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New Britain herald., 1929-04-19
s.l5-Dorothy Enc. violinist
 67O-WNYC. New York-526

7:45-Spiritual. ethical address S:3n-J. O'Byrne De Witt, all-lrlsf
 hour
 o:3O-Dr. FenWick Holmes, talk 10:O0-Painbow orchestra 10:30-Weather: studio program 10:55-London bridge lesson 11:0o-Time; McAlpineers orchestra 30-News: dance orchestra 12:oO mid Ward Nesbit orchestra orchestra
New Britain herald., 1929-04-19
133o-WDRC, New Haven-:26

7:OO-Magazine review -:45-Neap politan Nights S:Oo-Haven Four Male Quartet S:l5-Criscuolos, piano duets S:3o-Helena Oderkirschen, so-
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Milford chronicle., 1929-12-20
FEEDING POULTRY

Methods of feeding, as well as the
feeds themselves, have much to dc
with successful feeding of poultry
One of the most important points is
regularity in feeding. Growing
chicks, market poultry, as well as
laying and breeding stock, must be
fed regularly to get the best re-
suits. Palatability of the ration is
another factor. A variety of grains
should be given, though the fiber
must be kept to minimum to avoid
too bulky ration. Another point to
remember is the effect of the feed
on the product. Yellow corn pro-
duces a darker-colored yolk than
does white corn. Alfalfa tends to
produce dark-colored yolks, snd
wheat and oats tend to produce light
colored yolks. Some feeds affect the
flavor of eggs. Laying hens kept on
bare yards, without access to green
feed, if fed highly favored products
such as onions or geranium leaves,
produce eggs favored with these
feeds. Broilers or roasters fed some
grades of cod-liver oil up to killing
time take on a distinctly ffshy flaw
or Another point is the need Of diff
ferent ratiOns by different classes of
poultry. Growing chicks, for ex-
ample. need less protein and differ
ent minerals than do laying hens.
Milford chronicle., 1929-12-20
FRANKLIN'S MALE AND
FEMALE MINSTRELS AT
THE PLAZA THEATRE

The name Dumont means minstrel
all over the world and Benny Frank
lin was member of that celebrated
troupe. Benny Franklin now has a
minstrel show of his own and the
cast contains the leading burnt cork
artists of the day. He has taken
one step in advance in the minstrel
sy line and combined in his show
both male and female stars. This
style of entertainment is something
entirely new. 1t is clean, wholesome
and amusing and contains the
greatest aggregation of burnt cork
performers ever gathered together.
AS a vaudeville show for this
week the Plaza Theatre, Milford,
will present these minstrels in a
special entertainment with beauti-
full scenic and electrical effects. Mr..
Franklin who is late of the Shubert
Shows and Million Dollar Pier. At
lantic City, has arranged a program
for Milford that will be a treat for
those who attend. The shCE will
feature the combination in comedy,
singing, dancing and speciality acts
with plenty of youth, pep and beau
ty
Besides you will see the all-talk-
ing picture "The Triel of Mary Du-
gan" with Norma Shearer and Lewis
Stone, and also a talking comedy at
no advance in price.
Don't forget the date, Friday and
Saturday, December 20 and 21.
There will be "a matinee Saturday
afternoon at 2:30.
Milford chronicle., 1929-12-20
By HELEN B. AMES

room, the young lady is sure to be
delighted with her present. Man
DARN red with a stencil decoration
in black on the top, and lines of
black around the edges, will make
a colOrful box. Or, if this does not
harmonic with the rest of the
furniture, robins egg blue deco
rated with yellow, coral with trim
of ivory, or green antiqued with
burnt umber, will be sure to fit in
with the color scheme.
Her little sister will be delighted
with dolls house, which can also
be made from a packing box. After
cutting the windows, if there is diff
fculty in inserting the glass, local
glazier will probably do this job
for a small sum. When the floors
are fitted in, the exterior should be
attractively painted in one of the
new color schemes for homes. Pale
cream with cobalt blue trim would
be pretty for the outside, the in
terror walls may be yellow, and
the floors lighter shade of green.
Of course, Mother will have to be
called upon to make curtains for
the windows and select the tiny
pieces of furniture for the doll
family.
Even something c1everly made
over until it looks like new will
be welcome gift in the family
circle, for there are generally "old
friends" in the attic which have
been regretfully banished at the
suggestion of up-to-date daughters.
The roomy bureau of ancient vim
tage, for which Mother still cher
ishes a sentimental feeling. can be
modernized by cutting down the
legs, replacing the tarnished han
dies with wooden knobs, and re-
Milford chronicle., 1929-12-20
Georgetown

