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Evening star., 1930-06-23

wished to destroy. A rope was run
around the structure and the slaves
pulled at it with all their might.
Again and again they tried without
oudg1ng 1t. After a long wait, Peter
Jefferson took hand.
Stand aside" he told the slaves.
Seizing the rope, he gave one tremen-
dous tug. Down came the shed.
Stories long persisted of the mans
featS while helping to survey the Vir-
ginia-North Carolina line. He con-
tinued his lines after all his assistants
had become exhausted by famine and
fatigue. He is said even to have carried
mules which had given out.
He was self-educated. After day in
the open, he loved to read Addison,
Swift, Pope and Shakespeare
Such a man was bound to be a superb
father. Peter jefferson, however, died
in 1857, when he was in his fiftieth
year. Thomas Jefferson was only Il.
Copyright, l9s0l
Evening star., 1930-06-23
Fruit Cookies.

One cupful chopped dates, / cupful
chopped raisins. u cupfuI nuts. 4 cup
Iul water, "a cupful fat. lla cupfuls light
brown sugar, 2 eggs, teaspoonful Gin
namon, u teaspoonful cloves; "a tea
spoonful salt, Il cupful milk, 312 cup
fuls -four and / teaspoonful soda. Mix
datea, raisins, nuts and water Cook
slowly five minutes. Cool. Cream fat
and add sugar. Mix we'll Add eggs and
beat two minutes. Add rest of ingredi-
ents. including cooked fruit mixture
Drop portions Of dough from end of
spoon onto creased baking sheets. Space
three inches. Bake IL minutes in q
moderate oven.
Evening star., 1930-06-23

and beauty should plan to have some
sort Of vacation-some change from
goutine-for there is nothing better to
give one the buoyant frame Of mind
which is one of the essentials in any
health and beauty program. It is al
most impossible for milady to look
Beautiful II her mental outlook is duh
and uninteresting.
So first Of all let us all try to have
eone kind Of a vacation, and whether
3 Is to be a motor tour In the family
ear. a camping trip, or more extended
tourney by rail or boat, there are GER
balm things which should be included in
Evening star., 1930-06-23
Fruit Cocktail.

Remove the pulp from grapefruit in
unbroken sections, enough to make half
cupful. Cut one slice of pineapple in
cubes. Cut one-third cupful of dates in
halves. If they are dry pour boiling
water over them and then cut them in
halves, removing the pits. Drain and
wipe dry. Place the grapefruit and the
pineapple in layers in cocktail or sher-
bet glasses. Mix the pineapple juice
and lemon juice with one tablespoonful
of pulverized sugar. Pour over the top.
Garnish the top with the dates Chill
thoroughly and just before serving pour
over half cupfuI of ginger ale.
Evening star., 1930-06-23
ABE MARTIN SAYS

don't know how acceptable it would
be, but good, steady job would make a
fine graduation present, an somethin
ever'buddy hain't got.
knowledge is power" 'cept in Chi
cago.
Miss Fern Pash is slenderizin' fer 9
new ready-made dress.
"Oh, shoot! The new Supreme Court
rulin' knocks all the thrill out of buyin
liquor" complained Lafe Bud this
mornin'.
IT jest had the time o. my life"
said Mrs. EN- Pash on returnin' from
her aunts funeral at Tulip.
The ole time brewery, with all its
machinery, expert chemists an labor
atories, could have saved a lot of ex-
pense II it had Jest known how easy
it Is to make beer.
Copyright, 1930)
Evening star., 1930-06-23
PEACH PIE.

Cover pie plate with good,
tender pie crust and cut enough
fresh or canned peaches in halves
to cover it; then pour in little of
Juice and then fill up with sour
cream: sprinkle sugar generously,
lay strips of pie crust across it,
as in cranberry pie or tarts, and
bake slowly.
Evening star., 1930-06-23
SPORTSWEAR
Bright and Cay AqoinI*

Beach wear, sweaters, stockings,
scarfs. =. perfectly good left overs
from last seasons playtime
Tintex will make them as gay
and colorful as just-out-of-shop
creations of 1880!
Just look in the list below for the
proper Tintex product for this
purpose it will work perfectly
on woolens, silks, rayons, cottons
-. in short, on any fabric that's
washable!
Twenty seven of the smartest
shades and colors from which to
choose. Your dealer will gladly
show you the Tintex Color Gard.
No muss, no fuss, and absolutely
perfect results!
THE TINTEX GROUP
kTinte1 Grey Box-Tints and dyes all
materials.
Tinter Blue Boz - For lace trimmed
silks - tints the silk, lace remains
original color.
Tintex Color RemoUer-Removes old
color from any material so it can
be dyed a new color.
Whitex - A bluing for restoring white.
ness to all yellowed white materials.
PARK & TLFORo, ESTABLISHED Is4o,
GUARANTEES TlNTEX
Evening star., 1930-06-23
CHOCOLATE TApIocA.

