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The Washington times., 1930-01-24
Wakefield, When Restored, to
Be Free to Americans

PARTICIPATION by the Government in the restoration of
Wakefield birthplace George Washington assures that
this patriotic spot will always be open all Americans with
out charge of any kind,
That least provision in the appropriation expected
Ito be by Congress aid in the construction replica
of old Washington home and restoring the grounds
garden.
With the rapid building of fine roads it is but
until Wakefield will be accessible to all Travellers and the
birthplace of Washington will then be visited by thousands
Neglect of the memory of Washington by Congress is
outstanding in the of Mount Vernon the home of
great American Congresses of bygone days
concerned about Washington they passed bill taking
Iover Mount Vernon by the Government.
Had it been for patriotic American women who bought
land preserved the place for posterity Mount Vernon would
mot today be a national shrine
It has been necessary for this association of American
charge admission fees to Mount Vernon That the
they have been assured of funds keep the house
and grounds in good condition.
The mistake Mount Vernon though should not be
peated at Wakefield
The Washington times., 1930-01-24
LISTEN WORLD!
The Most Dangerous Thing in 1880
By Elsie Robinson
YOU'LL meet up with a great = us

us don't. We pretend to think.
We act as If we'd sized up the
whole situation and knew what
it was all about. We issue judg-
ments. opinions and decisions
with the ease of Solomon. But.
secretly we resent, dread and
discourage thought And con-
slider Thinkers nutty.
From which it would seem
that thought is not going to be
the most popular indoor sport
in 1890. It isn't. But for those
who haze the CUTS to risk it, it
will be the most glorious expe-
rience in life.
If you think, these things are
sure you will be lonely
and unpopular you will
meet criticism and misunder-
standing and ridicule and, some
times, cruel prosecution. And
peace an, pleasure will be yours
no longer
But you will know pride and
freedom and strength. such as
you never knew in your old,
comfortable, Cud-CheWing days.
And sometimes. on your lone
ly hills, you will see Truth, like
a great light and feel your
self uplitted. as on wings!
That will be worth all you
have paid!
Before you spreads the New
Year like a laden table.
Every gift is there and
from it you may take almost
anything you wish.
Some will make your life rich
some will make it happy
" some will make it power
full. gay, comfortable, exciting.
successful.
But amidst them all, there
is one gift. seemingly shabby
and rough to the touch
which is absolutely guaranteed
to make you sad
Yet that one gift alone. is
worth all the others " and
will outIast the years. 1t is
thought. Have you the courage
to take It?
The Washington times., 1930-01-24
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. Louis z. Bisch-

TT has been my experience
L that a considerable proper
ton of all persons who do not
make good blame the world
rather than themselves.
These people start from a
misconceived idea, the premise
that the world owes them a
living.
And when the world defaults.
as it we're, in satisfying what
they consider its obligation to
them, they become offended.
unsocial, sullen and sometimes
even Vindictive.
That sort of an attitude never
gets them anywhere, and it is
curious how they will cling to
it despite advice and the
promptingS of their own com.
mon sense.
They are deficient mentally.
these people.
Not only are they in full pos
session of all their faculties,
but often they are capable in
ways considerably above the
average.
Yet this type of individual is
to be found in almshouSeS, re,
formatorieS and prisons.
They fill the hobo and ne'er.
do-well classes.
They ecome indifferent,
lazy shiftleSS-drifting from one
thing and from one place to
another, without ambition or
purpose.
The world is a stern battle
ground, to be sure, but it is big
ger and more powerful than the
individual. and each one must
do the best he can in graphing
with its problems.
Comparatively few people are
really miSfitS.
-hoSe that are, in a funda.
mental and scientific sense, are
abnormal mentally, and require
treatment.
The rest, of whom I speak
have merely distorted view
point.
They do not realize that it Is
up to them to bestir themselves,
prove their worth. discover tha
niche into which their aptitudes
belong.
Their attitude is that Of the
child protected by its family.
They pout and sulk like chill
dren.
And the longer they maintain
the feeling of being divorced
from reality, the harder it is for
them to rouse themselves from
their lethargy.
It is curious how many child
hood traits stick and influence
us throughout life.
Usually such infantile reac
tions are harmful rather than
beneficial.
Usually we are not ignorant
of the cause of our failures
But we are proud and vain
and just a wee bit cowardly
about facing facts squarely.
place the blame where it be.
longs. If it is yourself, do not
hesitate for a moment to ac-
knowledge it.
You do not have to broad,
cast the fact. It can be your
own little secret.
But whenever you FIND your,
self blaming the world. think OF
yourself first!
The Washington times., 1930-01-24
WISE SAYINGS

