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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-02-16

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New Britain herald., 1924-09-13

nS tBy Pacific & Atlanticl Juan Riano (right), Spanish ambassador, pointing out Miss Liberty to the Duke and Duchess de Penaranda, Marquis de Coquills, Duke d'Alba and Mar quis de Viana Cleft to right) when they arrived in U. s. on visit. ,o.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-13

Mounted policemen kep back curious crowd that gathered around the courthouse as Jus- tice John R. CaVerly arrived to pronounce sentence on guilty pair.
 Franks murder case drew to dramatic close when Justice John R. Caverly, in Chicago, sen- fenced Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold jr., youthful slayers of boy, to life imprisonment.
Evening star., 1924-02-10

down to the water so that the hogs
can walk in and out without trouble.
There is hydrant beside each bath
pit. and the water is changed every
day.
1t looks clean, and the hogs are
not filthy like those fattened in the
American style. The cells are open
to the air. but back of each is a shed,
the floor of which is four feet from
the ground, and the space below COW
cred with sand in which the swine
lie and grow as fat as those Of Circe
or the fattest hog in Epicurus' sty.
The feeding is out in the open, the
meals being Indian corn. which is
eaten from low concrete troughs
The hogs are bought at a weight of
$50 pounds, and they are so stuffed
during their stay that they weigh
four or five hundred pounds when
ready for killing. / saw some which
weighed at least 500.
1 thought the wool story a fiction
until 1 saw the animals myself, and
photographed them in the bright sun
light. The brisues curl somewhat
like the hair of an African. although
not so tight and not near SO thick.
The breed is one well known in Hun
gary. It might be we'll to introduce
it into America
Carpenters World Travels. Copyright. 1aea.l
Evening star., 1924-02-10
Cooking for Two
ONE-DISH MEALS.

1t sometimes takes a great crisis
to make US realize the value Of GER
tain everyday practices which have
long been known to us as being help
full, but which, from their very famil-
iarity, have not held any special ap-
peal for our interest.
For example. the great war taught
us not only the value, but on occasion
the necessity also for economy in
money, in effort and in food.
One of the old-time practices came
back into favor; that is, use Of the
one-dish meal. During the days of
wartime stress this combination of
various types of foods in one savory
dish saved the harassed housewife
many an hour that was needed for
work at making bandages. 1t saved
the slender family purse the strain Of
expensive roasts and elaborate addi-
tions and, best Of an, it provided the
hungry family with an appetizing
meal.
While it is true that the influence
OF this wartime conservation of
money and food and effort is to some
extent still apparent, as witness the
growing popularity Of plate meals"
yet housewives would do we'll to in
quire still further into the advantages
Of this type of cookery and service.
One OF the most toothsome of these
one-dish combinations may be COM
posed of sweetbreads, macaroni and
mushrooms. To prepare this have
ready a small agate baking pan mix
ture of cooked macaroni. diced sweet
breads and mushrooms sufficient to
make two full cups. The exact pro-
portions are purposely not given,
since it is possible to decide this ac-
cording to food materials at hand.
When economy is the chief point to
be considered, then macaroni may be
emphasized by appearing in the large
quantities, reserving the sweetbreads
and mushrooms as flavor.
If, on the other hand. the occasion
is one of festivity, then the sweet
breads and mushrooms may be in
creased accordingly in proportion.
The chief thing to remember is that
the old-fashioned quality known as
Judgment" must be used in the COM
bining of the ingredients.
The main parts of the dish de-
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ext to the United States in Production of Corn

of money. There are many flocks of
fat sheep watched by women and
girls, and now and then great wool1y
hogs eating the stray grains from
the stubble. 1t was strange to see
several droves which had such curly
hair that were it not for their noses
they might have been sheep, although
their tails were more like those of
horse, having long curling hairs so
numerous that pigs tail would
make good fly brush.
During one of my motor-car trips
from Budapest out into the country I
had an opportunity to study these
hogs. This was in a mighty fatten-
ing pen which was established by the
Hungarians to supply pork for their
army. The pen covered 200 acres,
war when it fattened on the average
about $4,000 pigs at one time. It con-
tains more than $4,000 today.
Come with me in your imagination
and look at that great city of swine.
We enter at the front gates. which
are hung between tall concrete posts,
on the top of each OF which is the
statue of gigantic pig. and call at
the offices of the men who manage
the town. There is a garden in front
of the offices, and in this is a foun-
tain surrounded by flowers, where
the water plays over lifesize statues
of two fat pigs upholding with their
forefeet a bushel basket of Indian
corn in the ear. AS we go into the
offices another huge hog statue with
wide-open mouth seems ready to
squeal out a greeting, and the men
come out and take US about through
the city
The place is surrounded by walls
of concrete as high as my waist. with
a broad wall upon that far above the
height of my head. The Enclosure is
cut up by streets which cross each
other at right angles. and on the two
sides of each street are concrete cells
fifty to one hundred feet square. with
walls as high as your shoulders.
Each cell is the home of fifty to one
hundred and twenty five pigs. 1t has
red brick floor of blocks eight
inches square and as smooth as the
tiles of bathroom. and in one cor
ner is sunken bath Of about eight
by ten, with sloping sides running
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How SandstoneS Differ.

