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Chicken Stew
Divide a chicken, stew until ten¬
der, and remove to hot platter. To
the stock add one-half cupful of
rice and dumplings made as fol¬
lows:
Beat one egg, add one-half cup¬
ful of water, pinch of salt, and
sufficient flour to make a thin bat¬
ter; drop by spoonfuls into the
stock and cook about ten minutes.
11 rice is uncooked it should be
boiled twenty minutes before
dumplings are added.
Family Racket
For the past 99 years, a unique
racket has been in operation,
first by the father and now by the
son, on the river Nile near Luxor,
Egypt. As each ship has passed
“their point,’’ they have rowed
out and asked for a toll on the
basis that, through their psychic
powers, they could either help or
hinder a vessel on the remainder
of its journey. In the beginning,
ship captains paid through fear.
Now they do it through custom.-—
Collier’s Weekly.
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Triumph of Principles
Nothing can bring you peace but
yourself. Nothing can bring you
peace but the triumph of princi¬
ples.— Emerson.
A Good Laxative
The bad feelings and dullness
often attending constipation take
the joy out of life. Try a dose of
Black-Draught at the first sign of
constipation and see how much bet¬
ter it is to check the trouble before
it gets a hold on you. Black
Draught is purely vegetable and is
so prompt and reliable. Got re¬
freshing relief from constipation by
taking purely vegetable
BLACK-DRAUGHT
Injuring Friendship
He takes the greatest ornament
from friendship, who takes mod¬
esty from it.—Cicero.
A FAMOUS DOCTOR
A S a young man the
** late Dr. R. V. Fierce
practiced medicine in Pa.
After moving to Buffalo,
N. Y., he gave to the drug
trade (nearly Pierce’s 70 Favor¬ years
ago) Dr.
ite Prescription. Women
who suffer from “nerves,”
irritability and discom¬
_ disturbances
forts associated with functional
should try this tonic. It stimulates the ap¬
petite and this in turn increases the intake of
food, helping liquid to upbuild $1.00 and the $1.35. body. Buy, nowl
Tabs. 50c.
Govern Four Thoughts
’Tis in thy power to think as
thou wilt.—Walter Pater.
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By Carter Field
FAMOUS WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT
Washington. — More pure hokum
is being dispensed in the fight on
President Roosevelt’s proposal to
enlarge the Supreme court, and
more is expected as the debate
grows hotter, than is usual even in
a senate debate.
The principal cry against it is
that it is a long step toward a dic¬
tatorship; that Mr. Roosevelt is
grasping for “more power than a
good man should want, or a bad
man should have.’’
Some of the very men making
this charge are supporting a con¬
stitutional amendment — to per¬
mit congress to override Supreme
court decisions by a two-thirds vote
of both houses—which would lend
itself much more effectively to the
use of a dictator.
Advocates of the plan make much
of the point that it is necessary to
keep the high court in touch with
the times—that the “nine old men”
are living in the past. But those
making this point do not mention
that the “new blood” they scream
for would be only temporary; that
the Roosevelt plan, if successful,
might easily lead to a court of 15
justices, at some future day, all of
whom might be 85 years old and
utterly out of sympathy with what¬
ever administration might then be
in power.
Opponents of the President say
that this action would destroy pub¬
lic confidence in the Supreme court.
But it is rather interesting that the
net effect of the proposal has been to
bring forth a tremendous demon¬
stration of popular approval for the
high nine—certainly amazing in view
of the election results of last Novem¬
ber. Nor do they talk much, in mak¬
ing this point, about the many in¬
stances in the past where the num¬
ber of justices has been changed.
Friends of the President insist
that the step is absolutely necessary
in carrying out the "mandate” of
the people in the 46 to 2 victory of
the President last year. But they
do not mention that there was no
reference to any tinkering with the
court in the campaign—that on the
contrary both sides talked about
clarifying amendments.
Blames High Court
The President in his victory din¬
ner speech would have the people
believe that the high court stands in
the way of flood prevention and dust
bowl remedying. Which surprised
even government lawyers, who had
been priding themselves on their
“victory” in the T. V. A. decision,
which permitted building dams for
flood and navigation purposes, and
even permitted sale of “incidentally
produced” electricity.
