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Finishing Furniture

spoil the finish. If the piece
is yellow pine or cypress, which
has lots of pitch, it's best to
cover entire surface with a
sealing coat of shellac. Coarse
grained woods like oak or chest
nut should be treated with a
paste filler before applying
paint. The filler may need to
be thinned; follow directions
on the can. When it begins to
set-it will look rather flat
and dull in some spots-wipe
it off with soft cloths, rubbing
across and then with the grain.
Complete Booklet
What to do next? What
paint to use-what bruises?
Our 4O-page Home Institute
booklet, HOW TO PAINT AND
REFINISH FURNITURE, will
guide you Step-by-step. Here
are some Of its chapters:
Kinds of Paint to Use.
Care and Handling of Brushes.
How to Apply Paint.
What to Paint for Every Room.
Renovating Old Furniture.
To order your copy, use cou-
pom.
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thicken and season to taste
with salt, pepper and sugar.
Then, of course, when we
think of tomatoes we always
think of soup. But have you
ever thought of green tomato
soup.
CREAM OF GREEN TOMATO
IL green tomatoes, chopped
l small onion, cut fine
2 cups milk
4 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
Curry powder, if desired
Salt and pepper.
Boil tomatoes and onion u1-
til tender and press through a
fine strainer. Make a sauce
of the milk, butter and flour.
When the white sauce is thor
oughly cooked, blend the two
mixtures, add a small amount
of curry powder, if desired,
and salt and pepper to taste,
and serve at ONCE.
FRIED GREEN TOMATOES
Slice firm green tomatoes
about one half-inch thick, roll
in corn meal seasoned with salt
and pepper. Fry slowly in but
ter or bacon fat and serve with
crisp slices of bacon.
STUFFED GREEN TOMATOES
6 large green tomatoes
l cup diced salt pork
/ cup dry bread crumbs
2 tablespoon chopped parsley
l tablespoon onion pulp
IA teaspoon celery seed
y teaspoon salt
70 teaspoon pepper
- cup buttered crumbs.
Fry salt pork until crisp and
remove from pan. Add parsley
and onion to fat and cook for
three minutes. Add cup dry
bread crumbs, salt, pepper and
celery seed to cooked pork and
mix we'll. Wash tomatoes. Re
move a thin slice from the stem
end, Scoop out pulp carefully
SO tomato shell is not broken.
Mix the pulp with the crumbs
and pork, and add more salt if
necessary. -,
Fill the tomato cups with the
mixture and cover the tops with
buttered crumbs. Put stuffed
tomatoes in a pan in a moder-
ate oven and cook until the
tomatoes are tender and the
crumbs brown. Serve from dish
in which cooked.
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Sailors Popular

Sailors are good too, and us
ually sport little wells. Hats
with brim rolled far up on one
side and down on the other look
smart. Others are of the pill
box type, still others are decided
toqueS or turbans, and some
that are really stunning are
copied from the headdresses of
Halle Selassie and his court.
Feathers trim many hats, little
coz feathers that are nothing
more than a curl, tiny or me-
dium sized wings, often in con-
trasting color, a brush for a
military effect, or rather long
curling feathers that accent the
line of the hat.
Color is often introduced in
the feathers, or they may be
gold, to match the almost in
evitable touch of gold on plain
black or dark dresses. Any
trimming that expresses the ma
terial spirit is good, including
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Etiquette
Make Friends
Carefully
By Mrs. CORNELIUS BEECKMAN
"Dear Mrs. Beeckman:

By Mrs. CORNELIUS BEECKMAN
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
I'm moving back to a neigh
borhoOd in which I once lived,
I find it difficult to revive old
friendships. I refer especially
to a girl whom I do not know
very well, but who is the type
Of girl I should go with. 1
don't see her often. I usually
see her at church at which time
she mods or smiles, and on one
occasion greeted me.
whether she doesn't care to
renew the friendship, or isn't
sure Of who 1 am, I am not
sure. Would it be wrong to try
to renew the friendship and if
not, how should go about 1t?
"S."
Since apparently you haven't
much on which to base your
wish for a beginning of a friend
ship with this girl, you had bet
ter go slow and let this friend
ship develop naturally and on
its own m m e n tum. Your
church affiliation will most cer-
tainly help you in renewing your
old friendship.
Don't give this girl the i'm
preston that you are trying to
force her to chat with you, but
when this comes about natu-
rally, which it undoubtedly
will, determine if you think that
she would like to make an en-
gagement with you.
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BE gay while you work" says
this cheerful peasant kitchen.
And how could you help it
amid such lively colors as maize
yellow, tangerine and rich, deep
blue?
"Expensive!" you're thinking.
No, that's another beauty of a
peasant-type kitchen or dining
nook. inexpensive, unpainted
furniture was selected for our
kitchen in the illustrations
chest, hanging shelf, stretcher
table and chairs. These were
painted in this gay fashion. The
chest was made yellow, with
bands of blue and blue knobs.
The outside of the hanging shelf
was made blue, and the inside
was painted yellow. Chairs were
painted blue and trimmed with
yellow. Tangerine and yellow
patterned calico was used for
curtains and coverings for the
chair pads.
Other Color Schemes
You'd love a gay kitchen, but
the peasant colorings aren't
just right for your house! Then
change the color scheme. Do
your kitchen in ivory and Chi
nese red, or have a breakfast
nook in light gray and lemon
yellow.
Before painting unfinished
furniture. smooth down the sur
face with sandpaper, rubbing
across the grain first, then with
the grain. Brush shellac over
the knots to bind in any pitch
that might later leak out and
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PATTERN 24S6

So becoming to every age
and size, you need but consider
the fabric for this popular pat"
tern. The business or school
girl might choose a washable
plaid, or checked wool-appear-
ing cotton in lively fall shades.
For a more important town
frock, velveteen, corduroy or
wool crepe would be about per-
feet, while for "dress-up" occa-
sions there's the parade Of silks
and Satins to choose from.
That simple Peter-Pan collar
is a charming frame" for any
face, the bodice softly gath
cred or darted to the yoke, flat
tering to any figure. And don't
forget, a frock'S as dreSsy as its
buttons, so give them thought
too.
Pattern 2486 is available in
sizes IA, 16. 18, 20, 80, "a, SO,
80, 40 AMI 42. Size 16 takes 2A
yards 81 inch fabric. Illus
trated Step-by-Step sewing IN
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back to formality.
Aside from the brimmed
sports hats, which are in a class
by themselves and do not enter
into this discussion, we find
good many brims, even on the
small hats. They are scarcely
ever left alone, however. They
are pulled back off the face to
give an extreme off-face line,
they are manipulated into
peaks, either as bi-cornes or tri-
cornes, or in a more unusual
manner or they make "rab-
bit ears" or other pointed ef-
fects . the hat that probably
is most popular this season is
one 1 like to call the rabbit ear
hat
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the beans are tender, then rub
through a colander.
Melt the butter in a pan, add
the molasses which has been
mixed with the other ingredi-
ents, then add the bean pulp
with salt and pepper to taste.
When we'll mixed, and very
hot, pour Immediately over
points of toast and serve imme-
diately. GarnisheS of thin
slices Of broiled bacon improve
Lle olSn. .N.las.INnAi L.ssnGsa q:
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QUESTION OF RELIGION

Dear Miss Fairfax:
"We've been. going together
for four years, and have talked
of marriage. The only obstacle
is that he does not belong to
any church, and l am . strict
church member.
"I've asked him to turn to my
religion, and he has consented
to do this but takes no steps
toward keeping his promise.
I'm not supposed to marry out.
side my church, and do not
know what to do.
''In the past few weeks we
have talked of separating for
life, in which case 1 feel that
everything that matters will be
over for me.
I'm afraid if marry him,
religious questions will arise
which may trouble us. Will you
please give me your advice?
UNHAPPY GIRL"
You're taking this question
entirely too seriously. If the
young man does not interfere
with your religion, your church
will not prevent your marrying
him. This I know positively, as
a similar case occurred in my
own family, a year or two ago,
and the couple are very happy,
the girl going to the church to
which you belong, and the
young man to his church.
He has not objected to their
baby being baptized in his wife's
church, as she takes her re-
ligion more seriously than he
does. Live and let live is the
modern policy of all churches.
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If you have
not then here
is something
different and
S u r prisingly
good.
The Bureau
of Home Eco
nomic, U. S.
D e partment
Of A g ri C ul-
t ure, h a S
done a great
lot of expert
menting with
recipes using
green toma-
knnn ond To
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Beauty
BeauhfulArn7S
And Hands
By DONNA GRACE