True bravery is shown by
performing without witness
what one might be capable of
doing before all the world
La Rochefoucauld.
The true genius is mind
Of large general powers, acci-
dentally determined to some
particular direction.-Johnson
Any one who is prosperous
may by the turn of fortunes
wheel become most wretched
before evening .-Marcellinus
Borrow trouble for youreslf
if that's your nature, out don't
lend it to yoIr neighbors.
-Kipling.
An evil gain equals a loss.
Cyrus.
The dress does not make the
monk-Rabelais.
The Washington times., 1930-01-24
NARCISSUS
By Herbert Kaufman


The greatest of sheks whom tradition bespeaks
Compared to Narcssus, tn penny squeaks
At flick of his eye Queen and Goddess stood BY.
AS for dryads and nymphs and such other small fry
They grew sad for him. mad for him,
Longed to be bad for him.
Pned for him, whined for him,
Left homes behind for him.
Yet all of their passing and mild
When contemplate Echo, who simply went wild.
She crochetted him slippers, craved locks of his hair
And matter how often he gave her the air.
Still haunted the door of his club and the links,
Wore love charms slipped come hher stuff his drinks
Yet though built for the Foles and eyebam most rare
The poor little girl ddnt get anywhere
One after another, the best bets in town
AS futilely highsgned and languished around
But human and ne 'er shall be born
To blk Messer Cupid and hold him to scorn.
''Yon Frigdaire son, thinks he's safely frappe"
Jeered Venus (who'd just fallen hard, by the way)
He slipped ME the mitten! Now go get him. runt'
And this is the way that they pulled off the stunt
Next morning, while hunting the unaware fool
Paused to drink at the brink of a nice crystal pool
And there for the first time looked down face
That set his heart leaping and made his blood race
He oged his image, to bosom would press it,
Plunged into the water and sought to caress it.
Came daily and babbled his love to the sprite
Fore er out of reach, and forever in sight.
Went looney and stuck round the neighborhood till
He metamorphosed to DANCED daffodil.
The moral might be this my friend,
Love always lands EN- in the end
But that's of rather mushy trend
More likely hath the tale in mind,
To both mortal man and elf
Gainst thinking too much of himself.
Copyrsht 1880 bv the Daily Mirror and
The Washington times., 1930-01-24

" w LII meet up WIN q great
i many dangers in 1890
Airplanes, automobiles, cpl
denies. CatastrOpheS. all those
tensions and shocks which go
with high-pressure living
But the most dangerous thing
which may happen to you is not
one of these
It is THOUGHT.
THOUGHT IS THE MOST
TREMENDOUS ADVENTURE
THAT CAN BEFALL YOU IN
1880. 1t is the most dangerous
risk to your happiness and con-
tentment and self-esteem. 1t will
raise more Cain with your pres
ent program than a million skid
ding cars-BUT 1T WILL ALSO
PROVE THE GREATEST
BLESSING IF YOU HAVE THE
COURAGE TO INVITE IT.
Do these words impress you?
Probably not Doubtless you
believe that thought is a very
common happening. 1t isn't. 1t
10, A4oCCdN, OAIC Vi IIlc IdEeSG
experiences in human life.
Man is supposed to be a
thinking animal" Actually,
he's a Illuminating animal. He
obserVeS-he listens-he emotes
he accumulates impressions
and prejudices and memories
like a COW aCCumulates a cud.
But Seldom-SELDOM-does he
think. Seldom does he try to
find out the truth about himself.
his neighbor and the world in
which he lives.
And, when he does, he's apt
to be sorry. For honest thought
will shatter comfort and com.
placency quicker than dynamite,
1t will start questions which can
never be anSWered-Stir up re-
bellions which may never be
quelled-and set the man who
does it adrift forever from his
peaceful havenS.
Then why, if thought is so
difficult and dangerous, should
we Think"
The answer is that most of
The Washington times., 1930-01-24
THE MARRY
GO-ROUND
BY Helen Rowland.
A VERY formal party" these
"A days. is one where nobody
kisses anybody elSe's wife.

