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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-31
Aged Italian Arranged
Plans for Own Death

Parma, Italy. - Girolomo Piarra,
lightweight, feeling himself near
death, dressed in his best, and visited
the parish priest, begging him to give
him the last sacraments, as he felt
his end was near. Surprised at the
apparently healthy man, the priest
heard his confession and gave him
communion.
When Piarra had finished, he visited
the undertaken, requesting him to take
his measure for a coffin that would
shortly be required, "as l am about
to leave this world" Then he returned
home, greeting all his friends and &C.
uuaintances whom he met on the way
and telling them he was leaving them
soon.
The old man went to bed early. He
was found dead in bed the next morn
ing
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-31
MyNeigbbor
Says: =

N/HEN making jams be careful
w that only dry fruit is used. If
it is wet there will be difficulty in
keeping the jam and it will become
moldy very quickly. Boil the fruit as
soon as possible after gathering.
If new enameled saucepans are
placed in pan of warm water and
allowed to come to boil they will
last much longer without cracking or
burning, than if they are used imme-
diately.
Sweet potato croquettes are very
good served with chops or patties.
Discarded flatirons with iron ham
dies, If painted with bright-colored
enamel, make excellent book racks.
"a. by the Associated Newspapers)
(WNU Service)
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-31
The Seraphina Story

Although not far from five years old,
Sweet Seraphina Stone,
Had never, never liked to stay all by
her very lone.
She was frightened in the city, of
noises near and loud;
OF each big, kind policeman; of every
nurrying crowd.
She was frightened in the country, of
gentle cows or sheep,
OF all the things that fly about and
all the things that creep.
Our Seraphina who should be so happy
at her play
Was filled with foolish worries by
night as well as day.!
She wanted Mother near her, forever
ever near,
But Mother knew 1t was not best for
Seraphina dear.
So one night just at candle-light, be-
fore she went to bed
Dear Mother talked to Seraphina and
this Is what she said:
"My daughter dear, you must not fear
the things you find about you,
For fear comes from within. your heart
and not from things about you.
We have the soft dark Nighttime
when light fades in the West
So all the children, tired from play
may have peaceful rest.
Here in your quiet little room, safe
from all harm, my dear,
Your dreams at night should all be
bright-there's not thing to fear.
And when tomorrow's sunlight brings
another welcome day,
Be brave, my little Seraphina. and
laugh and sing and play"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-31

were made twice this depth without
any sign of water, the puzzled diviner
sent samples Of the earth to the gov
eminent research institute in Vienna.
The institute announces that the
earth has the highest radium content
yet discovered in Europe. 1t is stated
that 1000 tons would yield a kilo-
gram Of pure radium. The field is
buried only nine feet down, has
depth of from four to eight feet, and
extends a considerable distance.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-31
Foods Uncommonly Served

n NORMAL child has a wonderful
"a gift of imagination. If properly
trained this same gift will make a
most helpful quality in a housekeeper
ind cook.
The happy cook who enjoys her
work will always be on the alert to
ind new ways of serving foods to
make them more attractive to those
she serves. Everything is fish that
comes to her net" This is the kind
Of information that all cooks are seek
lng-more ways of serving the same
Did things
For example, can of peas will not
call forth much enthusiasm, but just
drain the can into a shallow baking
dish, season with salt, pepper, bit
Of sugar and several pieces of but
ter, then add half a dozen slices of
bacon cooked and cut fine, one cupful
of cream or canned milk, cover with
buttered crumbs and brown in a hot
oven and see how quickly that food
will disappear. 1t will be different and
SO interesting.
Remember-to escallop oysters nev-
er have more than two layers, keep
plenty of moisture and season with
pepper, butter, lemon juice and salt,
with cracker crumbs between and on
top.
If the gravy is not brown enough
add teaspoonful Of Drowned sugar,
Or keep bottle OF the caramel for
such occasions. This adds to the col
or but does not sweeten.
Wrapping fowl in cheeseclcth
when boiling not only makes the meat
more tender, but the dark meat is
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-31
|oW 1T s1ARTE
By JEAN NEWTON
TO GO TO POT

GILES GONE all to pot" we hear
- about man who has suffered a
breakdown-perhaps nervous, perhaps
physical, more likely both. For "gone
to pot is synonymous with 'gone to
pieces" broken down'-and we
might use other terms such as dis
integrated, wreckage, fotsam!
While it may have appeared at first
sight to be rather obscure, the meta
phor is obvious when it is pointed out
that the allusion is to the receptacle
into which worthless and discarded
odds and ends are thrown-the things
that have gone to pieces.
The expression is a very old one,
it's first recorded use being traced
back as far as 1851 in Nat Woodes'
"Confict of Conscience"
70, 1892. Bell syndicate)-WNU Service.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-31