Friends of the plan talk of the diffi¬
culty—almost impossibility—of get¬
ting through an amendment to the
constitution. Whereas the old docu¬
ment has been amended beyond
recognition in the lifetime of those
speaking — amendments permitting
income taxes, direct election of sen¬
ators, compelling woman suffrage,
imposing prohibition and then re¬
pealing it, all despite highly militant
minorities in opposition.
Much of the difficulty of the child
labor amendment, incidentally, on
which friends of the proposal lay
such stress, has been due to two
things — a religious angle, which
seemed to some to open the door
to federal interference with religious
schools — and a sectional unwilling¬
ness to surrender what was re¬
garded as an economic advantage.
But senator after senator, who is
desperately opposed to the very
things that Mr. Roosevelt wants to
open the door for by his court
change, has suddenly become loud
in his insistence that it is a con¬
stitutional amendment giving the
federal government power to regu¬
late wages and hours and working
conditions, rather than a “packing”
of the Supreme court, which is
desirable.
All this is a natural and logical
political sequence, of course, for
these same senators, and those who
agree with them, are much more
confident of beating the President
in a fight for a constitutional amend¬
ment than by a majority vote in
either house or senate.
It has been a long time since any
President has turned on so much
heat in a fight. Every ounce of pres¬
sure Mr. Roosevelt can bring to
bear is turned on.
Causes Surprise
There is much surprise in Wash¬
ington that the country should have
so completely accepted, at full face
value, President Roosevelt’s deci¬
sion to retire from the White House
in January, 1941. It was first printed
in the authorized and Roosevelt ed¬
ited article of Arthur Krock, in the
New York Times, which roused so
many heartburnings among the
White House correspondents. It was
repeated in a speech a few days
later.
What causes the surprise here is
that neither the authorized story nor
the speech, nor some interviews
with groups of senators, carried
any conviction whatever to Capitol
Hill. They say that the whole idea
carries with it too many qualifica¬
tions—to many “ifs” and too many
“hopes” and “ambitions.”
CLEVELANTl COURIER
The highly interested politicians
read into the President’s words
much more of a threat than a
promise. They regard it as almost
an ultimatum—the President gets
what he wants in the way of Su¬
preme court enlargement, regula¬
tion of wages and hours in industry,
salvation for the farmers, etc., or
else!
The “else,” of course, means to
their minds that he will go to the
country again in 1940, demanding
an endorsement of his policies and
a mandate to carry on—not because
he wants to do that, but because
that may be the only way in which
he can be sure that his ideals for
this country are made to come true.
Many are pointing out that the
public reception of Calvin Coolidge’s
intimation that he would not run
again was far different. Perhaps be¬
cause of the peculiar New England
phraseology—the words “I do not
choose.” It is astonishing to look
with hindsight on the reactions to
that statement, made in the early
summer of 1927—practically a year
before the convention would meet
which would nominate his successor.
Yet He Might Run
Politicians and editors alike con¬
strued that phrase to mean that Mr.
Coolidge did not want to run, but
that if there were enough clamor
for it, or enough demonstrated need
for it, or something else which might
appeal to his mind, he would make
the sacrifice.
The truth is that a great many
people believe to this day that pre¬
cisely that construction was in Mr.
Coolidge’s mind. Lots of leaders tell
strange stories, and some of them
have told them publicly, of Mr. Cook
idge’s irritation at he “Boy Won¬
der” after Herbert Hoover was
nominated. The then head usher of
the White House, Ike Hoover, told
in his memoirs of the bad humor
Coolidge was in up in Wisconsin,
right after the move to stampede
the Kansas city convention for draft¬
ing him failed to materialize.
But be that as it may, very few
politically astute persons in Wash¬
ington attach much importance to
what Mr. Roosevelt has said about
January, 1941.
Baffling Question
San Francisco’s congressmen, and
the Roosevelt administration as well,
are baffled as to what is to be done
municipal election, despite every
possible effort by the national ad¬
ministration, and despite the re¬
quirements of law and various com¬
plications, the voters again refused
to approve a bond issue for the pur¬
pose of the city taking over the local
electric system.
The trouble is that the law under
which San Francisco obtains the
power from the Hetch Hetchy proj¬
ect requires that the power must
never be sold to any private utility,
but must be distributed solely by
governmentally owned agencies. San
Francisco has ignored this law,
passed back in the early days of
the Wilson administration. It has
never provided its own distribution
system, and has repeatedly voted
down every proposal made with a
view to complying with the law.
