Your
Children
By Olive Roberts Barton
HOUSECLEANING TIME — AND
CHILDREN
The house smelled of paint,
soap and wall-paper paste. It
met the nostrils at the porch steps
and became stronger as one ap
proached the door.
Ellen and Dick comng homo
from school had to dodge a lad
der as they entered. The dining
room furniture was piled high in
the middle of the living room, the
diningroom itscif was housing a
scaffolding and a great deal ot
litter.
“Hey, Mon!”
“Yes?” from upstairs.
“Where’re we gonna eat?”
“I’m coming. I didn't know it
was time for you. Go out to the
kitchen. Put some things on the
table, Ellen, and I’ll fry some
eggs”
She came down the back stairs
carrying some old shoes and a
basket of bottles, her head tied up
and her face streaked with dirt.
The big apron was down off one
shoulder and her stockings were
full of runs.
Thoughtless Children
For gosh sakes, Mom, you’re a
sight,” said Dick.
“Daddy wouldn't want you to
work like this, mother,” said El
len, meaning, we fear, that her
own sense of nicety was offended.
“Yess,” sighed Mrs. Smith, “I
* guess he thinks some dear little
angel will come In and house clean
while I sleep. I am going to tele
phone him to stay in town for din
ner. If he comes home to this
all three of us couldn't hold him.
There! These eggs are done. My,
it feels good to sit down."
“I don't see why people clean
house. What good does it do?”
“You can’t live in dirt, Dick.”
“It looked all right yesterday.”
“Order doesn’t mean cleanli
ness. Of course I didn’t expect the
paper hanger today but we may as
well have the tear-up all at once-.”
“I don’t believe in being too
clean,” pouted Ellen. “This is
some lunch! Is there any more
strawbe.rry preserve?” She went
to the pantry. Dishes were piled
everywhere, and no preserve!
A Retreat Takes Form
“Mother, can't I go to Joan’s and
stay all night? She owes me a
night. I had her last.” suggested
Ellen.
“And I could go to Bill’s,” Dick
followed up manfully.
Their mother looked from one
to the other then she said.
“Doesn’t it ever occur to either of
you to offer to help me? IX* you
think this is my private party?
And that I like to look like a
scarecrow and work like a stok
er?”
“Well — we’d be out of the road.”
“That’s samething. But you
two have got to learn to pitch in
when things have to be done. This
house belongs to four people, a
father and mother, a boy and a
girl. Anything worth having is
worth working for and partners
have to divide the responsibility,
Any remarks?”
“Oh, com on. Dick,” said El
len. "We're acting like a couple
of brats. Mother’s right. You
and I ought to help. What can
we do.”
“You go over to Joan’s and
Dick, you go over to Bill's,” she
said suddenly. “I was going to
suggest it anyway. Your bed
steads are down. I just didn’t
like the way you were dumping
things on me.”
“No sirree! We're coming home
and help.” insisted Dick, on his met
tle now. “Get some whitewash and
I’ll do the cellar.”
“And I'll clean the pantry." de
clared Ellen.
Mrs. Smith smiled as she went
up the stairs. “Great children!”
she was thinking. “Like all the
rest of us they just need to have
it put up to them once in a while
I wondered what they’d do when
I said to go.”
Electricity Made
Bears’ Home Suitable
Mackinaw City, Mich. — (UP) —
Electricity finally convinced Maggie
and Jiggs, black bear residents of
the State park here, that their new
home was no so bad after all.
Confined in a yard with two
trees, the bears pined for their
forest home. Jiggs particularly
made daily attempts to escape.
Keepers solved the problem by
placing a live wire about the top
of the enclosure. Both bears wera
thoroughly domesticated after two
contacts with the live wire.
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Hot Sulphur Spring Creek at
Banff, Alberta, has never been
frozen over since its discovery In
1883. although It is a mile above
sea level and nearby lakes freeze
solidly.
The Czechoslovakian government
has cut its civil aviation budget
for 1933 to $1,000,000. a third leas
than the 1933 appropriation.
There are twice as many auto
mobile drivers in the United Shales
as there are automobiles.
Cat Adds Rabbit
To Her New Family
Waterloo, la. — (UP) — A cat
belonging to Olenn Lichty. a
farmer near here, was not satis
fied merely to care for its four
kittens. The day following their
birth she adopted a baby cotton
tail rabbit. The rabbit had not
opened its eyes when the eat car
ried it in and deposited It in the
nest with the rest at her family
Lichty said the cottontail was
growing much more rapidly than
Its foster sisters sod brothers. j
Mystery of "Black Tom” Blast
Explained by German Master Spy
* * * * * *
American Activities of Franz von Rintelen During World
War Told in Book Dedicated to Daughter, Marie Luize,
Who Was Mentioned in Recent English “Spy” Case.