All graduates of the Georgetown
High School, Georgetown, Delaware,
and former members of the school
interested in forming an Alumni AS
sociation, will please assemble at the
High School at p. M, Thursday,
DECEMBER 26, 1929. If some other
date will be more convenient, please
communicate with the principal,
Georgetown High School, George
town, Delaware, and another meeting
will be arranged. 1t is hoped that
former members who have migrated
to other states will be made to have
a very large number present at the
first meeting.
The Young People of Providence
M. P. church, in the vicinity of
Piney Grove, will have the annual
Christmas entertainment Thursday
evening, December 26, beginning at
1880 o'clock. Everyone welcome.
Milford chronicle., 1929-12-20
BILLION FOR CHRISTMAS
is CHEAP, SAYS EXPERT

Christmas this year will cost the
people of the United States one bill
lion dollars, but it will be cheap at
that price, according to Ronald Mil
lar, New York statistician.
The cost this year will be higher
than ever before, a little more than
one percent of the national income,
Millar declares in The American
Magazine, but this means only about
three per cent of the average family's
average annual expenses. He finds
that if the family budget is $4,000,
Christmas expenditures will be $50;
if the budget is $4,000, the holiday
expenses will be $50, and so on.
"This," says Millar, includes ex-
pednitures for present giving, dec
orations and general celebration and
the survey discloses the following
fact: At least half of the billion
spent throughout the country will be
paid out for things which, while
they are not, strictly speaking, staple
necessities, would probably be
bought at this time or some other
time, even if no such feast as Christ
mas ever existed.
"a generation ago everybody be-
lieved that the ideal gift was some
thing which nobobdy would ever
think of buying for himself Indeed,
it was considered downright bad
form to give anything useful to any
one except servants or needy rela-
tives. Nowadays it is quite the thing
to make every Christmas present fill
a long felt want. We no longer crowd
our houses with expensive grimcracks
Fewer and better possessions are the
rule. Manufacturers and merchants
recognize this fact and show their
rspect for Christmas in their Christ
mas offerings"
Again, says Millar, in contemplat-
ing with terror the prospect Of
Christmas buying one must remem-
ber that one is receiving as well as
giving. Also, he declares, Families
are prone to list two or three times
many of their holiday expenditures
which came from the same fund
fathers bank account.
Milford chronicle., 1929-12-20
JOINING HANDS WITH
SANTA CLAUS

spoons butter, one-half cup brown
sugar, and one-half cup pineapple
syrup. Pour over the vegetable,
cover and let cook slowly, basting
often with the syrup in the skillet.
Uncover at the last to allow the
potatoes to brown and the syrup to
thicken.
Steamed Fig Pudding: Drain q
can of figs and chop them coarsely.
Mix and sift one cup of -four with
two teaspoons of baking powder and
one-half teaspoon of salt, and stir
in one cup of bread crumbs and two
thirds cup of chopped suet. Add
the figs to this mixture, and moisten
with a beaten egg and two-thirds o.
a cup Of milk. Turn into CREASED
bowl or mold, cover closely, and
steam for two hours, Serve hot with
Apricot Hard Sauce.
Not Hard to Take
Abrieot Hard SGRcs: Cream one
third cup of butter with one cup
of confectioner's sugar, add one
fourth teaspoon Of vanilla extract
and two-thirds cup of diced and
drained canned apricots. Chill and
serve on the pudding. You will
find this sauce on the pudding far
from hard to make or take.
In case you wish to, light soup
could be served between the cock
tail and meat course. A consomne
or unthickened tomato soup would
be most appropriate. And of course,
green olives, celery, pickles and jelly
may be served in just as gree!
quantities as you wish.
Milford chronicle., 1929-12-20
MANY OBSTACLES FACE
FARM COOPERATION