Oy OOGNGNA NGNkANG
The arms and hands should
always be kept in just as good
condition as the face. While
we are not all wearing formal
clothes every evening, we should
at least be sure that the arms
and hands are in perfect condi-
ton to wear evening clothes at
any time.
Just in case some of my girls
have been neglectful Of this i'm
portant point bit, I am going
to give you a few suggestions
to follow:
First, you must give your arm
muscles some exercise every day
to get them rounded and firm.
The ones in my reducing course
are very good. The next impor-
tant thing is a good application
Of soap and water. Have q
thick, creamy lather and use a
brush or a fine pumice stone
around the elbows. Take from
three to five minutes for this
operation, then rinse with cold
water until there is no trace Of
soap left.
Your next step Is to rub the
arms well with a very generous
amount of an oily cleansing
cream or cocoanut oil. Take
from three to four minutes for
this; then remove the cream
carefully and apply the follow
ing pack:
2 tablespoonfuls of Fullers
earth
2 tablesponfulS Of almond
meal
2 tablespoonfuls Of peroxide
Add enough witch hazel to
make a creamy paste, spread in
a thick layer over the arms and
hands and leave it on for from
10 to is minutes. You can dou-
BILE the amount of your mixture
if you need more of it.
Remove the paste with cool
water. Pat dry, then sponge
witch hazel and then massage
well with a good tissue cream.
Put about a half teaSpoonful
of cream in the palm of your
hand and rub around the ell.
bows with a firm circular mo-
ton, then up on the shoulder
and around in a circular mo-
ton. Then on the forearm and
hands, one finger at time.
After a thorough massage, wipe
off the cream and sponge with
an astringent Of toilet water,
and you are ready for your
makeup.
The powder base can be
either liquid or a creamy one;
both serve the same purpose,
but they must be put on care
fully without streaking. There
is a little sponge to apply it.
Then it should be blended with
the finger tips and allow to
dry before the powder is ap-
piled.
Do not wash the hands often,
but have a bottle of hand To-
tion and cream where you can
use whenever the hands are
soiled. There are bleaches to
apply, also, whenever you
cleanse your hands.
The use of almond or oat-
meal bags is much more Sooth-
ing to use than soap. You can
buy the bags ready prepared.
but if you wish to make them
at home I will send you the
formula. They are lovely to
have on hand especially during
the cold weather.
If you wish to have my hand
treatment / will be glad to send
it to you. Send me a stamped,
self.addreSsed envelope for your
reply and address Donna Grace,
Beauty Editor Of this paper.
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IN many grocery stores.
The tomatoes in most cases
are hand-picked, solid, and in
uniform sizes.
Probably you have never tried
preparing green tomatoes in any
other manner except in pickles.
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2 cups white beans
2 tablespoons dark molasSes
2 tablespoons butter
teaspoon prepared mustard
tablespoon vinegar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
tablespoon onion juice
Salt and pepper
Wash and pick the beans and
soak overnight in cold water.
Put into fresh cold water the
next morning and cook until
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Fur Is Coming

Very few touches Of fur have
appeared yet, but they are ex-
pected to be worn a great deal
later on, as are fur hats. Per-
sian lamb will be the favorite,
as it has been so very popular
for coats and for trimming
coats and suits.
Most of the hats seen so far
are of smooth felt and velourS,
though some rough felts or
novelties have been seen too.
Velvet seems to be best for
afternoon, though any num-
ber of other things will soon
be here for dining out and tea
dancing.
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CO6S dIIu To- Jean Green
day we are passing on some Of
the new and novel methods
which have been fully tested
and approved.
STEWED GREEN TOMATOES
Scald green tomatoes to
loosen the skins. Peel and
slice. Cook until tender with
a few slices of onion if desired.
Add buttered bread crumbs to
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b | o W / n g.
Blacks ar e
far in the
majority . {.
which they
nearly always
are at this
time Of the
year. Nearly
every woman
buys at least
one black hat
q year, and
it is usually
her first hat
in the fall.
It's a step to-
ward getting
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consta n tt y.
The first ink
ling we h a d
W a s W h e n
Beaumont, an
A m e rica n
A Army S u r.
geon, used his
patient Alexis
St. M a r t i n,
who h a d re-
ceived a shot
g u n wound
exposing h S
S t o m a c h,
through t h e
ope min g in
the abdomi-
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Editors Note: Six pamphlets
by DR.. Clendening can now
be obtained by sending 10 cents
in coin, for each, and Self-ad-
dressed envelope stamped with a
three-cent stamp, to DR.. Logan
Clendening, in care of this paper.
The pamphlets are: indigestion
and Constipation" Reducing
and Gaining" Infant Feeding"
instructions for the Treatment
of Diabetes" Feminine Hy-
giene," and THE Care Of the
Hair and Skin"
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HAGGARD'S DELIGHT


