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From Indiana ==Ernie Pyle

Ernie Risks ‘a ‘Saratoga Bath and Massage and He Feels, as Healthy After His Experience as Before.

SARATOGA, N. Y., Aug. 26.—If you can ~~ think of anything sillier than this frail reporter taking his 100 pounds of bones into the fashionable Saratoga Spa for a mineral bath and scientific rubdown, pler~- don't

mention it. But . that’s what happened. In the name of Journalistic thorerghniess (I didn’t really need a bath), I presented myself at the Roosevelt Baths at 9:30 this morning. A big fellow: in white pants and undershirt said to come with him. We went into a white-tiled private room. It-had a huge bathtub on one side, a cot on the other, and a wicker chair and table. - The man turned on the water and told me to undress. Then he went out. After a while another fellow came in with a thermometer, tested : the water, and said to get in. In an attempt fo pass off my scareee «3 crow frame, I made some heh-heh Mr. Pyle remark about having read that the baths were good for. getting rid of obesity. The fellow replied, “Well, they’ll put on weight, too.” But 20 minutes later, when I stepped out, I was still the same shadow ef my - former self I have been: for 30 years. . - But to go back. The water was just pleasantly. warm—94 degrees, the fellow said. they cure you by scalding you to death. If I had been paying for my bath (I got in on a pass) I'd have felt cheated at not being given the usual torture treatment.

The water made little bubbles by the millions all

over me. The bubbles came from the natural gas in the Saratoga mineral waters. After about 20 minutes another guy wheeled an operating table into the room and said to get on it. 1 didn’t know whether he was going to embalm me, or take out my appendix. Wish he’d tried the latter. It’s already .out.

Instead, he poured olive oil on my arm and started -

rubbing. It was a massage. He worked me from head to foot, for half an hour. Then he asked if I felt relaxed.

Just to avoid argument I said “¥es.” the truth, I was rigid as a board. ~~ After that the man said for me to get on the cot and rest. I wasn’t tired, but I got. That was the sum total of my bath and massage at Saratoga Spa. I felt all right when I went in, and the same when I came out. The treatment would nave cost you $4.50. : : ie The Saratoga Spa, as you possibly know, is very famous. The Indians discovered these waters were good fcr aches and pains way back in the 14th century. White men have been using them since before: the Civil War.

Waters Aren’t Sulphurous

I don't know how to explain them, except to say they're full of minerals (taste like iron) and also full of bubbles. Theyre the only naturally carbonated mineral waters east of the Rocky Mountains. They are not sulphurous. People bathe in the water, drink it, inhale it, and pour it on themselves. Bathing in it is good for dlmost everything. Drinking it is good for your stomach. Inhaling it is fine for catarrh, hay fever and sinus. Pouring it on you is good for skin diseases. People who can’t afford the actual baths get water in tin cups from one of the free springs downtown and pour it on their arms and faces. About a third of those who come for bath treaiments have heart trouble. About a fourth are rheumatics of some kind or other—arthritis, neuritis and SO on. Then come stomach trouble, respiratory diseases, skin diseases, and on down to those who have merely worked too hard or “played” too hard, as the Spa

But to tell

people put it. Meaning, I presume, those who come

to soak out after a big drunk. NEXT—What a real Spa ‘Spa looks like.

My Diary By Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt

First Lady and President Cover Wide Range of Subjects in Chat.

YDE PARK, N. Y., Thursday.—Mrs. Scheider and I had a most beautiful drive yesterday over to Connecticut to picnic with Mr. and Mrs, George Bye. These last few days have a real autumn tang in the air and when we came home at about 6 o’clock, the Catskill Mountains were outlined clearly against a bright blue sky with the wind blowing the white scudding clouds. Beautiful as it was, I sighed, for the katydids are right, the frost is not far away. My husband had telephoned me that they were going to take advantage of the beautiful weather and picnic for supper on top of the hill, so I dashed up there to join them for a little while and then back to my cottage where my little friend, Mayris Chaney, the dancer, had arrived to have late supper and spend a couple of hours. She returned to New York last night and left for an engagement in Chicago today. I returned home about 10:30 to find that everyone had gone to bed, but the President was still awake so we sat in his room and discussed many things from road improvement and the theory of preventing snowdrifts on our driveway, to the international situation. This morning, my nephew, Daniel Roosevelt, let me read some of the things he has written on his experiences in Spain. I think they are interesting because the first impressions of youth are more clear-cut and vivid than is possibi2 with greater experience. He and I had breakfast alone and he started off for New York City with the promise that he would return tomorrow.

