The Syracuse Journal, Volume 28, Number 24, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 10 October 1935 — Page 3

THURSDAY* OCTOBER 10. 1935.

ADVENTURERS’ rO club „ ~’ V< 2 fl fl s — / f ./ JEr ■ trfAjUb "j fl fl * “Terrible Mistake* By FLOYD GIBBONS Famous Headline Hunter. AND my sympathies to you, Mrs. Charles Williams. . I know and appreciate how you felt that day—happily long ago—when an ambulance policeman brought you the sad,news that every married woman dreads. Mrs. Williams’ story, boys and girls, is heavy with tragedy! It happened on her husband's forty-first birthday. Mrs. Williams was preparing a little surprise party to celebrate the event *r —when the blow fell. Womanlike, she smiled happily—as she baked her husband’s favorite birthday cake—little dreaming of the awful news that was already on Its way. The door-bell rang. Mrs. Williams wiped her hands on the kitchen towel and went to answer it. Policeman Gives Mrs. Williams a Fright. Doubtless the boy with the Ice cream, she thought, and she hoped he had brought the kind Charlie liked. t She opened the door. Not the delivery boy, but a sober-faced policeman stood there. A police ambulance was In front of the house. • DID Charles Williams live here?” the officer asked. ‘ Mrs. Williams caught her breath at the form of the question. An icy hand seemed to clutch her heart • Why—yes.” she said haltingly. ’’He's my husband—is there something wrong?" The policeman appeared to be sympathetic, but he Ignored her question. “Is your husband a painter?” he asked. ‘•Yes.” ‘•Medium height T* -Yes.” “Weight about two hundred pounds?” Mrs. Williams nodded. She was getting weaker at every question. The policeman, she says, kept his eyes lowered on a little book he held. “Age about forty?" he asked. “Why, yes—he is forty-one today, but— * She Fears the Worst—and Who Wouldn’t? The officer closed his little book and took her gently by the arm. J “We had better step Inside,” he said. ' From the wqy he looked, Mrs. Williams says, she knew something terrible had happened. She sank Into a chair. “Be brave," the policeman continued. “Your husband has had an accident He fell off a ladder. It might be very serious.” Mrs. Williams says a cold chill went right to her heart It couldn’t be

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Mrs. Williams Knew Something Terrible Had Happened. possible that her Charlie was dead! Her next question sounded as though someone else were asking IL , “Is he—<iead?" she asked. The b ars In the policeman's eyes, she says, gave her bls answer, but his words held out a ray of hope. "He is at the Emergency hospital—very badly hurt—but there might be a Slight chance." Mrs. Williams rushed to the phone. The kindly policeman helped her get the number, "but the hospital only verified her worst fears. She listened—stunned—as they told her. Her Charlie had died without regaining consciousness. Smoke floated in from the oven In the kitchen. “Something Is burning." the policeman said. Mrs. Williams looked at him blankly. ? “It doesn’t matter now,” she said. “It’s too late." She stared dry-eyed at the front door—the same door through which her Charlie always entered about thia time. ... In her anguish she thought she could even hear the familiar grating of hie key . . . she seemed even to see the door opening . . . and then, Mrs. Williams eaya. she thought her mind had snapped for—- ’ IN THE DOOR WALKED CHARLIE WILLIAMS I Ghost? Not on your life! Alive and hungry! Charlie Got a Real Birthday Smacker. s And Mrs. Charlie Williams says the kiss she got wasn’t a ghostly kiss, either, and she hopped off to the kitchen Just in time to save that eake. Dry your tears, boys and girls. What had happened was this: Another painter named Charles WilHama had been killed. Police found only his name on hla body, and when the description checked so closely with Charlie’s, the police had made a perfectly natural error. But that’s not all. Mrs. Williams says when the word got out that her Charlie was dead, that awful husband just had the time of his life answering the door and scaring friends who came to offer their condolences to his widow. He even scared a high-hatted undertaker who arrived—like a ghoul—for Charlie’s remains. Mrs. Wiiliams says that the shock was so great that she thought she would need a doctor, but ao many sympathetic friends came in that she didn’t have time to get sick—ehe was too busy entertaining her guests. But Charlie had the time of his life! The party turned into a combination « birthday celebration and wake! And it’s not often a feUow gets a chance to celebrate his own wake! £ Charlie took > cue from Mark Twain, and when anybody looked surprised to see him alive, he announced that "the story of his demise was greatly exaggerated.” ©— WNU S*rvfo*

Christian* in Armenia Since Year 303 A. D. Tbe Armenian is a little above middle stature." robust. slightly olive In complexion, and usually with straight black hair, prominent nose, and high, wide brow. He Is alert, adaptive, and remarkable for his Industry, quick Intelligence. and business aptitude. Tbe women are frequently beautiful, with dark eyes and regular features. Whatever their racial origin, according to Arch Farmer, tn the Chicago Tribune, It seems fitting that a people living in a land so closely associated with scriptural history should early have embraced a religion founded on the teachings of the Bible. This they did. turning from sun and fire worship to Christianity In 303 A. D.. when King Ttrdat. converted by St. Gregory, “the Illuminator.** established Christianity as the state religion. As a result Ar-White-Tailed Squirrel Rara The white-tailed or Kaibab squirrel bi me of tbe rater forms of tbe squirrel specie* found in America. Its home Is th* mountainous country of the West Its distinguishing characteristic la tbe white tail Race Horn Swiftest The race horse is- the swiftest of . our .commonly known mammals., the antelope second and the greyhound third, according to Ernest Thompson Seton.

