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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 18, 1935)
House That Breathes to Keep Itself Cool THIS model of a bouse that breathes through Its walls to keep cool won first prize In the bet ter housing display at the San Diego exposition. With It Is the In ventor, K. J. Neutra, Los Angeles architect. The house Is of steel with exposed portions coated with alumi num. Air channels run through the walls, and when the heat of the sun warms them It starts a cooling draft A QUEER GAME OF HIDE AND SEEK OVER In the Green Forest where the moonlight sifted down through the tops of the silver trees, began a queer game of hide and seek. Buster Bear was “It." Danny Meadow Mouse was hiding. Buster Bear wns “it,’’ for his stom ach's sake. Danny wMn’t enjoy ing it at all. By the time Buster Bear hnd whirled around after Danny had surprised and startled him by run ning out from under his very paw as he started to rake over a little pile of leaves In search of beech nuts, Danny had, as you know, dis appeared. He had darted behind the trunk of a big tree. For a couple of minutes Buster stood per fectly still. He wns listening. He was listening for the rustle of a leaf to tell him In which direction Danny had gone. But not a leaf rustled. Buster couldn’t hear the faintest sound to tell him that there was another living thing any where about “Now, where can that scamp have gone to?" muttered Buster. “He certainly hasn’t gone far. He must be right around here some where. Probably he Is hiding un der some of these leaves. I’ll pull over a few of them and find out." So Buster began to rake over the leaves all about with his great claws just ns he hnd been doing Danny Always Managed to Keep the Trunk of That Tree Between Them. When Danny Meadow Mouse first saw him, only he did It In a much more hurried way. You see, he was looking for a fat Meadow Mouse now and not for sweet lit tle beechnuts which would lie per fectly still when he had uncovered them. Presently he came around behind the tree where Dunny was hiding. Danny darted around the tree trunk to the other side. Bus ter saw him go. “Ha !’* exclaimed Buster. “So there you arel” and rushed around after Darny. Dan ny darted around to the place he had just left Now, l’.uster Bear, ns I said be fore, can move quickly, but he can not run around n tree trunk ns fast as a little Meadow Mouse can. He soon found that out. Danny al ways managed to keep the trunk of that tree between them. Finally Buster Bear gave up running around thnt tree and sat up to think. On the other side of that tree crouched the most frightened Meadow Mouse In all the Orent World, wondering what would hap pen next, and trembling so that tie shook all over. Danny had played many games of hide and seek in his life, but never one In which he had felt so wholly helpless as he did now. T W. Qureen.—WNtT Service. I LU__! "No matter how hot tempered either provee to be after the wadding march," says Reno Rltxl, "they will find It takes just as much coal to heat the house." WNU Service. -() Minute make-ups ========== By V. V. **♦ Tlie backs of the new hats will have a definite Influence on your coiffure. Many of them have no back and simply perch high on the swirled curls of your head. Curls are larger, more swirled, and fill that spnce between the collar of the coat and the brim of the hat Copyright by Public Lodger, Inc. WNU Service IVe’re Coming OH,\ \W00L07u4t) TO V\S»T -SOS AN 4Ht'-SS0CH A. '* _ c+OOO ClX)^ I ^ • - ) iSSZ^r^ vjhv nc>T STOP AT rTm M T0~1 AONT sot's FIR*,! iSlTUZIlE iTiOHOOKmi S'it1 TO C-PANDPA^J CAN F«V},'N -r DC CBEtk. f oHtwmu OO TO . . !, Question Box By ED WYNN The Perfect Fool « Dear Mr. Wynn: In this morning’s mall I received a circular from a plumber who claims he is selling a new kind of stove which will save half the coal 1 use In the stove I have now. Do you advise me to buy one of his new stoves. Truly yours, I. M. KURIODS. Answer: If your plumber Is tell ing the truth when he says the new stove saves one-half of your coal, why don’t you buy two of his stoves and save all your coal? Dear Mr. Wynn: You are so smart and claim you know so much. Here’s one for you. Answer this: Did you ever see a dog without eyes, without ears, withour hair, without a nose, with out a month and without feet? Yours truly, VETTER N. ARIAN. Answer: Yes, I saw a dog like that—a “hot dog.” Dear Mr. Wynn: East night I had an argument with my brother about different kinds of weather. My brother said that "cold” travels faster than "heat," while I Insisted that “heat” travels the fastest. Who Is right? Truly yours, I. SICKLE. Answer: You are right. “Heat travels faster because you can’t catch It, while It Is very easy to cntch "cold.” Dear Mr. Wynn: I have just bought a little house In the country. It is a new house, but It Is terribly damp, due, I guess. to poor construction. What I want to know Is, how can I keep water from running into my house? Yours truly, I. O. N. MYHOWS. Answer: Don’t pay your water bill. © Associated Newspapers. WNU service. Through by JEAN NEWTON A WOMAN S EYES A HUSBAND WHO BOUGHT WIFE’S CLOTHES THERE Is fresh evidence to prove that George Washington was a brave man. It appears now that he picked his wife’s dresses! And that, says the history professor who makes the revelation, Is proof that he