She was not like Miss Muffet, for she
neither ran nor cried!
And so, through all the happy day, our
Seraphina Stone
Was bright and cheerful, brave and
gay. though playing all alone.
Her wiggling, woofling pup-dog was
filled with wild delight,
He romped and strolled, he ran and
rolled, with all his main and might.
Dear-Dolly- and Teddykins smiled
many a wide, wise smile,
With Ducky-Daddles cheering quite
Quackily the while,
That night was pinned on Seraphina a
silver star that shone,
"A badge of courage" Mother said,
"For BRAVE Seraphina Stone!"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-31
Autos Blamed for Slump
in Umbrella Repairing

Petersburg, Ind. - The umbrella
mending business isn't what it used to
be, and it's all because of automobiles,
says Thomas Snyder, ninety, on visit
here. Snyder formerly was a sailor,
and held Queen Victoria mariners
license. He left the sea 81 years ago
and started repairing umbrellas. He
returns here infrequently but said he
would be back to celebrate his one
hundredth birthday anniversary.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-31
AnsWers:

l. The Northern Lights, otherwise
called the Aurora Borealis, are made
by some sort of a discharge of cleo
tricity into the atmosphere. This dis
charge may come from the sun.
2. Because the pupils of the eyes OF
those animals open much more widely
than the pupils of the human eyes.
3. 1t is warmer in summer because
the sun is higher in the heavens than
it is In the winter and it's rays are
therefore more direct; and then also
because the days are longer and the
earth has more chance to store up
heat during the day.
4. So the cat can lick the meat on
the bones he eats.
s. Yes, the hard-shell crabs shed
their shells every once in while, and
when they first pull out from the old
she'll, the new shell is soft. In a rev
hours the new shell Is as hard as the
old.
N,YI
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-31
Digging Well, He Finds
Richest Radium Field

vienna.-The richest radium field in
Europe has been discovered at Neu-
haus, near Linz, in upper Austria, by
a water diviner, Herr Franz Niegl.
A peasant, Franz Maier, about to
dig a we'll, summoned Herr Niegl, who,
using an old silver watch on silver
chain as a pendulum, obtained such
violent reactions that he guaranteed
tho an abundance of water would be
found nine feet down. When borings
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-31
{[MHgE3N&lI1E3

more moist and is as tender as the
white.
Before molding an aspic or jelly, Oil
the mold; it not only removes easier
but it gives it that beautiful glaze so
desired.
An aspic is not such a difficult dish
to prepare with canned soup of beef
or chicken; add gelatin and set away
to mold. A bit of onion juice will i'm
prove most such dishes. Jellied vege-
table soups make fine salads treated
in this way.
e. 1882. Western Newspaper Union)
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-31
Questions:

1. What makes the Northern Lights?
2. Why do some animals see In the
dark when ee can't?
g. Why is 1t warmer in the summer
than in the winter?
4. Why is cats tongue prickly?
S. 1t is true that soft-shelled crabs
and hard shelled crabs are really the
same?
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-31
Now easy to get
rid Of Gray
Keep Hair Naturally Dark

Now without using dangerous dyes
you can darken gray hair naturally,
quickly restore its original shade by
the worlds finest, safe way which is
now keeping millions of heads young
looking. Benefits the hair as it dark
ems it to the shade you want. AS SIM
Die as brushing. Try it Pay druggist:
75c for large bottle of WYETHS
SAGE & SULPHUR and just follow
easy directions
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-31
143.Year-Old Geography

Holyoke, Nassau American geog-
raphy written 143 years ago by one
Jedidah Morse and dedicated to Will
liam Livingston, then governor of New
Jersey, is treasured by G. II. Burnham,
Of Holyoke.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-31
'MHne CHniHaRrenn'S CORNER
Edited by DOROTHY EDMONDS

So seraphina went to sleep. safe in the
kindly dark,
And all next day, at work or play, was
happy as lark.
She handed grass to brown-eyed cows,
beside the big barn door,
They gently thanked her, saying Moo"
then said Moo, Moo" for more!
She put her hands between the bars
and patted woody sheep,
While joyful lambkins jumped about
with many a skip and leap.
And once when a small spider came
and sat down by her side,
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-31
Bruised in 400 Foot Fall

