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Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17
PEAK OF SOCIAL ACTIVITY


Midwinter brings the high point OF
social activity. In the circles of ex-
elusive society. the parties and the
dances are running at top pressure.
There are many pale faces and much
dark brown taste ON the day after
the night before. But the devotees
of night life can always muster up
enough ginger for one more jam
bOree.
Such gaiety is not limited TO the
glorified lists of the -Four Hundred"
In many country towns in Delaware
there are SO many bridge parties. so
many church suppers, SO many ba-
zaars. that it is impossible to put on
a show without conflicting with
somebody's dates. You don't have
to be millionaire to overdo the So
cial whir1.
Social activity creates friendship.
makes life pleasant, and sharpens
the wit. But quiet evenings at home |
are also essential. If people can't |
spend two or three evenings a week |
pY their own fresides. they may have
to spend many. weeks in bed.
Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17
MILLIONS ALIENS ExCLuDEn

Only about $4,000 alien immi-
grants were admitted to the couu-
try during the last fiscal year. The
government estimates that if it had
not been for the rigid exclusion
laws, we should have taken in l.
100000 more Of these foreign people
within FIVE years.
In times like recent yesIs. people
should stay i'm their own home
countries. Millions of immigrants
who previously came over here have
not been able to make a living.
Many of them have either gone
home, or had to be supported at
public expense. The foreigner who
can't speak our language is worse
off than the traditional "cat in a |
strange garret." He would better
stick to his own attic. even il It is a |
kind of lean and hungry place.
Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17
IS AMERICA sAFEg

Is America a safe country to Iiv,
in? This question is suggested h,
the departure of Colonel and Mrs
Lindbergh for England, principally
because of fears for the safety of
their son. Considering the prevail
ence of crime. the incessant auto
mobile accidents. etc, it can be ar
gued that America is not a safe
country for anybody to live in.
1t seems a terrible thing that S5.-
600 people were killed last year in
automobile accidents. But most peo-
pie say I'VE should worry" until
some member of their own family
is hit by a reckless driver.
The person who never worries be-
cause other people get hurt, or be-
cause others are the victims of bru-
tai crimes. is perhaps the one most
likely to suffer from such calamitiesI
iimself.
Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17
NEW INDUSTRIES

New concerns are constantly start,
ing out in the manufacturing field
Many of them will never make good
But good many represent the ef-
fort of ambitious and competent peo-
pie to improve their prospects. and
will go on to success.
Every town that desires growth
and progress needs some adequate
plan to get in touch with such pros
poets in its own stat and neighbor-
hood, and see if they can not be in
duced to locate in that place. That
is one Of the chief functions of a
Chamber of Commerce or other bust
ness organization. If a constant ef-
fort is made to get into communica-
tion with these infant industries.
some of them should be secured for
any place that is favorably located.
Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17
DON'T WANT HOUsgWORK

The Works Progress Administra.
tion recently set out to aid the un-
employed. by training 10000 New
York girls for jobs as housemaids in
private homes. But there were no
applications for such instruction on
The day Che school opened, though
perhaps they have come in later.
The modern girl does not seem to
like housework, unless she has a
home Of her own. However, if she
could earn living by doing house
work. she should not expect to be
supported at public expense.
There are obvious reasons why
young women do not like employ
ment as Servants. They get very
poor treatment in many homes. Of
ten they are given some tiny room
that is poorly heated in winter and
melting hot in summer. Frequently
their hours on duty are long and |
their work arduOus. Many house
wives are kind to their helpers. but
The many who expect long and ex-
lausting hours of labor give this
lind of employment bad reputa-
ion.
A good many girls prefer a busi
less job, because it is supposed to
ave a higher social standing. and
D give them better chance to meet
len. 1t is doubtful if they get any
etter husbands than the young wom-
n who have acquired skill in home
rts. The men value a girl who can
roduce well cooked food and a clean
nd comfortable home. If a business
iris principal gift is the ability to ,
'ply makeup skilfully. she is not i,
good bet for a wife.
A great number of unemployed
omen could obtain work. il they .
ere willing to cook the dinners and "
ash the dishes. for a price that pco- 5
could afford to pay. Not so much d
mDathy can be offered them. if they 81
fuse honorable and useful work. i'
Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17
WML IN BE 4 coon YEARi