DECoMPoSED rock can be aalidifed
- again either by applying great
pressure or by injecting cement, or
by doing both. Thus sands are form
ed into sandstones, clays become
shales and calcareous deposits yield
limestone. Aside from their cement
ing materials, sandstones differ in
composition exactly as did the sands
of which they are composed.
Sandstone. according to tho United
States geological survey, may be
nearly pure quartz. or quartz and
feldspar. or quartz, feldspar and mica,
and it may vary in texture from the
fine to the coarse. Some sandstone is
so coarse that it will hold six quarts
of water to the cubic foot, and under
ground deposits of such sandstone
form excellent reservoirs, which may
yield a never-failing supply OF water.
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sometimes Sewed together with mar
row bands of red poppies. Here in
Serbia most of the farms are mere
shapes. Some are squares. others tri-
angles and now and then a wide
band of land will run around the
small square which belongs to an
other. Sometimes the patches will
follow the slope of a hill. forming
curves. and the whole reminds one
of picture puzzle with the pieces
jumbled together
Serbia is land of small farms. /
understand there are larger ones in
those parts of Jugoslavia which for
merly belonged to the -Austro- Hun
garian empire, but these have been
taken over by the government and
are being sold on longtime notes
to the people. J am told il is hoped
to create 100000 new farms.
At present 50 per cent of the popu-
lation of Jugoslavia is engaged in
farming. stockbreeding and fruit
culture. Serbia is inhabited by a
peasant democracy. Its people pride
themselves on belonging to the land.
Nearly every family is a. landholder.
and man will do anything rather
than part with his farm. The num-
ber of small holdings is increased by
the homestead law, which provides
that even It a man becomes bank
rupt he can retain free of debt five
acres of land. a pair of oxen, plow
and his agricultural tools, Another
h;nh c1
farmer is an old law by which every
man having some land Is bound to
contribute part of his corn or
wheat to a municipal store, which is
to be lent to the peasants IL they
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and independent, they are dressed in
homespun, and both men and women
wear the brightest Of colors. A man
may have jacket under which
shows a vest OF red. yellow and blue.
laid on in stripes or patterns. and his
stockings of brown are sometimes a
mass of bright embroidery. The
women wear different colored cloths
about the head, and often long white
coats. decorated with gay colors and
skirts are of bright red. blue and
other colored stripes. and below them
show substantial legs in stockings of
red embroidered like those of the
men. Both sexes have their feet
clad in opantsis. homemade shoes
with soles that turn up at the toe.
and bound TO the feet and legs with
a weaving of straps. The straps run
around the leg half way to the knee.
The shoes seem very comfortable.
The peasant crowds often consist
of groups of villagers who are COM
ing home from the city. or of parties
moving from the place to another.
They have less striking costumes
when at work. The whole nation
seems to be dressed in homespun. and
I understand every family makes al
most all it's own clothing.
+ X x
WE take notes of the farms as we
w ride, stopping now and then to
watch a gang of men and women at
work in the fields or to make snap
shots Of the farm wagons. rude boat
like vehicles. knocked together by the
owners, which are carrying men.
women and farm produce over the
roads.
The farming country is different
from that of Hungary. through which
we motored last month. There the
yacts were often enormous, the es-
tates of the pre-war barons and lords
having fields Of fifty acres each. cul-
tivated with tractors and modern
machinery. There the small farms
were ribbons of grass or grain, ex-
tending on and on, making great
sheets of stripes of various colors
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cided, the next step is to prepare the
sauce. This should be a rather thin
white sauce made from thickened
milk, with the flour nicely blended
with enough butter to give "atmos-
phere"
Another one-dish meal of more
homely character is one of creamed
salt Goldfish with potato. Fill the
baking dish as for the macaroni, add
ing alternate layers of mashed pota-
to and fish until the dish is three-
quarters full. being careful to have a
layer Of potato on top.
Here again there is a place for the
judgment already spoken of, for with
a little care the home cook will learn
just how much sauce to add to make
the dish of the proper consistency
This consistency should be neither
dry nor soggy, but just right. l. is
impossible to give exact measure
ments for the various ingredients, as
the potato may vary in the amount
of moisture absorbed, the sauce may
vary slightly, etc. Sprinkle grated
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fruit trees and gardens connected
with them. There is often q hut. a
hay stack, a bankedover. cave-like
cellar and a granary. The houses
are mean, as a rule, although the
larger villages have comfortable
homes and there are many rich peas
ants. Each village has its school
house. and in one which I visited last
week I found a school teacher Civ
ing French lesson to half dozen
barefooted boys and girls, writing
the text on a blackboard.
The standard of literacy in Jugo-
slavia is not high. y large proper
tion Of the people cannot read or
| write. This is especially so in the
old kingdom of Serbia, and in Monte
negro and other parts OF the prin-
cipality that did not belong to the old
Austro- Hungarian monarchy. Now
new schools are to be started, ard
the program of education is large.
A great desire for education has
sprung up since the war. Mr.. Mont
chilo Nintchitch, the minister Of for
eign affairs. tells we that since the
Few kingdom was formed the college
students have increased in number
from 1000 to. $4,000. and that there
are now thriving universities at Bel
grade. Zagreb and Ljubliana, the cap
ital of Slovenia. The University of
Belgrade has now about 5000 stu
dents, while before the war it had
only 1,500. The Zagreb University
has more than 5000 students, and the
one at Ljubliana has about 1000 stu
dents. 1t had. no existence before
1920. In the parts of Jugoslavia
taken from AustriaHungary the edu-
cational facilities are better than in
the old Servia. The Austrians had
established many public schools, and
+: they had all kinds of academies and
! colleges. Under their regime the
children went to Budapest or Vienna
; for their higher education. 1t is
! hoped they will now come to Bel
grade.
| I have had a good chance to- see
the difference in the farming condi-
tions of the new and old parts of this
iiJugoslavian kingdom. The Hunga-
rians are the better farmers. and
those parts of the new Kingdom
which come from Hungary are much
better titled than the lands through
(which have recently motored. The
great difference is seen as soon as
i, one crosses the Save river. The small
tracts prevent the use of machinery.
The yield of grain is less abundant,
and the rolling nature of the region
I mikes more waste. Here and there
, are signs of earth washing, which
might be controlled by more scientific
cultivation. Some Of the best lands
of Hungary were given to Serbia. and
there is no richer tract in the world
than that which lies along the Dam
ube between the new frontier and
Belgrade. -
| The moment crossed the boundary
could see the marks of the pros
perity. which now divides the Ser
bians from the Hungarians. In the
Hungarian. kingdom there are but
few new buildings. That land was
ruined by the war and by, the fall
lof exchange. 1t has no money for
repairs. and the towns and cities are
shabby. Crossing into Jugoslavia, the
red tiles of nav roofs stand out
sSvsEyvhefe on the landscapA and
0e1 huia6tngz ara Gn1nS M IN an o1
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the towns. There is more activity
about the stations. There are new
cars on the railways, and the loco
motives seem to burn better coal At
every crossroads wagons loaded with
hogs, hay or grain are waiting for
the train to pass, and the shocks of
wheat and oats that pepper the land
scape show the wealth that has come
to the new kingdom by means of the
war.
THE wheat shocks IN Serbia may
be an emblem of thanksgiving
and those in Hungary supplication
for help. This is indicated by their
shape, which is after superstition
current throughout the valley of the
Danube. The people believe the har-
vest will not prosper unless the
sheaves are shocked in the form of
cross. They are now stood on end
and capped as with US. but are laid
so that every pile is an emblem of
the crucifix upon which our Savior
was hanged. The sheaves are so
placed that the heads come together
piles. three sheaves to each pile. The
cross is perfect in shape. Rye, oats
and barley are shocked the same way.
and at this writing there are tens
of millions of such crosses silently
testifying to the belief of these peo-
Piles Of the Danube in the tragedy
which eliminated on Calvary. In
Hungary the population is Roman
Catholic. and the shocks there seem
to me to look more like the Roman
cross. In Serbia they belong to the
Greek Orthodox Church and the
crosses are Greek. 1t is interesting
to think of nations which handle
their harvesting so that every Kernel
voices prayer.
After crossing the boundary we
saw more and more livestock. The
people who inhabit the lands taken
from Hungary seem to have plenty
Evening star., 1924-02-10
BY FRANK q. CARPENTER.
Belgrade.