Four cups hot chocolate or
cocoa made proper strength for
drinking, one-half cupful small
tapioca, one-half cupful sugar,
pinch Of salt, vanilla. Add tapi-
oca, sugar and salt to hot choco-
late or cocoa and cook in double
boiler is minutes, stirring fire.
quently. Remove from fire and
flavor with vanilla. Serve cold
with sugar and cream, or whip
ped cream. If a thicker consist
ency is desired use three cupfuls
hot chocolate or cocoa.
Evening star., 1930-06-23
BEDTIME STORIES 3. =.
BY THORNTON
". BURGESS

replied he. "There is Robber the Rat.
Perhaps 1 remind you of him"
Peter shook his head vigorously.
mo" said he, "it isn't Robber the Rat"
Il am glad of it." replied Jerry. THAT
is one relationship 1 am not proud of
I've got lot of small cousins, you know,
like Whitefoot the Wood Mouse and
Danny Meadow Mouse"
Peter hoped right up. That's til"
he cried. IT'S Danny Meadow Mouse
II Danny could grow to be as big as
Evening star., 1930-06-23

Nothing could be simpler to cut and
Do make than Coolie coat, and no type
Of garment is more useful. Once you
have mastered its simple construction,
you can use the pattern for a beach
wrap, a negligee, an informal evening
wrap and house coat. The beach wrap
Evening star., 1930-06-23
Travelling Beauty Kit.

Time to take to the open road again,
9or it's nearing vacation seasonl What
. wealth of planning and anticipation
have gone into the preparation for these
weeks of change from the regular rou-
ene Of living! Every seeker after health
Evening star., 1930-06-23

Prices realized on Swift & Company
sales of carcass beef in Washington, d. c.,
for week ending Saturday, June 81 1880, on
shO.nents sold out, ranged from 14.00 cents
TO 21.50 cents per pound and AVERAGED 1894
cents per pound.-Advertisement
Evening star., 1930-06-23
WHATS ON YOUR MIND, PETER"
JERRY INQUIRED

you, believe he would look very much
like you"
Again Jerry chuckled. II don't know
but that you're right, Peter" said he.
"As a matter of fact, Danny and ! are
rather closely related, though somehow
never think Of IT, / don't suppose
Danny does either"
IF he does, ne never speaks OF IT,"
replied Peter.
Copyright. 1901
Evening star., 1930-06-23

Big Sandy and Friendship, Tennessee
towns, have the same population in 1890
that they had in 1920-603 and 487,
respectively.
Evening star., 1930-06-23
OATMEAL MUFFINS.

OA HEIt1u W OFF1 F1No.
Mix and sift together two cup
fllls -four, two teaspoonfuls bak-
ing powder, three teaspoonfuls
sugar and one teaSpoonful salt.
Add one cup cold cooked oatmeal
and when well mixed moisten
with one cup milk to which a
beaten egg has been added. Stir
In three tablespoonfuls melted
butter. beat thoroughly, turn into
creased muffin pans and bake in
moderate oven.
Evening star., 1930-06-23
Peter Sees a Resemblance.

BY Just look youll sometimes md
Another may be brought to mind.
Mother West Wind.
Evening star., 1930-06-23
MENU FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST.
Melons
Honiny with Cream
Coddled Eggs Oatmeal Muffns
Coffee

Coddled Eggs Oatmeal Muffns
Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Deviled Shrtmps
Sliced Tomatoes
Baking Powder Biscuits
Chocolate Tapioca
Iced Tea
DINNER.
Pot Roast of Beef
Baked Potatoes Green Beans
Lettuce and Asparagus Salad
Fresh Peach Pie Cheese
Coffee
Evening star., 1930-06-23

may be made from colorful figured Gre
tonne or from wide awning striped
crash; the negligee may be of cotton
crepe or thin flannel; the evening wrap
Of black crepe satin with facings of con-
Evening star., 1930-06-23
Everyday Psychology

