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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1936)
, — 111 " I.-—I""'"... BRISBANE THIS WEEK Descend Among Bicycles Many Strikes and Worries Two Flags That Clash Two National Hymns This column, like others to fol low. written in Europe, traveling Arthur llrlahnnr about by auto mobile. will rep resent an effort to see things clearly, and de scribe them sim ply, according to the old formula. You descend from the ship at Havre into a world on wheels, bicycle wheels, a change from the world on automo bile wheels left on the other side of the Atlantic. Here working men and women, thousands of them, ride to and from work, ten to thirty abreast, depending on the width of the street. They have the right of way, prop erly, in a democracy. So it used to be in America, when automobiles were new, small boys shouted "Get a horse,” and New York state law compelled the automobile driver to stop his car and engine, while a farm wagon passed, if the farmer raised his hand, or even lead the farm team past his machine if the farmer re quested it. Here the car stops, while bicycles circulate around it on both sides. Similarly, you stop, later, meeting flocks of sheep, on roads across the salt marshes ol the Vendee. France is a land of bicycles, of many political parties, and, at the moment, a land of strikes. Like all other European countries, it is a land of permanent war scares. America looks upon war as a dis tant, improbable possibility, and when it comes spends billions on airships that do not fly, ships that never go to sea, and similar evi dences of patriotic dollar-a-year ef ficiency. Europe’s nations live in a state of fear, as an American family might live if it knew that, at any moment, well-equipped gangsters from next door might en ter, "shoot up” the household and set fire to the house. American travelers leaving the boat by railroad, descending in Paris at the Saint Lazare station, were surprised to find crowds fight ing each other, not waiting for Germany, crowds made up entirely of Frenchmen of different political opinions. Some wore ribbons with the red, white and blue colors of the French flag; others, more numerous, wore the plain color red. One side sang the "Marseillaise," national hymn of France since the revolution. Others wearing small red flags sang the "Internationale," official song of the Communists the world over, from Moscow to Harlem. Crowds grew bigger, the French men sang the two hymns at each other, more and more violently, with excellent voices, not one out of tune, all knowing the words of their respective hymns. The "Mar sellaise" says, "Let us go, chil dren of the fatherland, the day of glory has arrived”; the other says, "Arise ye prisoners of starvation; arise, ye wretched of the earth.” It was a scene never to be de scribed, now that Dooley is dead, and Artemus Ward. Nobody both ered the descending foreigners from across the water. A few Frenchmen hit other Frenchmen, not hard, then agents of the Surete, whom we should call po licemen, gradually dispersed the crowds, that met and sang at each other again the next day. They live in the suburbs and work in Paris, or vice versa, and. meeting in the railroad station, it enrages them to encounter those that sing the wrong hymn and wear the wrung colors. Those singers have chests like drums, complexions that reveal countless billions of red corpuscles and voices that could be heard, al most, from Los Angeles to Santa Monica. One of them broke off at the sad word "starvation” and said to your narrator, who had politely congrat ulated him on his vigor: ’Tenez, tatez mon bras, et j'ai seuxante sept ans"—meaning, "Here, feel my muscle, and I am sixty-seven years old." The muscle rose in a biceps like a small melon. The duty of a visiting foreigner is to observe, describe and not comment; but this writer, had he accepted the invitation to speak at the American club in Paris recent ly, would have suggested that the French, whose only earthly pos session is France, should be care ful not to tear that property apart, especially with Germany ready to gather up the pieces. This crosses the water by mail, is not new, and not news, when you see it. Only heaven knbws what might happen m a week. ® King Kv&tuM* Syndicate, lac, WXU ttorv lea. Easy to Knit and Easy to Wear By CHERIE NICHOLAS MMl ‘ ^ lWi^Wf umi r—ii—ii m iiii ——11 m m m i ■ — IT IS a foregone conclusion among women of varied activities that knitted clothes are the logical sort to wear at play or at work. This conviction in regard to the prac tical wearability of things knitted has come about from actual ex perience, and not from mere the ory. And so the clicking of nee dles goes merrily on. There is added inspiration, too, in the knowledge that knit or crochet yarns have been brought to such high state of perfection through modern processing that one is cheered with the assurance of de pendable washability both as to shrinkage and to color fastness. Thus a new confidence has been created in the minds of the prac ilcal minded to the extent that knitted apparel has come to be recognized ns staple wear rather than in the category of fleeting moods or fads. As to the knitted items pictured Ihey are new and they are practi cal, Just such as you will appre ciate wearing during week-end and vacation hours. The suntan halter ss shown in the upper left of the group will give you all the ex posure and freedom you need in beach and summer sports clothes. You can combine it with