Richmond Opens the New Robert E. Ijee Bridge ._I
Airplane view of the city of
Richmond. Va.. and the Robert
E. Lee bridge which has just been
dedicated. This was one of the first
major RFP projects to be completed
and cost about $1,fi00.000.
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PETER GOSSIPS WITH
HONKER
PETEK RABBIT could hardly
wait for the coyilng of the Black
Shadows, and Just as soon as they
had crept out over the Green Mead
ows he started for the Big River,
He knew Just where to go. He
knew that Honker and his friends
would remain out In the middle of
the Big River until the hlack Shad
ows had made It quite safe for them
to swim In. He renched the bank
of the Big River Just as sweet Mis
tress Moon was beginning to throw
her silvery light over the Grant
World. At this point there wns u
sandy bar In the Big River and
right where this sandy bar started
out from the bank, Peter squatted.
It Beemed to him flint he hud
sat there half the night, but really
It was only a short time, before he
heard the low signal out In the
Black Shadows which covered the
middle of the Big River. It was
the voice of Honker. Then Peter
saw little Bllvery lines moving on
the water, and presently a dozen
great shapes appeared In the moon
light. Slowly they drew near. Honk
er In the lend. They were a pic
ture of perfect caution.
When they reached the sandy bar
they remained quiet for some time,
looking nnd listening. Then, sure
thut all was safe. Honker gave a
low signal, and at once u low. con
tented gabbling began as the birds
relaxed their wntchfulness and
came out on the sandy bar.
“Oh, Honker!" cried Peter. "I’m
| You Know
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That the violet is the em
blem of faithfulness. Back
in the days when Napoleon
was banished to the Island
of Elba, his followers said
that he would return when
the violets bloomed again
and they wore rings and
watch-ribbons of violet as a
secret symbol of recognition
to each other.
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so glad you're back here safe and
sound."
Honker gave n little start, but
Instantly recognizing Peter, cauie
close to him. As be stood there in
the moonlight he was truly hand
some. His thront and a large pntch
on each side of his head were
white. The remainder of his head
and his long slim neck were black.
His short full was also black. His
back, wings, breast, and sides were
a soft grayish brown. He was
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“Hello, Peter,” Said He "It Is Good
to Have An Old Friend Greet Me.”
white around the base of his tall,
and he ulso wore a white eollnr.
“Ilello, Peter!” snld he. “It Is
good to have an old friend greet
tne. 1 eertnluly am glad to be bark
safe and sound, for the hunters
with terrible guns have been at al
most every one ot our resting
places, and It is hard work to get
enough to eat.”
“Have you come fnr?” asked Pe
ter.
“Very far, Peter, very far,” re
WITTY KITTY
By NINA WILCOX PUTNAM
The girl chum says that not only
do listeners never hear anything
good of themselves, but they get In
a terrible draft from keyholes.
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PATTY’S CURLS
By ANNE CAMPBELL
BE CANNOT bear to cut her
curls.
And every week or two
The loveliest of little girls
Is photographed anew.
"So we’ll remember," we.ajl say,
“The curls she used to wenr.’’
And then we set another day
To cut our Patty’s hair.
But Patty’s ringlets still adorn
Her pretty little head,
And still we plan to have them
shorn,
Postponing It Instead.
And I am sure the coming years
Can Joyously be fnced.
As long as little Pat appears
With ringlets to her waist!
Copyright.—WNU Service.
plied Honker. “And we still have
far to go."
“Will winter soon be here?" Pe
ter asked eagerly.
"It Is only a little way behind
us.” replied Honker. “We shall
have to hurry lest It catch us, and
that would never do.”
©. T W. Burgess.—WNU Service.
* MOTHER’S *
COOK bookI
COOL WEATHER IDEAS
NOW that chill winds blow and
children’s parties must be
given, especially on birthdays, a
candy pull will be n delightful
thing to give if there Is enough
room for the children to move
about and enjoy It. Here Is one of
the good candies that mny be
pulled:
Velvet Molasses Candy.
Put otie cupful of molasses, three
cupfuls of sugar, one cupful of boll
Ing water and three tablespoonfuls
of vinegar In a saucepan over the
heat. As soon as the boiling point
Is reached, add one-half teaspoonful
of cream of tartar. Boll until when
tried in cold water the mixture will
become brittle. Stir constantly dur
Ing the last of the cooking. When
nearly done, add one halt cupful of
melted butter and one-fourth tea
spoonful of soda, pour out, and
when cold. pull. Flavor to taste.
Party Cheese Salad.
Take two packages of cream
cheese, roll into small balls, making
twelve. Toast—or tint any color
desired. Arrange In nests of lettuce
and serve with mayonnaise dress
Ing.
Apple Sauce Pudding.
