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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-02-14
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attended by the hero OF the Revolution Whos.
-atary hatravs bis great fondness for ''routs aud
who never failed to attend one of these func-
tons until almost the end OF his days
Washlngton's last birthday. In 1709.was marked
nv the marriage OF his beloved adopted uauehlef'
Nellie Gusts, who requested him 20 wear Tue
splendid new uniform Of General OF the Armies
OF the United States, an oince that nau neeh
created for him the previous year, Instead. the
general presented her with the magnlncent "hie
nlumes from the uniform and appeared az Tue
uaddlng clad In the uniform In when ne Hau
ron HIS greatest fame--the old Continental DUN
and hl,e Beneath his arm was faaed cocheu
hat with simple ribbon cockade, REMINDER u
those stirring days when he WAS Waeihs MO
eht FOR the liberties OF his country. JNst as
simnla and unassumlng as this gesture was ms
comment In his diary for this, MS last nlriuuas.
He merely wrote THE Reyd MIR IaY,s anu ~
a,eo Calvert came TO dinner and MISS Cnslis was
married adt Candle light to Mr. Lawrence Lewis
Credit for the nationwide observance VI
washngton's birthday as day OF commemora-
t,on after his death Is due more. perhaps 20 q
poeton woman than to any other individual she
u,as Mrs Harrison Gray otis who also had
nart n preserving historic Mount Vernon as
national shrine. , pa
man. even before her marriage into the famous
r,tt,,- ~ Atisps had wealth and social position.
widow 1T thirty with five children, she TOOK
.han, ahroad 70 educnte them. Returning AFTER
n,na vaars In Europe with her patriotism ana
nr,aa of country stronger than ever, she decided
- commemorate Washingtons birthday by pup
III racant,on in her mansion at Al Mount vernon
etraat in The Massachusetts capital In those
dayas tho oulf between the soclallyelect ana the
..common neople' wider than It is TO-DAY anu
.1,harah her society friends had regarded her
aa- udarnpa1 eccentric, hefnre this, 1hey
,yore much scandazed at the idea of her throw
,uo omen her home to all-comers, even for sucn
raosa as honoring the Father of His Country
put she did 1t and she treated the common loih
ha como with the same gracious courtesy ac
oaaa n her society friends, most OF WnoH
$40 moro ont or curiosity than through any
aravol NJ her Idea. But the hrst reception
haid an February -. 1872, was such success
IA Won eo much commentator from all wn'
,,onaoa that she continued them eacn gear Iron
~. ttroa IN 70 her death In 1876. !
In tho meantime. largely due to her influence
orornors Of the commonwealth began holdln
informal receptions on Washingtons birthoas
a,.ho,,h these seml-otficIal functions occuple
aaoona n,oce to Mrs. Otis reception, In the est
- ~ rho citizens Of Boston Ii was he
- -, a,ao thnt resulted In February Y b
,,rs, : ,acal holiday In Massachusetts. Othe
so 49, ,a,a,,ad it's lead until now the ami versar
Is thus observed In every state III the onion-
AhvWsstern Newspaper Union
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Natures Puzzle

An apple mystery was revealed
at d recent meeting of the British
Association of Refrigeration when
1t was discovered that elderly" ap-
pies give out emanatlons which
have the effect Of quickly ripening
bananas and also unripe apples.
The emanatlons exercise still
more startling influence on pota-
toes. Those vegetables, II placed In
the stream OF air coming from the
elderly apples, either do not sprou'
: at all, or produce sprouts which arf
like warts. Investigations are be
ing made Into the nature OF these
mysterious emanatlons, but 50 raj
the scientists have not been able T
track them down.-London Tlt-Bits
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-02-14
APPROVES KINDERGARTEN

The kindergarten provides the help
that children need In making the au-
justment between the individuai at-
mosphere of the home and the group
life Of the elementary school. The sue
cussful kindergarten provides the
children with well-balanced emo
tional life and with abundant OPP
portunIty for physical and Intellect
uni development.-R. I. Congdon,
principal state normal school. Fots-
dam, New York.
The National kindergarten assocla-
ton, s West Fortieth street, New
York city, will be glad to aid anyone
wishing to secure the establishment
of n kindergarten In public school
Write for information, advice aud Ill
erature.
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Give Flavor of
Maple to Apple
Variation in Serving This
Fruit of Universal
Popularity.