menia became tbe theater of an almost uninterrupted religious warfare. The history of the ancient kingdom of Armenia is obscure, though as tbe land of tbe Khaldlans (named after the god. Khaldi) It is believed to have been a satrapy, or principality, of Persia in the Sixth century B. Q Tbe country became essentially Armenian under Ttgranes tbe Great ta-tbe First century of the Christian era. Following Its subjection by Persia, after Klug TirdaCs adoption of Christianity. and the subsequent downfall of tbe Pension empire In 642, the country was overrun successively by the Arabs. Heijuk*. and Mongols. By 1351. however, the country reverted to the control of Armenian feudal lords, and it was at least partially automonous until the Sixteenth century, when began the bloody rule of the Ottoman Turk*. Dairying 3000 B. C. Carvings from ancient te wples tn Mesopotamia, are evidence that dairy practice* were understood 3.000 B. G The King James Bible contains at least 38 reference* to milk and it* product*. ’ Filled Gold Filled gold la a substitute foe solid gold., that consists of a base metal, usually brass, mechanically covered with a layer of hard gold of appreciable thickness.

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LEAVE IT TO THE SISTERS* By GEORGE ADE IN FLORIDA, what they call a dinner de luxe at a night-blooming noise factory may bring you a check for $5. Anything around $5 is a bargain price for the hurry-up repast served with dancing by the customers and cavorting cuties In’a “floor show.” Two bits for the food and $4.75 for the smoke and the elbowing and the alcoholic vapors. it may surprise the spenders who frequent these nocturnal resorts to learn that a good dinner or supper is worth, at the market, just 35 cents. That Is the top. That Is the stabilized price, decreed by custom and honored by long practice. It is not preceded by cocktails or washed down with that very expensive fluid known as “giggle-water.” It is served by a friendly waitress who expects no tip. The women of the small towns have learned the secret of making money by serving food for practically nothing. They cannot raise their prices because the traffic bear the increase. Oyster suppers used to come as low as 25 cents a head in the good old days but now the patrons demand “courses" and are critical of the bill of fare and take a lot of waiting on—all for 35 cents. Women are the mortgage-lifters for churches, clubs and all kinds of local societies and helping-hand organizations. They have more enthusiasm than the men and their team-work Is better. What is more, they get a lot of fun out of mobilizing In a buzzing flock to assemble their contributions and spread the tables. Mrs. A. is a natural born cake-maker so she brings two cakes, one enriched with figs and the other stuffed with hickory nuts. Such cakes are practically unobtainable in the city and are priceless samples of home-cooking but. just the same, they go into the .35 cent jackpot Mrs. B. is a sensational biscuit maker. with a good degree of local renown. Her Job Is to provide the light and fluffy rolls. Mrs. C. is the local queen in the domain of “trimmings," such as cottage cheese, grape jelly and strawberry preserves. She robs her own shelves in order to make the party a success. She has to be a liberal contributor in order to keep up with the others and head off any sly suggestion that she has a strain of stepmother In her. Mrs. D. Is the prise coffee maker. Mrs. E. Is the supreme authority on chicken and noodles. The F. girls know how to get floral decorations for the table. Mrs. G. has had long experience In bossing waitresses. Mrs. EL Is a demon pie maker. The "supper" represents an assembling of units, turned out by experts, and the finished product lays over what you get at filling stations and lunch counters. If you have a great crowd of people to feed, the best thing you can do is to make a deal with the sisters. They will bring an army of waitresses who would cost more. If you% hired them, than the total bill turned In by the lady manager. The girls of all ages love the flutter and hopping about and genial hub-bub of an indoor celebration and waiting on the table, when it Is done as a labor of love, becomes an adventure and a gay experience. The comical male customers are given to bantering conversation with the waitress (known by her first name), and she must talk back and be sure of many a hearty guffaw, because everything is at high tension and any kind of wise crack Is a welcome relief and sure-fire hit After it Is all over the girls count up what they have taken in and put it In the treasury as “velvet." It’s a good thing they don’t charge for their time and the physical toil and the nervous energy. Out at my place In the country we have had some big parties, mostly for city visitors. They want fried chicken. You cannot provide “springers," with an unlimited number of helpings at 35 cents a plate. For the chicken and noodles or roast fowl you can work in the venerable hens, but you cannot cheat on the fried variety. The local sisters whooped the fried chicken rate to 50 cents years ago, then slid it up to 75 cents and later on, finding that the city trade was big-hearted, made It a dollar a head. With a hundred motorists on a reliability run, all arriving at one time, the sisters began to handle important money. On the day of the noonday feed for the Glidden tour outfit the receipts were*s3sO. which represented the high mark. Much of this amount was contributed by the