A VERY formal party, tneSe
"A days. is one where nobody
kisses anybody elSe's wife.
The trouble with marriage
is that so often everything else
about it expires" except the
legal contract.
Marriage is the point at
which the average girl stops
reading the French millinery
advertisements and begins look
ing for the Basement Bargain
Sales" of frying pans and egg
beaters.
"Tiger love" can still be
found-in the moving pictures.
But, in real life, most men
make love, nowaday, with all
the alacrity of a tiger mount
ing a barrel at the crack of a
whip.
In Life's Shop window,
everything comes in sets" like
department store furniture:
youth and longing; money and
boredom; love and poverty;
success and struggle; art and
the wrong mate-and Fate
never breaks the set!
One way of making men love
you is to let them do you a lot
of faVors; one way of making
them forget you is to do THEM
a lot of favors.
Men want to pet-half the
time because they havn't the
brains to think of anything
else to do, and the other half
because the girl hasn't the
brains to understand anything
else.
When a married pair cele-
brate their wedding anniver-
sary, these days, it is not so
much to show what they have
achieved as to show what they
have SURVIVED.
Modern marriage is often a
lop-sided affair-with all the
love Sagging on one side, and
all the luck on the other.
The Washington times., 1930-01-24
The knowledge Test for
Readers of The Times

Do you know:
l. who & wrote "Hark! Hark! at Heavens Gate
2. Who
g. What does Amen"
q VINO is called the Ayrshire poet?
D When were the Republicans called black?
Fill each blank:
6. The ---- Hour Thomas
8. Leaves of -" Whitman
- Inc ancient -" Coleridge.
~ AS You III" Shakespeare.
Match correctly:
H. Vulcan A Titan who stole fire from heaven and
it to
u !hor God of wine
10 aurora Morse god Of thunder
IA. PrometheuS Roman god of
10 Bacchus Roman goddess of the morning
ANSWERS Magazine Page)
The Ely miner., 1930-05-09
"a Fairy Tale for the Children (
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IL really don't know much ebOut
planet history" Harry said. Though
I'm sure l did know that Venus was
one.
II just hadn't recognized the old
girl-that was all, and | knew the
Earth was one"
Don't let 1t worry you about We
nus" said his friend. Cosmo.
Harry didn't say anything, but ne
felt like saying that it wouldn't worry
him at all!
Venus has been called the morning
and the evening star for almost as
long as she has been known.
IL think I'd better brush you up
on family information before you start
visiting these planets-that Is if you'd
like to go to the planets frst?"
II would" agreed Harry, very heart
lily. I'D like to go wherever could"
He had just discovered some nuts. He
was very fond of nuts.
Three cheers!' shouted Cosmo.
Harry wondered where he had heard
that expression.
You see | know how 1t is," Cosmo
explained, 'you forget about people
you've not seen or heard of in d long
time. The Sun, you remember, your
very own Sun is star, and together
with the planets make up your grand
solar system-and the moons you know
are those which travel around some
of these planets"
'Moons?" shouted Harry. "You
mean mOon."
81 don't at ALL" laughed Cosmo. 81
mean moons"
"But there's only one."
"Only one? Hush! Don't let Jupi-
ter or Saturn hear you say that"
"Why?"
Because there are twenty-seven
moons and you'll hear about them
when you visit some of their planets"
81 always thought there was only
one moon. i guess" Harry added, as
though this thought was a great COM
The Ely miner., 1930-05-09
A Good Recipe for
Stuffing Peppers


Almost everybody has favorite
recipe for stuffing peppers. The fill
ing generally consists of rice or bread
crumbs o. macaroni-a starchy mate
rial-flavored with chopped onion. but
ter. salt, pepper, sometimes meat or
chicken, and almost anything else the
cook decides TO put in or has left
over. The recipe for stuffed peppers
below Is from the bureau of home
economics. and has been tested for
excellence of flavor.
6 green peppers I small onion,
cups f1aky cooked chopped fine
rice or bread " tsp salt, or to
crumbs taste
tbs. butter or 9TH Y to u cup chill
er fat sauce catsup
2 cups grou d or meat gravy
cooked meat " cup buttered
crumbs
Cut off the stem ends of the pep
perS, remove the seeds, boil the pepper
shells for 8 minutes in lightly sailed
water, and drain. Stuff the peppers
with a mixture made from the other
ingredients, cover with the buttered
crumbs. and bake In a moderate oven
for about 80 minutes, or until the pep
pers are tender and the crumbs are
brown.
The Ely miner., 1930-05-09

