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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1943)
MR. TWITCHELL VIEWS WITH fr ALARM _ Paul R. Burkholder, associate pro fessor of botany at Yale, predicts that we will be eating "vegetable steaks” and drinking "soybean milk shakes” In the near future. The pro fessor says this will come about with the conquering of "ignorance con cerning nutrition values, the ele ments of an adequate diet, and vita min B content.” • Elmer Twitchell threw down his paper and made a wry face. "Some body’s always lowering my morale,” he sighed. “The very thought of a vegetable steak is terrible. It’ll be pretty awful if all we get out of this World war is a tenderloin of arti choke!” • As for milkshakes, Elmer admit ted the ones he has been getting lately tasted pretty funny and the drug-store clerk might be using soy beans in them right now. _ • _ ‘T want a federal commission for the Control of the Soybean,” he de clared with feeling. "They’re let ting it run wild. And I'm for less talk about vitamins and less scien tific exploration into what’s in vege tables today that nobody suspected was there yesterday. • _ “Oh, for the days when a man sat down at the table and simply ate what was pot before him with out any thought of vitamins, pro teins and all that! The good old times when all he had to decide was if the vittles tasted good! _ • _ "I used to enjoy my meals. I was a good feeder up to about ten years ago. I thought a soybean was a Chinese bran. Proteins were never mentioned in my Set. For all I knew of them vitamins were some thing in geometry. Then I began to hear a lot of talk about nutrition values with warnings about what certain things in a square meal could do to me. I began to get nervous about eating at all. _ • _ “But I managed to get along pret ty well for a while although eating ceased t« be the fun it had been all my life. Then came the glorifica tion of the various vitamins, with every radio program yelling about ’em. The vitamin ballyhoo went so far that about four years ago I fvjnd I couldn’t look a dinner plate in the face without misgivings. _ • _ "If the hostess said ‘Won’t you have some more lamb stew, Mr. Twitchell?’ I couldn’t say ‘Yes thanks,’ like I used to. I had to stop and think it over, wondering if Yale had gone into the matter of lamb stews and turned in a verdi ;t. _ • _ "It was the same way with every thing. I grew cautious about liver and onions, furtive with regard to a New England boiled dinner and very apprehensive about that old stand by, ham and eggs.” _ • _ Elmer was weeping. “It's just too bad,” he sobbed, “why can’t they do something about Yale professors, chemists in general and the soybean and vitamins A, B and C in par ticular?” New York’s policewomen have Just been equipped with a cowhide bag holding a .38 caliber pistol, a medium red lipstick and a powder puff. We expect any day now to hear some desperado shriek, “She pulled a lipstick on me!” _ • _ “Use your gun as you do your lipstick,” cautioned Mayor LaGuar dia to the policewomen. At first we thought this highly dangerous ad vice. We thought it might do a lot of damage to a lady’s lips. But it seems the Mayor added the clause, “use it only when you need it; don’t overdo either.” _ • _ This may be hard for a police woman to follow. What the Mayor probably meant was, “Don’t blaze away with your lipstick the minute you get in a tough spot; try paci fying the offender with a little rouge and a kick in the shins first.” t • • It is reported that throughout Ger many the people are soft pedaling the “Heil Hitler” to such a point that the Nazis are rebuking them and demanding more oomph in it. Possibly the Germans are feeling a terrific urge to scrap the greeting and substitute “In Der Fuehrer’s Face.” • * • Ima Dodo’s boy-friend Stupe Me Gonigle says he can’t get into the war because they’re only going to take fathers. • • • The Nazis have 30 different ways of expressing it when they have tak en a big licking. And they will soon be able to use them all at one time. _ • _ Said the Nazis fleeing across the Dneiper “It was our mistake going in deep er.” • • • Reaction Fancy skaters wherever seen Tend to drive me off my bean. And I can scream until I’m green , At fancy skating on the screen. If Bombs Should Fall Here We have not been bombed by enemy planes—yet. Most of us believe it will never happen, but some of our best minds still think that before the Axis gives up it will attempt to strike one desperate blow at this country. There is a group of women in this country who refuse to succumb to over optimism. They call themselves the Women’s Ambulance and Defense Corps of America. They are adhering to a pro gram of preparedness for the worst. And if Axis planes should succeed in bombing the United , States the WADC will be ready to do the job of caring for casualties. EMERGENCY CALL—A unit of the WADC rushes to the scene of a “disaster* during a drill in Los Angeles, Calif. They wear natty uniforms designed for utility rather than decorativeness. CASUALTY—The squad hur ries to a man who is supposed to have been struck by a car at night. Blindfolds simulate black out conditions. TOUCH SYSTEM—Injuries are a fractured leg, bleeding ar tery and a fractured rib. All diag nosis is done by touch. FIRST AID quickly follows diagnosis. Still blindfolded, the women tie bandages, apply splints and make tourniquets. IMPORTANT to whoever gets the patient next is the time tourniquet was applied. It must be loosened every 15 minutes. Time is written on forehead. I GAS MASK DRILL is part of the training of the HA DC. A member is pictured testing her mask. She places her palm over the intake and sucks in. If the mask is leakproof, the cheek pieces collapse inward. She wears her blindfold over the mask. THE HA DC was organized in 1940 with 200 members. Today it numbers 35,000 in 130 units throughout the United States. FIRST-AID to the AILING HOUSE by Roger B. Whitman Roger B. Whitman—WNU Feature*. Yon may not bf able to replace worn or broken household equipment. This la war. Government priorities come tliat. 