Business people and workers ar,
anxiously looking into the new year
asking what It has in store for them
It is often said that we are all in
the play Of great economic forces
which we do not understand and
cannot control
But to a large extent every per-
son can shape his future. The busi-
ness concern that is wide awake.
active and systematic, usually holds
its own. even If times are bad. The
worker who exhibits the same quail
tiles, who tries 70 perform his SER
Vice as quickly and intelligently as
possible, usually holds hts job. So
Fe shall make our own fates very
argely in 1856, regardless Of what
,utside forces may do with Us.
Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17
WHAT Is A LIBERAGi

The self-styled liberals" in Wash.
tDgton are off again, making three
times as much noise as their num-
erical strength justifies and shout
ing TO the heavens that only they
can save the nation from perdition.
They crop up every election year.
They below like a herd Of gored
bulls. They forget facts and figures.
and any intelligent reasoning, Just
so they'll have an argument. They
want imitation. lower taxes, greater
expenditures-in short, an imprac-
tical Utopia.
Just what are they, anyhow? Web
ster says they should be: "Broad-
minded; free from bigotry; friendly
to suggestions, or experiments, or
REFORM"
They do welcome experiments. |
But can anyone contend that the |
man who calls himself a /
liberal, without any qualification, is /
brOad-minded and free from bigo- |
try? There are, Of course, some hon
est liberals who fit the definition.
however, are the many
who contend, without even being
willing TO listen to reason. that they
alone are for human rights" and
hose who disagree with them about
anything must. therefore, favor
property rights and nothing else.
Historically. the United States
las been liberal. The very form OF
he government was something new.
though, 1t wasn't the
liberals-whO run for
flee as Republicans or Democrats
iecause that is the only way they
an get in-who have been respon-
ible for the United States pro-
ress since it's inception.
That credit must 90 to the great
lass of sober. thinking people who
the consequences of action
nd who even now wont be mis1ed c
y a tag appropriated BY a calcu- '
ting pOliticiau. q
Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17
THE KIn,S TFMpEn

A clinic where bad tempered chill
dren are treated to see If their dis
positions can be improved, has been
opened by the College Of Physicians
and Surgeons Of Columbia Univerl
sity. Personality difficulties. it is
said. can be overcome much more
readily when children are very
young.
II some Of our bad tempered men
and women. who make their families
ana sll neighbors uncomfortable by their
eonsistant explosions. could have had
such treatment in early youth, there |
would be lot more peace IL ihs |
world, The trouble with most If
these eantankerous folks. Is that they
become their own bosses az a too
early stage Of their career.
Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17
TOO MICH COTTON

Fears are expressed that now the
Agricultural Adjustment Act is de-
clared invalid. bumper crop of cot
ton will be grown, once more
the market will be flooded with an
unstable surplus. And yet there is
no real surplus of that staple. Many
millions Of people at home and
abroad need more of it for clothing.
but can't buy it.
Some day the country must solve
the question. Of what to do about
where too much Of the
of life is produced, but
many industrious and worthy people
lack the work that will enable them
10 buy those necessities.
Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17
THE ASST OF MIIn GAMr

In the State of Maine. 10000 deer
were killed during the last open sea-
son, and many more thousands of
these beautiful creatures still roam
the wild lands of that state. Quite
an asset for any commonwealth.
Deer meat comes in handy in many
famiIies. Sport that brings in hunt
ers by the thousand is as good as a
new industry.
The American people have allowed
their supplies of wild game to dwin-
die. largely because of lawless hunt
ers. Any time any game animal,
bird, or fish is taken out of season
Or against the law, something is done
o deplete the wealth of a state.
Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17
CONSTITUTIONS our on sTYLEi

The reaction of many citizens to
the decree of the Supreme Court in
validating the Agricultural Adjust
ment Act, is that the old constitu-
tion. under which Uncle Sam has
plugged along for 146 years, is all
out of style. They will say it must
either be very much tinkered, re-
paired, and modernized or he must
have a new one altogether. Still, as
the country up to six years ago ac-
complished marvellous prosperity
under that constitution, it is not
probable that any repair job will go
very deep into it's vitals.
Considering the many mistakes
that Congresses have made in those
LAG years of experience. It seems un-
likely that the power of the Supreme
Court to declare laws contrary to
the constitution. will be withdrawn.
The constitution has to grow and !
change with the times, just as peO-
pie do. Probably there will be an
influential move quite soon to amend
that document in the light Of the
AAA decision. Among the changes
favored by many. will be an amend
uent giving the Federal government
the power to regulate all manufac-
turing and agricultural industry.
Such authority would permit the gov
erDment to establish permanent
NRA, to regulate Industry every
where. But as the NRA did not gain
in popularity as time went on, the
chances of such an amendment at
present do not look good.
An amendment that might stand a
better chance, would give the Fed
eral government the right to regu-
late agricultural production. It will
be argued that almost everything
Else has been tried. and has failed :
q produce conditions under which 3
he farmers can live.g But tho fear u
hat higher prices for food and other
roducts would be the result of such CT
plan. places obstacles in the way CT
such change. ia
49,
Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17
An Incomplete Defense