Cooperative marketing of farm
products, the policy thus far adopted
by the Federal Farm Board is
doomed to meet with many OBJ
stacles, the greatest of which is hu-
man nature" says McMillen in Farm
and Fireside. "The percentage of
products of staple crops now en-
rolled in co-operatives is very small.
To get volume enough to affect
prices, apparently farmers will have
to be Signed up by some means.
Since it is not the habit of farmers
to sign up voluntarily for enter
prises of vital concern to their bank
accounts without explanation and
persuasion, membership campaigns
in some form seem inevitable.
"Once a sufficient number be-
come members, what of those still on
the outside? If the plan functions so
as to raise prices, will the outsider,
paying no dues or expenses, receive
less than the member? If he gets the
same prices the member will ask
why he should carry the load for the
other fellow.
Certainly compulsory co-opera-
tion is the farthest thing from the
minds of the members of the Farm
Board. Yet it is agreed that CO.
operative success depends upon con-
trolling a substantial portion of a
product.
''It may be asked whether coop
Grafton marketing is, in itself, a suf-
ficient and competent tool for con-
structing a prosperous agriculture.
There is room for doubt, based not
only on past experiences but on the
very nature of cooperation itself.
"The basic defect of cooperative
marketing is in it's conflict with hui
man nature"
Milford chronicle., 1929-12-20
HOUSEKEEPING HUGE
TASK FOR ANCESTORS

That which might be called a
groaning festal board in the holi-
days of 1929, would have been con-
sidered starvation diet in the Col
Onial days of Virginia, according TO
Woman's Home Companion, which
surveys the period in which South
ern cooking was at it's height.
1t was largely because each man
or was distinguished by it's food,
says the article, that sucn lames as
Mount Vernon, Monticello and Red
Hill are almost synonymous with
Washington, Jefferson and Patrick
Henry. Recipes preserved from fa-
nous Colonial families deal in guam
titles of materials that would amaze
the modern houIewife.
For example, the Tucker family
of Virginia, famous for its bishops,
lawyers and statesmen, had a recipe
for beef soup that required two
shins and fifteen or twenty pounds
of coarse beef, cooked in eight gal
Ions of water, with dozen different
ingredients.
Three quarts of oysters were used
in the Grymes family oyster pie and
at Monticello, no turkey was ever
served without f1fteen-pound hak-
ed ham on the same table. Dolly
Madison's favorite cake required
two pounds of butter, two pounds of
sugar, the yolks of twelve eggs, two
pounds of raisins, two nutmegs
grated and two wine glasses of
brandy. Fruit cakes were usually
made once a year and put away to
mellow. No one ever thought of SER
wing a fresh fruit cake. Four hours
were allowed for making plum
pudding alone. Beaten biscuits,
which had a place on every polite
breakfast table, were not spoon
beaten but literally pounded with an
axe on heavy chopping block.
Nor were the sumptuous meals
entrusted entirely to the colored
Mammies. The lady Of the house
went personally to the storehouses,
measured out materials and plan
ned the menus, refreshing the cooks
memory from the recipes which
were almost invariably copied down
for posterity.
Milford chronicle., 1929-12-20

3tff HEN you and your family sit
1HH down before your Christmas
dinner Santa Claus won't be
there literally, but let US hope that
he will be there in spirit, at least,
for It Is the Santa Claus sentiment
which makes Christmas one OF our
most joyous holidays.
Hilarious Favors
Of course, the table Is set with
your most precious linen, silver and
china, and, for the children's sake,
there should be favors at every
place. These may be silly little
triles from the ten-cent store which
hit off some idiosyncracy of the
person to whom they belong. For
Instance, the boy who has been teas
ing for skis could find a miniature
set at his place, as well as the real
pair under the Christmas tree. The
\Ycle who is such a traveller could
sSiye a toy suitcase, and the golf
t;r1siast tiny golf club. Some
~ olSese favors are used instead
;no Wizards, their nature indicat-
1,,n If arch Is to sit, And it is
-Sho makesls made that anyone
h;s seat has sQistake in selecting
80 A simple burNa a forfeit.
a.coration is mn effective table
%oiIy wreath on Try laying a
But, after all; the ne Npd it
tsIss tefes,, s5'Hs so here i !. m'aSI H. h.
Milford chronicle., 1929-12-20

yet does justice to the weli-hnown
Christmas standbys:
Oyster and Ribe Olive Cocktail
Roast Goose-CheStHHt StSfing
Mashed Potatoes
GibIst Crazy Rolls
.SsVset Potatoes and Pineapple
Spinach dE Grain
Waldorf Salad
Steamed Fig Pudding and APricot
Hdrd Sauce
Mints Coffee Stuffed Dates
Here are the recipes for the
dishes in this dinner which are not
already familiar to everyone. The
recipes are prepared for eight people.
Some Up-to-Date Recipes
Oyster and Ripe Olivs Cocktail :
Arrange two dozen small canned
oysters in cocktail glasses. Add
one-fourth cup of minced ripe olives.
Pour the following sauce over the
cocktail, and serve ice cold. To
make the sauce, mix together thor
oughly one tablespoon horseradish,
one-half teaspoon Tabasco sauce,
one tablespoon vinegar, one table
spoon Worcestershire sauce two
tablespoons lemon juice, one table,
spoon tomato catsup and one-half
teaspoon salt,
Sweet Potatoes and Pineoppls :
Put eight large, thick slices of boiled
or canned sweet potatoes in a single
layer in a large, well-b"'.f ed
skillet, and spread two-thirds cup
of drained, crushed pineapple over
them. Make a syrup of four table
Milford chronicle., 1929-12-20
POULTRY HATCHERS
OF PENINSULA MEET
HERE AND ORGANIZE
CONTINUED from Page y