80 take care of what yon have ... am well as you possibly can. This column by tho homcowner'i friend tells you how. REMOVING STUMPS Question: What is the best way to dispose of tree stumps and roots permanently? Answer: Bore as many and as deep holes as you can in the stump — straight down — two-inch holes the full length of an auger will suffice. At a time when the wood is dry, fill and refill the holes with kerosene until the wood is im pregnated. Then set fire to it, be ing extremely careful when doing so. If the stump is near the house or ; valuable plantings, this method is too dangerous to use. Another meth od is to saw the stump down below the level of the ground, and after boring the holes fill them with a strong, undiluted commercial “weed killer,” which is a preparation you I can get at a garden supply store. I This will work down into the roots and consume them, as well as the \ stump. Do not allow this weed killer to get on the grass, for it will kill all vegetation that it touches. It would be well to keep your pets away from it. Another method, but very much slower, is to saw the stump as I have mentioned, and then cover it with earth and keep it so covered ... in time the earth will i rot the stump. Still another method is to use a mechanical stump puller. There may be a man in your neigh borhood who can do the job for you. Of course, the puller will leave a large hole in the ground. ... Cleaning Plaster Walls Question: You have said that tint j ed plaster walls can be cleaned by brushing and with a vacuum, rather than by washing. Does this apply to kitchen walls ^iat are quite greasy and blackened? Is casein paint sat isfactory for a kitchen? How should the wall be prepared? Answer: Because of the film of grease on kitchen walls, they should be washed in preparation for paint ing. Use washing soda or other grease cutter in the water, and al low to dry thoroughly. The walls should be sized before painting. Ca sein paint is too absorbent to be satisfactory in a kitchen. I recom mend a good grade'of enamel over a coat or two of enamel undercoater; the surface will be so hard and glossy that dirt and grease cannot l ink in. CRACKED WINDOW SILLS Question: What would you suggest for cracked window sills? Answer: Small cracks can be filled with putty. Large ones can be filled with a thick mixture of fine sawdust and spar varnish. When dry, sand paper them smooth. • • • Hard Water Crust Question: A blue enameled roast ing pan was used as an air moistener and kept filled with tap water. This was hard and the pan now has a heavy crust all over it. Scalding water breaks off chips of the crust. How can I get it all off? Answer: A sudden change in tem perature will take off the crust; for it is not attached very tightly. Fill the pan with boiling water and then, after emptying it, plunge it into cold water. * • • Decorating Chairs Question: 1 would like to decorate chairs, tin and wooden ware, house ornaments, etc., according to the Pennsylvania Dutch method. What paints should be used for such work? Oil paints are too heavy, lacquer too thin. Answer: Artists’ oil paints gener ally are used for painting small or naments. Your dealer in artists’ I supplies can advise about thinning the paints. • . • Stained Porcelain Question: What can be done to remove stains from porcelain, ap parently caused by the sweat of a glass containing grape juice? Answer: Sweat or condensation have not caused the stain. Fruit , acids cause permanent stains on por celain that is not acid resisting, and there is no way of removing them. By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union. GLEANED from Metro’s publicity files of a few years ago: Clark Gable would be one of the country’s crack skeet shots if he had time for tournament competition. James Stewart took Katha rine Hepburn up in his putt putt plane and nearly ground looped his ship in a two-point land ing. Robert Taylor set his plane down in a watermelon patch. To day: Gable's heard from England over BBC, telling how skeet shoot ing is invaluable training for gun ners. Stewart’s piloting a Flying Fortress. Taylor will soon be eli gible for the Transport Command, Ferry Command or as an instruc tor, after completing his training for the navy air force. -* Jack Benny returned from that 32,000 mile tour overseas, entertain ing the armed forces, with duffle bags full of telephone numbers. JACK BENNY He’s using them now. He's calling “Mom”—many a Mom. “Please just tell Mom I’m fine,” the boys would say, and Jack is doing it, as fast as he can. -* Virtually every nationality In the world is represented in ItKO’s “Gangway for Tomorrow”; it has 136 speaking parts. But none of the east portray their native country