Maple strip and maple sugar nave
always been fayorlte edlbles and In
gradients of cooking. With cool days
our appetites demand richer FOODS.
The most popular use of maple strip,
of course, Is with hot griddle cakes
for breakfast. Maple sugar Is used
In many homemade candy recipes.
rut there are many other interest
Ing dishes which include maple fla
voring.
4 delicious variation from the
usual style of baked apples Is to use
maple strip instead OF white sugar
for the sweetening. Try this and see
If 1t isn't delicious:
Fare and core as many apples as
will stand In an ordinary baking dish.
cup maple sugar
II cup cold water
| thin slice OF butter for each
apple
Mix the water with the maple
strip and pour over the apples
Place one of the bits of butter over
the top hole of each apple. White
the slice Is thin, the surface shoult
! be large enough to cover the open
Ing. Then as the butter melts unde
the oven heat the rich liquid vii
drip down over the outside and tn
inside of the apple. Basic the apple
frequently with the sirHP and waite
and bake until the apples are sol
| when pierced with Il fork. but nc
SO tender that they become shapeless
Serve hot or cold In the same disl
Or If preferred transfer the apple
to Individual glass sauce dishes an
porr over each apple some OF IN
amber liquid.
Apples baked In maple strip hay
peculiarly delicate quality. Ihei
Is no decided taste of the map
slrup, but the blending OF the app
iulee and sweet sup supplies an II
usually delicious and different fiayo
The buttery surface Of the appl
will make them have suggestion
BROWNIES II the oven Is hot aft
the apples are left uncovered In 7
oven.
@. Bell syndicate-wNu Service.
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Now Science Explains
Why So Many People
Past 40
Feel That They're Slipping
Losing Their Grip on Things

MANY people round 40 think they're
"prowing Old, They feel tired a lot
weak" Have headaches, dizzl-
ness, stomach upsets.
Well, scientists say the cause OF all
this, in a great many cases, IS simply
an acid condition OF the stomach.
Nothing more.
All you have to do is to neutralize
the excess stomach acldlty.
When you have one Of these acid
stomach upsets. take Phillips MIX
Of Magnesia after meals and before
going to bed. That's ALL
TRY this. Soon you'll feel like
another personl Take either the
familiar liquid PHILLIPS or the
convenient new Phillips MIX Of
Magnesia Tablets.
ALSO IN TABLET FORM
Phillips Milk OF Magnesia Tab NyH,9
| lets are now or sale at all drug
| stores everywhere. Each tiny tab .s.lIu
| let IS the equivalent OF a Nnlv
| q teaspoonful Of Cen -A
| une Phillips MIX OF sla$$N3-.s:,@s...
| Magncsia. Sr1 -. -
| PHILLIPS ~
y NIX gfMa9,te'la-
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To keep clean and healthy take Dr.
pierce,s Pleasant Pellets. They regulate
liver. bowels and stomach.-Adv.
Ir:.h Centenarinn

Mrs. Ned McHugh, who died In
Tullynaha, Ireland, at the age OF one
hundred and two, remembered the
notato famine and the night Of the
big Wind" which devastated many
areas. She never had Travelled by
train OF automobile. A teetotaller'
she ascrlbed her longevity to mod
Grafton In everything and freedom
from sorrow.
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Erxntian Advancement

With the Improvement Of roads In
the Interior OF Egypt the natives are
using the bicycle In place Of the
faithful donkey, which long has been
the only means of communication In
that country.
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Week. Supply of Postum Free

Read the offer made by the Postum
Company In another part OF this pa
per. They will send a full weeks sup
ply OF health giving Postum free 70
anyone who writes for it.-Adv.
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Celebrating qWq4&n}qto'&
Bv ELMO SCOTT WATSON
. { EVERY one knows, Geore