knitted bathing trunks or gabardine shorts or the popular culotte costume, or wear it with a linen skirt. Out in the garden on a warm summer day with gay flowers about and skies that are blue it will be the frivolous dainty type of a blouse you will be wanting to fit in with the Joyous landscape. Cen tered in the picture is a pretty blouse that is so simple and easy to crochet you can make it in a jiffy. It is cool because it is lacy. Choose yellow for the color of the mercerized crochet cotton so that it will match the sunshine of a perfect summer day. This cun ning model has practically no sleeves and is held together by a drawstring about the neckline in peasant fashion. To the left below a sheer blouse is shown knitted of mercerized crochet cotton. It is the sort that will add the feminine touch to your mannishly tailored suit or will car ry through smartly with your sum mer linen skirts. The rows and rows of tiny ruffles at each side above the waistline arc something new. You will like this styling im mensely and so will your friends for it is out of the ordinary. The sleeves puffed just above the el bow are also a smart and very new feature. The neck is high, giving that close-to-the-throat line which fashion decrees this season. This high neck effect fills the open ing of a classic lapeled suit jack et to perfect satisfaction. Cool and lovely in its dainty col oring is the dress pictured to the right. The majority of dresses are knitted but this one is crocheted of soft washable knit-cro-sheen. The work goes rapidly as the stitch is a very open lacy one. A dress of this type should go into every trunk that is vacation bourn., for it packs, washes and wears beauti fully. The soft rolled collar and the cord and tassel fastenings are style details that give "class’* that is recognized at a glance. Of course you have taken note of the crownless garden hats which the girls in the sweaters ar* wear ing. You can make one yourself and at trifling cost—just one of those big farmer straw hats with the crown cut out and the brim slashed up the back, round’ng the corners. Finish all edges with a wide bias-cut binding of gay ging ham and add ties of .he same. © Weit®rn Newspaper Union. STAR-PRINT CRFPE lly CHKKIK NICHOLAS 1 Attractively studded with the symbol of the Lone Star state, this star print crepe cocktail dress is a special design in honor of the Cen tennial now being held there. The closely positioned buttons, the tu nic silhouette, the fanciful slit hem line, the widened puffed shoulders and the turnover collar effect are all contributing style details. Free flowing. allowing ease of move ment, this smart-looking dress is ideal for semi-firmal afternoon or early evening wear. WOMEN ADD COLOR; DON GAY GALLUSES Not satisfied with copying men’s suits, both as to material and styl ing. the women are now wearing suspenders. They have discovered that galluses not only furnish an added chance to introduce color and swank to the accessory theme, but these dashing skirt “holder uppers” are exceedingly practical. In the narrow width sizes, chosen to form a daring contrast with the suit and blouse, suspenders pre sent a smart appearance as they flash out from behind an unbut toned jacket. The whole idea, designers claim, is not just another fashion whim but springs directly out of style re quirements set by the present trends in women’s apparel; man nish suits, hence suspenders! Clip ping onto the skirt, suspenders hold this garment in line properly, pre venting it from acquiring that un gainly “sat-in" look. Swim Suits Are Dark and Snug-Fitting This Season Wine-and-white is the prize color combination for swim suits this season. Navy-and-white comes next, and then black, in lustrous suits of elastic satin. Most of the newest suits have a dressmaker look. They are close ly fitted, complete with uplift bras siere top, halter necks and sun backs. The great-open-spaces fad. which left the tummy bare to the sun’s rays, is doing a graceful fadeout. Negligee Ensemble In making a silk nightgown, buy enough silk to include a little bed jacket to match it. This can be el bow or waist length and slip on over the nightgowh lor breakfasts in bed. ho$jv>re youjsm / DR. JAMES W. BARTON T*lki About © Spacing Meal Times IT IS hard to understand how the idea ever started, and still persists, that an in dividual doesn't weigh any more after than before eating food. Yet the increase in weight after eating is exactly the amount of the weight of the food. Putting it Into the stomach is just the same to the scales as put ting It on the scales themselves. Itoxers, jockeys, and others who must keep their weight at a certain figure know exactly what they must eat to attain a certain weight at a certain definite hour. They know also thut the amount of liquids must also be measured the same as foods, as water or any other liquid in creases weight. Thus in the case of boxers, where the weight is taken at two o'clock Dr. Barton Ill l l*«. UIH.HIOVU and the bout takes place at 9 o’clock or later, their first thought is for “a big drink of water.” This Is because they have been Nlr.