(Copyright, 1e2nN
New Britain herald., 1930-02-20

live in cities and those who live in the country. There Is a. third class composing those who live in small towns. In the aggregate their num- Der is very high. Indeed, thousands or people from both the farms and the cities have been attracted 10 small towns during recent decades. The big cities harbor prominent men in business life who prefer 10 live in small towns from 10 10 40 miles distant.
 Perhaps the average small town has changed greatly since MT. Fay or many other critics lived in them. The automobile has caused a yeri- table revolution in transportation turning small towns near cities into suburbs of the cities; the telephone has also contributed 10 the previous social and business gap between small towns and cities; the daily newspapers are read in every smal! town nowadays, making for an in telligent grasp Of all public qucs- tons and placing the small town dweller al least on par in this respect with his city cousins Most recently has come the development 1 Of the radio. the reception in small ! towns usually being less likely to be subject to electrical interferences than in the cities.
 The country is about the same as i, used to be. and the big cities are bigger but not necessarily different from formerly. But the small toHr has been subjected to meta
 morphosis of progress. It may not be entirely bereft Of some Of tht vices registered against it, but ther, are other things on the other side O. it's ledger which should be men
 toned in it's favor if a fair evalua
 ton of now a large part Of Amer
 jeans live is to stand.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-20
.D| |BATT|STA'SL|FE
 WEARS ITS CLOSE
State to Execute Youth for
 GrOCer'S Death Last April

Hartford. Feb. 90.-Frank A. Di- Battista, of this city, the former ele- vator boy who shot and killed Hartford storekecper last April l, will be executed in Wetherstield state prison few minutes after midnight tomorrow morning.
 The young man. 26 years old. son Of a hard working Italian shoe maker, will sec his faimly for the last time today. Then he will he put in the death cell. This will be the second hanging at the state prison within three months, John l'eltovic, 19, of Bridgeport, having been executed there December 9. Prison officials yesterday said Di- i Battista has borne up bravely dur i ing the week. Each afternoon he ! has been visited by his father whose efforts to support his large family | have resulted in the breakdown Of | his health.
 Is Immigrant
 1 DiBattista came here from Italy as a child. He became an elevator boy in New York and was sentenced several times for thcfts, once spend ing two years for a jewelry robbery. He left the penitentiary confirmed criminal and always carried a gun.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-20
TUI "NICIOTS" SMALL TOWN

William, F. Fay would be much surprised. no doubt, if everyone agreed with him regarding his csti- mate of the alleged yiciousncss of small town life, He says he once lived in d small town and knows whereof he speaks That is pretty good evidence, assuming he was an observing person, that all was not heavenly bliss in the particular small town referred to.
 There arc many small towns in Connecticut. and some Of them are not far from New Britain. Citizens O. these places. should they hear Of Mir. Pays vigorous condemnation, may feel inclined 10 disagree mos heartily. Probably they could prove | that the small town is not ncccssarI- Iy a place where yjciousncss, back biting and intolerance rules supreme
 In large sense the indictment of the small town in this manner i' an indictment Of large section ol . the American nation. If is q mistake to think ,hat the nation is compose Of two classes of people, those "h'
New Britain herald., 1930-02-20
25 Fears Ago Today

II the strike of the fircmon and engineers Of the Consolidated rail- road materializcs, business in New Britain will be paralyZed.
 Company I of New Britain defcat- cd Company A of Hartford in in door baseball last evening, the Scofc being 19 to II. Bates and Nolan was the battery for the local team.
 The Corbin Motor Vehicle Corpor- ation has made an announcement ot the description of the cars which 1t will put on the market this spring.
 Plans arc being made by the local militia for 3 military social and dance 10 bo held in Hoftman's hal! on February 4.
 New Britain council, o. |. A. M will hold a celebration of Washing tons birthday this evening. I'll. 1 Wentworth orchestra will sing.
 John Lamb of Landers. Frary N Clark has received patent for d pairing knife and gauge.
 The brief warm wave has beer snapped. by another cold wind. Tn
New Britain herald., 1930-02-20
Fish Wants Action

Washington, Feb. 20 (UP) -E2- ported prosecutions of Christians and Jews by Soviet Russia is pro- tested in resolution introduced m the house of Rep. Hamilton llSA, republican, New York.
 The resolution would place cor gress on record as "dcsirous anl willing" to cooperate with other na- tions in trying to persuade Russia against such prosecutions, and would extend the sympathy of con- gress to victims.
 Until such prosecutions cease, the | resolution says, recognition of Rus | sia is incompatible" with American traditions and institutions. ! The school children of Russia
 are being taught in the pubic ] schools to hate God and all forms
New Britain herald., 1930-02-20
RELIGION AND PROHIBITION

