Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 September 1938 — Page 11
Vagabond
From Indiana = Ernie Pyle
A Vagabond Columnist Runs Across A Vagabond Eater, Who Tells Him New England Has the Best Victuals.
\! ADISON, Conn.,, Sept. 7.—This column
tically no sympathy. He idolizes food.
looking for food. He is America’s No. 1
perambulating eater. His name is Duncan Hines. Thousands of travelgourmets hail him as their messiah. on the verge of becoming a national figure through his little red book called “Adventures in Eating.” It names the good places he has eaten, or where reliable friends have eaten. More than 1800 are listed Hines lives in Chicago (occasionally). He traveis between 40.000 and 60,000 miles a year, solely to find superior eating places and put them in his book. The wandering paths of Hines, the Eater, and Pyle, the Noneater, happened to cross over a restaurant table (of all places) in this little town on the Connecticut shore. Hines knows a friend of ours here, 1 just happened by on one of his tours, My friend and I took him to lunch, and we were both so awed in the presence of the Great Consumer that we couldn't eat a bite. When he took his first mouthful of picked lobster in drawn butter ana looked off into space, we held our breaths. And when he said, “Very good, very good,” we almost collapsed with relief Duncan Hines is 58. He looks only slightly more like a gourmet than I do. He does not have a big stomach. His hair is gray, he wears rimless glasses, and takes a drink before meals. He and his wife have always been inveterate tourists. They've been touring over America on vacations for 30 years. Hines was born with a discriminating taste for food, and got in the habit of jotting down the names of the best eating places he found. Finally he had made so many friends he decided to print his information in a pamphlet for their benefit It immediately grew into a regular book. That was five years ago. There has been a revised ition every year since. money the first four years. He wasn't g money. It was just a hobby. But ing grew on him despite everything. Today he dropped all other business, and spends his full putting food in his mouth and writing notes
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IS In no sense an eating guide for the Hines is a gourmet—a man with t His book is for people with tites and money in their jeans. ok sells for $1.50. Hines takes no advertis- > checks every vear on his listings, and fredrops one. He says the average life of an place is three years. Popularity Kills many roprietor gets greedy, cuts quality, and
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To Him Come Tasty Tips
At his girls sorting and answering letters mense staff of volunteer “field workers.” Two hunconservative estimate of those who conhim during their travels. eats on the average of six meals a day. Or ats at them. Just testing, you see. He n and stores away a whopper only once
Chicago home Hines has from three to five He has an im-
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send tips
ly food bill for himself runs between $6 and will often eat three or four breakfasts. tly he will crder siX or seven desserts at dinner e just a few bites of each. The waiters think
eat in an ordinary restaurant. He carries tle delicatessen in the back of the car. Out in at open spaces where all restaurants are ordiary (or worse) Hines and Mrs. Hines eat out of the I asked if making a profession out of it didn’t spoil pleasure in eating. He said no, because > doesn’t overeat Hines says the best cooking in America is in your ] (if it’s fit to eat at all). Taking the counsections, he savs the best is New England. He ree about that good old Southern cooking the largest number of good eating
My Diary
By Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
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First Lady Makes Unexpected Trip With Son James to Visit Doctors.
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Photographers on Hand as Usual Neither had mentioned to anvone as taking this trip or that I was going with by the time we reached Chicago the usual the airport, which I confess We 1 in Chicago around 11 We morning at 8 o'clock and minutes whether gray skies were from flying at all, but the ceiling and the only question was whether in Rochester or would have to go on to
James nor I
1ers were at 3 jov at the end of a journey. o'clock
thie
Milwaukee through the fog. ile the fog grew thicker and thicker, > we reached Rochester it had cleared ° to land. Everyone is so kind here it
have only been here once before.
Bob Burns Says—
HC: YWOOD, Sept. 7.—I read the other day where the work on these Government jobs is not carly as private enterprises. I believe Ss
hard diligently on a other if they had the right
and
jest a
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one of the Governana when the superintendent comt i had heard about some of the men in after the whistle was blown, my uncle Oh, I'll fix that all right.” I'wo weeks later, when the superintendent sent - my uncle and asked him if he had managed to all the men on the job before the whistle , my uncle says, “Yes, I fixed that up fine.” He ays, “The last man in blows the whistle now!” (Copyright, 1838) ¢
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The Indianapolis Times
Second Section
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1938
State Fair's Cats Are Proud!