Farley Is Guest

I went at once to my cottage and at 10:30 Mts. Ellen Woodward and four of hér regional directors sat down in my sitting room before a brightly burning fire to tell me the outstanding points in their work. These women are all interesting women with a knowledge of human nature, a fund of humor, and that very uncommon thing called common sense. 1 have known Mrs. Izetta Jewell Miller for a long time, Mrs. Isham, Mrs. Kerr and Mrs. Ralston are more recent acquaintances, but in their job it is

necessary to know people quickly and they have

learned the art of making you feel like an old friend. The President and - Postmaster General Farley

with my daughter-in-law, Betsy, and Miss Le Hand

came over to join us for lunch out on the lawn in the sun. I moved the four ladies, two by two, during

lunch so that the President could hear what they-

had to tell him and ask any questions which might come to his mind. The thing which impresses me ‘most is that we .now look on these women’s and professional projects from two points of view—first; are they serving the purpose of helping people to regain their earning power? Second; are the projects themselves contributing to the benefit of the communities in which they operate? I broke up the luncheo: on party with difficulty in time to get my ladies off oft the 2:44 train. Betsy is leaving for New York this afternoon and there will only be four of us in the house tonight.

Bob Burns Says—

OLLYWOOD, Alig. 26.—The thing that holds us

Americans together more than anything else is

the pride of our country. Every smooth politician

‘knows that the surest way to arouse the voters is to. |’

play on the traditions of our forefathers. ~~ One summer a student left a book at Uncle Hod’s

‘Huse called “The History of the South.” Uncle Hod | sat around for several weeks readin’ the book and: finally one day, he called his eight boys to him and |

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he says “Listen, you boys was all born right here in the country that's jest steeped in’ southern chivalry and I want you to live up to it. Hereafter when your maw finishes plowin’ in the evenin’, I want one 2 yu

‘mules for her!” bye" to. unhiteh the mis. a

In most baths.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1988 |

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Rooseve It Foe Expected to Lead in Primary, but Runoff May Be Necessary.

By Thomas - L Stokes

Times Special Writer TLANTA, Aug. 26.— President Roosevelt has cut out a big job for in trying to “purge” Senator George. After a week’s survey, my conclusion is that the Senator is out in front in the three-cornered race with Lawrence S. Camp, the President’s candidate, and ex-Governor Gene Talmadge. Barring any sharp change between now and

the Sept. 14 primary, Sen-

ator: George should run “first but whether he will

“have a clear majority over.

the two other candidates is doubtful. A runoff may be

necessary.

A runoff is indicated by the belief of - some that Senator George now is at his peak, with resentment running high over Mr. Roosevelt's interference, and that. he is likely to lose rather

. than gain in" the three weeks be-

for the election—though not enough to keep him out of first place. Some politicians ‘size up the finish as George, Talmadge, Camp, but in my opinion Mr. Camp will’ run second. In a runoff between the Senator and Mr. Talmadge, the former would win easily in my opinion. In a runoff with Mr. Camp the’ result would be closer.

tJ ® 8 ENATOR GEORGE has many . advantages. He has one of the best political organizations the state ever saw, from all accounts, thanks to the work of Edgar B. Dunlap, his real cam-

paign director, who was fired by." the RFC last week because he

refused to stop his pro-George activity. Large potketbooks are open for the Senator's campaign. The

Georgia Power Co. the textile - owners and other business interests are behind him.