was the bravest man of his day. There is more. Not only did the first President pick his wife’s dresses, but Martha liked them. And that, many a wife would say, showed Martha brave—to manage to like dresses which a man picked for her. But that, we suggest, depends on the man. There have been hus bands, you know, who not only would trouble to notice their wives’ clothes, but who actually under stood women’s clothes. Oh, not many, I know. But they have ex isted. There have even been men who could—and would—go shop ping with their wives, with actual benefit to the aforesaid women. Of course, they have been few and far between. But when they exist, they are the last word In business. They are all that is charming and de lightful. Imagine—to have a husband who not only notices what you wear but remarks intelligently on it Imag ine his having not only clothes in telligence, but good taste. Imagine his having sufficient interest to go with you to buy your clothes, or— miracle of miracles—to buy them for you! Such a man, such a husband, we now for the •first time find George Washington to have been. It is not too much to say that in the light of this new Information about the great soldier and statesman, new history books should be written. For it is one thing to be a great general, a fine gentleman, an engi neer and a literary figure, even a first President. But a husband who could choose his wife’s clothes—and have her like them—well, now, in deed, George Washington stands alone in the hearts of his country women. © Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service. Because You Came to Our Street By ANNE CAMPBELL BECAUSE you came to our street. The trees wore greener dress, And every yard In our street Was drenched with loveliness. The birds sang sweeter songs this year. And every child was gay. There was a joyous atmosphere Because you blessed our day. But when you go from our street, The leaves will flutter down. The sun will set on our street; The blossoms all turn brown, The autumn rains will fall . . . The storm Will tear the nests apart. And only memory will warm Your seal upon each heart For we have stored on our street A thousand summer Joys To comfort hearts on our street When winter gloom annoys. And always though the clouds are black. And bitter winds pursue. We will be ever gazing back With summer dreams of you! Copyright—WNU Service. * MOTHER’S * COOK BOOK PICNIC GOOD THINGS THE following are a few sugges tions which may be helpful In packing the picnic hamper, or, If served In the garden or on the porch, one uiuy elaborate on the menu: Chicken Rouleaus. These are a most tasty substitute for the ordinary sandwich. Prepare a light biscuit dough such ns would be used for hot biscuit or shortcake. Roll out the dough one-quarter-inch thick In a sheet four Inches wide nnd ns long as convenient. Brush over with melted butter and spread with minced chicken which has been well seasoned and lightly moistened with cream. Roll up nnd cut Into finger lengths and pinch the ends together. Place on a greased baking sheet with the flap down nnd bake ten to fifteen min utes iu a hot oven. Minced ham may be used if preferred. Raisin Drop Cakes. Cream together one-half cupful of butter, one cupful of brown sugar, add one cupful of molasses, one-half cupful of milk, two eggs well beaten, one cupful of chopped raisins, one teaspoonful each of soda and baking powder, mixed spices to taste and four cupfuls of Hour. Mix thoroughly and drop by spoonfuls on baking sheets or into small muffin pans. Add a few nuts if desired. Hake twelve minutes In a moderate oven. © Western Newspaper Union. § Jto You Know— i ■ ■ - ■■■■■■■■— i That the European cranberry, found in Canada and north ern United States was the sa cred plant of the ancient Druids ? There is also a larger berry which is native to America. McClure Newspaper Syndicate. WNU Service. Duke Beach Guard Here is Duke, full-blooded bull dog, owned by Kenneth Grossmlller of Dalles, Ore. Duke is trained to swim out to a drowning person, with the end of a piece of rope in his mouth and the other end attached to the shore. He also is able to tow a person hanging to his harness. _a_ I PAPA K NOWS—I r i “Pop, wtiat i« matrimony?” "Geometry.” © Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service. Changing the Subject “Sometimes,” said Uncle Eben, "you kin get a crowd to cheer most ly because it’s tired o’ listenin’ an’ wants to start a chorus of Its own." It's Muddy in Matanuska Valley, Too MINNESOTA farmers who migrated to the government colon/ In Mat anuska valley. Alaska, tlnd the mud Is as deep there as at their old home Frank Bliss, construction boss for the colony, Is seen with s friend trying to extrica.e their automobile from the mire BRISBANE THIS WEEK Big War or Little? LaGuardia's G-Men She Took It Seriously Pretty Bluebirds War Is not coming; It Is here. It may or may not be a war “setting Arthur Brlabnne the world on fire.” Italy had an unpleasant experience In Abyssinia In the last century and wishes to repair that It also wishes to keep Japan from gathering In A b y s s 1 n I a’s trade and con trolling Abyssin ia. Britain can understand how Italy feels, since Britain found It rcuijy necessary 10 gamer in me Transvaal and other vast areas throughout the world. Italy used to send 500,000 Immi grants a year to the United