IL large, firm, sour pickles
/ quart good apple vinegar
3 pounds brown sugar
u box mixed spices
Dissolve sugar in vinegar in
large bowl. Cut pickles in
round slices, about one half
inch thick. After the sugar
has dissolved in the vinegar
put a layer of the cut pickles
in the bowl and sprinkle spices
over them.
Do this until all are used.
Let stand in bowl for three
days, stirring the mixture at
regular intervals. Then put
into thoroughly cleaned jars
and set away for future use.
This is a delicious recipe and
is made with a minimum Of
trouble.
Submitted by Mrs. James
Clark.
Nert week this newspaper
DiH pay ST for each published
recipe for a particular kind OF
fish such as mGckerel, salmon,
white fish or hard heads, for
example.
You haze until Saturday, Sep
tember 2S, to enter the contest.
Mail recipes to Miss Jean
Green, The Washington Times,
1917 H St. N. w.
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Health
OF
Digestion

BY LOGAN CLENDENING, MD.
Our knowledge Of the proc.
esses Of digestion is compare
lively new and is being added to
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Beatrice Fairfax Advises
Youth to E1ope If Girl
Knows Own Mind
Bv BEATRICE FAIRFAX

Written Exclusively for The Washington Times
"Dear Miss Fairfax:
MY girl is only child, and we've been engaged for
seven years. She's 25 years of age and is still and
papas little pet and I'm getting mighty tired Of it. too
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Retains Flavor

Retains Flavor
Tins containing seasonings
should be kept tightly covered
or they will lose their flavor.
This is also true of tea and
coffee.
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Il own a dandy lot In the sub
urbs. In fact, it's two lots, 100
feet wide and $50 feet deep. 1
have the money to 90 ahead
and build a nice home, but every
time I bring up the subject, she
says she doesn't want to leave
her mother and father.
"She wants me to live with
them, and I'm against that.
The old folks seem to resent it,
that their daughter and are en-
gagged. They barge in on US all
the time, interfere with our
plans, and you'd think was
courting them instead Of the
girl.
I'm getting mighty restless.
have a feeling if back out
now, these two old vampires will
consume their daughter.
"I'm sorry for this girl. I love
her, but 1t seems to me foolish
to waste any more Of my life.
"JIM."
Such stories as yours, my
dear Jim, always bring to
mind, the unpleasant fact that
cats eat their own kittens.
Without realizing it, the
utterly selfish love of some
parents consumes a daughters
youth and life, leaving her a
withered flower on a dead
stalk, when they have gone.
Can't you persuade her to
elope with you, and go ahead
and build your house in the
suburbs? But if she insists on
remaining mama's and papa's
little pet, better look about for
another girl who is more ap-
preciative.
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The Washington Times Is
paying ST for each F1Uortte
Recipe for pickles and reltShes
published this tDeeE.
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OM-Face Hats Prominent
With Early Autumn
Costumes
Costumes
BY WILMA LAVILLE

Headreveaing is the word used to describe the early fall
hats by of the better New York authorities It fits
exactly-as the hats do Not that they do form sill
houee all by hemselvenot that they do things to
and for head But the body the hat follows the shape
of the head and of course, it must fit perfectly.
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Green Tomatoes Used In
Tempting New Dishes
By JEAN GREEN

The for green tomatoes has arrived Well before
the first hard frost the supply marketed increases and this
week great quantities be found country markets and
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for
the Home
To Scar Roast

Roasts can be scared under
meath the broiler flame while
other foods are baking in the
oven Of your stove. Finish cook
ing them in the oven.
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Creole Recipes