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
We would all like to have houses
built so that the arrangement of the
kitchen and its relation to the rest Of
the house suited our particular way of
working and ideas of convenience.
Many of us, however, must get along
with houses designed without much
regard to step-saving. In owned
homes the position Of some of the
larger kitchen equipment, and even of
plumbing and lighting fixtures can be
changed; but in rented houses, very
little, apparently, can be done to re-
duce the walking necessary in a badly
planned kitchen.
A medium-sized wheeled tray Is a
very practical aid in such cases. In
homes where the dining room and
kitchen do not connect directly or
where the work centers are not ar
ranged in the best order, it will save
many steps. 1t can be used as q
movable work table in the kitchen.
Instead of carrying a few dishes and
other articles at time from one part
of the kitchen to another, or from the
kitchen to the dining room and back
again. the wheeled trays can be loaded
and pushed from one room to the
other in one trip. 1t is especially
helpful in large family where many
dishes must be handled.
A simple type Of wheeled tray can
be made at home by any man or boy
handy with tools. Such a tray might
be stained and waxed, or finished with
enamel paint so it can be easily
washed. All wheeled trays are
equipped with shelf at axle height
which doubles the available surface.
Noiseless swivel casters are generally
used so the tray will move in any di-
rection easily. The dimension of the
tray should be such that it will pass
readily through doorways and between
various pieces of furniture in room.
A good size for the top is 16 by 26
inches.
The wheeled tray or tea wagon"
"tea cart" as it is variously called. is
also a great help in serving afternoon
tea, Sunday suppers in the living
room, or party refreshments. The one
shown in the illustration was photo
graphed by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture in farm home
in Massachusetts. 1t is intended to
be brought into the living room as well
as to serve strictly utilitarian pur-
pose between kitchen and dining room.
1t is made of wicker, with movable
glass tray for top. In the stores one
often finds tea wagons or wheeled
trays of finely finished wood. and with
The Ely miner., 1930-05-09
Box Pleats One Favored Fashion

Study well the skirt pictured, which
with it's jacket Of self fabric and
frilly blouse completes a most voguish
costume. You will discover that it Is
somewhat unusual. Box pleated
That's it-later than side pleats so
fashionists declare.
Which means that to be up-to-the-
instant in modishness you will be lOs-
ing no time in acquiring one of the
new-type pleated skirts. Take note,
if you please, that the box pleats grad
uate from narrow at the top to wider
at the hemline. Pleaters tell us that
the way to prepare for these widen
ing pleats is to cut the material some
what circular, not, however, a COM
plete circle as for the sunburst types.
You'll love skirt like this in the
illustration, which, as you see, has a
fitted yoke buttoning at the side, to
which the fiaring pleated portion Is
scanned.
OF course every style-minded wom-
an will be wanting a frilly blouse TO
wear Will ILLS IL VI
crepe. satin or shantung, sheer wool
challis, pastel-colored handkerchief or
dainty batiste as you will, and, pro-
viding it has finely pleated jabOt
frill, it will answer to fashions latest
call.
Speaking of pleated skirts the der
nier cri from Paris for the evening
gown in the sunburst pleated skirt
made of filmly chiffon. Attached TO a
bodice top, its enormously full hem-
line floats and fiutters about the
ankles, almost touching the floor, so
long is the skirt.
Now that SO many unusual and fan
ciful forms of pleating are being ex-
plotted by the mode, it is well worth
ones time and effort to visit ones
nearest pleater for the purpose of in
forming ones self on the multitude
nous ways of pleats this season.
1t is quite revelation, this diver
sity given to pleats, such as for in-
stance, double-pleating box pleats and
then stitching them fiat part Of the
way so that they will flare and flare
at the hemline to the utmost satisfac-
tion Of the wearer. Combination
The Ely miner., 1930-05-09

and tomato catSup. Add to this may
onnaise dressing to which chopped
olives have been mixed and spread on
buttered bread.
Elite Sandwich.-Take three-fourths
of cupful each Of finely minced cold
lamb and celery, add one tablespoon
full of minced mustard pickle, two
tablespoonfuls of shredded watercress,
salt and paprika and pinch of curry.
Use one rounding tablespoonful Of this
mixture for each sandwich and crisp
leaf of lettuce dipped into french
dressing. Spread on whole wheat
bread buttered.
Lamb and Mint Sandwich.-Lay
thin slices of roast of lamb between
slices of buttered bread. On the lamb
lay sprig of mint which has been
washed and dried between cloths and
slightly crushed.
Lamb and Mint.-Take one-half cup
full Of chopped lamb. one and one-half
tablespoonfuls cooked green peas, one
and one-half tablespoonfuls of diced
celery, mayonnaise, one teaspoOnful Of
chopped mint. Mix and use on split,
buttered. dinner rolls.
Lamb and Jelly Sandwich.-Split
rolls and spread with currant jelly
with mint. Lay on a thin slice of
roast lamb and cover with buttered
top of the roll To the currant jelly,
beat until smooth, add the grated rind
of an orange, salt, and two tablespoon
fuls of finely minced mint.
Mutton Sandwich.-To one cupful of
chopped mutton add two tablespoon
fuls or more of chopped cucumber
pickle, season to taste. Mix with
boiled salad dressing and spread on
the sandwich bread. Horseradish in
stead Of pickle may be used for varia-
ton.
Lamb and Pepper Sandwich.-To
half cupful of minced lamb add one
tablespoonful of finely chopped green
pepper. Mix with mayonnaise or
boiled dressing to spread.
When making dainty sandwiches
with crustless slices, save the crusts,
grind them, mix with salad dressing
and spread on Other slices Of bread !;
you will have most tasty sandwich
The Ely miner., 1930-05-09
How to Prepare
Spanish Hominy