!! !; :: !: !: =: =: e: !: !: E !:
who had two birthdays.
He was born on Febru-
l% airy II, 1872. but Eng
~ go lands adoption of the
Gregorian calendar IN
" 1852 changed the ami
versary Of his BIRTH
from February II to February -,
the date on which we now honor
his memory.
Considering the fact that WASH
Ington's birthday Is one of only sew
en- days In the year observed In all
states and territories of the Union,
; mn honor accorded to no other
American, 1t is noteworthy that
Washington himself paid little at
tention to the annlversary-perhahs
even less than the average person
does to his own. At least, that -
the impression one gets from MS
diaries. Journals. account books ana
epther manuscript records, and they
shed 1.-THE light on the question OF
whether Washington regarded FED
ruary II or February - as his
birthday.
True. In a letter dated May 2.
.1T9o. answering request from Sir
Isaac Heard. Garter King OF Arms
In London. for the genealogical rec
ord of the Washington family, he
wrote that he was born February
18th. (old style) 1872" But pre-
sumably he aid not consider the an
niversary, whether the eleventh or
the twenty second, of enough Inn
nortance to mention 1t specifically
In any of the records which ne kept.
II he regarded February q as his
birthday after the calendar change
in 1852, then an event which oc-
Cured on February p. 17o4 must
have been something of birthday
present. for him. Returning to VIII
lIamsburg, the capital of Virginia,
after his perllous journey into the
West to warn the French Off or
English lands. 1t must have pleased
the young Vrglnian to learn that
the previous day tke house Of our-
gesses had "Res2lved That the
Treasurer be directed to pay out
of the public Monies in his Hands
the sum Of Fifteen Pounds to Major
George Washington to testify our
Appreciation Of his Proceedings ~
his journey to the Ohio
There is no special record In con
nection with the date until fifteeI
wears later. although his twenty
seventh birthday In 1853 must hav'
been happy one. For he Ind JUS
been married to Martha Parke Gus
tbs and during the months OF Fef
ruary and March Of that year \
was honeymooning with his brid
in williamsburg. There he was 81
joying the dances and other socia
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ccra CT for 100 Lbs. Selected, fresh caught,
frozen whitefsh from northern Saskatcne-
wan, real treat. Freight. DUTY, extra s
Fisherman Agents., Meadow LAKE, sasA'
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Decline in Birth Rate
Arouses Fear i'm Norway

OSLO, Norway CP-Norway, Oslo
in particular, has become involved in
predictions of racial suicide, with ex-
tremists insisting that the city before
long will be peopled by greybeards.
The number of births has decreased
enormously in recent years: from
5000 in 1900 to only 1000 in 1884.
A heated discussion followed the
publication of the statistics. Some
persons maintain the decrease means
only that human breeding has be-
come culturiZed" and that national
economy will be the better for it.
Conservative groups, however. in
Sist that the decline spells catastrophe
for the nation and that national
economy is threatened.
Widespread propaganda for birth
control was regarded as the chief
cause of the lowered birth rate.
Health Commissioner Andreas Diesen
insisted that the decrease had gone
far beyond the limits of reason.
Meanwhile, four large school build
ings In Oslo have been converted to
other uses, since the number of school
children has decreased from 10000 to
10000 during a period of few years.
Children'S performances at the
theaters are seldom crowded.
Statistics of the adult population
reveal that divorces and separations
are steadily increasing. During 1894
667 divorces were granted in Oslo,
200 more than in the previous year.
The economic uncertainty is blamed
for the birth decline.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-26
Rich British Woman
Arch Foe of Hangings

LONDON (NAN.A.) Mrs. Violet
Van Der Elst, the London widow who
does not believe in hanging murdererS
and who has started campaign to
abolish the death penalty in England,
is spending $4,000 week trying to
alter this law.
And shall carry on until I die"
she declares.
A few months ago no one had heard
Of this stocky, plump little woman,
who is less than feet high and whose
chief distinction consists Of an enor-
nous bank roll. Today she has become
news. An army of publicity men in
her pay see to this. Whenever muir
derer is to be executed Mrs. Van Der
Elst is outside the prison gates, dressed
in deep mourning, to cry her protests.
Cameras click as she steps from her
great am-and-black motor car.
Hundreds go to see the show. Air
planes. with Van Der Elst pilots burn
Van Der ElSt gasoline as they drone
over the prison, streaming banners in
Scribed, Abolish the Death Penalty"
Her loudspeaker vans broadcast the
hymn. abide With Me-" Women are
worked up to weeping pitch, and the
publicity men murmur. This Is q
great show today"
Mrs. Van Der Elst is "A, yet her hair
remains bright gold. Her energy Is
such that she says she sleeps only two
hours night. She has been twice
widowed and is head of 10 big chemical
laboratories employing over a thou
sand men. She owns two mansions,
one in the country, the other in
| London.
Mrs Van Der Fists demonstrations
make the names of little known killers
| front-page news. The crowds go to
watch the fun an6 only at the moment
of execution remember the man inside
the walls. will the gentlemen please
remove their hatS?" cries Mrs. Van Der
Fist. They do. Then a monster petit
ton goes round for signatures.
She already has spent thousands Of
pounds in her campaign. She has
thousands more to spend. Gambling is
Mrs. Van Der Fists hobby. II have
gambled at all the greatest casinos"
she says. Il seldom win"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-26
MASS-PRESSURE METHODS
CONFUSE LAWMAKERS
Barrage of Messages on Bonus and
'Marchers' Supporting New Deal Agen-
cies Show Power of Demonstrations.