Grass Valley, Calf. Joseph Hobson,
miner, knows how it feels to fall 400
feet-and live. Working in the Penn
sylvania gold mine, Hobson slipped
and fell down the shaft.
While the fall was not perpendicu-
lar, the shaft was so steep he was
unable to check his descent. Hobson
suffered only minor bruises.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-31
Phones Her Hourly,
So Law Takes Hand

New York. = When passion
burns Frederick Meder, twenty
four, it burns.
He just can't keep his love
for Paula Reithmayer, nurse, to
himself.
Back in West Side court, he
was charged with violating a
suspended sentence given him
two months ago, by phoning
Paula as often as twenty times
a day to demand marriage. The
previous time he was arrested
after tricking his way into
Paula's apartment wearing
false mustacha.
Magistrate Irwin held him in
500 bail.
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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-31
IaAzz9gIZx
CAS- 7 Q RIA
|33:|sI r. Dr. IL
Up-to-Date Ducks

Mary's mother raised large flock
of wilk ducks this year. One windy
day they all took to the air. Mary
never had seen them on the wing be-
fore and ran to her mother, saying,
"Oh, look, mother. Our ducks alt
have airplanes!'
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-31
Male Chatter

Male Chatter
"My brother gave me $50 to buy
q new overcoat."
"But you're still wearing your OLD
one!"
II know it-there isn't room in
our closet for another coat"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-31
G. @ M r q r +
for coLlcKY BABIES
THROUGH CASTORIA'S.
GENTLE REGULATION

The best way to prevent colic,.
doctors say, is to avoid gas in stom.
ach and bowels by keeping the entire
intestinal tract open, free from waste.
But remember this: a tiny baby's
tender little organs cannot stand
harsh treatment. They must be
gently urged. This is just the time
Castoria can help most. Castoria,,
you know, is made specially for ba.
bies and children. 1t is pure vege-
table preparation, perfectly harmless.
1t contains no harsh drugs, no mar.
cotics. For years it has helped moth.
ers through trying times with colicky
babies and children suffering with,
digestive upsets, colds and fever
Keep genuine Castoria on hand, with
the name:
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-31
Sister Only Died

Sister Only Died
Lady-Was it you or your sister
who was so ill?
Child-It was my sister who died..
but it was I who was ill.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-31
STOP RHEUMATIC
PAINS WITH HEAT
OF RED PEPPERS
Relieues Almost Instantly

Good old Nature has put into red
peppers marvellous therapeutic heat
that gets right down to the source Of
trouble and almost instantly relieves
the pains and aches Of rheumatism.
stiff joints. lumbago and neuritis.
Thousands have found it the one safe
guard against chest colds, too. Nov,
this genuine red peppers heat is con-
tanned in an ointment that you just rub
on. In less than 3 minutes you feel re-
lief come. 1t is called Rowles Red
Pepper Rub. Safe. Will not burn or
sting. Geta small jar from your druggist.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-31

What makes backward peoples so
tarnation backward?
Evening star., 1932-10-18

toned In washington and their wives
met at the Rossdhu Castle Club last
evening for q Dutch treat supper" In
the party were Col. and Mrs. Lucian D.
Booth, Maj. and Mrs. Hugh c. Minton,
Maj. Alfred B. Quinton, Maj. and Mrs.
Thomas j. Hayes, Capt. and Mrs. Err
nest C. Bomar, Capt. and Mrs Grafton
S. Kennedy, Maj. Kutz, Maj. Young,
Capt. and Mrs Slaughter. Mrs. Glenn
p. wilhelm. Capt. and Mrs. Richard
z. Crane and Capt. and Mrs. Morris
Barroll, jr, Of Chicago, who are visit
ing Col. and Mrs. Barroll.
Mrs. Hoggatt Clopton who went
abroad some months ago and recently
spent some time in Paris. has left there
for Switzerland and Italy. Mrs. Clop-
ton will return to England preparatory
to sailing from that country on the Ma
jestic in November.
Mrs. Edward T. Perkins entertained
at luncheon and bridge at the Shore
ham today, when her guests included
Mrs. William Elliott, Mrs. William H.
Hessick, Mrs. Ida Shryer, Mrs. Ernest
Capling, Mrs. William Grace, Mrs.
Harry Ragsdale and Mrs. Carl F. Bond.
Mrs. Parmalee j. McFadden of 21s
Lake Shore drive, Chicago. announces
the engagement of her daughter, Marion,
to Mr.. James P. Hume of Chicago, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas L. Hume of
this city. The wedding will take place
in Chicago in the Spring.
Mrs. James Francis Sullivan Of Phila-
delphia, who is guest at the May
flower, arrived in Washington late yes
terday in time to attend the dinner
given by the Colonial Danes of Amer
Evening star., 1932-10-18
SOCIETY
Mrs. Hoover Honor Guest This Afternoon
of League of Republican Women and
Will Attend Opera Tonig ght.