He has the support of most of the Federal jobholders in the state, since many of them owe their jobs to him, though their efforts will be soft pedalled henceforth in view of the firing of Mr. Dunlap. This move came too late, in the opinion of political experts, to do Mr. Camp much good. Senator Ceorge. has apitalized resentment over the sident’s interference, and the Dunlap discharge now hecomes one of the leading issues of his campaign. A martyr issue is always good, especially in this state. : But most advantageous of all to the Senator, in the writer's opinion, is the small registration. It is estimated that between 290,000 and 300,000 voters are registered, compared with 450;000 in 1936. If the same percentage of those registered goes to the polls this year as in 1936, this means a vote of about 247,000.

2 # te IDDLE-CLASS and business f people who are strongest for the Senator are registered.

Lots of the rank and file, who

would support Mr. Camp because he is the President’s eandidate, won’t be able to vote. This also

should cut into Mr. Talmadge’s

basic support. : .Under ordinary. circumstances, Mr. Camp would get the bulk of support of WPA workers. But of the 53,000 on WPA in the state, nearly four-fifths are Negroes and can’t vote. Registration is reported low among whites on WPA in various localities where I checked.

WPA is keeping hands off poli- .

tics in this state. . Senator George is watching that closely. Mr. Camp is’ handicapped by the lack of ‘an organization and funds. And virtually all ihe newspapers are against him. If either Governor Ed Rivers would swing his state. machine

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Former Governor Talmadge

behind the Camp candidacy, or if Mr. Camp would get the support of Senator Dick Russell, he would make more headway. But Governor Rivers, himself in a tough race for re-election, is remaining neéutral—and, incidentally, very much on the spot. Senator Ruswho had Senator George's help in his re-election campaign two years ago, likewise is standing aloof, though his father,"

Court, is out for Mr. Camp.

The President’s candidate is working zealously among farmers, workers and small businessmen, emphasizing the New Deal, and in the writer's opinion will poll. a surprising “quiet” vote that is not now obvious in the hue and cry over the President’s interference. a 8 ” ” ENE TALMADGE is enigma in this race. While he has a basic following that always supports him, his strength has been on the wane. It is my belief that he is not the threat he is touted to be: The Talmadgeites are counting on Georgia’s- antiquated countyunit system to pull him through. It is this system that makes any forecast such a gamble. It is possible for a: candidate to poll a majority of the popular vote and still lose, .or;. vice versa, to poll a minority and win The smaller counties have two unit votes, the next in size four, ~ud the largest six. Whoever gets the most popular votes - in a county wins all the unit. votes of that county. Fulton County, in which Altanta is situated, has a population of more : than :200,000 but only. ‘six unit votes. Thus the sparsely settled counties—and there are many in southern Georgia and among the mountains in the north-—are im-

the

. portant out.of all proportion to ‘their size.

This is why you find the can-

! Chief Justice of the State . Supreme”

Lawrence Camp

didates traveling the small towns

and villages instead of the cities. In the eight-cornered Governorship race of 1932 Mr. Talmadge got 116,381 out of 276,000 votes cast, 42 per cent of the total. But he got 264 county-unit votes out of 410, or 64 per cent. ' FE 'R. TALMADGE is seeking to capitalize the faction among _ tobacco farmers in southern ‘Georgia over their poundage quotas, a real center of Sen but Agriculture De-

and the President

partment agents are now - here trying to adjust this. Senator George has taken a hand also in . trying to get an adjustment...

dissatis-

The campaign is developing into a curious spectacle in some respects. Senator George does not mention either of his opponents. To

hear him, you are not quite sure

whether he is running against Tom Corcoran, - “Benny” Cohen, Dr. C. H. Foreman—as he calls young Clark Howell Foreman, a native Atlantian of prominent

- Senator George family who is one of Secretary

Ickes’ assistants and acting di- :

rector of the National Emergency Council in Georgia—or John L. Lewis or President Roosevelt. Mr. Talmadge is making his major fight on Senator George, dismissing Mr. Camp facetiously as a baby girl sent to the Senate and “taught to say naw, naw, when punched on one side,:and

- yah, yah; when punched on. the.

other.” Mr. Camp also directs his major fire at the Senator.