Maris^^-^,
lyUIZE
VonRintecekT|
CApt.Fkanz, vow Rinteoew
I/.eue Mokman BAitnE StDuwr.
I h« method employed in causing the great "Black Tom" exploaion in
New Jersey, back in the days of the World War, is graphically described
in a recently-published book, "The Dark Invader,” by Captain Frans
von Rintelen, who was, he asserts, the master mind of Germany’s espion*
•I* system in America before the United States declared war on the
Central Powers. Von Rintelen describes the “pencil bomb," by means
of which ha destroyed munition ships destined for the allies in Europe.
The infernal machine, no larger than a cigar, consisted of a cylinder of
lead, hollow at both ends, with the compartments thus formed divided by
a thin copper plate. Acids of unspecified classifications were placed in
each end of the cylinder and the device was planted among the cargo
of the ship marked out for destruction. In a given time the acids ate
through the dividing plate. When they met and mingled spontaneous
combustion followed. Although von Rintelen was in a British prison
camp at the time of the “Big Tom” explosion, he claims to have engi*
neered the affair. The book is of great interest to Great Britain, not
because of the story it tells, but because of the dedication. For von
Rintelen has dedicated his opus "To my daughter, Marie Luize." This
22-year-old daughter of the master-spy was mentioned in the recent
cause celebre in which Lieutenant Baillie-Stewart, a British officer, was
convicted of betraying his country's secrets to a foreign power. Von
Rintelen, while bitterly denying his daughter had any connection with
the case, admitted that facts brought forward at the court martial were
“startling coincidences."
Postal Clerk Makes
Perfect Town List
Jackson, Mich. — (UP) — Dono
van A. Foster, Jackson postal
clerk, believes he would be a suc
cess at the rapid solution of a jig
saw map of Michigan.
Foster recently attained a rat
ing of 100 per cent in the yearly
departmental tests. Employed in
( the outgoing mail division, he
| sorted, without error, 737 cards
each bearing the name of a Michi
gan post office. Foster filed each
correctly In one of 68 divisions
which correspond to railroad lines
and connections reaching into the
offices.
The post offices listed are lo
cated in 43 counties. Foster
sorted the cards at an average of
36.8 a minute.
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Movie studies are able to save
$120,000 a year through recovering
sliver from the film fixing baths
and a like amount through restora
tion of the hypo bath itself.
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Gasoline sales in Canada during
1932 totaled 503,452,000 gallons, ac
cording to one estimate.
Unemployed Put at 17fl34fl00
Bulletin By Alexander Hamilton Institute.
Of the 49,845,000 available workers in the United States, only 32,
811,000 are gainfully occupied, according to an estimate just released
by the Alexander Hamilton Institute.
Using as a base for its calculation the figures on employment Is
sued by the government, the Institute points out that all previous
estimates have been too low. Says the Institute:
“In April, 1930, the government attempted to ascertain the total
number of unemployed persons in the United States by a census. Ac
cording to this census, the number of persons unemployed totaled 3,
806,000. This figure was generally criticised at the time as being too
low in view of the showing made by various official employment In
dexes. Later information has indicated that this criticism was war
ranted It is now evident that the number of persons unemployed
in April, 1930, slightly exceed 6.000,000. Since 1930, official reports on
unemployment have been lacking but the American Federation of
Labor has published estimates from time to time. The current unem
ployment figure is about 13,000,000.
“It is apparent, however, that this figure is too low. The govern
ment nowr issues a substantial amount of information on employment
and it is possible to obtain from these figures a fairly accurate esti
mate of the number of unemployed. The calculation for March shows
that 17,034,000 persons were unemployed in that month, or 34.2 per
cent of the 49,845,000 available workers. This entire volume of unem
ployment, however, has not been created by the current depression.
In 1529, the last year prior to the depression, the number of unem
ployed persons totaled 4,156,000. The increase during the depression
has thus amounted to 12,878,000. It is evident, therefore, that the un
employment problem was already a serious one in 1929 although it
was not generally recognized, and that consequently the situation
today must be viewed from the standpoint of total unemployment
rather than from the standpoint of the increase in unemployment
during the depression."