will deliver an address on 1.-THE Larger
Significance of Pan-Americanism," at
the Institute of International Affairs
at the College of William end Mary.
DR.. Rowe will return to Washington
Immediately after his address.
Former Ambassador of Chile, Senor
Don Carlos Dcvila, accompanied by
Sonora de Davila. arrived yesterday in
New York from Chile. where the former
served recently as provisional president.
Senor and Sonora de lPavila are ex-
pected to spend the Autumn and Win
ter in New York, where he will COM
plete two books which he has planned
to write.
Admiral and Mrs. Gherardi
Announce Daughters Engagement.
Rear Admiral Walter B. Gherardi.
U. S. NJ. and Mrs. Gherardi annouiiLe
the engagement of their daughter,
Neville Taylor to Mr. Christopher Rob-
inson Of Ottawa. Canada. Miss Cher
ardi is granddaughter Of the late
Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi and
of the late Rear Admiral Harry Taylor.
She made her debut in Washington
lar members of the Navy circles In
Washington. Her father is now chief of
the photographic Office of the Navy
Department.
Mr.. Robinson is the eldest son of Mr..
and Mrs. Christopher Robinson of
Toronto. Ontario. Canada, and the we'd
ding will take place during the Winter.
The former Minister of Bolivia, Senior
Don Luis Abelli, went to New York this
morning and will sail Friday evening
aboard the Santa Barbara for his South
American home. Sonora de Abelli and
their children will remain in their
home in Wesley Heights until Decem-
ber before sailing to join him in Bolivia
Sonora de Abelli recently came to
Washington from a visit in South
America
The first secretary of the legation.
Senor Don Enrique S. de Lozada, will
be charge d'affaires until the arrival of
new Minister.
Mrs. Mccain, wife of Col. William
A. Mccain, head of the Industrial
School of the Army War College, has
returned to their Georgetown home
after spending the Summer at their
place in New Hampshire
Miss Elizabeth E. Mccain is at Co.
lumbia University, where she is taking
iiCA dllQ Will IlOI TeluII
to Washington until just before the
Christmas holidays.
Maj. and Mrs. Thomas j. Hayes spent
some time with their son. Cadet Thomas
j. Hayes, jr., at West Point and plan to
return there in week for another visit.
They will spend Christmas week at
West Point and will be accompanied
there by their schoolgirl daughter, Miss
Polly Hayes.
Mrs. George Cabot Lodge and her
daughter. Mrs. Edouard de Steel, who
were in New York at the Madison, came
to Washington today
Mrs. John Borden of Chicago. who
has been spending a fortnight with her
mother, Mrs. Frank Let's. at 2342 Mas
sachusetts avenue, will leave soon for
New York to arrange for the publishing
of her new book which is to come out
in the Spring.
Officers of the Ordnance Corps sta
Evening star., 1932-10-18
ica, Chapter 3, Of which Mrs. Walter r.
Tuckerman Is president.

ica. Chapter 3, of which Mrs. Walter r.
Tuckerman is president.
Col. Charles Burnett, U. 8. A., and
Mrs. Burnett, are now established in
their apartment at 1900 New Hamp-
shire avenue. Col. Burnett has been as
signed as laisson officer Of the War De-
partment and the popular Army couple
will be in the Capital for four years.
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Nesbit enter
tanned at Luncheon today ut the May
flower for the latter's debutante daugh-
ter, Miss Osra Ann Gault, who had as
her guests the other debutantes Of the
season.
Prior to attending school In Paris for
the past three years, Miss Gault at
tended Holton Arms School and has
many friends in Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nesbit have recently
Evening star., 1932-10-18
purchased home in the Green Spring
Valley, near Baltimore.

Valley, near Baltimore.
Mr.. Mannix Walker left Washington
today for Mexico City, accompanied
by Mr.. Victor H. Sutro of New York
City, and will return to Washington to
reopen his foreign service preparatory
school December /. Mr.. Walker for
merly was vice consul Of career in
the foreign service and graduate of
Harvard, class Of 1926.
DR.. and Mrs. John voolfolk Burke
have sent out cards for tea Novem-
Der 10 from 4 to o'clock at their home,
23l1 Tracy place. when they will pre-
sent their daughter, Miss Elizabeth At
kinson Burke.
Miss Priska Kaspar, daughter Of Mr..
CONTINUED on Third Page.)
Evening star., 1932-10-18
Austrian Minister Introduces
Editor to President Hoover.