IL is still difficult for some men oL prominence 10 draw a lesson from the last presidential election. Con- soquently Henry E. Joy. of Detroit, former motor manufacturer. bland ly told the House judiciary commit tee that in his opinion the Protest ant church lobby was to blame for abuses under the prohibition law. The trouble with this statement, even if true, is that it injects re- lision into prohibition discussion and inevitably lines up opponents along the lines of their religious af- 1 filiauOns.
 Everyone knows the obvious truth ! that certain religious groups have 1 been active in prohibition discus 1 sion. But that is a different thing ] from such widespread public dis semination Of a charge that one branch of Christianity is entirely on one side of the argument, with the inevitable inference, rightly or
 wrongly. that the other branch is
 on the other side. Neither prohi
 bilion nor any other public question
 can be settled in this manner.
 The Psychological effect" if this
 hackneyed term is permitted, is to
 make many a Protestant most or
 wet conclude that if antl-pronlpition
 campaigning is 10 become Il
 religious affair. then he will sticI;
 with his brethren in his own par
 ticular religious group, Whereas the merits of prohibition amelioratiou
 may appeal to him, the mixture ol
 this cause with his religion will in,
 c,itably tend to make him line uI with the religion of his fathers. l
 makes little difference whether Inc
 is a regular or itincrant church at. : tendan1 or whether he habituall! absents himself
 Many prominent protcstants ar opposed to prohibition as we hdv' . it, But as soon as it becomes re igious issue they will he Protestant first and prohihitioniats later.
  , We do not look for many sucI statements as that made by Mr. Joy D Common sense dictates that the pro hibuon problem cannot be settle ' or the basis of religion in this coun try. Just as soon as prohibition par
 Usaus aro divided into religion - groups. then whatever happens wi Il bc settled on a religious footin:
New Britain herald., 1930-02-20
Clergyman Who Advised Lewis On "Elmer Gan try" Predicts Disappear. ance of Religion - Favors Humanitarian ism.

Kansas City. Mo, Feb. 70 't lD America is more Goddess than Russia and anti-church expressions of the Soviet are merely a part of world wide revolt against rellgIoN, the Rev. l.. M. Birkhead, widely known Unitarian leader and liberal said here today.
 The Rev. Birkheads comment was drawn by the recent protest Of Pope Plus NI, as well as by hisn churchmen of American fal:n, against Soviet policies which Pore Plus said Strike at religion aad God himself"
 America is a more goddess couN- try than Russia. A larger propor- ton is without religion in this na- lIon," the Rev Birkhcad said, Revolt Is Worldwide This is simply an aspect Of worldwide revolt against relglj1 that expresses itself in various forms in China. India. Turkey, America and other countries
 Religion may disappear.
 By religion, the Rev, Birkhead cN- l plained he meant "old bellets 1 Heavens and Hells, Bibles and 1 Gods" He excluded humanitarian- 1 ism as something else. You can expect young men and women tt i spend their lives on their knees, 1 he declared.
 The Rev. Birkhead was the teen nical adviser of Sinclair Lewis wh@E that author wrote the book, 'Elm"l Cantry," a novel written around ar | evangelical character,
 Birkhcad is pastor of All Souls Unitarian church here.
 If Christians have the right If carry their missions over the world why haven't the Russians the rigr ta convert the world to atheism .' the Rev. Birkhead asked,
 Tt is impossible to coerce nation il matters of religion. People ar too civilized" he declared.
 Some of these governments suE gcst to take d hand in Russian rel' g!ous affairs. That would be dlsa trcus, We have had enough rcll sious war.
 "I don't believe, however. tn | peoples Of the world would suppo another religious war, They arc 10 indifferent"
 Pope Plus has set March 19 " a day of eXpiation and prayer, l which he has asked the world [ join him to invoke "Divine Prov dcnce to repair the moral and III! tcrial ruins Of those immense r. gions (of Russia) which constltu' a sixth part of the whole universe. "I think the Pope and the Are!
 bishop of Canterbury might as we have q mind-your- -buSlne' week." Birkhcad commented. | The average Russian city h@ moro church attendants than an
 American city. About one out ( every Is persons in New York a tend church, he said.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-20
.sPEEDING UP" CONGRESS