men. A Russian is played by a Pole, a Csech by an Austrian, a Pole by a German, a Frenchman by a Russian. Richard Ryan, an Irish man, plays a German olTicer. Margo, born in Mexico, plays a French girl. Just Hollywood! -* An embarrassing moment came to Carleton Young, 20th Century-Fox contract player, at the "Silver Thea ter” dress rehearsal, after the an nouncer had read an elaborate build up which was given him. The entire cast, including Loretta Young, salaamed. -'■¥ Before Florance Halop made her fortunate appearance, talent scouts for the new “Duffy’s" series were so hard pressed to find a new Miss Duffy to replace Shirley Booth that they resorted to ads in the Holly wood papers. -* Sound effects proved better than the real article when Parks John son and Warren Hull visited the oil refinery workers at the eastern terminus of the Big Inch pipeline. They wanted to introduce the show with the gurgling of gasoline flowing from a filling station pump, and had a real one set up on the stage. But —they finally used an ordinary egg beater and a hand bell. -* Don’t be surprised if Charlie Mc Carthy’s “rather elderly, old-maid relative,” Ophelia, becomes a regu lar member of that alrshow gang. Maybe you heard her when she made her coast-to-coast radio debut re cently on the new RCA “What’s New” program. Listeners loved her, and Edgar Bergen thinks she might make a good permanent companion for Charlie and Mortimer Sncrd. * -* Frances and Richard Lockridge, authors of ‘‘Mr. and Mrs. North," are probably unique among novel ists whose works have been adapted for radio. Usually authors insist on editing all scripts, often to the dismay of script writers, producers and actors. TTie Lockridges have been inside the studio just once since the series started on NBC. They lis ten to the program at home. -* After eight years as a CBS staff conductor, Lyn Murray quit to free lance. His orchestra and chorus are doing a new series on CBS, he’s con ducting the orchestra on the new Gertrude Lawrence show, and is Choral conductor on both “Hit Parades”—he’s doing all right! -# ODDS AND ENDS—NBCs baritone crooner. Tommy Taylor, was about to give up his career when NBC took him off a milk truck ... A new Sinatra Ian club with headquarters in Pitts, Pa., calls itself “The Society of Souls Suf fering From Sinatritts” . . . Oddest bond sales combination in the recent drive— John D. Rockefeller and Dick Haymes, star of the air’s “Here’s to Romance” . . . Joe Yule, Mickey Rooney’s father, has been cast in “Kismet,” his 50th rmrt at Metro . . Joan Davis, whose click on her new radio program has all Hol lywood bidding for her services, has signed to play the lead in “Show Busi ness,m SEWIN6 CIRCLE PMBMMfV 1871! 6-14 y n. \ 1835 1242 Nightgown Set CTUNNING nightgown—so flat ^ tering and so comfortable. The simple little bed-jacket will come in handy many a time. • • • Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1835-B de signed (or sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20; 40 and 42. Corresponding bust measurements 30. 32. 34. 36. 38, 40. 42. Size 14 (32) gown requires 4*4 yards 35-inch material, bed jacket Is,4 yards. School Belle A CLASSIC for the school-girl wardrobe, this casual jumper with the set-in belt and ample pockets will make her eyes spar kle even more brightly, getting her off to a perfect start. • • • Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1871-B is de signed (or sizes 6, 8, 10. 12 and 14 years. Size 8 requires 2*4 yards of 39-inch ma terial for the Jumper and Is,4 yards for the blouse. Hawksbill Sea Turtle Has a Shingled Roof The hard plates of a certain sea turtle are laid down with one lap ping over another like shingles on a root. Known as the hawksbill, it supplies the world with the true “tortoise shell.” Its shell is about two feet long and the plates are 6 inches wide and 12 inches long. Placed in hot water, the shell will soften and can be bent into most any shape. These turtles are found in the warmer parts of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. Due to an. unusually large demand and current war conditions, slightly more Him Is required in tilling orders for a few si the most popular pattern numbers. Send your order to: SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. 330 South Wells St. Chicago Enclose 20 cents In coins for each pattern desired. Pattern No.Size.,. Name . Address . NO ASPIRIN FASTER than genuine, pure St. Joseph Aspirin. World’s largest seller at 104. None safer, none surer. Demand St Joseph Aspirin. Marriageable Daughter A plate placed over the door of a house in Egypt is a sign that the family living there have m daughter of marriage age. IF YOUR NOSE CLOSES UP* TONIGHT Put 3 - purpose Va-tro-nol up each nostril. 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After all, Camels are the favorite cigarette with men in all the services—Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.* SERVICE COMES FIRSTI / MILE we have pushed Camel’s pro duction to new peaks to meet this overwhelming demand from Uncle Sam’s fighting men and from the folks at home, yet if your dealer does not always have Camels for you, he asks you to be patient while he is temporarily out of them, be lieving you will agree that the men in the service should come first. Based on actual sales records, the favorite cigarette with men In the Army, the Navy, the Coes* Ouard,and the Marines is Camel.