President Roosevelt, in his Allan
Ia address, quoted unnamed "big
bankers" rs having told him back
in the hysterical days Of 1888 that
the nation could safely go into debt
so to rs billion dollars.
He cited this incident as a iuslif-
cation for the billion dollars mis-
Administration has added 10 the ma
tional debt, which will shortly reach
a new all-time higi Of about s0k
billion dollars.
Suppose some "big bankers did
tell the President he didn't need to
worry about the national debt. sup
pose they told him ne could increase
II to 100 or $50 billion dollars. What
does that prove?
The President said further that I
he hadn't spent nearly as much as
be had threatened to spend. And
what does that prove2 III man
to cut OF both your legs
md both your arms. but cuts of
)nly one leg and one arm, does The
act that he had threatened 10 do
more general anlpntati0n excuse
lin for what he actually did,
Some OF the expenditures Of the
few Deal were. Of course. necas- s
ary and proper, and would have
cen made BY any Administration.
erhaps as much as half to three {
1urths Of what the Roosevelt Ad- /,
Illustration has spent would come
nder that classification relief.
lblic works, and the like. But what
as disturbed the country Is that.
lth a heavy load Of juslidable 4
nergency expenditures. the New
eal has gone ahead TO spend 0ther
nds with the prodigaIiiy Of a
unken sailor, and that the end Is
{ in sight, -Morganlown (W. Va.)
81.
Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

While 1.OOO,OOO immigrants ar,
said to have been excluded from ouI
country in the past five years. how
many are there who slipped fur
lively over the border, without ask
ing any permission? With 5000 miles
Of boundary 20 watch, and as many
miles of seacoast. it is no easy
proposition to keep people from en-
tering Illegally. The nights are too
dark. and the fences can never be
tight enough. It would take a SEN
tiinel every hundred yards to plug
up all the holes. But a careful
search Of the country should round
Up many who climbed in Uncle
Sans second story window, or
'roks % through bis cellar door.
Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17
THE LEAP YEAR PRIVITEGF


Is there anything in the ancien
idea, that the girls during Leap yeai
are entitled to, and that they use the
privilege, Of asking the men to mar
~ them?
] One ancient tradition, which NAV
be wholly imaginary, says that this
old custom dates back to the days of
Saint Patrick in ireland. That noble
old saint is said TO have granted the
ladies the privilege of asking the
fateful question during one year out
of each four. Il is added that he
gave them the longest OF the four
years for good measure. An old
Scotch law, said to have passed in
1888, allowed any woman to ask a
man to marry her. and he could be
fined some sum not over one pound
In Scotch money if he declined the
offer.
The modern girl may not directly
ask a man to marry her. But she is
very likely to ask him what he means |
by his attentions and drive him in
to such a corner that he has to ask
her. or else resign the delights of
her society.
The old belief held that the women
should be subject to and inferior to
The men. Hence an offer of marriage /
was a kind Of condescending favor
o come from the superior party. 1
That idea has wholly vanished to- |
lay.
Many young women seem to feel a
hat they make themselves more al
uring by an attitude of slight aloof- Ia
ess. They dislike to appear to be e
the men. The charmers a
lus make themselves very tantaliz- 8
lg. as they invite the man to come
n by their bewitching smiles. vet "
eep him at some distance when he "
pprOaehes. If they overdo that "
Iooiness. however the men often nj
ec0he weary Of the chase. g,
There is no reason in law or Dro- r.
'iety why women should not ask
e men to marry them. Go TO il
rls' if you see man you want
III thlnk you can get him that way.
Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17
TEAMRORK