Alr. Hoover seems to crave the role Of playing an efficient engineer to a slow-moving Congress, Espe- cially the Senate.
 Walter Newton, White House secretary. who has been called the deputy president" for his frequent contacts with so-called Congression- al leaders, no longer fills the bill. The oftener the deputy president IS seen around the Senate the more irritated become the coalitionists.
 In order 10 obtain more efficiency somewhere or other the President invited the party leaders 10 White House breakfast the other day, when much was said about the de- lay in passing the tariff, or what passes for a tariff in the Senate.
 A White House dinner. however is dangerous thing. Whenever ono of these social functions takes place those not invited become increasing ly peeved. The coalitionists were not present.
 The difficulties were unlntenuon- ally increased when the bad men ol the Senate were roundly berated b. I-those at the dinner. Perhaps therf was a. gentlemans agreement no' to talk about what was sad, bu half an hour later every coalluonis knew just how many times hl' name was mentioned.
 ! If that's efficiency, give us apple sance.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-20

as interpreted by the mayor and others. did not give the Council an opportunity to override. It is q very unusual situation and perhaps the mayor chuchles at the neat manner in which he called something to the attention Of members which evil dently had been overlooked. That, in turn, hinges upon the politics O.: the late Hanford L. Curtis,
 To the best Of our knowledge Mfr. Curtis was a Republican i'll politics; at least. We had many a converse ton with the gentleman and he never gave lis the impression of be- ing disciple Of Thomas Jefferson. He was nominated by the Republ'- can party and also nominated by the Democratic party. But it so hap peped that Mr. Curtis got more votes on inc Democratic ticket than he go; on the Republican ticket, and for this reason the mayor concludes that Mr. Curtis represented the Democratic party; at least presum ably. more than he represented the Republican party after his last cleo i ton 10 office.
 The charter requires that the ap- l pojntee 10 a vacancy must be Of th' same political faith as the last in' i cumbent. Mr. Curtis political faitF according 10 common knowledge was Republican, but he got mort Democratic votes than he got Re ! publican.
 Political preparedness rules th' hcnroost. In a short time the office Of comptroller will be one oi thf offices upon which citizens will vote One of the little rules of polite seems to be that the man who ha been in office even for a short time
 has an easier chance of being re
 turned to that office than if he zoe
 before the people as a new aspirant
 The mayor, with characteristi
 energy and -wittedness. so ia
 has halted the proceedings. Al
 though based primarily upon icsa
 tcchnicalitics. the performance ha
 been very interesting 10 the citizen
 ship. who though not as excited ove
 the potentialities as the politicians
 delight in watching the struggle a
 they chuckle.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-20
Observations On The Weather

Washington, Feb. 20,-Forecast for Southern New England: Far tonight, Friday partly cloudy; not much change in temperature; fresh southwest winds.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Partly cloudy tonight; slightly cold or in north portion; Friday partly cloudy; fresh southwest winds.
 Forecast for New Haven and vicinity: Fair tonight and Friday.
 Conditions: Pressure is nigh over the southeastern states. A disturbance of slight intensity is moving eastward over Quebec. LOW pressure covers the western portion Of the country.
 Temperatures are above the sea sonal average in practically all sec tions of the country. decidedly so III the northern sections. Rains have been quite general on the Pacific coast but fair weather prevails 1T nearly all other sections Conditions favor for this vicinity l fair weather and not much change l in temperature.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-20
WATCHING THE CAME

The show put on by the mayor and the common Council last 'nEn' had an unexpected climax. The parliamentary tochnicalitios when resulted in the strike of council members from further attendance a' the council chambers served the purpose of winning more delay to' inc mayor in preventing the ap' nointncnt Of William II. Day to the office of comptroller, should tho Council intimately be able 10 o|1f' ride his veto. The parliamrnlaN technicalitics referred to, hoNr'ri
New Britain herald., 1930-02-20
Minister Says Soviet Has Same
 Right to Foster Atheism as us.
 Has to Send Missionaries Abroad

of rcligion.' Fish said. "Thcre az higher laws than those made ty man; the laws of God and human ity. Christian nations not only have a right, but it is their duty, to pro- test openly and unitedly against the terroism and persecution by the government of Soviet Russia of peaceful Christian and Jewish peo- pie for maintaining the faith Of tEeir fathers"
 Several protests of the reported prosecutions were received by Pre2i- dent Hoover, officials of the state Utpartmenr. Senator Borah an l other public men, all Of whom da- clned to comment, indicating the United States does not intend to be- come involved in the matter
New Britain herald., 1930-02-20
MOTHER IS IMPLICATED IN THEFT BY HER SON
Parent said to Have Received Stolen Brass and Sold It to
 Junkmau

Three New Britain boys are charg- ed with theft of 100 pounds of brass bushings from the Connecticut Guar ries Co. in Plainvile, and the loot has been recovered by Detective Ser gcant F. J. O'Mara and representa- tive of the company.
 The mother of one of the boys is alleged to have arranged for the sale of the bushings for S2.75 10 a local junk dealer, who in turn sold it to a wholesaler. It is said the value of the brass as junk is S25.
 If the boys arc prosecuted, the Plainvillc authorities will do so be- cause the quarry is out of the juris- diction of the New Britain police.