Belgrade.
h are again in motor car
\N/ this morning. riding through
" " the vast farm lands of the
Danube valley. We have
left the blazing white capital of
Jugoslavia. have ridden by the
trenches where the Serbians lay when
Belgrade was bombarded by the
Austrians, and are now humping
over the rough stony roads of the
country. Our chauffeur. Mikovitch. is
a Slav and. like all of his class. he
believes in forging ahead regardless
of obstacles. He is stubborn. and We
have TO ask him again and again to
go slowly. He seems to speed up
at every succession of holes. and,
when a trolley line narrows the
highway, he puts his foot on the
accelerator and we skirt. the ditch
with only a few inches to spare.
Driving through traffic is particu-
larly difficult. Automobiles are few,
and the horses and oxen that haul
the rude farm carts of the country
grow frightened and jump this way
and that. An occasional motor truck
crowds us almost off the roadway,
and now and then the building ma
terial that is making up the New
Serbia stops US dead still. For in
stance, they are building new
steam railroad not far from Belgrade
and the heavy steel rails are being
hauled over these rough roads by
oxen. Three rails. weighing seventy
pounds to the yard. are laid
on the trucks of a farm wagon SO
that the fore and rear wheels are
perhaps thirty feet apart. This load
is hauled by one team of oxen. 4
train of ten or twelve such teams
takes up so much of the roadway that
oven our speedy Mikovitch must pro-
ceed carefully.
The peasants tramping alone and
in groups over the country move
slowly out of our way. and Miko-
witch seems to delight in just grazing
tho girls. They are queer looking
people. these peasants. Sturdy. stolid
Evening star., 1924-02-10
Era Sports Fashions Has Been Launched at Palm Beach