The Minister of Austria, Mr.. Edgar
Prochnik, was host at luncheon yester-
day at the legation to small company
of one of the leading Austrian news
papers, who left the city this morning
after a brief stay here. The Minister
presented his countryman to President
Hoover yesterday at the White House.
Nine. Prochnik will return from Bos-
, ton Monday.
The Minister of Czechoslovakia and
Nine. Veverka, entertained at luncheon
! yesterday at the legation in compli-
ment to Justice George w. Maxey of
the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and
Mrs Maxey.
Ferdinand Veverka and Nella Veverka,
children of the minister, and Nine.
Veverka, arrive in Baltimore tomorrow
en- the Hamburg, after lengthy stay
in their homeland.
Mr.. Faik Konitza, Minister of Al
| bania. will be guest of honor at the
private view of contemporary American
Gil paintings held at the Sears, Roe
buck 6s Co. galleries at 1106 Connecti-
cut avenue. Friday evening, November
4, at o'clock.
Mrs. Walter F. Brown, wife of the
Postmaster General; Mrs. William N.
Doak, wife Of the Secretary of Labor.
and Mrs Frederick H. Payne. wife of
the Assistant Secretary of War, have
been added to the list of patronesses
for the Armistice jubilee of the Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars, at the Wash
ington Auditorium. November II, for
the benefit of disabled and unemployed
veterans and their families living in the
District of Columbia.
Representative Aiming S. Prall Of
New York is in Washington for a few
days, staying at the Shoreham.
The newly appointed Ambassador of
Cuba and Sonora de Cintas will arrive
in New York Friday on the President
Roosevelt. and will come to the Capital
shortly after their arrival.
The director general Of the Pan
American Union, DR.. L. S. Rowe. left
today for Williamsburg, Va, where he
Evening star., 1932-10-18

IN u f1OObcIt 10 tliC 6uSoe AA
M whose honor the League of Re
V publican Women will give a
1 / reception this afternoon in
their headquarters, on Scott
Circle. Only members of the League
are invited and the Membership Com
mittee, of which Mrs. Virgil Miller Is
chairman and Mrs. Charles Alger vice
chairman, will act as hostesses for the
party which they have arranged.
This evening Mrs. Hoover and sew
eral guests will attend the performance
of H. M S. Pinafore," which will be
given in the auditorium of Central High
School at 8:15 o'clock, under the aus
pices of the Community Center Depart
ment.
Mrs. Herbert Hoover, jr., who has
been a guest at the White House for
several days, was joined there yesterday
by Mr.. Hoover, who came from their
home, in California.
The Ambassador of Germany and
Frau Won Prittwitz und Gaffron and
their little daughter Marisa arrived at
the embassy last evening from New
York, where the latter two arrived re-
Gently from Germany.
Evening star., 1932-10-18

Vivacious, charm
ing, cultured, Sam
ia b &c me the
IN t-proposed-
to debutante" of
the season. From
all the offers, she
selected the man
wi t h w h o m a
happy marriage
was least likely.
A judge ended the
attempt. S a n ia
nearly foundered
in a storm of her
ow n m a king.
B Ii f f e t e d by a
problem too large
for her, she put
up a game fight
and finally became
for one man
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-16
Lecture Before
the Rotary Club
L. Hollingsworth Wood to
Speak Here Next
Tuesday

Good will has way out of the
depression" will be the topic of L.
Hollingsworth Wood before the
Rotary club next Tuesday. Miss
Alice E. Kingsbury, president of
the Waterbury Inter-Racial COM
mittee will be a guest along with
others at the Rotary meeting. Mr.
Wood says 1.-THE business recession
has set the Negro back immeasure-
ably. Jobs ordinarily open to him
have been taken over by others.
Work ordinarily done by Negroes
is now being done by unemployed
whites, and therefore we should
consider his condition to-day"
Immediately following the Ro-
tary club at 1:30, Mr. Woods will
lead in a Round Table discussion
The Representatives of. the leading
industries of Waterbury will bt
present to participate in this dis
cussion. Many of them will ,alst
attend the Rotary, luncheon.
The topic of his address at thu
mass meeting at the Y M c A
Tuesday at p. m. will be "Aftel
the Depression-What DIR Jane.
z. Gregg, vice-president of the
Inter-Racial committee will pre-
side. An added feature of this