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The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20
The Patriotic Hen

TIM FITCH, a former resident of
- Manchester, N. H., remembers it
just as well as If it had happened
day after tomorrow. He was riding
in the cab of a locomotive on the
Boston and Maine railroad with his
Uncle Ira, the engineer. North of
Concord, a gray and white speckled
hen started across the track. Uncle
Ira footed his whistle and the hen
started running up the track. A
moment later she disappeared.
"Too bad" said Uncle Ira, "but
she ought to have made up her
mind about crossing the railroad
sooner"
Jim was pretty sad about the
fate of that hen. But imagine his
surprise when they slowed down
for the next stop, the brakeman
went through the train calling out
plymouth Plymouth !" Off the
cowcatcher jumped the hen and she
went clucking away as much as to
say, "Of course, know when it's
time for me to get off d"
Suddenly she began cackling and
made a dash up the street as though
looking for something. AS the train
pulled out the last thing Jim saw
was the hen STOPPING down and
creeping into a small dog kennel in
a back yard.
Three weeks later Jim went back
to Plymouth to it's Fourth of July
celebration and he heard some
more about her. That morning the
patriotic hen, who traced her an
cestry back to Plymouth Rock,
Matched out three chickens. One
was red, one was white and one
was blue. But all three had bow
legs because the kennel into
which their mother had stopped to
enter had been built for a dachs-
hund.
G Western Newspaper Union.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20
FEW CHANGES IN
A CHILD'S WORLD
AS TIME GOES ON

ITO say that boys today are more
era, that modern girls are young
ladies at twelve, is to lay oneself
open to a charge of reckless judg-
ment, says Charles T. Muller in
Scribner's Magazine" Because, un-
til approximately fourteen, normal
boys and girls of every generation
live in a world that has nothing
adult in it.
Their juvenile universe is a SIM
pie, wholesome place. They guard
it jealously from all who do not ap-
proach with friendly understanding.
"Basically, there is no difference,
no change in what appealed to chill
dren of yesterday, and what appeals
to today's youngsters. The cut
lasses of ancient 'searOvers and the
machine-guns of Twentieth century
bandits carry, in themselves, no
moral significance.
"They are merely the peculiar trap
pings of distinctive eras. And, while
adults of each era are viewing the
outer trappings with alarm. boys and
girls are admitting the bravery and
loyalty of the men and women be-
meath the trappings. {
"The simple virtues of bravery,
loyalty, and fair play are what boys
and girls look for. a.
''Given intelligent guidance in
handling their own problems in their
own way, boys and girls will make a
fine job of living.
"Being initiative, and eager for
praise, the youngsters often ape the
worst adult externals. With the re-
suit that they are criticized for an
unbecoming sophistication.
when left to themselves, how
ever. when allowed to develop their
own ideas, the vivid imaginations Of
the average boy and girl carry them
into fine fields, and urge them to
splendid accomplishments"
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20
Cooking Under Difficulties

TEDDY BLUE of the Three
l. Deuce ranch in Montana re-
members what an annoying time he
had when he came up from Texas
with a trail herd back in 1883.
When the cook died, the boss found
out that Teddy knew something
about singing grub together and
made him take charge of the chuck
wagon.
In it he found plenty of bacon,
flour, beans, baking powder, sugar,
coffee and everything else needed
to feed the hungry crew of punch
ers. But the only trouble was that
they were out on treeless plain
where there wasn't a stick of wood
visible anywhere.
Then one of the punchers lit
cigarette and snapped the still-blaz-
ing match into a bunch of buffalo
grass. 1t famed up and right then
Teddy had an idea. He ran and
got the coffee pot, filled it up, threw
some bacon In a skillet and start
ed toward the place where the fire
in the buffalo grass was spreading.
Holding the coffee pot and the
skillet over the flame he followed
the line of blazing grass and in
short time the bacon began to siz-
zle and the coffee began to steam
a bit. After a while Teddy said
to himself, "Well. l guess she's
ready to serve nOw." But when he
looked up he discovered that he had
followed the flame until he was
111a miles from camp. BY the time
he got back the bacon and the cof-
fee were cold. The boys grumbled
about having to eat cold chuck. so
Teddy quit as cook right there.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20
Tall Tales
g
AS Told to-:
FRANK E. HACAN and
ELMO SCOTT WATSON
Echoes as Alarm Clocks