Season one cupful of apple sauce
with cinnamon or nutmeg, divide it
among six dessert glasses. Prepare
a Junket tablet with a pint of luke
warm milk, three tablespoonfuls of
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"What's this old world coming
to." says culinary Caroline "Om;
yesterday I read where a man asked
for a divorce because his wife
makes biscuit« like his mother used
to make "
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iUESTION BOX
by ED WYNN, The Perfect Fool
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Dear Mr. Wynn:
My husband works as a night
watchman, so I am home alone nnd
without protection. Last Wednes
day a trump came to my door and
I to get rid of him I gave him a
i whole pie I hod baked myself Frl
! day night he showed up again.
What do you make of that?
Truly yours.
IMA FRADE.
Answer: Very simple. He prob
ably did not eat the pie.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
Why is It that traveling snlesmen
never want to take an upper berth
when they’re traveling on a train?
Truly yours.
L M A SALTSELLER.
Answer: Very simple. If they
did that, they would have to get up
before they went to bed.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
I read the lives of five of the rich
est men In the world, and. If what
I read Is true, they all started life
ns barefooted boys. Do you believe
that?
Yours truly.
IKE ANTBELIEVEIT.
Answer: Sure. It's true. In fact
no one Is born with shoes on.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
I hear five policemen had a crim
inal cornered at a railroad station.
Yet he escaped. How did he do It?
Yours truly.
D. TECTIVE.
Answer: He probably jumped on
a scale and got a ’’weigh.’
Dear Mr. Wynn:
I want to write a letter to an
aunt of mine; she Is despondent be
cause she Is very deaf. What shall
I do?
Truly yours,
, SOL. OOTION.
Answer: Write your words In
great big letters.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
I am engaged to a young lady and
we wanted to get married next
July. My employer is an oldgrough,
and I'm afraid to ask him to give
me a week off so I can get married.
What shall I do?
Truly yours.
BENNY DICK.
Answer: Go to your boss nnd tell
him you want a week off, but tell
him you want that week away from
sugar (dissolve the tablet In a table
spoonful of water), (lavorlng the
Junket mixture with a few drops of
nlmond. Pour over the apple sauce
and let stand to become firm in a
warm room. Chill and serve.
Buttercups.
Those of us who have crunched
the creamy buttercup will never
forget their deliciousness. Shall
we make a few at home?
Roll two cupfuls of molasses with
one cupful of sugar and one-half
cupful of boiling water, two table
spoonfuls of butter, one-third of a
teaspoonful of cream of tartar, not
stirring until the last few minutes
of the cooking. When a firm ball
Is made when a drop is placed In
colt) water pour out, cool and pull.
Make n long roll of fondant, cover
with buttercup mixture, pull in a
long strip and cut into small pieces
with shears.
“Ju.l Once” Schedule
Jud Tunkins says he'd like to go
up in an airplane Just once, only
he’s afraid it would be the kind of
a trip that would crash and hold
you strictly to the "Just once"
schedule.
Now York's Most Dangerous Crossing
Hc.UK I* a view ol the moat dangerous crossing in New York city, the
interaction of Slsih avenue and Forty second afreet. A police surrey
has given It Its hnd reputation, allowing that during 1033 forty sis persons
were Injured and one killed In trattlc accidents there.
work bo you cun get married; then
he won’t think you want It Just for
a vacation or to have some fun.
©, Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service.
WNU Service
For Evening Wear
An amusing green, fuchsia and
gold plaid taffeta with a strip of
black velvet in It makes this very
young evening gown. A suggestion
of a bow forms the high front de
colletage. The back Is cut to the
waist
THROUGH A
W>mans Eyes
By JEAN NEWTON
CLINGING TO THEIR BIBLES
nr-vEAR Jean Newton: Did you
L' see the news that six people
in an automobile accident clung,
through the crash, to their Bibles
and hymnals? Their car was over
turned, and when they were extri
cated from the wreckage they were
still clinging to the Bibles. They
were all unhurt and went on to the
prayer meeting, which was their
destination. I suppose they fig
ured out it was holding on to their
Bibles that saved them.
“What do you think about it, Jean
Newton ?”
I think those people are among
the world’s luckiest—because of
their faith which will help them
through “tight spots” all along the
way. They have something, those
people who confidently held on to
their Bibles when their car turned
over and everything spun around
them. They have something more
Important than wealth in the
world’s goods, something that will
carry them over many difficulties
that money cannot smooth away.
In this day when religious faith
is a rarer thing than it used to be.
when religion is being challenged
outspokenly, when a whole nation
and a political creed expresses ns
one of Its tenets the abolition of re
ligion, it is heart-warming to learo
of people who still have Faith.
I am sorry to differ with the im
plication of the reader whose letter
is above. But I feel that many who
may take very lightly the faith of
people who clung to their Bibles in
a crash, may well envy them.
£). Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service.