ers at an average price of II cents
and rs per cent of these are raised.
There are exported from the pen1n-
sula about 100000 chicks annually
at an average price of IA cents.
"Of the 100000 chicks that are
raised by the peninsula broiler
grower he receives an average. of 70
cents with total income of &c.
100000 This with the $420,0O0 re-
ceived for the baby chicks exported
brings the returns from the industry
up to $6,720,000.
"In addition to this we have, of
course, the eggs shipped to markets,
the sale of other poultry, and the
turkey and duck business.
Cites Organization Need
at occurs to me that an industry
as important as yours should or
ganize for the development of your
mutual and individual interests.
"My knowledge of the chick hat
ching business is necessarily limited
but in talking to some of your i'm
portant hatchers l am convinced
that many of you are not operating
along economical lines. One hatcher
told me he was paying 72 cents a
dozen for his eggs. Now believe it
is common practice in the business
that only so per cent of the eggs you
purchase are finally hatched, there
fore it was costing this hatcher II
cents for each chick that was pro-
duced. He advises me that he was
selling chicks for $40 hundred at
that time; that his highest price
that season was $14 a hundred, and
at the present time he was getting
$12 a hundred. Simple arithmetic
would tell us that this hatcher was
not making money.
Unfortunately in your industry
you are subjected to trade abuses by
some of the farmers who will con-
tract with you for eggs at say go
cents a dozen in certain seasons and
then will turn around and bootleg
these eggs to some other hatcher at
a higher price. Both the farmers
and the hatchers resorting to such
practices are a disturbing element
in your industry and an organiza-
ton of hatchers would soon be en-
abled to remedy a condition of this
nature.
"I was present at the unpacking
of a crate of eggs at hatchery not
so long ago and II eggs out of the
crate were what you term 'rOts.'
Evidently the farmer had discover
ed a hidden nest and passed on his
good fortune to the hatchers. A
practice of this nature could be
soon stopped through concerted ac-
tivity.
"There was a time not so long in
the past when industry would re-
quest legislation to correct evil
practices. The new spirit, however,
in America as manifested by the
conferences set in motion by Pres
ident Hoover, is for industry to get
together, discuss their problems
and through cooperation find a
remedy. Your industry is too impor-
tant to your peninsula and to those
engaged in it to permit the hap
hazard methods many now employ
to continue"
Milford chronicle., 1929-12-20
N KOTHER and the girls "just
AN adore" Christmas shop
1V1 ping, but Father and the

NltA 40llAAGo OAAOP-
1V1 ping, but Father and the
boys always find it something of a
bore. Father, particularly, is in
clined to shift most of the burden
of selection to the feminine mem
bers of the family and put off buy
ing the few gifts that he can't avoid
picking out himself, until the great
day is almost here. Then of course
he gets into a crowd and comes
home tired and disgusted, vowing
he will never do any holiday shop
ping again. These are the times
when he revises his ideas that
women belong to the weaker sex,
as he sees them fighting their way
to the counters, with the light of
battle in their eyes.
Yes, there is no doubt that men
are pretty helpless in throng of
Christmas shoppers, but they do
like to present gifts and there are
ways of choosing them without be-
ing showed and stepped on in a
crowded store. If Father or Big
Brother is handy with the saw
and the paint brush, gifts can be
made at home, and something with
a personal touch is often more well
come to the family than anything
that can be bought downtown.
If the young daughter has ex-
pressed wish for chest for extra
clothes, very nice one can be
created from a strong wooden box,
which may be obtained from the
grocer. Hinges can be bought at
hardware store and fastened to the
cover so the box can be opened and
closed, and when it is lacquered or
enameled in a charming color that
blends with the decorations of her
Milford chronicle., 1929-12-20