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motorists who Insisted that the dinner was worth more than a dollar. After many years experience with city visitors and numerous conferences with the women providers, I think I have discovered the menu which will always make a hit with the consumers. The grand motif or theme song of the production is fried chicken, taken entirely apart and served hot and motstly tender. No armor plate. Mashed potatoes or new spuds with their jackets on, hand In hand with oodles and oodles and oodles ol giblet gravy. Small, light fluffy rolls. No “sody biscuit” For the second vegetable, corn on the cob or fresh garden peas or tender juvenile string beans, depending on the season. , Fresh beets. Always in demand. Overlooked by most caterers. Fresh leaf lettuce “wilted” with hot bacon juice and a little vinegar. Those addicted to this old-fashioned salad simply rave about it For dessert ice cream and cake, or pie a la mode. Cherry pie always makes a ten-strike. That or “punkin” with a top story of whipped cream. It is surprising how many people will take hot coffee if it is offered to them. , Please take note that the preliminary “fruit cocktail* is omitted. The visitors, want to fly at their fried chicken .as soon as the bell rings. This menu, bordered with some Jells and preserves, may be repeated over and over, and always goes big. Go right back to the old items and stick to them. They cannot be served as a 35 cent plate luncheon but they are what the visitors take, if they can get them. The sisters know how to fix them up. When people come to the country they want home-cooking and‘plenty of it, regardless of hard times and depression. The meals may be frugal when company is absent but the sisters never bold out on a bunch of enthusiastic eaters. Certain undertakings, such as the feeding of a multitude, cannot bestagemanaged by the men. The women are the ring-leaders in putting over ambitious plans. We have hopped many a social barrier since “Main Street" was accepted as the real picture of a country town. Every village is now the suburb of a metropolis enjoys all the privileges of the big town, except the noise and the dus(?The radio, the moving picture and high-powered motor car have made Main Street the tail end of a boulevard. It has changed a lot since every villager was classed as a yokel and his wife was a household slave. This is an essay about the smalltown woman. She may have been a down-trodden home body In the good old days but now she is a gauabout and a mixer. She is all hooked up with “movements” and belongs to clubs and believes in going places and seeing things. She has and doesn’t believe everything she hears on the radio. The ancient couplet ran: Man works from sun to sun. But woman’s work is never done. It is my candid belief, after moving back into a rural community, after many years of absence, that women are the self-starters in the outer settlements. They keep the public library busy and lift the church debts and organize the literary clubs and crack the whip over all social activities. The men follow along. Most of the girls are tightwads when it comes to spending money. They know how to get the most excitement with the least expenditure. If they throw a luncheon party at a club or restaurant they *bluff or wheedle the caterer into giving them a 75-cent spread for 35 cents. It is part of their ritual that po meal of victuals is worth more than that When they serve a supper to help pay for the pipe-organ at the church or boost some local charity, the price of the feed Is the standardized 35 cents. Each customer gets a fruit cocktail, creamed chicken on toast or chicken and noodles, mashed potatoes and another vegetable, one or two large cups of coffee, ice cream and cake or a generous slab of home-made pie. As already suggested the women make money because all of the items In the menu are contributed. That is how they manage to serve 50 cents worth of provender and still make money. The only reasonable explanation is that they must steal their supplies. • Georo Ad*.—WXTJ S*rvie<

Are Our Eyes Getting Weaker? Defects of Vision Increase With Years —Poor Light a Cause. When born, nearly all babies have normal eyes. With the same kind of care that carries them through infancy and childhood, happy and healthy—their eyes should remain normal. But It has been found that by the time children finish grade school. 20 per cent of them have defective vision. When they have finished college. 40 per cent have eye difficulties. Forty years of, age shows 60’per cent with defective -vision, and past sixty, 95 percent are so affected. Why should the eyes of so many show such an alarming increase in visional defects? Because these children. these growing girls and boys—young and older men and women, used their eyes with too little light! In the daytime outdoors there is, of course, plenty of light—the natural daylight nature developed our eyes to see by. The light from an unclouded sky gives us 10,000 foot candles. In the shade of a tree, the light will be upwards of 1,000 foot 1 candles. Close by a window there may be 20< foot candles of light shining on your book page or needlework. 1 What Is a foot candle? It is the scientist’s “yardstick" of light measurement The amount of light one candle would shine on a surface one foot away. But at night—that is another story! It is very com mon for people to read or sew with only four foot candies of light where they should have an illumination of at least 10 foot candles for the coarsest kind of eye-work; 20 foot candles for reading fine print and for sewing; 30 foot candles for continued use of the eyes. Using the eyes with less light than these minimum amounts may result In eye-strain and possible permanent Injury to vision. Be sure you have enough light! If you use electricity—ask your light company to test your lamps and fixtures to see if they give enough light for safe seeing. If you do not have electricity, get pne of the new 300 candle power pressure lamps that burn kerosene or gasoline. When your work is held three feet away from tiie lamp, the latter ahould be of at least 275 candle power intensity to assure the 20 to SO foot candles of light you need to

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