found that many bore fictitious names
and addresses and the plan was
adopted to communicate only with
those that members of his staf were
sure Of.
Many Of the letters took the form
Of literary effusion and one such to
Senator Royal s. Copeland. Democrat,
of New York, congratulating him on
his stand in behalf Of the Patman
bill, asked that the four-page docu-
ment be read to all the members of
the Senate. The writer explained
that he had sent copies to the Presi-
dent and Senators Carter Glass, DEM
ocrat, of Virginia; Joseph T. Robin.
son, Democrat, of Arkansas; Huey P.
Long, Democrat, of Louisiana; Father
Coughlin and Gov. Eugene Talmadge
of Georgia. The writer further de-
scribed Father Coughlin as "the only
honest man found by Diogenes." Gov.
Talmadge was characterized as "a val.
liant knight of the printing press"
The Louisiana Kfngf1sh was wished q
long life and power
Typical Of the kilograms received
by members of Congress in favor Of
the bonus payment, and designed to
tell what will happen at the polls to
those who opposed it, was one sent
to Senator Elmer Thomas, Democrat,
of Oklahoma, who led the fight for
the Patman bill in the Senate. This
telegram read as follows:
Those Senators who may vote to
sustain presidential veto on bonus bill
may gain temporary victory, but We
are sure they do not know temper Of
all veterans now. No doubt in their
campaigns for reelection they will
make more promises and give reasons
for unfolding veto, but it falls on deaf
ears. They will be fought with fury
seldom seen in all their years of cam
paigning We may lose and take our
defeat like soldiers, but for them it
will be the beginning Of their trou-
bles. We swear it on the grave of
the Unknown Soldier We thank you
and friends for the fight.
RESERVE POST, NO. 15e,
AMERICAN LEGION"
The communications to large eX-
tent also have reflected the views Of
mothers, wives, sisters and sweet
hearts Of ex-service men. Many Of
them were sentimental, as one long
letter in the Thomas file closed with
q sentence as follows:
You do all you can for the veterans
and God will be with you always and
He will bless each and every one Of
you to carry on your good work."
Copyright. 1880
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-26
FRENCH IN DILEMMA.
Separate Peace Of Wider Alliances
Alternatives.
BY LELAND STOWE.

PARASITIC fateful dilemma OF
Frances policy toward Nazi Germany
is again pushed to the forefront OF
| international attention by Reichs-
| fuehrer Adolf Hitler's Reichstag speech
in which Der Fuehrer once more re-
nounced any claims on Alsace
| Lorraine.
That dilemma is as simple as 1t Is
| fearful for the French people. France
must choose between separate peace
with the Third Reich or an extension
of military alliances around Germany.
But a separate peace would mean
abandoning the Little Entente and
Austria to their own fate with Ger
many, and it would also mean accept
| ing Hitler's word that he will never
attack Alsace Lorraine, despite the
contrary determination which he
championed in his book, "Mein
Kampf"
In such a case the French people
must face Germany alone on the
Rhine and leave the continents most
powerful industrial nation with its 65,-
600, 900 inhabitants free to expand in
Central and Eastern Europe in one
way or another. If the French
people do not want war at any cost,
they must eventually take this great
risk, which unquestionably might one
| day deprive them of first rank posi-
ton in Europe. and perhaps deprive
them of their freedom, too.
Wider Responsibility Alternative.
The dilemma's other horn points
inevitably to France assuming in
creasing responsibilities to preserve
the integrity of Austria, Czechoslo-
vakia and the Baltic states. In the
first case, France might finally be
compelled to fight on her own soil
| to save herself. In the second case,
she is likely to be compelled to fight
all over Europe If war comes to save
the allied nations and herself as well,
according to the French viewpoint.
Obviously the international situa-
ton would be much simpler If French
men could have faith in separate
peace with Germany, but they can't
and many of their reasons are per-
fectly understandable. Nevertheless, II
is important to note that the popular
French conception still persists, to the
effect that France is the standard
bearer of civilization, and If she is
again the victim of aggression, all the
important civilized nations will be
virtually compelled to come to her
aid. This conviction Is undoubtedly
more comforting to the Frenchman
than to the American who still re-
members the $4,000, 100000 of I'm.
collectible war debts.
It is interesting, then, to cogitate
over the occasionally Illuminating re-
marks such as this culled from
LEcho de Paris. The writer, Henri
de Kerillis, says If France accepts q
separate peace with the Third Reich
the risk of Germany settling Europe's
destiny In Paris will be evident. Then
he adds:
But if we are strong it is equally
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mined first to fight for a complete ban
on the poppy at home, and then to
demand suppression of the opium mo-
nopolies in the colonies of European
powers and Japan-whence drugs also
were inundating the country. To &C.
neva the Anti-Opium Association sent
representatives to call for worldwide
prohibition.
The Chinese charged that the Brit
ish Empire kept her white" countries
free from drugs, while maintaining
official monopolies in the yellow
colonies; that France followed the
same policy; that japanese had swept
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the menace completely from their
own land, but dignified it as a mo-
nopoly in Chinese populated Formosa;
that America had stamped out mar
cotics in the Philippines in few
months; and that if the powers chose
to do so they could readily eliminate
opium everywhere. The monopoly,
they argued, had only two aims; to
bring revenues TO colonial govern
ments and to keep the masses passive
for drug soaked natives do not re-
volt.
The Europeans at Geneva raised
eyebrows in hurt surprise. On the
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Mah-Jongg Shipments
Ruled Legal in China