Just before the election on March
9 the Pacific Gas and Electric com¬
pany, which now buys the Hetch
Hetchy power and sells it to San
Franciscans, reduced its rates to
customers ten per cent.
One apparently simple answer to
the dilemma would be for congress
to pass a bill repealing the restric¬
tion in the original Hetch Hetchy
bill. The San Francisco members of
the house, however, feel that this is
impossible.
Comes an Impasse
So the situation becomes some¬
thing of an .irresistible force and an
immovable body. The San Francisco
voters simply will not agree to spend
their money—or approve bonds
which will saddle the cost on them
for the future—and the government
will not agree to remove now a
prohibition which San Francisco it¬
self asked for nearly a quarter of
a century ago.
It is expected that Secretary of the
Interior Harold L. Ickes, under
whose jurisdiction the situation is,
and who is himself a strongly pro¬
government ownership man as far
as the electric field is concerned,
will consult Attorney General Homer
S. Cummings about the next step,
with the possibility that the govern¬
ment will bring suit to compel San
Francisco to comply with the law,
and stop selling Hetch Hetchy pro¬
duced power to a privately owned
utility.
Which may mean, of course, that
the electric company in San Francis¬
co would merely install a steam
plant and go ahead, while Hetch
Hetchy power would have to be auc¬
tioned around to other California
towns willing to comply with the
conditions by establishing govern¬
ment owned distribution systems.
San Francisco will still have the
water supply, which is what it really
wanted most at the time of the
original legislation.
© Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service.
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AMERICANS
•-•- #
By EllTlO © Western
Scott Watson
Christmas Flower
Y\/HEN ’ v you buy one of those
scarlet-petaled flowers called
the poinsettia to add to the festive
appearance of your home at Christ¬
mas time, you are helping perpetu¬
ate the fame of an American who
little realized that his name would
become associated with one of the
symbols of the Yuletide. For Joel
R- Poinsett had so many other
claims to distinction that it seems
curious he is best remembered be¬
cause a flower bears his name!
Born in South Carolina in 1779, he
studied both medicine and military
science abroad but his father in¬
duced him to abandon his intention
of entering the army and to be¬
come a student of law. Poor 1 ealth
forced him to give that up and he
asked President Madison for a com¬
mission in the army. He was about
tt be appointed quartermaster-gen¬
eral when the secretary of war ob¬
jected.
Instead he was sent on a dip¬
lomatic mission to South America
where he mixed in the politics of
Chile, and fomented revolution un¬
til he became known as “the
scourge of the American continent”
and was recalled. Next he was sent
to Mexico. Always interested in
botany, he brought back from that
country the flower which was given
the scientific name of “Poinsettia
Pulcherina.”
Just as he had been a stormy
petrel in international politics, so
he was a disturbing element in the
politics of his native land. During
the Nullification controversy in
South Carolina he organized and led
the Unionist forces. By doing
that he won the esteem of the nation¬
al government and President Van
Buren made him secretary of war.
Poinsett improved and enlarged
the army, organized a general staff,
built up the artillery, directed the
Seminole war and managed the re¬
moval of some 40,000 Indians to In¬
dian Territory. In the midst of this
activity his scientific interests were
not neglected. He experimented
with scientific agriculture, sent out
the Wilkes expedition into the Ant¬
arctic and was largely instrumental
in founding the National Institute
for the Promotion of Science and
the Useful Arts which later was
merged with the Smithsonian Insti¬
tution. His busy career came to an
end in 1851 while he was living in
retirement as a plantation owner in
his native state.
Brooklyn Bridge Jumper
D ACK in the eighties the Brooklyn
bridge was one of the wonders
of the modern world. Its dedication
on May 24, 1883 was an event of
nation-wide interest but three years
later it was even more in the news
because of a man with whose name
that great span has been linked in
popular memory ever since.
He was Steve Brodie, bootblack,
street car conductor, sailor and
worker around the docks who be¬
came a professional walker as a
means of earning some easy money.
But he was never better than a sec¬
ond-rater and none of his walking
matches ever benefited him great¬
ly. In the summer of 1886 he was
nearly “broke.”
One day in July he heard some
of his friends talking about the lat¬
est casualty among the men who
had tried for fame and fortune by
diving from the Brooklyn bridge to
the river, 135 feet below. Seven of
them had tried it and all of them
had been killed.