The following recipe is from Ne10 Orleans lady, Uho
is famous for the deIcacies her hospitality has long
afforded her fortunate guests. The Times v print
of these recipes every day.
WHITE BEANS WITH MoLAssEs
This is an easily prepared dish that might be used with
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TWO OF the very smartest furs you can
wear for luncheon, afternoon and the cock
tail hour are black caracul and gray Persian
lamb. They're both shown here, very slick,
smooth coat of extremely light weight, silky
caracul, made with the new jabot collar that
can be worn up in the back or down, as
shown, and q coat Of gray Persian which is
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The ashingtOn Times
Home Institute, 1O9 w. 18th
St., New York, N. Y.
Enclosed find 15c for booklet
"HOw to Paint and Refinish
Furniture
NdL41C
Please print name & address plainly
Street ....................
City and State.
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nal wall, to direct inspection.
Beaumont determined the rate Of
digestion of various kinds Of
food and the changes that oc.
CURED in the process of diges-
tion.
His experiments have been re-
peated in various ways, proba-
bly, the most extensive studies
being those Of RehfusS and
Hawke. They removed food
through the stomach tube at
various stages and times Of the
digestive process in many hun
dred different people with every
sort Of food.
Two Types
Perhaps the most useful con-
clusion which they made was
that there are two types of di.
gesters-fast and slow-those
who do it in about three hours
and those who DO it in about
four. and whose schedule never
changes in sickness or in health.
Early this spring an interest
ing report came from England.
Two X-ray specialists, Drs. w.
c. D. Maile and K. j. l.. Scott,
studied the duration of diges-
ton, as determined by the X-ray,
on various kinds of foodstuffs.
While X-ray studies Of digestion
have often been made, such ex.
tenSive studies on single foods
by the X-ray have never been
done before.
1t will be news > most people
that milk takes longer than
nearly any other food to digest.
A pint of water will leave the
stomach in IS minutes, pint
OF boiled milk in five hours.
Usual Time
The usual time for digestion
of an ordinary meal is three and
one-half to four hours. Bodily up
sets, as we'll as mental and emo
tlonal upSets, delay digestion.
The digestive time of various
foods, as determined by Drs.
Maile and Scott, is as follows:
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tassels and braid ornaments
They 60 so we'll with certain
dresses we are wearing.
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MoSC women are wearing
felts, and their choice shows
which way the first winds are
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-10-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Kelly and fam
lily, from West Virginia, attended the
funeral of j. P. Pennington, Saturday.
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mental Western North Carolina inn
provement to be returned to his right
pocket and to be used in this con-
stuction.
That is more than merely signifi-
CAPT of the influence of Congressman
Doughton with the President.
His rescue of this project which
had caught the imagination of the
people of this State as no other pro-
posed undertaking in generation
will more solidly enthrone him upon
the pedestal of the appreciation of
the people Of North Carolina and con-
crete in the end to be towering pub
lie service which he performed in
this emergency.-Charlotte Observer.
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LEGION STILL HOPES FOR
BONUS PAYMENT

The national American Legion con-
vention that has just closed at ST..
Louis has gone on record as favoring
another battle in the next Congress
for the payment of the bonus, al
though it is generally conceded that
the next session of Uncle Sans law
makers will work out a plan of pay
ment anyway. ,...-.
-. It is, perhaps, significant that the
1egionaires expressed their disapprov-
al Of the Patman bonus bill which
President Roosevelt vetoed This bill
called for infationary measures with
which to provide the necessary money
for payment, and even the veterans
were not in favor of that proposal.
How Congress will manage the
payment of the bonus is something
that is yet to be figured out, but the
veterans are no less eager than the
majority of the rest of the United
States to see this question settled to
the satisfaction of all concerned.
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GEORGE BAKER OF CRESTON
JOINS UNITED STATES ARMY

George Baker left Monday of last
week for Bristol, Va, where he en-
listed in the U. S. Army. He is now
in New York from where he will sail,
sometime this week for Hawaii where
he has been assigned duty.
Mr.. Baker is the only son of Mr..
and Mrs. R. P. Baker, of Creston, and
is a brother of Miss Eleanor Baker,
who is we'll and favorably known
among the county's younger set.
He received his education, at the
Jefferson High School and Lees-Mc-
Rae College, Banner Elk, where he
served as president of the student
body in his senior year, and A.ST.C.,
Boone. While Mr.. Baker comes of
families we'll known in the county
who date back to colonial and pre-
Revolutionary days, he is probably
lest known for his athletic ability,
having made a name for himself
both while in. college, and as an all
star player at home.
He will be greatly missed but his
leaving takes with him the best
wishes Of his many friends who will
be ready to welcome him back at any
time.-Reported.
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AS war hovers over Europe and the
American Legion closes another an
nual convention, it is more evident
than ever that few of the legionaires
would care to again shoulder the
hardships through which they passed
almost two decades ago. A refunding
plan of the Treasury brings to light
the fact that war expenditures
amounting to about fifteen billion
dollars still tarry as part of the
public debt. Memorial structures Of
one kind and another are fairly perm
anent and satisfactory as reminders,
but as a memorandum of something
that happened in the past, nothing
seems to defy the assaults of time
quite so we'll as the old fashioned
debt.