is about a man for whom I have prac- |
Entered as Second-Class Matter Indianapolis,
at Postoffice,
There's Not Even One Mouser in a Barnfull of the Royal Family
By Joe Collier
DAY, one the greatest transitions of the animal kingdom is being effected at the Indiana State Fair. The structure that until now has housed the dog show becomes the dwelling of the cat show. The cat show manager took over late yesterday afternoon, pointing out to all who could hear through the barking of prize winning dogs that the cats would be much quieter. “What would happen if vou let a mouse loose in the the building when the cat show was going on,” he was asked. “Nothing much,” he said. “You see, these cats are all fancy cats and they hardly know what a mouse is.” “Do you mean that fancy cats aren't good mousers?” “Yes. Well, that is, they will play with anything that moves or leaps. But they are like rich people. They don't have to forage for their food. We feed our cats the finest beef, with no fat on it. No hamburger, you understand.” “Do you think it would be a service to society in general if you would breed cats to be efficient mousers?” “Well, you see, these fancy cats of ours would toy with a mouse long enough that they would eventually kill it.” “But don't you believe that good mousers would be a boon to people who have mice?” “Well, yes. But these fancy cats don't know what mice are. They jump at them because they move.” “You know they breed cows for he specific purpose of getting more milk for their children, and they breed chicker: for the specific purpose of laying more eggs. Don’t you believe that cats should be bred for the specific purpose of catching mice for people who want mice caught?” “No,” he said
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ETEOROLOGICAL Note — Conservation Department men told State Fair men vesterday that there would be rain today. They said the fish were ‘bunching because the barometer was falling. That means rain, they said. They don't know what it means to the fish who are wet already. 5 5 5 HILE their sleeker stronger brethren arch their necks and prance for the crowds and the judges at the Fair, other horses pull wagons around the grounds, incessantly cleaning the place up after thousands of people These working horses seem tired and spiritless. They pull the wagons, which are loaded only with waste paper and cant be very heavy, at the slowest possible speed consistent with Keeping their jobs They look unhappy and very class-conscious And some of the time when these horses are pulling wagons, obviously against their wills and yet in the service of society, other and much stronger horses are pulling an old Ford truck that Purdue University scientists have rigged up to be scientifically hard to pull. They pull magnificently and with all of their considerable might and main, but about as far as they ever get, or are asked to go, is 27 feet. And after they get the truck there, the man in it drives it back where it started from. Moreover, only about 5000 people turn out to watch the proud horses pull their futile burden, whereas all of the hundreds of thousands of people who attend the Fair see, at some time or another, the other horses at their coolie labor » = ”
and
very,
years ago the Fair took out rain insurance, as it had in previous years. One day that year it rained. The premium
J rEeN
One of the entries in the Indiana State Fair dog show is carried to
his pen by Joh». Kiemeyer of Indianapolis, pet show official. The dogs
have given up their place in the Dog and Cat Building to the cats,
Rose Marion Smiley, 3'3,
of Williamsport, seems anxious to write
her name, but she will have to wait until about 1952 when she is an
I. U. student to register at the Indiana University Building.
on the insurance was $8000. The Fair stood to collect £14,000. But Fair than it did downtown and it was downtown, at the Weather Bureau, that the rain was measured, by specifications of the policy, When it was measured, the fall was 1-60th of an inch short of the density necessary to collect Since then the Fair never has taken out a rain insurance policy
it rained harder at the
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Side Glances—By Clark
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"You'll get only a few more wears out of these old ties.
forget to fod them home to Dad."
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The advance sale of tickets brings enough money into the till to take care of the insurance. & & # J ESTERDAY two young found a purse containing 875 I'hey did not report it, except to their friends, whom they took on an ice cream and candy “bender.” I'he loser, a farmer, did report the Joss, however, and State Police set out to find the purse. By a coincidence they found the boys
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Tasty, eh, Mr. Schricker? The Lieutenant Governor samples some
of the honey exhibited at the Fair.
The production of honey in the
State this year is expected to top that of all previous years.
Times Photos
Apparently sensing he is out of place in the chicken barn, this little dog attempts to strike up an acquaintance with two of his neighbors. The dog, which is for sale, is the only one in the building.
as they had just, by the whole= sale purchase of pink lemonade, reduced the working capital to The officers took charge of the money, but then they couldn't find the farmer. That's the way things stand now. ” ” ” ONCESSIONAIRES say the C State Fair crowd this year is spending more freely but more wisely than in former years. They
$65.
say that a large percentage of the visitors, upon arriving, shop around for prices on hot dogs and things and then take the best price, “This shopping idea,” one con= cessionaire said, “seems to have caught on this year.’ Some tents have reduced prices to keep in step. Others say ther believe this thrift thing will blow over.
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TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
i—<Name the capital of the Dominion of Canada. 2-—Are there more red stripes than white in the flag of the United States? 3—Who won the recent bout between Henry Armstrong and Lou Ambers? 4—In law, what is a minor? 5—~Was Vermont ever an independent republic? 6-—Does bi-weekly mean twice a week or every two weeks? 7—Name the former capital of the Turkish empire. 8—With what sport is the name Harry Cooper associated? ” ” ”
Answers
1—Ottawa. 2—Yes. 3—Armstrong. 4—A person under age of legal capacity, either for any or all acts. b—Yes. 6—Every two weeks. T—Constantinople. Istanbul. 8—Golf.
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Ind.
Washington
By Raymond Clapper
Roosevelt's Speeches Are Powerful, But He Isn't Thorough Enough on His Follow Through in Primaries.