States. Now they are shut out They must go somewhere. They would con siderably Improve Abyssinia If they went there. Mayors of other cities will watch New York's Mayor LaGuardia fight ing racketeering and crime in gen eral. Besides training his own po lice force to shoot straight and “to kill,” Mayor LaGuardia will get some government “G-men," If pos sible, from Washington, to come and set the example. If Mayor LnGuardia, who has an honest and energetic police com missioner, cleans up crime in New York, he will deserve a statue next to that of Hercules, who cleaned the Augean stables, and a bigger statue. Women, before and since Heloise, have taken heart affairs more seri ously than men. Margaret Jordan, an Irish girl, lonely, fell in love with a Mount Vernon, N. Y„ policeman, because he came from her home town. He was married, with eight children, and after he had seen the girl for two years he decided that he must reform and see her no more. He told her about this pious resolution as he sat in his police car, and did not notice that she took his service revolver from the pocket of the car. He learned what had happened next day when told that the girl had killed herself with his revolver. It was embarrassing for a married policeman with eight children. At Fort George Wright, tiny blue birds built their nest in the mouth of a big cannon, and mother blue bird laid four pretty blue eggs. Our kind-hearted heroes at the fort are protecting the nest. Sentries do not come too near, cats are discouraged and to the orders of the day Maj. George S. Clark added these kind words, “and keep an eye on those birds.” In American churches Sunday, August 18, will be a day of prayer for peace in Africa and safety for little Ethiopia, which confronts war with powerful Italy. That is the right United States Interference in foreign affairs. The prayers will reach their destination, and the Supreme Being to whom they are addressed knows what is best, and has power to arrange mat ters in Ethiopia as he chooses. To pray: “Lord, possessor of om niscence and omnipotence, we leave all in your hands,” is right. To send a million young Ameri can men, and several thousand million American dollars, to meddle in hot Africa would be wrong. The country will welcome Presi dent Roosevelt’s statement that the ‘‘four thousand million dollar works relief fund” will actually be in vested in such a way as to In crease the nation’s capital assets. Many times four thousand million dollars could be spent advan tageously, If It were really Invest ed In wise, permanent Improve ments. A financial letter from London remarks, casually, ‘‘Credit wus plen tiful at one-half of one per cent interest." Americans that cannot borrow anything, on securities once considered good, wonder how the British manage. The American . government borrows at three and a half per cent, seven times the cur rent English Interest rate, money manufactured by itself, and thus adds one hundred per cent to taxes for interest that need not be paid at all. Queer finance, dearly be loved. St. Louis reformers say women should not sit on high stools with their feet on a rail and drink at the bar. And, reformers rejoice to hear, the saloonkeepers say: "Amen.” Reformers and saloonkeepers are right. The saloon was hud enough before women moved in to muke it worse, hitching up their dresses, climbing high stools, readjusting their dresses, or not readjusting them, calling for foolish drinks to show how foolish they could be. BIDS DEFIANCE TO HOT WEATHER PATTERN 2319 dfdl ,2319 The hot weather brings us to the problem every woman of generous proportions must cope with—how to keep cool and fresh looking on those wilting days? Well—Looking Cool goes a long way, and pattern 2319, with its loose, easy cape sleeve, soft treated waistline gives you a mighty cool outlook on life. And very flat tering, too, are the graceful folds of the cape that does wonders to equal ize proportions. The darts over the bust and at the waistline cleverly contrive to avoid a too-fitted look at the strategical points. Pick a sum- 4 mery printed voile or other sheer. Pattern 2319 Is available In sizes 16, 18. 20, 34, 36, 38, 40. 42, 44 and 46. Size 36 takes 3% yards 39 inch fabric. Illustrated step-by-step sew ing instructions included. Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) In coins or stamps (coins preferred) for this pattern. Write plainly name, address and style number. BE SURE TO STATE SIZE. i Address orders to Sewing Circle Pattern Department, 243 West Sev enteenth street. New York. MEATY PROBLEM Customer—What kind of meat have you today. Butcher—Mutton and venison. Customer—Is your mutton dear? Butcher—No, the mutton Is sheep. The venison is deer. , Bargain “Do you favor government owner ship?” “Of course,” said Mr. Dustin Stax; “if I can dictate the prices at which the government buys and have a hand In financing the deal.” Fashion* in Words “What has caused you to change your mind?” “I haven’t changed my mind,” an swered Senator Sorghum. “I have only deferred to my fan mall and re vised my rhetoric.” Safety First Fireman—Jump Into the blanket. Man—No, you might drop It Put It on the ground first.—Pearson’s Weekly. Red Lights On “Was it Diogenes who was look ing for an honest man?” “I don’t remember, but whoever he was, 1 guess he is still looking.” WNU—U 29—35