The Institute also gives a table showing the number of unem
ployed by various major industries in March, 1933, as compared with
the average in 1929:
Unemployed in the United States
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Manufacturing .11.756,000 5.810.000 5.846.000 1.217.000
Agriculture .10.482.000 9.229.000 1.253,000 411,000
Trade* .8355.000 5 304.000 2,961.000 1329.000
Building . 2,562.000 376 000 2 186,000 510.000
Railroads . 1.760,000 957.000 803.000 74.000
Coal Mining . 705.000 423.000 282.000 50.000
Miscellaneous .13.725.000 10.012,000 3,713 000 665.000
Total .49,845,000 32311.000 17,034,000 4,156.000
•Wholesale and retail trade.
Loser of Bet Crawled
Nine Miles on Knees
Mt Calm. Te*. — <UP> — Dolph
Blackburn Jr . was so convinced
Edward Leathers would uot suc
ceed In winning the hand of a
certain Mt. Calm maiden that he
offered to crawl on his hands and
knees from Mt. Calm to Hubbard,
a distance of nine miles. If Leath
ers succeeded
Leathers did.
Accordingly Blackburn carried
out his part of the bargain, da
spite wst mam of fellow towns
men Leaving here at 2 a. m.. he
reached Hubbard at 8 p. m. that
night — exhausted and suffering
from exposure
Blackburn is not making any
more offers.
HIJps That (oanl
Prem Tit-Bita
Jones was going to town so his
wife asked him to order a pound
of butter, two pounds of lard, and
three gallons of oil.
"All right." he said, "but I'm sure
those greasv things will slip my
nund "
Tdeas on Mixing
of Pastry Flour
Proper Proportions Come
First, and the Rest Is
Mere Knack.
This article Is devoted to tlie sub
Ject of pastry, which has an unde t
•erved reputation for being difficult
to make.
First, there Is the flour—either
bread or pastry flout can be used for
plain pastry. For puff pastry a quick
puff paste bread flour must be used.
Then there Is the shortening, t.nrd
or one of the hardened vegetable
fats make pastry tender, flutter, of
course, gives more flavor and In
some recipes you see a combination
of it with the other more bland fats.
Whatever fat Is used must he hard,
and that means cold. The flour and
salt are sifted together. All the
shortening Is added at once, and
then it is cut into the flour with two
knives. A chopping knife may bo
used if yon have a smooth wooden
bowl In which the pastry may be
mixed.
The fat should not be cut too fine,
as small particles of fat make pas
try flaky. You may see some cooks
use their hands to mix pastry, but If
lmnds are naturally warm, the fat
will not combine with the flour In
me rignt way.
The proportion of flour to fat,
which makes a pastry rich enough
to be tender, but which at the same
time will roll easily. Is three to one.
After the fat is cut In the water Is
added. This is the only special
point in making pastry. Care must
be taken to add Just enough, for If
the dough gels too wet we cannot
add extra flour without making the
final product tough. I make a hole
at one side of the mixed flour and
fat and add one tablespoon of wa
ter and stir into that with a stiff
knife enough water to make a stiff
dough. I do the same at two other
places in the dough. This will lenve
some loose flour, so I then take my
fingers and press the halls of dough
and the exlra flour together. If I
need a little more moisture I add a
few drops of water at a time. The
water used In mixing pastry must,
of course, he very cold.
After the mixing Is done It Is a
good idea to chill (he dough before
rolling, ns It will be much easier to
handle then. I usually wrap it tight
ly In a piece of waxed paper. It
will keep indefinitely in the refriger
ator, so it can be kept on hand.
When I am ready to make up my
pie, I lake the dough out, cut off a
piece lo roll on a hoard, or a (able
top dusted very lightly with flour.
Pastry should be rolled gently, start
ing from the center and rolling in
each direction, so as to make the
sheet somewhat the shape of the
pie pan. The sheet of dough should
be lifted during the rolling to pre
vent its sticking. The rolling should
be done gently.
For a pastry shell, the dough
should be pressed over the edges and
cut off. For a double crust pie It
should he allowed to extend over
the edge. After the filling is put in.
the edge should be moistened be
fore ttie top crust is put over, and
pressed to the lower crust. The
edges may he trimmed with the
scissors and turned over, or bound
with an extra strip of crust. In
either case, the edges should be
pressed flat with the fingers, or tines
of a fork. Slits should be made In
the'center to let out the steam of
the boiling filling.
