
baby to care for—requires eight hours of 
sound, unbroken sleep. If her children 
are well and properly trained, th£y will 
seldom disturb her. 
Of course, some individuals require 
more sleep than others. Know how many 
hours of sleep you must have, and do 
your best to get them. 
“If ye would be hale and hearty, 
Ye must get enough of sleep.” 
HELEN N. UPSON. 
A Business Girl’s Budget 
The farmer’s wife and daughters may 
be interested in the following budget for 
business girls reprinted from the New 
l r ork Herald : 
How a girl can live on $25 a week and 
still have fun has been worked out by a 
voluntary committee of 50 girls from the 
West Side Y r . W. C. A. They have de¬ 
vised an annual expense budget of $1,390 
and have announced their purpose of 
“sticking to it” for the rest of this year. 
It is taken for granted that the girl lives 
at home and gets her room and board for 
$10 a week. Lunches are figured at 50 
cents, to consists of soup and salad, and 
recreation is figured at $1.50 a week on 
the basis of 25 cents for a movie and 
$1.10 for theatre tickets. 
An adequate wardrobe for the business 
girl, as outlined in the budget, consists 
of one suit, two or three washable blouses, 
one business dress, one all-year-round 
coat, and one “best dress,” preferably a 
dark silk that can be used for business 
the second year. The budget follows: 
Board and room at home, $10 week 
week . $500.00 
Lunches . 150.00 
1 suit every 2 years at $40_ 20.00 
1 coat every 2 years at $55.... 27 50 
Waist . 15.00 
1 wool dress. 30 00 
Sweater lasting 2 years, $6_ 3.00 
1 dress up dress. 30 00 
Hats—2 work at $5; dress at $7 24.00 
Wash dresses . 16.00 
1. white skirt. 6.00 
3 pairs leather shoes every 2 
years at $12, or 3 pairs at $6. 18.00 
1 pair canvas shoes. 7.50 
Gloves—1 pair kid at $3; 3 pairs 
cloth at $1; 1 pair silk at $1.50.. 7.50 
5 pairs silk stockings at $2, and 
2 pairs wool at $2.50. 15.00 
Underwear . 31.40 
1 dozen handkerchiefs. 2.40 
1 working apron. 1.00 
1 kimono every 3 years at $6, 50c 
a year on bathrobe. 2.50 
1 purse . 5.00 
1 umbrella every 2 years. 2.00 
2 pairs rubbers. 2.00 
Suit and dress repair. 10.00 
Shoe repair . 6.00 
Neckwear . 3.00 
Miscellaneous (which might in¬ 
clude fur or Spring coat. 40.00 
SUNDRIES 
Sickness, dentist, oculist. 50.00 
Vacation . 50.00 
Insurance and savings. 75.00 
Church and charities. 15.00 
Organizations . 10.00 
Self-improvement . 10.00 
Carfare . 30.00 
Incidentals . 7.20 
$1,300.00 
The budget was made up by members 
of the business and industrial girls 
clubs. 
These expenditures are quite modest 
compared with those of many girls in 
office positions, whose wardrobe includes 
expensive fur coats and evening dresses. 
A salesmanlike looking inspector 
was surprised to find a dirty roller towel 
in the washroom. Indignantly he said to 
the landlord: “Don’t you know that it 
has been against the law for years to 
put up a roller towel in this State?” 
“Sure, I know it,” replied the proprietor,, 
“but no ex-post facto law goes in Kansas, 
and that there towel was put up befor& 
the law was passed.”—Topeka Capital.. 