“Huh, I bet you I could do it and
not be killed,” boasted Brodie. “Bet
you $100 you can’t!” replied a
friend. “You’re on!” was Brodie’s
answer. But he was evidently none
too confident that he could make
good on his boast for he took out a
life insurance policy for $1,000 as a
protection for his wife, just in case
On July 23, 1886 Brodie jumped
off the bridge and came up without
a scratch. Officials of the life in¬
surance company were furious be¬
cause he had risked $1,000 of their
money to win $100. They returned
his premium and cancelled his poli¬
cy—which was foolish, for he lived
to a ripe old age!
His successful jump was widely
publicized. It won him an engage¬
ment in a melodrama called
“Blackmail” in which he had to
dive off a great height into a net—
a feat which, he declared, was even
more dangerous than his jump from
the bridge—and his performance in
this (at $100 a week) made “Bro¬
die, the Brooklyn Bridge-Jumper”
famous afl over the country. His
achievement encouraged imitators
and during the pext few years no
less than 11 others tackled the na¬
tion’s most spectacular high dive.
Although the first seven had per¬
ished in their attempts, Brodie
seemed to have broken the jinx,
for every one of the 11 survived.
By that time the novelty of sueh a
feat had somewhat worn off. But
Brodie’s fame as the first to make
a successful jump was secure.
Moreover, he contributed another
picturesque phrase to the Ameri¬
can language, for “doing a Brodie”
is still a synonym for a spectacular
jump or plunge from a height.
AROUND Items of Interest
th. HOUSE to the Housewife
Cooking Vegetables — A small
piece of butter ,dded to the water
in which vegetables are to
be cooked will prevent ‘hem from
ooiling over.
* * •
Boiling Cabbage — When you
cook cabbage, put a small hand¬
ful of breadcrumbs tied in muslin
into the pan. The bread absorbs
all the bittei juices and makes
the vegetable more digestible.
* * •
Washing Embroidery — Do not
wring embroidery after washing.
Press out as much moisture as
possible between the folds of a
towel, then spread on a towel or
blotter tn dry, face up.
* * *
Sausage and Fried Apples —
Pan broil the required number of
small sausages or cakes of sau¬
sage meat and as soon as the fat
collects, add as many halved,
cored and unpeeled apples as re-
Enchanting Gifts
of Lacy Crochet
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Pattern 1345
A chance at rare beauty—genu¬
ine luxury—is yours in this lovely
crocheted lace cloth! Just a 6
inch medallion crocheted in string
forms it—you’ll have a quantity
of them together in no time. And
what lovely gifts you can make
of them—chair sets, scarfs, pil¬
lows, buffet sets are but a few
suggestions. They cost you next to
nothing and are something that
will last and be cherished in¬
definitely. Pattern 1345 contains
directions for making the medal¬
lion and joining it to make various
articles; illustrations of it and of
all stitches used; material re¬
quirements. ■
Send 15 cents in stamps or coins
(coins preferred) for this pattern
to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft
Dept., 82 Eighth Ave., New York,
N. Y.
Write plainly pattern number,
your name and address-
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• Cakes are more delicate, pastry and biscuits flakier and more delicious
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vegetable fat with other bland cooking fats. Actual tests prove that it
creams faster and makes more tender baked foods.
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LIFE’S LIKE THAT By Fred Neher
US MODERNS.
“Well, nosey . . . what is it??!”
quired, first dipping them in flour
to which a little sugar has been
added. Saute slowly until soft and
browned. Place on a serving dish,
with two small sausages on each
half.
* • *
Worn Socks — Children very of¬
ten get enormous holes in the heels
of their socks. This is often due to
the lining of the shoe which has
worn rough. If the ragged bits
are cut off and the inside of the
shoe covered with adhesive tape,
many a large “hole” will be pre¬
vented.
* * *
Flavoring Gravy — Half milk
and half water makes the best
colored and best flavored gravy.
* * *
Baking Potatoes — Before put¬
ting potatoes in the baking-tin,
stand them in boiling water for
a few minutes, then drain on a
clean cloth. They will cook more
quickly and taste better.
* * *
Making a Footstool — Do yo«i
know that you can make unique
footstools out of the single spring
seats of an old automobile? Cover
the old seat with upholstery and
attach castors at the four corners.
This will give you a comfortable
seat or footstool for your summer
cottage.
* * *
Suede Shoes — Rain spots can
be removed from suede shoes by
rubbing with fine emery board.. .
WNU Service.
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isn’t it taxed?
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