By NEA Service

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in his own right. 3 The problem did lot easier as the years passed.

cided to keep Danes on the land.

electricity for light and power. -

ONDON; Aug. 26.-Little Denmark this year is celebrating 150 years of freedom of her once ‘badly-tied peasant farmers and of the success of her Sgricuitura) sys-.

As late as 1788 Demat still had @

the medieval system of villeinage. That meant that small tenant farmers had to do all kinds of feudal labor for their landlords. . Then this was terminated and . the govern-ment-of the day began the task of making of the peasant: a landowner

become Emigration, largely.to America, ceased because of restricted quotas. The government had to fina ways of taking care of the increasing population. Without - coal, iron and other raw materials, it was not possible to make of Denmark a second industrial Belgium. The authorities de-

| Big estates were broken up into small farms. Usually the Government buys the land, divides ' it, builds the farmhouses and barns. A water supply is arranged and also

The average farm is only 15 acres. But the average Danish small farmer finds this sufficient. He, his wife and children do all the work. The ‘average farmer specializes in the things Denmark principally expdkts —butter, bacon and eggs. & ‘8 N establishing him on such a farm the Government largely finances him. The average capital needed is about $7000. The farmer supplies $700 of this. The rest he gets in a loan from the Government. The interest to be paid is not arranged in advance. It depends upon the index of prices brought by farm produce. In bad times, it sinks ‘to 2 per cent.- In good Times, it does not rise above 6. per cent. : . As is well known, the 200,000 small farmers: of Denmark have developed co-operative societies to a very shigh degree. Through them | the farmer buys his extra feeding

stuff and fertilizers at low prices. Through them, also, he markets his butter, bacon and eggs.

Little Denmark Celebrates 150 Years Of Agricultural Reclamation

UT that is only part of Denmark’s story. Being a small counHy. there was a limit to the large estates which could be cut up inSo the next thing

to small ones. was to reclaim land not in use.

There was a big stretch of such Jland in West Jutland, facing the It was an area of I

North Sea.

heather, moor and sand. The Heath Society pointed the way and .iater

the Government took a hand.

First the soil was plowed up, so as to put the heather beneath. Then it was given a top dressing of marl, which is plentiful in other parts of

Denmark. Then later again there was added phosphate, potash and nitrogenous substances. At last the

soil was ready for cultivation.

But even then parts were reserved for planting fir and pine to act as brakes against the bitter winds from the North Sea. And thrifty Denmark was never like wasteful America. Every time a Dane cuts a tree,

he must, plant trees.

Another way of gaining more land for farming was to drain the marshy In time there will be no

fens. waste lands in Denmark.

Side Glances—By Clark

Everyday Movies—By Wortman

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

1—Can American-born Chinese

and Japanese vote in the

‘United States?

1 2—Where did the famous “Pick-

ett’s charge” occur? '3—In astronomy, what is occultation? . 4—1Is Lower California a part of the United States? 5—What is the title of the high- . est ranking officers in the

navy? 6—To which ttee of the : Representa-

Seu oe or ing ves are for revenue referred? J i T—How is Sioux pronounced? F » # : - Answers 1—Yes. 2—At the Battle of Gettysburg. 3—~The home of one celestial body another passing in front of it. 4—It belongs to Mexico. 5—Admiral.

6—The Ways and Means Com- : mittee. 7—Soo0 to rhyme with zoo.

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By Raymond Clapper

Here's a Column Which Is Designed To Comfort the Professor Worried About Communism Among Students,

'VWASHINGTON, Aug. 26.—A -ollege pros

fessor told the Dies Committee investis gating un-American activities about a: Come munist “cell” among students in some col« lege in Breoklyn. The professor was pale and nervous. He seemed actually in a state of fear over the menace of communism among

his students. Others before him have been worried about college

radicals. Dr. Nicholas Murray But-

ler has been worried about them for years but Columbia goes right on piling up larger endowments.