\ ing out” for weeks. After this large drink of wa ter and eating a big steak a little later, at the hour of the bout they will be some pounds above the weight taken at two o’clock and will feel ranch stronger. Boxers are usually In good health and therefore the ef fects of food and liquids will be the same as In any other healthy Indi viduals. When food Is eaten, the body im mediately begins to use it, which really means burning It up to man ufacture heat and energy. And just as anything that burns gives off wastes—smoke and other sub stances—so the body gives off wastes and sends them to the lungs, to the kidneys, to the skin, and to the lower bowel, from which organs they are sent out of the body. Body Weight Adjusted The urine and the feces remain In the bladder and bowel for hours at a time, whereas the breath and the perspiration are being lost all the time into the surroundings air. An interesting experiment Is re corded In the American Journal of Physiology. Dr. C. I. Howland re corded the hourly loss of weight on two successive days lor ten Individ uals following the eating of (a) a light lunch made up of a glass of milk weighing about seven ounces and a limn sandwich weighing 11 ounces, and (It) a heavy lunch con sisting of three glasses or milk and three ham sandwiches—21 and 33 ounces respectively. In other words the light meal weighed a little over one pound and the heavy meal a lit tle over three pounds. After the light lunch there was a progressive Increase In the rate at which the weight was reduced for two hours, then the rate of losing weight became less, so that by the end of five hours, the rate of weight loss was the same as before the food was eaten. Digestion was com pleted. After eating ttie heavy meal there was an Increased rate of weight loss for three hours. Five hours after the food was eaten the rate of loss was still nearly 5 per cent above the rate at which the weight was lost when no food was being digested. The greatest Increase in the rate at which weight was lost nfter eat ing the small meal was 10 per cent, and after eating the heavy menl 23 per cent above the normal or aver age rate with digestion not going on. Thus the body adjusts Itself to the amount of food eaten. Increasing the rate of weight loss in proportion to the amount of food eaten. The above experiment shows that when a heavy meal is eaten al though the rate of weight loss Is greatly Increased, nevertheless tlve hours after a heavy meal Is eaten the rate of weight loss is still five per cent above the basal rate, that is the rate of decrease when no food Is being digested. • • * Understanding the Patient A knowledge of all the sciences included in medicine should natural ly be a part of the equipment of the physician but a knowledge of hu man nature, the workings of the pa tient’s mind, his reactions to every day life is just as Important if the patient—the individual—Is to be treated properly or completely. It has been well said that every patient when he first visits the phy sician is really a mental patient: he Is complaining of some symptoms and whether these symptoms are due to any real underlying cause or only exist In his Imagination, they must he carefully considered and treated. In other words the physician must know men and women and never forget that he is treating men and women and not Just some group of symptoms of which these men and women are complaining. The first consideration of the doc tor Is not the svmptoms or disease but the patient himself. e-WSli Servic*. Pinafore for Little Girl I The clever cutting of this use ful pinafore is shown in the small diagram beside the little girl. You will see at once that this frock requires no seaming and of I-:r—••_i_I Pattern No. 1910-B course the feature which so greatly intrigues children is the butterfly which forms the pocket. Notice how simple it is to put on, merely slipped over the head and tied at each side. Mothers find it a great help because it can be used as an apron over a frock, which must be kept clean, or worn instead of a frock. The panties to match are an asset— _-___J they have the comfortable French yoke top and stay snug but never bind. This attractive design made in cotton, percale, gingham, calico, or lawn would be effective with contrasting bind ing and colorful embroidery on the butterfly pocket. Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1910-B is available for sizes 2, 4, 6, and 8. Size 6 requires 1 1-2 yards of 35 inch material plus 7-8 yard for the panties. Send fif teen cents in coins. Send for the Summer Pattern Book containing 100 Barbara Bell well-planned, easy-to-make pat terns. Exclusive fashions for chil dren, young women, and matrons. Send fifteen cents for your copy. Send your order to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept., 367 W. Ad ams St., Chicago, 111. © Bell Syndicate.—WNTJ Service. Week’s Supply of Postum Free Itead the offer made by the l’ostum Company In another part of this pa per. They will send a full week’s sup ply of health giving Postum free to anyone who writes for It.—Adv. Work With Dignity Do what thou hast in hand with perfect and simple dignity and feeling of affection, and freedom and justice; and to give thyself relief from all other thoughts. i' TANGLEFOOT 1 CATCHES 'EM ' Watch out for public enemy No. 1 ... the filthy, germ-laden house fly. Use Tanglefoot to catch this health menace At your nearest store in sheet or rib bon form... the leading fly paper tor 50 years. Swiff Lightning Lightning travels at speeds ranging from 14,900 to 68,400 f miles a second, the average ve- * locity being 28,500 miles a second or 15 per cent of the speed of light, it was recently learned by a committee of engineers in South Africa and reported here by Science Service. J Sprinkle Peterman's Ant Food along window sills, doors, any place where ants come and go. 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