The worker and his boss are
daily getting on better terms, for
which all can be thankful. Coopera-
tion means fewer strikes, more pro-
duction, more wages. and q general
improvement IA American living
standards, which already ate higher
than those in any land under the
sun.
The cooperation is resulting large
ly from the employers increasing
willingness to let his employees
have say. Illustrative Of the Er0w-
ing democracy in industry Is a re-
cent compilation OF what has hap
pened in the WeirtOn Steel Com !
pany's plants. The summary shoW-
ed:
From June, 1888. to November 1,
1885, there were 1902 cases adjust
ed by elected employee representa-
tives in conference with the employ
er. OF these, 1.192. or "A per cent,
were adjusted in favor Of the em-
ployees. Only 1s per cent were de-
eided against employees, 7 per cent
were compromised and per cent .
withdrawn by employees who origi-
mated the cases.
The results speak for themselves.
But Il Is significant that ali OF these Z
ADJUSTMENTS were made amicably {
efore the eoerciye and unconstitu- e
Ional Wagner labor act actually be- l.
anne operative, c
Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17
SICKNESS CAUSES NlsfiON
HUGE LOSS ANNUALLY

Sickness costs the Unitei States
approximately two ard a quarter
billion dollars annually, accordine
e 9 recent statement made by Dr.
Louis I Dublin, Of the National
Health Council The common cold
accounts for large proportion of
this hugh sum BY causing loss 81
time from work and school and by
lowering vitality and inviting other
resultant Ills, says Miss Pearl Mac
Donald, Of the Extension Service.
University of Delaware.
This Is the season when colds
are most prevalent because OF the
rapid variations in temperature.
dampness, rain, lack Of fresh fruit
and vegetables In the diet, and in
sufficient sunshine" Miss MacDon-
aid added.
While medical science has not yet
solved the problem Of immunization
from colds and influenza, there are
certain steps which may be taken 10
help prevent colds, according to her.
They are as follows:
Keep the physical machinery iit
Go to bed early-dO not become
over tired,
Drink plenty Of water-do not let
he system become clogged up.
Avoid sudden chilling and dress
'or the weather.
Keep well nourished and include
n the daily diet plenty Of the PRO
ective foods" such as milk, fruits,
and eggs.
Regulate the bodily functions with
ood instead Of medicine.
Keep away from persons suffering
With colds.
A daily dose Of cod-liver oil for
sunshine vitamin d" and anti-in-
sctive vitamin a will also help pre-
ent colds.
Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17

Wool sales, standard supervisory
service reports, We're 100000 pounds
in October, exceeding 100000
pounds for the first time since 1928.
Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17
YES, WE HAVE NO
POTATOES TODAY

What I want
said q customer
~ cafe on q snappy
Appetite making fan
Day Ia 1896
IS an order Of pork chops
And country fried potatoes
And the glrl who was
Waiting tables said
I'm sorry. sir,
But we served our weekly
Potato quota yesterday
Using the three that
Mr.. Wallace let us have
For this week
So we're clean out
And both the pork chops that
Wed had locked IN a
Safety deposit box
Were eaten yesterday
Bq a big spender from
Washington who was here
Checking up on this
WPA work and who
Could AFFORD TO
Pay ninety-four cents
Apiece for them and
Tip me, too.
For awhile, she said.
We had a pretty good
Potato bootlegger, a farmer
Who kept us supplied
But fourteen government
G-Men rounded him up
Last week and a Judge
Gave him thirty-seven years
In jail
And the boss Of this place
Was fined seven hundred
And sixty-seVen dollars
For buying spuds
That didn't have stamps
With Henry Wallace's face
All over 'em
And they darned near scared
Ne to death too
Threatening to lock me up
Tor serving spuds that
Weren't oficial.
asa
We've got, said the girl,
iome pretty good canned
Iorn beef shipped IN from
rgentine which don't go bad
With corn bread made from
outh African corn
r we can give you
n order of wheat cakes
Iade from hard Russian
heat which smeared with
corn syrup
GEMS to suit
1me Of our trade okay
hen we've got some fried
Dlish rutabaga which
,me folks say mas a sort
potato taste :;
I'd can give You an order Of
lnadian lamb chops
ith French mushroom sauce
It no potatoes
" pork chops
guess, said the customer,
at If / want 70 eat I
hat / want to eat
hen want to eat
have to hove to
Africa, Poland OF
me place where they still
Dw meat and vegetables
d pigs and potatoes and
iere / can get 'em
thOut having to pay
IAN carrying charges sl
it's my idea. he said G.
it this is getting 10 be
E heluVa country y y
! the girl said u
-sir.
Logan, Iowa Observer
Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17