Put one tablespoonful of shortening
in frying pan, and when hot put in
one good sized onion and one sweet
green pepper chopped into small
pieces. Fry and steam for minute,
but do not let It brown. then add one
small can of hominy, one large ripe
tomato or three-fourths cupful of
canned tomato, a dash Of red pepper
or chilli powder. salt to taste and
cooked until nearly dry. but do not
allow to become mushy. If liked, okra
cut into little round rings may be
substituted for the green pepper.
The Ely miner., 1930-05-09

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
AS warm weather approaches 1t
sometimes happens that weevils or
worms appear in cereals or flour, in
spite of their having been bought in
tight packages or kept in tin or glass
containers. According to the bureau
of entomology Of the United States
Department of Agriculture, this may
be because some almost invisible eggs
were i'm the cereal or -four in the
warehouse or factory before ii was
sealed, or because an infestation has
occurred from some nearby source
perhaps staples bought loose and
placed in the pantry. Whatever the
cause, the cereals are rendered unfit
for food when the higher temperatures
cause insects to develop faster.
Ii is very troublesome to the
housewife to have these pests gain
foothoId among the supplies. They
multiply rapidly where conditions are
favorable, and may even necessitate
fumigating the entire kitchen or pam
try. Food once infested should be
promptly destroyed and any infested
containers thoroughly scalded and
summed. All cereals should be bought
The Ely miner., 1930-05-09
By NELLIE MAXWELL


important to be looked after as the
teeth. After your feet have been ex-
amined and the trouble known, buy
your shoes to correct the trouble.
Too short a shoe on young, growing
feet will ruin them for life. The
child's shoe should be carefully chosen
for support and fit.
With comfort in the clothing, which
is now the prevailing style, LET us
look to our shoes and be as sensible
in the choice of them.
Careless use Of too many utensils
in preparing food, causes waste, as
each dish used carries off some of the
materials. Cooking food IN the same
dish it is to be erved from saves
waste and time, which the present
day housewife finds SO valuable.
Over fatigue or unhappiness at meal
time may be the cause of children's
loss of appetite.
tG 1880. Western Newspaper Union.)
The Ely miner., 1930-05-09
HINTS FOR HOUSEWIVES

Use hot instead of cold milk TO
avoid the Jumps in mashed potatoes.
Baking soda will often remove
grease and discOloratiOn from the
electric waffle iron and leave it bright
and clean.
Finely chopped raw cabbage, celery.
lettuce, or carrots seasoned with
little salt and put between thin, but
tered slices Of whole wheat bread
make delicious and nourishing sand
wiches for the small child.
Instead of giving the small child
rich sweet food which may cause di-
gestive upsets on birthdays or other
special occasions, dress up his usual,
simple, wholesome food and serve it
at his regular meal time.
The Ely miner., 1930-05-09

the hot sleeves which hamper us In
our work, cutting out the collars on
our dresses, down In the back to let
the sun and air get at our necks, go
ing corsetless whenever possible. so
that the woman Of today really is en-
joying comfort in her clothing. But
how about her shoes? To wear an
overturned heel or shoe out of plumb
is causing untold misery for the work.
er who stands so many hours upon
her feet. Study your foot, get an arch
supported shoe, even If you have to
pay extra in price, It pays in comfort.
Look at your heels, just as soon as
they begin to wear off. have them re-
newed with a, new leather or rubber
heel. The feet are one of the most i'm
portant parts of our body and they
are the most neglected.
Many women ruin their feet by wear
ing soft felt slippers often without
heels. The feet become tender and
shoe then becomes a torture. Have
the feet examined by some one who
understands them; they are just as