NANKING R.-Chinese blue law
advocates received a severe setback
recently in their effort to do away
jongg (Which had q brief splurge in
the United States some years ago).
The Supreme Court ruled that the
railroads were acting within the law
in transporting the mah-jongg blocks.
The blue law forces call 1t a gam
bling game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-26
HITLER SEEN SINCERE.
Peace Intention in Speech Held
Unmistakabie.
BY JOHN ELLIOTT

BERLIN-To at least one foreign
observer sitting in the press gallery
while Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler was
making his great speech-perhaps the
greatest speech of his life-before the
Reichstag on Tuesday night, came to
mind the famous passage of Edmund
Burke's Grafton on American concil-
iation in which the English orator
said:
Refined policy ever has been the
parent of confusion and ever will be
50 long as the world endures. Plain
good intention, which Is as easily dis
covered at first view as fraud is surely
detected at last is. let me say of no
mean force in the government of man
kind. Genuine simplicity of heart is
the healing and cementing principle. 3"
In world that, as Der Fuehrer de-
clared, is suffering from surfeit of
pacts and treaties that create added
insecurity rather than safeguard
peace, Hitler's speech came as a ray
Of light from the Heavens.
Peace Intentions Evident.
To all who heard the Nazi chan
cellor speak in the Knoll Opera House
Tuesday night, the question whether
the Fuehrer is really sincere in want
ing peace was answered once and for
all in the Affirmative. Stanley Bald
wins action in tearing up his pre-
pared address to the House of Com
mons after reading Hitler's speech
duplicated what many another for
eigner did mentally after listening tt
the German chancellor's eloquent
peace plea.
After the silly, futile and hypocriti-
cal action of the western powers In
denouncing Germany for her unilat'
eral scrapping of the military clause:
Of the treaty of Versailles in the Gen
eva resolution, Hitler must have beer
sorely tempted to slam the door anc
not to leave the way open for Ger.
many's return to the League of Ma
tons and to cooperation in the col
lective system for organizing peace
He has insisted as an indispensable
condition, however, namely, that the
Covenant of the League must be de-
tached from the treaty of Versailles
which perpetuates the division of ma,
tions into victor and vanquishee
states.
This d surely Q reasonable demand
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Became National Menace.

By 1924 opium had again become q
national menace of huge dimensions.
Students, many children as young as
10 or II, and in some places mere
babies, were fed the drug: opium was
seeping the vitality Of all classes, all
ages.
In Shanghai the National Anti
Opim Association was formed, with
the backing Of the nations leading
non.military citizens. They, deter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-26

Senator Robert F. Wagner, Democrat,
of New York, who has supported the
President throughout because he op-
poses the infiationary proposal of the
Patman bill and because he is more
interested in economic recovery as a
whole than giving satisfaction to a
special group, has also been painstak-
ing to acknowledge genuine communi-
cations. Senator Wagner, who was in
Germany in the period of imitation
and knows Its disastrous results.
thinks the veterans who now have
preference In jobs and medical care
must share their plight with others.
At first his office sought to answer
all messages and letters. but it was