ASHINGTON, Sept. 7.—President Roosevelt is such a master showman that only when you look backstage do you realize what a job is being done to him in these seaboard primaries where he has
staked his prestige. In South Carolina, in Georgia and in Maryland, Mr. Roosevelt picked the least favorable battles grounds, where although personally extremely pope ular he had to fight against deeply entrenched political machines controlled by the reactionary Senators he is opposing. Those machines, built on the vast Federal patronage of the Roosevelt Administration, are in all three states lined up against him. That sounds incredible to the layman but it is a fact, While that bodes no good for Mr. Roosevelt, it ought to reassure those who have been fearing the power of a Federal machine such as the New Deal was supposed to have built. Some day a President may come along who will be able to hold a vast Federal machine together but it won’t be this Roosevelt. He isn't thorough enough on the follow through. He isn't careful enough about the details to be a real dictator, In South Carolina Senator Jimmy Byrnes, an Administration fixer in the Senate, was the real power behind Senator Cotton Ed Smith's victory over Mr. Roosevelt's candidate, Governor Johnston. Gove ernor Johnston had part of the state machine. When the third candidate, Brown, withdrew—and the suse picion is that Senator Byrnes had a hand in that— he threw his State Highway organization over to Smith. You had in South Carolina the Federal machine, composed of Internal Revenue men, District Attorneys and their crowd, the Marshals and such Federal patronage boys lined up to beat the Administration, There's no mystery about that. They got their jobs through Senator Byrnes, or in fewer instances through Cotton Ed Smith. Mr. Roosevelt means nothing to them as against the orders of the Senator who put them on the Federal payroll.
Waiting for Miracles
I get a report from Georgia, from an Administra tion friend down there. He is dismayed at the lacie of management for Lawrence Camp, the candidate favored by Mr. Roosevelt against Senator George. He reports: “George continues to look a winner because Camp lacks both the faculties and the facilities
for stirring and consolidating worlds of potential strength, while both George and Talmadge are past masters and plenty heeled. Here again, F. D. R. mystifies me. Why did he attack George and then call off the dogs, or rather fail to sic 'em? He knew originally and should still know that it takes more than talk to win elections.”
That's a typical report. Mr. Roosevelt makes powerful speeches and issues hard-hitting statements, Then all sit around and wait for the miracle to happen. But miracles don't happen often in prie maries. In primaries local professional politicians, anxious to keep control of the local party machinery, are more directly interested than the general voter who has to be dragged to the polls. In South Carolina's primary the other day, Senator Smith received about; 180,000 votes. Governor Johnston received 145.000, But with all of the excitement, 140,000 registered Democrats didn't take the trouble to vote. Elaborate organization, with workers to haul voters to the polls, to give them marked sample ballots, and sometimes to fudge the count, win nine out of ten primaries. The other side, which depends upon speeches, unorganized enthusiasm over national ise sues and the voluntary interest of the general voter, always has two strikes on it when the polls open.
Jane Jordan—
Urges Wife Seeking Home to Begin A Program of Systematic Saving.
EAR JANE JORDAN-—I have been married six months. My husband has been out of work until recently when he obtained a job. I have been worke ing all along and we have been planning our own home. However, we have been living with his folks. I have suggested moving into a home of our own but
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Mr. Clapper
| every time he tells me that his work is not steady
enough and that we had better stay with his parents
| a while longer and save our money. I can’t see it
this way. I love my husband dearly but I don't know how I can go on living with his folks. What should I do? DOUBTFUL. ” n ” Answer—As I understand it your husband wants a home of his own but is afraid that his income will not be steady enough to support it. In other words, you married him before ne had achieved independerce from his parents, and he is still afraid to rely on himself alone, Persuade your husband to set a definite time for the break and work toward it. Start now on a program of systematic saving and agree to move when you have reached a certain goal. If your husband has a small nest egg it will help to relieve his anxieties and if you have something specific to work toward you can wait more cheerfully. Anybody can wait when there is something to wait for, but to struggle along in an unsatisfactory situae tion with no hope in sight is crushing. Compromise with your husband. It will work out if each of you live up to the terms of whatever agreement you make, JANE JORDAN.
Put vour problems in a letter to Jane Jordan, who will answer vour questions in this column daily. 3
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IMSELF a Southerner, liberal, sympathetic, and concerned for the welfare of the country,
Jonathan Daniels, newspaper editor, set forth in his car to see how his compatriots are living, what they are doing, what they are thinking. A SOUTHERNER DISCOVERS THE SOUTH
(Macmillan) is his report. He visited cities ang rural districts. He talked to Governors, Senators, hitche hikers, labor leaders, plantation owners, gas station attendants, sharecroppers, newspapermen, businesse men. He saw Norris Dam and talked to David Lilienthal. He stopped at the Government-subsidized Dyess colony in Arkansas and the Delta Co-operative Plantation in Mississippi. For the most part he found these people, though often from divergent points of view, concerned with the same problems which concern himself: The poor standard of living of the Negroes and “poor whites,” the question of industries and railroads, the worn out soil and depleted forests, the position of the Negro, the inadee quate educational facilities. The South, he concludes, can save itself—and is opening its eyes at last to see and desire the things which for so long it has done without. But it cannot be lifted up from the top. A plan which will succeed in creating a “new, free, fed, housed, happy South” must “begin at the bottom where so many of its people, are.” :
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