moving the clumsy supports of the
mirror so this can be hung sepa-
rate1y. Then both the bureau and
mirror can be restained or repaint-
ed any desired color.
If an extra chair is needed in the
living-room or there is demand
for small table to fill in an empty
corner, it is worth while to make
a visit to the attic before starting
out to buy something new. Fresh
paint and new color will work won
ders with shabby old pieces, and
nowadays there are so many quick
drying products on the market that
the work can be done in very
short time. Modern lacquers dry
IN about thirty minutes and it is
now possible to purchase good
ename1s that will dry in four hours
from the time they are applied.
Decorations, such as stencil pat
terms and decalcomania transfers,
simplify the work, and those who
have a talent for free-hand drawing
can make their gifts still more dis
tinctive. Colored prints, too, sug-
gest a means of redecorating such
pieces as a dingy wastebasket or
faded screen. A magazine cover or
a colored illustration from a seed
catalog will look like a mellow, old
print if it is covered with a coat of
shellac after it has been pasted on.
These prints also make attractive
wall pictures when they are OUT
lined with passe partout or fastened
into a simple wooden frame. This
is an easy gift for a small boy to
make, but the shellac is so trans
forming that if the picture is well
chosen, it is worthy to be included
in the Christmas list of the older
members of the family.
Milford chronicle., 1929-12-20
STATE GOVERNMENT
COST Low Per CAPITA
SAYS DR.. HULLTHEN
CONTINUED from Page u

(COuClnueu IrOm rage -
ernment and a small state popula-
ton.
2-That the cost of government
for Delaware in 1927 (the last year
for which complete figures were
available) was 1921 per capita more
than the average for all other
states.
"Our Department of Economics,
employing the same data as the ar
ticle, the records of the United
States Department of Commerce.
has shown that there is very def
mite relationship between costs Of
government and the population OF
states, the smaller states being at 2
decided disadvantage.
at next proved conclusiVely that
by any accepted statistical method
the articles conclusions as 20 (2)
were unfair and incorrect.
"It pointed out that the figure
1921 given by the speaker as the
per capita excess of Delaware over
the average of all other states is in
correct and should be only $1.7S
even on the basis of the methods
employed by the article in arriving
at it. Moreover, that this figure
(S1.73) is the gross excess over the
average of all other states, against
which certain very large deductions
must be made to get correct re-
suit and that the net excess, which
is what the citizens of our State are
concerned with, is only SIS.
Further, it showed that if we ex-
anime the costs of government for
states at all comparable with Della
ware in population, for example the
six states having populations under
100000 New Hampshire, Vermont,
Wyoming, Nevada, New Mexico, and
Arizona) we find that Delaware's
per capita cost is $1.76 less than the
average of the per capita for these
six states.
"These results, supported as they
are by charts and figures taken from
official and authentic sources, and
carefully checked by more than one
statistical expert, give very differ
ent impression of the management
of our State finances. When we
learn that the per capita cost OF
in our State is very
much lower than that in other
states of comparable population and
only 76 cents per capita higher than
the average of all other states, we
feel inclined to congratulate our
selves upon having had government
tai administrations of more than
unusual efficiency.
"And I, of course, would add the
that such case as this
lends some degree Of corroboration
to the contention above that re-
search departments in a state uni
versity may serve immediate pur-
poses as we'll as those Of abstract
and scientific scholarship and that
in both aspects provision for re-
search is of real Importance to the
highest interests and welfare of the
commonwealth as a whole"
Milford chronicle., 1929-12-20
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Unwrap meat as soon as it is de-
ivered, and place on a clean plate
in the coolest part of the refrigera-
tor. A piece of parchment paper
may be loosely laid across the top
of the meat but not wrapped around
it.
Serve foods which have to be car
we'd on platters large enough to al
low the one who carves free play.
Never place around a roast foods
which are likely to have their ap-
pearance spoiled in carving, or get
in the way of the carver.
Never use soda on aluminium ware.
Steel wool or fine securing powder
is the best to use on aluminium.
Fruit whips can be made of any
fruit pulp of pronounced flavor and
color. Heat the fruit pulp to dissolve
the added sugar, and combine while
hot with the stiffly beaten egg
whites so as to cook the eggs par
TALLY and give body to the mixture.
After the fruit pulp has been COM
bined with the egg whites, and sug-
ar, the mixture may be baked if de-
sired. When baked in dish sur
rounded by water in very slow ov-
en- (225o to 25O0 FL for about one
hour, the whip should not fall, and
may be served either hot or cold.
Or, fruit whips may be served as
soon as mixed without cooking.
Whipped cream is a delicious addi-
ton to cold fruit whips. Prunes and
apricots make especially good fruit
whips. Leaflet 80, eggs At Any
Meal" which may be had free from
the U. S. Department of Agriculture,
tells how to make these desserts.