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my At Z. COCHRAN EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. 500 SO. PEORIA ST. CHICAGO, ILL. SUBSCRIPTION By Carrier In Chicago. 30 .cent a Month. By Mall. United Statei and Canada, 15.00 a Tear. Entered as lecond-class matter April 21. 1914. at the postofflce at Chicago, 111., under the Act of March t, 1171. "NICKEL" BETTER THAN "SEX" NOVEL Most of the Bissies and mollycoddles among boys and young men of the present generation are made by the great flood of sex litera ture, according to J. W. Searson, pro fessor of English at Kansas State Ag riculture college. "Nick Carter," "Old King Brady" and even the "Jesse James" 'series make far better reading for boys than any of the popular sex stuff, Prof. Searson told the national council of English teachers at their recent Chi cago convention. "Let your boy read 'Diamond Dick,' and the rest of the nickel brand," said Searson. "It will create a hun ger for stories like Tvanhoe,' "Red Stocking' and the works of Poe and Stevenson." Just at this point, opinion will di vide the domestic camp. Mothers in variably condemn "Diamond Dick" and all his company. Most fathers will probably uphold the Kansas pro fessor. And undoubtedly there is much to be said for any reading mat ter which will feed the normal boy's need of adventure. Adventure, to the boy, means action and action in his natural state. Any motive which develops heroism and idealism in conduct must benefit the boy. Even though stories of the "Dia mond Dick"-brand are-highly- unreal and dramatic, good always survives ui uieiu aau evu pensues. This desirable result Is not always; clear in the sex stuff which Searson' condemns. BIRDS AN ECONOMIC FACTOR.; One quail will destroy 75,000 bugsj and 6,000,000 weed seeds annually, according to Mrs. Margaret M. Nice of the Massachusetts state unlver--sity. Cotton growers lose $100,000,000 a year because hunters slaughter by the thousands the quail, prairie' chickens, meadow larks and other birds which destroy the boll weevil r If the destruction of bug-eating-birds could be prevented $1,000,000, 000 a year would be saved to this country says CoL G. O. Shields, pres-" ident of the League of American Sportsmen. Bird appreciation, the study of bird songs and "hunting with an opera' glass" are popular sports with college girls and women. There is a good deal of time given to bird study in the public schools. But the average boy and thought less hunter who carries a loaded gun' into the woods seldom responds with any enthusiasm to the aesthetic ap-. peal of birdology. They might, however, learn to re spect birds as a considerable econo- mlc value to agriculture, if they re ceived frequent lessons in figures, such as those quoted above. SHORT ONES The book of most interest is the bank book. According to the war correspon dents, when a shell strikes the "s" comes off. As the war progresses European securities are taking on various characteristics of insecurities. The government will hereafter t make its own steel for the navy. This , should prevent any steal from the navy-- " l - - !5-''i--. i. z-V-l&!2t 1 Tffl irVf- i t ai-ai'1J-'-igg- --