1° Mr. Coolidge, while Vice President,

wrote a series of magazine articles, or at least wrote his name to them, : warning the country of the Red menace in our women’s colleges. That was 20 years ago, and those - radical college girls who were about to break down the American way of life are now middle-aged - Women, bringing up Shilaren, play- A ing bridge, and hating that man : Roosevelt. Some of them are even Mr. Clapper beginning to be disturbed about the radical tene dencies of their growing daughters. If it will reassure the worried professor any, he might like to hear about a friend of mine, a cone tented suburbanite who hoes in his garden every Sunday and loves his wife, his pipe and his dog. His friends consider him a good American citizen, al= though some do hold it against him that he is for Roosevelt. Recently he confessed to - me. Leaning on his garden hoe, he said the biggest moment of his life came when he was in college and marched at the head of a student Jurade carrying a red flag. He introduced Eugene V. Debs, then the N6. 1 Ameri« can radical, to the ‘student red meeting. Ah me. Life has never been so exciting for him since.

What Clapper Missed “When you were young did you ever carry a red flag?” he asked me. I was compelled to say no. Worse yet, I had to tell him that in 1919 when he was carrying the red flag, I was a registered Republican in Kansas. He was polite, but I could see what he was thinking. He was thinking that Clapper, a Republican at heart, had never really lived: I hastily added that I was a

| Theodore Roosevelt Progressive Republican when I

was in college. But he wasn’t impressed, and lapsed into fond reverie over his political wild oat. Here's something else that will make our worried professor feel better about America. It develops out of a column which I wrote some weeks ago quoting a remarkable advertisement by Wanamaker’s. The ade ‘vertisement was a graphic thumbnail story of Amere ica’s rise. It cited our forefathers’ struggles eloquently and pointed out that beside them our present difficulties do not loom so large. I said the copy-writer had done himself an essay which could well be framed over the desk of every executive and grousing newspaper columnist. Then I discovered that the copy-writer was a woman, and more than that, she was not Americanborn. She is Miss Helen Bryant, born in England, When I wrote her about it, she replied that she had k , just in time to see the depression. But she had the American idea. She got a job and she made good. “I've known America only in its bad times,” this English woman said, “but it’s the country for me!” She became an American citizen.

There, there, professor, don’t take it so hard.

Jane Jordan— _ True Friend Never Meddles With

Another's Affairs, Jane Declares,

EAR JANE JORDAN—TI have a very good friend, ’ a boyhood pal who is causing me no end of worry. A few months ago he met a girl in a neighe bo: city, and he has become quite interested in her, known from those who have gone with her that she is not as discreet as she should be. It is also known that for several years she has had an affair with a matried man. How can I warn my friend? J. C.

Answer—And if you warned him do you think it would have the effect that you hope? I don’t. People believe what they want to believe and feel no gratitude to friends who try to change their minds for them. To repeat unfavorable gossip to this young man about the girl who attracts him so strongly is to lay yourself open to accusations of malice and jealousy. You may be sure that you would be the. one who appeared in a bad light, not she. Is your friend a chivalrous person? If so- do no attack his girl. You would arouse all his protective instincts and ‘make it necessary for him to fly to her defense. The true friend never meddles with ane other’s fate but stands by loyally without expressing ‘opinions before he is asked for them. Let someone else disillusion him. Besides, what do you actually know about this girl? - How can you be sure she is unfit? If she were the one writing to me for advice I'd be pretty sure to advise her to give up the married man and win some= one able to assume the responsibilities of love. Why, make her readjustment more difficult? :

EAR JANE JORDAN—I am-24 years old. I loves man who is married and quite a bit older than ® am. ‘What should I do to turn myself against him® I've tried everything I know. * HEARTBROKEN.

Answer—1 thought perhaps the above letter would call forth your instinct for self-preservation. You just can’t afford to damage your chances for a happy, life by setting off toward an ied goal. ; The best cure is another man, of course. Usually - the girl who falls in love with a married man undere estimates her ability to attract a single man. In love affair with a ed man the girl is oblig to carry all of the responsibility. She simply wouldn’s do it if she thought she could do better. Raise Noe estimate of your own worth. JANE JORDAN.

Put your problems in a letter to Jane Jordan. Aho will 1 ' answer your questions in this column daily. 4

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