them. It is plated. it is fiuted. 1t
is embroidered with vivid Russian
peasants. cavorting American farm
yard animals and alluring French
notices.
Possibly the most interesting bit
of conservatism reported from the
southern resorts Is the persistence
with which smart women cling to
the tiny cloche AS it Is worn by
the most distinguished women at
Palm Beach-very small, close fitting
and untrimmed--it is quite easy to
sec why the French named this shape
the "cIocbe." 1t Is, indeed, perfectly
bell-shaped. White felt cloches seem
the smartest choice, though beige
and other kindred shapes are also
we'll liked.
Copyright, 1921
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KNITTED SWEATER BLOUSE OF
THE SLIP.ON VARIETY. WITH
COLLAR. CUFFS AND SCARF
WORKED in CHECKS.
BY MARY MARSHALL.


jority of weil-dresSed women will
be wearing in June. July and
August follow the fashion of the
sport clothes that the minority of we'll
dressed women pack into their trunks
in late January or February to be worn
when they reach the winter resorts in
the south.
Some women going south to avoid
the supposed rigors of the northern
winter buy very little sport apparel un-
til they reach the warm sands of the
south, because quite often the sport
fashion does not actually crystalline un-
til the season is under way. And as
there is precious little fit about sport
clothes anyway it is a simple matter TO
send home for what one needs. Many
women do this in preference to buying
at the shops that abound at all resorts
where sport clothes are worn.
In general the mode may be forecast
before the season begins. but there are
some things that no one can tell ahead
Of time, little fads that are developed.
preferences that become more and more
marked as the season advances.
For instance. the vogue for yellow at
the SOUTHERN DedcneS IL no surprise,
we all expected season of yellow. At
the winter resorts in France yellow had
been very important. Canary yellow.
daffodil yellow. Chinese yellow were all
in line for high favor. But no one
could foresee that white was going to
be played up so prominently by the
most smartly dressed women.
As pure white and simply clad as
any nurse on the day of her gradua-
ton are many of the smartest women
when they appear on the links or tennis
court. One rather imagines the rea-
son for this may be the fact that the
yellows and greens have become over
popular. No matter how many women
wear white il will never become over
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popular. Like tea or coffee or bread
or butter. the all-white costume has al
ready met and stood the test Of too
great popularity.
White flannel is a usual choice and
with it the usual hat is an all-white
felt cloche. Often a colored blouse is
worn with a white skirt.
No one could predict with certainty
the continued popularity OF plated
skirts, yet no one who writes about
fashions in the south at present fails
to mention the fact that women are
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still choosing them. Nothing seems bet
ter liked for wear with the novelty
sweaters and Jackets and slip-on bod
ices that are offered in such tempting
array.
Flannel seems to be the favorite ma
terfal for these plated skirts, which
are not infrequently plated all around
in the way we have known for two
seasons, but as often plated only at
the sides, leaving back and front plain.
The wrap around skirt is sometimes
shown for tennis and golf costumes, but
no women who has ever tried to drive
OF or follow tennis ball in a skirt Of
this description would recommend it for
actual sports.
That the very short-sleeved as
well as the sleeveless frock and
bodice would remain in fashion was
predicted by few even before the
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season at the winter resorts opened
The prediction came true. OF
sleeveless blouses and short sleeves
there seem to be no end. And there
are various sleeveless jackets, worn
over long-sleeved sport biouses
Sometimes these sleeveless jackets
carry capes, gaily lined with vivid
colors, that swing from the shoul-
ders.
The new sport clothes give much
opportunity for the use of ribbon
1t binds them, it ties them. it trims