GkIlOCS dO k1ldA LII SAOSho
Modern Americans who have
4NA to invest in alarm clocks in
order to be certain of waking up in
time for work each morning may
well envy the good fortune of jim
Bridger, famous frontiersman, who
was able to draft Mother Nature
into service to assure early rising.
Near Bridger's ranch in Wyoming
were some obsidian cliffs. Frequent
ly he heard the sharp crack of a
rifle which puzzled him, because he
knew there was no one within 147
miles of his home. Finally it
dawned on him that these reports
were the echoes of the rifle shots
which he had fired the previous day
when he was getting his daily sup
ply of fresh meat. These Obsidian
cliffs had caught the report Of his
rifle, held it overnight and then
sent it back to him each day to re-
mind him that it was time to go
out hunting again.
Next it occurred to Jim that he
might just as we'll make use Of the
echoes in other ways. SO every
time he knew that he had to get
up early the next morning, he
would step outside the door, face
the cliffs and shout: "Hey, Jim, it's
time to get up!" And, sure enough,
the next morning he would be awak-
ened by the echo shouting in his
ear: "Hey, Jim, it's time to get up !"
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20
Mrs. BaiIey's
Sensitive Skin
Rash Broke Out But
Cuficura S0othed

Read this letter-how smarting
rash and blisters due to external
causes were relieved in almost no
time by Cuticura.
Il noticed an itching sensation on
my face and arms. 1t afterwards
formed bliSters that left the skin
very tender and sensitive. Finally a
rash broke out which, when rubbed,
caused a smarting and intense itch
ing. 1t was agony.
"A sample of Cuticura Soap and
Ointment relieved me so much that
L bought some. After using one cake
of Cuticura Soap and One-half tin of
Cuticura Ointment, the rash disap-
peared." (Signed) Mrs. Grace Bailey,
800 East 201st St, Bronx, New York
City.
Cuticura also soothes the irritation
of pimpleS, ringworm, burning and
itching of eczema with wonderful
speed and effectiveness. Buy today.
Ointment 25c. Soap 25c. Samples
FREE. Write to ''Cuticura," Dept.
10, Maiden, Mass.-Adv.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20
Coronary Thrombosis

VOU are reading very often these
Il days of individuals dying of
corOnary thrombosis.
This means that the cOrOnary ar
terry or blOOdveSsel that carries the
blood to the heart muscle so as to
enable it to squeeze blood out
through the big tube to all parts
of the body has become blocked by
a clot of blood called a thrombus.
Naturally if blood cannot get
through this vessel which is the
size of goose quill then the heart
will have no strength with which
to pump and the patient will die.
However all these patients do not
die because when the blood finds
that it cannot enter this blOOdves-
sci because the clOt or thrOmbuS
blocks it then it "makes" its way
around this vessel through smaller
tubes or blOOdyessels and gives the
heart muscle enough strength to
keep pumping the blood.
DR.. Warren 3. Cooksey, Detroit,
in paper read before the Central
Society for Clinical Research, Chi
cago, says that if the shock of the
attack is not too great and the pa
tient lives for a few weeks after
wards, he often will recover so com
pletely and the blood circulation
supplying the heart muscle will So
thoroughly re-establish itself in
time, that many useful years will
remain to the individual.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20

ance with the weight, one weighing
80 pounds taking half the size of
the dose Of another weighing 300
pounds. This would be simple
enough except that all overweights
do not react the same to the drug.
Thus one gets a skin rash, anoth-
er abdominal symptoms, another the
symptoms of shock, all by the use
Of the average" dose, while others
take almost twice the average dose
with no symptoms except that of
heat and profuse sweating.
The fact that must always be re-
membered is that while fat is a
liability or menace to health, new
ertheless while it was being put
on it was in gradual manner, and
the body was able to add the few
ounces daily without trouble. SINH
larly if fat is to be removed you
can understand that it should be
removed in the same gradual man.
ner and there will thus be no
"shOck" to the system which is the
danger in using fat reducing drugs.
AS stated by DR.. l.. f. Bishop.
Fordhau university, some months
ago, Fat may be removed by TAX
ing certain drugs. but only at the
expense of strength and health, and
an alarming weakness of the heart
often results. The reduction of
weight by drugs disturbs other or
gans in the body.
May Cause Shock.
Now while dinitrophenol does rot
put the extra work on the heart
that is done by other drugs-thy-
rOid extract for instance-neverthe-
less the severe sweating and the
rapid loss of the fat, which fat may
be supporting certain organs, so up
sets the usual workings of these
organs that shock or ill health may
result.
bONIOlo EOlOShlOu
Cutting state that so effective is the
drug in burning up the tissues that
the temperature of the body is
raised and the drinking of much
water to dissipate the heat is urged.
The treatment was administered to
10 patients.
I venture to say that any physi-
clan by studying his patients food
needs, supervising carefully Sc
lected reducing diet. and prescrib-
ing an increased amount of exer-
cise-however slight-can obtain q
weight reduction of three to four
ounces daily without shock or dan
ger to the patient, and the patient
will be stronger at the end of the
said SS days than before the weight
was reduced.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20
Greatest Gambling Resort