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
The Swiss Answer Back
Wise Mrs. Roosevelt
Our Trade Balance
This Is Good News
Switzerland is small, but takes
nothing ■‘laying down." Every Swiss
of fighting age is a reserve mem
ber of the Swiss army, with a rifle
and ammunition that he can use.
That encourages independence. Eu
rope knows that it would cost more
to conquer Switzerland than Swit
zerland would be worth. In addi
tion, nobody would know how to
run Swiss hotels, except the Swiss.
Itecently Dr. Carl Earth, Swiss
professor of theology at Bonn uni
versity, to which the former Ger
man kaiser was sent as a boy, was
dismissed by Prussia's minister of
culture, because Doctor Barth would
not take the oath of personal loy
alty to Hitler.
The Swiss government takes that
up promptly, saying to Germany:
‘‘If you dismiss a Swiss teacher for
political reasons, the Swiss gov
ernment will immediately send
home all German professors in
Swiss universities.”
No hemming and hawing there.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wise
and energetic lady, advises giving
small children as young as six or
seven a weekly allowance, because
it teaches them to be independent.
They learn how to spend, when to
save, wThat to pay, and grow up in
dependent, self-reliant individuals.
That is a good thought that some
wise professors high up In govern
ment might adopt.
If it is wise to teach individual
independence to young children,
why not encourage it in grown-up
Americans, Instead of training them
to spend the rest of their lives in
any NRA baby carriage?
Again there is cheerfulness. United
States exports since October were
highest in three years. Uncle Sam
sold $206352,000 worth of goods to
other countries, $76,723,000 less
than he took in.
That is called a ‘‘favorable trade
balance," and is supposed to be a
good thing.
Abslt omen, hut the French rev
olution started at u time when
France, for the first time in a long
while, found herself exporting more
than she bought.
Ensel Ford, son of Henry, and a
great help to his father as presi
dent of the Ford company, dined
with President Roosevelt in Warm
Springs, (la., and told him the na
tion is "out of the trough.”
The two Fords are good judges
of returning prosperity. They ex
pect to sell at least 1,000,000 other
"Fords” this coming year.
Wlnthrop W. Aldrich, head of the
New York Phase National hank,
biggest private bank in the world,
tells reporters in Seattle: “Busi
ness men nnd hankers in all the
cities we have visited believe that
there has been a real improve
ment since September.”
Prosperity Is climbing up, accord
ing to Mr. Aldrich, and he ought
to know'. He has on hand more
than a billion dollars Mint he will
gladly lend you, if you can prove
your ability to pay it back.
Samuel Insull and sixteen co de
fendants are acquitted of using the
mails to defraud. A majority of the
jury, which took two hours to de
cide, voted for acquittal from the
start.
Apparently Mr. Insull might have
avoided that tiring trip to Greece
and all the expense.
There is war talk with a meaning
in Europe. Hungary is tilled with
rage because Jugoslavia accuses
Hungarians of plotting the murder
of King Alexander. The Hunga
rians nre fighters, but not murder
ers.
England and France are agitated
by alleged news that Germany is
arming with all possible speed, re
gardless of the Versailles treaty.
There are a dozen causes for war
floating around Europe, and no par
ticular cause for peace, except that
no nation could well n!Tord another
war—Uncle Sam’s pockets being
tightly buttoned, nt present.
Senator Nye, an earnest man, de
voted to peace, but not at “any
price," asks the big United Air
craft company Just what It has in
mind In Its constant expansion in
production nnd betterment of air
planes. The senator seems to fear
that United Aircraft has In mind
the possibility of war.
Let us all hope that It has ex
actly that In ndnd, ami that a gov
ernment showing little energy or
Initiative of Its own in air defense
will at least appreciate help from
private initiative.
New Jersey draws a panel of l.m,
rttt of them women, for the Lind
•*ergh kidnaping and murder trial
The authorities, without being ape
clflc. say they have ev'deiice against
Hauptmann not revealed to the
public. Hauptmann's lawyers would
probably prefer nil men on the
Jury. Women feel more kecitlv titan
men do about kidnaping children.
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A WAY OUT
“So you are teaching, eh?"
“Yes."
“What dp you do when a student
asks a question you can’t answer?”
“Call for answers from the class."
Just a Suggestion
The manager of the firm glanced
up in amazement. From the tele
phone box outside his office door he
heard a girl’s voice screaming out a
string of word3 in piercingly shrill
tones.
“Whatever Is that going on?” he
asked his secretary.
"That’s the new typist talking to
the Reading branch.” was the reply.
“Well,” said the manager, “go and
tell her to use the telephone—she'd
find it easier.”—London Tit-Bits.
License
Ole—I bane want a license.
Clerk—What kind? A hunting li
cense?
Ole—No, Aye tank Aye bane hunt
ing long enough. Aye want a mar
riage license.—Chelsea Record.