Have you paid your dues 10 the
Auxiliary Of the Milford Emergency
Hospital?
Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17

revenue agents In each town II tht
land 70 watch neighbors to see that
they weren't bootlegging. Tho
agents would have to be paid out 81
the 2 per cent tax. leaving even less
for the pensioner.
Then there's the cost Of living
Economists figure the plan would
made a 5000 automobile sell for 81.
200 because OF tho many transac-
tions involved in the manufacture
OF that product. With the cost az
living already headed skyward. NOT
many folks want their monthly bills
increased even so per. cent
A Retire AZ Birth plan has been
advanced as substitute for DR..
Townsend's. Under it, each new
born babe would get a $4,000 prom
issOry note. Until he was 20 ana
could claim the money his parents
would get 3 per cent interest. or 4
$50 a month. Thus, a eouple could /
marry at 20, having $4,000 capitai
md get $500 month from the gov
,rnment in addition by raising fonr
Then nobody would have
o work.
Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17
REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE
BAL TIMORE TRUST COMP ANY

OF SELBYVILLE, BRIDGEVILLE AND CAMDEN. IN THE
STATE OF DELAWARE, AT THE CLOSE or
BUSINESS ON DECEMBER 81, 1895
ASSETS
Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17

The plan couldn't be administered
for nothing. i would be necessary.
for instance, for each farm wife who
trades eggs to her storekeeper.
each farmer who sells q single pig.
to have q license and pay a 2 Per
cent tax. Il would take q dozen
Milford chronicle., 1936-01-17

The trip which more than a score
Of Congressman made to the Phil
ippines intensified talk about tarif
and trade policies. The Democrats
conceded that Japanese exports
we're an increasing menace to Am
erican trade while Republicans CON
tended their observations in the
Orient proved the "futility" Of the
reciprocal tariff idea.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-10-15
Social Personal = Club News
P~lentywood Society News and Features
BY MRS. RAYMOND ERICKSON
DR.. Oscar Benson
and Mabel Hardy Wed

Miss Mabel NJ. Hardy, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Hardy of Eagle
Grove, Iowa, and DR.. Oscar Benson,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. o. T. Benson OF
Plentywood, were married October 5
at 100 o'clock in the Lutheran church
at Butte. The Rev. r. Jones read the
service. Miss Nan Duval of Butte and
Mr.. Gordon Hoven OF Antelope at
tended the couple. For the ceremony
the bride wore a dark green ensemble.
The bridesmaid was dressed in a navy
blue suit. DR.. and Mrs. Benson re-
turned to Plentywood Friday.
The bride is a graduate Of Clarion,
Iowa, high school and took her nurses
training at the Mayo clinic. Following
graduation she was attached to the
medical staff of the Temple university
hospital in Philadelphia and later to
Cedars of Lebanon hospital. in Holly
wood in her professional capacity OF
surgical supervisor.
DR.. Benson is a graduate of the
Plentywood high school and attended
the State University of Montana and
the Creighton medical school Of ON
aha. He interned for a year at Santa
Fe hospital in Los Angeles.
An eight o'clock wedding dinner
was served by Mr., and NIB Walter
Benson upon the bride and groom's re-
turn to Plentywood. The family gath
ering included Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Benson and family of Outlook and Mr..
and Mrs. 0. T. Benson of Plentywood.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-10-15
Designer Sees Persian
Influence in New Styles

Skirts are going up.
WalstlineS-.ike an elevator are
going both UP and down.
Hats are getting fatter-or higher
but never n-between.
And the biggest fashion news of all,
for the coming season, is that the next
lyle influence will be -Persianl
That's the summary of the coming
mode as seen by Orry-Kelly, Warner
Bros designer who created the large
wardrobe of advanced modes for Kay
Francis to wear in her forthcoming
picture, Give Me Your Heart" the
Cosmopolitan production coming to the
Orpheum theatre soon.
Il believe the most outstanding de-
velopment in the fall trend will be the
Persian influence" says Orry-Kelly. 81
heartily approve Of it because it is :
.osical follow-up of the draped, Gre
clan mode l have always liked 50
much. And therefore l have designed
a number of Miss Francis gowns along
this line"