Macoa, said to be the worlds
greatest gambling resort, is forty
miles by steamer from Hongkong
1t is the oldest European Settle
ment in China, settled as a colony
by the Portuguese in 1867. At one
time Macao was great commercial
city, but its trade has dwindled
to almost nothing, although its OPT
um dealing still affords a good liv-
ing to many residents of the island.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20
Curled Lovelocks for Men
Was Vogue in l7th Century

Some of the most absurd fashions
in history have been followed by
men. One of the classics, which
came into vogue among the noble
men of Seventeenth-century England,
was the wearing of lovelocks, two
long locks of hair that came down
the sides of the head and repOsed
gracefully on the chest. Each lock
was nicely curled and tied with a
dainty ribbOn.-Collier'S
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20
Beware Coughs
from common colds
That Hang On

No matter how many medicines
you have tried for your cough, chest
get relief now with Creomulsion.
Serious trouble may be brewing and
you cannot afford to take a chance
with anything less than Creomul-
sion, which goes right to the seat
of the trouble to aid nature to
soothe and heal the infamed men,
branes as the germ-laden phlegm
is loosened and expelled.
Even If other remedies have
failed, don't De discouraged, your
druggist is authorized to guarantee
Creomulsion and to refund your
money If you are not satisfied with
results from the very first bottle.
Get Creomulsion right now. (Adv0
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20

truGged into enduring fame? Be
lasco and Tom Wise and Frank
Bacon and HolbrOok Blinn and
Dave Warfield and many another.
We also welcomed some new
members We're very exclusive
There are groups here that'll take
in people who even failed to make
the Book of the Month club. But
to join up with us, you must have
written something significant - in
surance or promissory notes or
booster slogans. We're angling now
for distinguished new figure in
the field Of literature. He does
sky-writing, by the way.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20
New Deals 3rd Birthday.

THIS being the third anniver-
l. sary Of the New Deal, l was
just thinking that, whether or not
it lived through the early part of
next November, it's folks could nev-
er reprOach themselves that they'd
failed to give their darling baby
kins the best nursing money could
buy. Just then who should rush
in but Michael StrOgloff, the cOur-
ier of the cZar, shouting that the U.
S. marines had landed with a con-
tradictiOn of the exciting announce
ment made only yesterday by the
same fellow who took the message
to Garcia that time?
Hold on, I'm getting all twisti-
fed. What I'm trying to say is
that one day the word for a pal
pitating planet was that Douglas
Fairbanks, Sr., was positively 60
ing to marry Lady Ashley, where
as but "a hours before, he positive
ly was not going to marry Lady
Ashley. Then finally he did it.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20
Main Street Ambition

ONE hears San Francisco would
~ lure more inhabitants in an eff
fort to Overtake Los Angeles. But
why?
And why do Americans get drunk
on population statistics? It's their
headiest tipple, Every time Uncle
Sam lo0seS his census figures, some
towns go into mourning because
they haven't grown any faster and
other towns have public dancing
in the streets because a swarm of
new people have moved in to make
traffic cOngested and living incOn-
yenient and pleasant neighborhoodS
crowded.
Offhand, think of but one city
whose ruling citizens mainly are
content with things as they are
The lovely and fascinating city of
Charleston. Elsewhere we appear
to share with the red ants the mad
passion to take on additional red ants
until the anthill overflOws and all
the old resident ants are lost in
the shuttle.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20