To prevent the crust of a fruit
pie from soaking, use one tablespoon
of flour with the same amount of
sugar and sprinkle over the bottom
of the lined pan before tilling. A
fruit pie needs a hot oven for ten
minutes, after which the tempera
ture should he lowered. A pastry
shell should have a hot oven
throughout the baking.
Small tarts are prepared In the
same way as a large pie, hut with
a little shorter time for baking. The
tart shells ran he Ailed with fresh
fruit or berries, or with a crust, and
topped either with whipped cream
or a meringue to give the finishing
touch. When a pie Is covered with
meringue. It must go back to the
oven to set and brown the meringue.
A slow oven 300 to 320 degrees F.
for ten to ft (teen minutes gives the
best results.
Apple Pie.
B or R apple*
'* cup guKar
>4 teaspoon salt
>4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon flour
Pure, core ant! slice the apples.
Mix the sugar, salt anti cinnamon.
I.lne a pan with pastry, sprinkle
with a tablespoon of sugar, and add
the apples and sugar ia layers. I>ot
with butter, cover with an upper
crust and bake In a hot oven, 450
degree Fahrenheit, for ten minutes.!
then lower the temperature and hake
until the apples are soft. This
method of arranging tlie tilling may
be used fpr nil fruit pies.
’ Butterscotch Pie.
ti cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
4 tablespoons flour
8 ok* yolks
1 cup milk
2 c** whites
4 tablespoons sugar
>4 teaspoon vanilla
Cream together the butter, sugar
and flour. Scald Ihe milk and stir
in slowly. Cook over hot water tin
111 it thickens, and pour over the egg
yolks slightly beaten. Cook one
miuule longer, then pour In a linked
pie crust, cover with a meringue
made from Ihe beaten egg whites,
sugar and vanilla. Place In a slow
oven 300 degrees Fahrenheit, until
Ihe meringue Is brown.
© 1933 n<*u Syndicate.—WNU Service.
Coal Makea Town Rich
l.lttie Ohrid, one of the poorest
towns In Jugoslavia, la celebrating
the finding of coal beneath wlmt was
to be its park. When work was
started on the park recently work
men struck a nine-foot, seam of the
fuel. Experts say the deposit Is
worth nt least $3,700,000. Ohrid
will lay out new streets, have gas
and electric lights and add all mod
ern conveniences.
Bright Woman
Lost 20 Pounds
Feels Much Better
“.lane Mtli. 193?. T started tafcinar Krnsch
en Nalls. Have lost ?0 pounds from June
29th to Jan. 10. Keel heller than lutve felt
for four vrars. Ha* nndrr doctor’s rare
for several months. He snid I hail anil
stones nnd should have operation. Kruschen
did all and more than ■ expected.’’ Mrs.
I .ate liricht. Walker. Minn. (Jan. 10. 1933).
To lose fat and at the same time gain
in physical attractiveness and feel spir
ited and vouthful take one half tea
spoonful of Kruschen in a glass of hot
water before breakfast every morning.
A jar that lasts 4 weeks costs but a
trifle at any drugstore in the world but
be sure and get Kruschen Salts the
SAFE way to reduce wide hips promi
nent front and double chin and again
feel the joy of living—money back if dis
satisfied after the first jar.
JUVENILE READING
Modern schoolgirls in their teen*
read stories of adventure while boys
are most Interested In science, ac
cording to a survey recently made In
England by teachers of Eriih schools.
The report revealed that among
modern schoolgirls stories of adven
ture rank four times higher than
stories of home, more hoys are in
terested in science books than girls,
hut girls read more poetry and drams
Ilian hoys, while both boys and girls
have considerable Interest In Inform
ative books. Questionnaires were
distributed by the lenchers among
1,000 boys and 1,000 girls. The
1,000 boys, according to the answers
to the questionnaires, owned an
average of 11 books. The 1.U00 girls
owned an average of 14 hooks each.
WHAT DOES A
MONO-PIECE
STEEL BODY
I MEAN TO
YOUR SAFETY?
• Here’s a big new Dodge Six
rolling sideways down a hill
; prove the strength of its Mono
piece steel body! Over and over
it goes, bouncing, literally turn
ing handsprings! And at the end
of its exciting trip, it drove away
under its own power—didn’t
crack up, didn’t smash! Think
what would have happened with
an ordinary car body! And
this SAFE Mono-piece steel
body is only one of the fea
tures you get in the big new
Dodge Six —for just a few dollars
more than the lowest priced carsl
DODGE “6”
with Floating Powor
onglno mounting a
11S-INCH WHEELBASE
*595 “•
Dodge Eight ft Ilf to $119f. All price*
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