1NIlT0DKY
A DR.. JAMES w. BARTON
Talk, About -
Use of Dinitrophenol

ssT TSE of the drug dinitro-
~ phenol should be adopt
ed only as a last resort for re-
ducing weight, but in spite of
the danger attending its use it is a
valuable drug when properly admin
istered."
The above quotation is from the
group of physicians in San Fran
ciscO-Drs. Maurice L. Tainter, A.
B. Stockton and w. c. Cutting
who have been experimenting with
this drug for about three years. The
above statement was made at the
annual meeting Of the American
Medical association, Atlantic City.
However as dinitrophenOl may be
obtained in any drug store and the
dosage is on the package, it is i'm
portant that physicians study this
drug and it's effects so that if no
good is obtained by it's use at least
no harm can come to their patients.
There are a number of points
that must be remembered in the
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20

use of this drug.
The size of the dose
depends upon the
size or weight of
the individual, be-
cause an individual
weighing 150pounds
may weigh more in
proportion to his
figure or physique
than one weighing
300 pounds.
The usual dosage,
however, is pre-
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20

the ancient days,
when, to qualify as
a trOuper, one had
to be a pedestrian.
Before they asked
you whether you
co Id act, t h e Y
found out w h a t
kind of a walker
you were. But how
many of t h o S e
sure-fOOted CalifOr-
MIA b e ginn n ers
co un t e d cross
a 9 q c. n n ~
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20
what ~(LL
N,Sm).\oD0
-EWb'> thinks
2-about:
Corned Beef and Plagiarism

Corned Beef and Plagiarism
HOLLYWOOD, CALF
l. Il The luncheon of our Writ
ers' Club, Inc, (Red Inc.) is a
weekly function, with corned
beef and cabbage and plagiar-
ism charges, This week we had
with us the leading fiction
writer of the Pacific slope - Mr..
Daingerfeld, the local weather fore
caster.
Another guest was William A.
Brady, the grand old man Of the
American stage, with great tales of
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20

England has re-
fused Frances
request for i'm
mediate assist
ance in forcing
Germany's arm
les fro m t h e
Rhineland. Eng
land even hints
that France may
be partly to
blame.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20
BOYS! GIRLS!

Read the Grape Nuts ad in another
column of this paper and learn how
to join the Dizzy Dean Winners and
win valuable free prlzes.-Adv.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20

DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription makes
weak women strong. No alcohol. Sold
by druggists in tablets or liquid-Adv.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20

France appeals
to all members
of the League of
Nations "in q
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20
Feminine Bank Rolls

WHY can't people mind their
w own business? A merchandise
ing expert, who probably was just
sitting around the house during the
cold spell with nothing to do ex-
cept feed the stove. made an ex-
haustive inquiry to find out what
American women carry in their
handbags. He now reports that, in
addition to gobs of other things in
Guiding lipstick, cigarettes, hair
pins and recipes, the average wom-
ans pocketbOOk contains $674 in
cash.
1t was perhaps all right for the
gentleman to satisfy his morbid
curiosity. Where he erred was in
making his discovery public. Just
consider how busy the boys in con-
gress will be thinking up new taxes,
when they hear about that much
money still being in circulation.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20
Needed Cure

An able-bOdied sense of contempt
would head off many a demagogue
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20

fight for peace"
But, with England holding back,
other signers of the Locarno pact
are not inclined, in the language of
the day, to "stick their necks out"
The United States is doing and
spending in big way. The Public
Works administration says more
than $1,000,OOO,OOO worth of prof.
ects have been completed, with S.
2OO,OOO,O00 of other work still under
construction. Twelve hundred mil
lions have been spent for materials,
all involving labor; $639, 100000 for
wage payrOlls, by PWA. Organized
labor presents a building program
of $5OO,OOO,0O0 to occupy the idle
building trades.
If money holds out, and the inf1a-
ton bonds keep their value. this
will be remembered as the building
age.
A level-headed young man Is the
new English king. After seeing the
new giant Cunarder named for his
mother, walking seven miles up and
down In it, he visited the slums Of
Glasgow, called the worst and red
dest" in England. Some ultra "left
wing" city councillors refused to be
presented to him. That's perfectly
all right said the king. Tell them
I'll come and have tea with them
instead" This he did. Two thousand
ship workers cheered and called him
Good Old Teddy"
The king, who visited individual
tenements, knocking at the doors,
patting babies on the head, keeps
up with the times. No English king
did that before.
There are different ways Of han
ding strikes, depending on public
officials. At Akron, Ohio, a strike
of milk drivers disturbs consuming
families and producing farmers.
Herman E. Werner, public prose-
cutOr, says cOldly: Anyone who in
terfereS with milk deliveries will
face guns, and the order will be
Shoot to kill"
Akron has 10000 men out of
work; too many, at one time, for
that sized place, and the city is
tired Of it.
How many millions would be
killed, gassed, bombed, ripped to
pieces by shrapnel and machine
gun fire before Hitler or the ma
ton back of him could be persuaded
that he is not a reincarnation Of
Frederick the Great, or Napoleon?
This time murderOus war would
be deliberate. No grand duke heir
to an imperial throne has been muir
dered to supply the spark.
The Department of Commerce
cannot explain the Arkansas air
crash, on January IA, that killed
II. 1t says some passenger may
have incapacitated the pilot or in
terfered with controls"
The local sheriff says somebody
inside the plane fired kind of
pistol. Bullet marks were found.
Let air passengers before en-
barking pass before the electric de-
vice that reveals instantly pistol
or any other metal object. No de-
cent passenger would object. Guns
and knives might be parked" on
entering a plane.
Japan is the question mark in
fhn ci Jnn
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20
Politicians Making Claims

IN CONGRESS these mad March
days are being much used for
plain and fancy claiming.
The Republicans claim the Demo
cratic party is to blame for the re-
cent bad times and deserves no
credit for the better times now
prevalent, the Republican theory
being that the good fairies must
have brought 'em.
The Democrats claim that such
bad times as we've had since they
moved in were really inherited from
the final stretch of the previous ad-
ministration, which, as they seem
to recall, was one of the best times
for bad times anybody ever saw.
IRWIN S. COBB.
G--WNU Service
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20

Our Illiterates
So many people who are ignorant
don't mind it.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
Maybe Peace, After All
Building in a Big Way
A Level-Headed King
One Strike Method

The real war news from Europe
it sounds like peace news-is that
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20
ne N1n0 BY
LOWELL
Meier % HENDERSON
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The Four-Wo ord Test
G Bell syndicate.-wNU Service.

In this test there are four words
given in each problem. Three of the
four in each case have a definite re
lationShip to one another. Cross
out the one word that does not be-
long iu each problem.
|. John c. Calhoun, Stephen A.
Douglas, Oliver Cromwell, Henry
Clay.
>. PWA. Hole, YMCA, IVA.
3. Scotch, Catholic, Irish, Spanish
T. Thirty, forty. fifty. sixtieth.
X George B Mcclellan, "StOne
WALL Jackson. William T. Sherman.
Philip H. Sheridan.
6. Cure, aggravate, remedy, heal
I. jefferson City, Columbia, st.
Louis. Frankfort.
s. John Gasworthy, Thomas
Gainsbor0U2h, Rudyard Kipling, Will
liam Shakespeare.
9. Henry Picard, Babe Herman,
Johnny Revolta, Horton Smith.
10. Charles Curtis. Thomas r. Mar
shall, John Tyler, Charles w. Fair
banks.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20

ELORESTON SHAMPOO Ideal for use in
conaectionwith Parker's Hair Basam Makes the
hair soft and fluffy. 80 cents by mail or at drug
gists. Hiscox Chemical Works. Patchogue, NY.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20
Don't
Guess But
Know
Whether the Pain"
Remedy You Use
is SAFE?
Don't Entrust Your
Own or Your Family's
Well = Being to Unknown
Preparations

THE person to ask whether the
l. preparation you or your family
are taking for the relief of headaches
is SAFE to use regularly is your
family doctor. Ask him particularly
about Genuine BAYER ASPIRIN.
He will tell you that before the
discovery of Bayer Aspirin most
pain remedies were advised
against by physicians as bad for the
stomach and, often, for the heart.
Which is food for thought if you
seek quick, safe relief.
Scientists rate Bayer Aspirin
among the fastest methods yet dis
covered for the relief of headaches
and the pains of rheumatism. neu-
ritis and neuralgia. And the expert
ence of millions of users has proved
it safe for the average person to use
regularly. In your oDR interest re-
member this.
You can get Genuine Bayer
Aspirin at any drug store = simply
by asking for it by its full name,
BAYER ASPIRIN. Make it a
point to do this - and see that you
get what you want.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20
Answers

l. Oliver Cromwell.
.. YMCA.
2. Catholic.
4. SiXtieth.
,. "Stonewall" Jackson.
6. Aggravate.
I. st. Louis.
s. Thomas Gainsborough.
o. Babe Herman.
10. John Tyler.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20

Another Sock for War
After every war the taxes 60 up
sometimes scandalOusly.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-03-20

The treasury finds that in the
first eight months of this fiscal year
it has accumulated a deficit of ST.
410,000,000. The country took IN
$2.34S, 100000 and spent $4,75S,OOO,-
coo. In prosperous times the cOun-
try's total income is $9O,O00,00O, ;
but when will those times" come
back?
@ King Features Syndicate, Inc.
WNU Service.