davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Omaha guide., 1937-11-27

soonest types of all. It's special fea
ture was its use of ribbons foi
patches and also silk and satin (anc
sometimes velveO cut into strips o.
ribbon widths.
How To Make Squares.
The strips are positioned in ever
widening rows about a small square
of one of the materials. In each
row strips overlap one another
Ends are straight. that is they are
not dovetailed or mitered. The rib.
bon-like strips can be sewed to 6
foundation square or be scanned to.
gether. In the old work the rib.
bons we're seWed to a foundation.
with a square of silk sewed on the
exact center of the foundation
square After this the rows were
set in order about it. Edges slight.
ly oVerlapnod so no lining was Wis
ible.
The method of arrangement OF
co,ors is definite. One diagonal hall
of a square is of dark colored
pieces. the other of light ones. When
squares are sewed together dark
comes against dark and light
against light. producing a fascinat.
ing sequence of ever widening
squares of light and dark. When
colors are artistically combined. the
quilt with its rich materials is 81.
perb. We can well be proud Of the
quilts which bear the name OF Amer.
lean loghouse quilting.
a. Bell Syndicate.-WRU Service.
The Omaha guide., 1937-11-27
Napoleon's Turn of Mind

De Bourrienne. Napoleon's class
mate at school and later his pri-
vate secretary for many years, said
that If scientific courses had been
taught at the military schools Bona
parte attended he would have pur-
sued these sciences with all the
genius and spirit of investigation
which he displayed in a career
more brilliant. II is true. but less
useful to mankind.s
The Omaha guide., 1937-11-27
The Yorkshire Terrier

Although the Yorkshire terrier
combines many Of the characters
ties of the terrier family, 1t has
been so pampered and petted that
its working terrier qualities have
beer s~ubordlnated TO the develop
ment OF a beautiful and unusual pet
and show dog. 1t possesses the del.
icate refinement of the Skye terrier
and ~Pomeranian, the lovable dispo-
sition of the spaniel and pug, and
the Intelligence of setter and Scotty.
The Omaha guide., 1937-11-27
Alcohol and Opium

Alcohol is not a food but a drug
which has a definite effect ON the
nervous system and numbs the
brain. Alcohol breaks down a per-
sons resistance. and the body con
tracts disease more readily. Opium
Is a powerful habit-forming drug,
and once 1t becomes master 1t IL
practically impossible to stop II. for
the victim loses all self-control.-
Hvgeia Health Magazine.
The Omaha guide., 1937-11-27
Cactus Juice

Because the cactus has To live on
an absolute minimum of moisture,
the juice of this plant Is markedly
potent In Its ability to handle min
eral In solution. For instance, II
makes alkali water, that would
otherwise be poisonous, safe 10
drink, and 1t was used for this pur-
pose by the Indians of the South
west before Columbus discovered
America.
The Omaha guide., 1937-11-27
Barring SECRETS
OF APPLE PIE
Famous Expert Wants Hers
With Double Crusts.
BY EDITH M. BARBER

LESS my SOUL No apple pie?"
- exclaimed the Earl OF bud.
ley. according to legend, whenever
dinner was served without his ia.
vorite dessert.
From my own experience with
Englishmen I feel ire that he prob.
ably demanded an apple tart rath.
er than pie. which may be called
purely American. We demand ouI
pies with double crust. We use
plain pastry, while the English pre-
fer crust of the puff-paste type.
Both r good desserts. when wei
made. Be sure that your apples
are tart and that you use plenty OF
sugar. ! like to mix a little -four
with the same amount Of sugar &c
sprinkle over my bottom crust be-
fore l put in alternate layers OF
apples and sugar. Then / add q
good-sized piece of butter before
put on my top crust.
What, no cinnamon or nutmeg?
do not go SO far as did Irwin Cobb
when I asked him his stand on the
much discussed question of which
belongs with apple pie. Neither"
he pronounced. 1T is a sin against
a great fruit" If ! use either. !
prefer cinnamon, but l usually re.
serve it for brown betty with which
l think it does belong. l keep nut
meg for other important uses.
Apple Pie.
5 or 6 apples
u cup sugar
"a teaspoon salt
l tablespoon flour
l tablespoon butter
Pare, core and slice apples. Mix
sugar, salt and spice. Line a pan
with pastry, sprinkle with flour
mixed with a tablespoon of sugar.
Add the applies and sugar in alter
nate layers. Dot with butter and
cover with upper crust Of pastry.
Bake in a hot oven, 450 degrees
Fahrenheit and bake until the ap
pies are soft, 40 to as minutes.
Pastry.
IL cups flour
Y teaspoon salt
y cup fat
Cold water
Sift together flour and salt. Cut
in the fat with pastry blender or
two case knives. When fine add at
one side Of the bowl one tablespoon
of cold water and stir In as much
of the -four and fat as the water will
take up. Continue this until you
have four or five balls Of dough and
some dry flour left in the bowl.
Press together with fingers. II all
the dry flour Is not taken up, add a
little more water. Chill and roll.
Doughnuts.
l cup sugar
3 tablespoons shortening
2 eggs
/ cup milk
4 teaspoons baking powder
" teaspoon cinnamon
" teaspoon grated nutmeg
l teaspoon salt
Flour (3h to 4 cups)
Cream the shortening with the
sugar and add the beaten egg. Add
two cups -four mixed and sifted with
baking powder, salt and spices. al
ternately with the milk; then add
more flour to make dough stiff
enough to roll. Roll to one-fourth
inch thickness. Shape with a dough-
nut cutter. fry in deep fat, 375 de.
grees F.. and drain on brown paper.
The Omaha guide., 1937-11-27

At the annual meetings Of the
great corporations. many of which
r held at this time of year. there
are always present holders of a few
blocks of shares - and in many
instances. holders of only one share
each. With various proxy holders
casting thousands of votes, their
voice in the proceedings cans
nothing. Yet they turn out in mum.
bers. Often, they are as fully cog
infant Of the affairs of the company
as the officers themselves and al
ways they r given due considera.
ton by the officers and board mem.
bcrs. Some of course come to make
as much trouble as possible. Others.
even though they are decidedly in
the minority. are generally inter
ested. With still others. it is a
diversion. Retired from actual bust
ness, they buy a few shares here
and there and attending the meet.
ings gives them something 10 do
a feeling. at least, that they are
still taking part in the business OF
the country.
It's a leap from the financial cen
ter up to Columbus circle and from
business TO soap-box orators, bui
last night | happened To stop lon
enough to hear a ragged. w%hiskereo
individual declare that business o
all kinds was iniquitious. So far as ]
could learn. he didn't have any
remedy for existing conditions
though he was sur tina. they shoulo
be changed. What ! started TO say.
however, was that at Columbus cir
Gle there are traffic signs direct
ing vehicles, to right and left"
Curiously. the groups seem to divide
with tSsee signs, those who support
the government standing near the
right signs and the reds a n q
others moving over to the left"
Consistent observers hold that II
always is that way, so it must be
by choice and not mere chance.
Addicts Of marijuana cigarettes
C"reefers." "muggles." good.
butts" or in Harlem. Mary Warn
ers") are having trouble in obtain
ing supplies. The cigarettes. dead
ly in their effects, formerly sold
at a dime each or three for a quart.
er, with a heavy Broadway demand.
The price now is so cents each and
many peddlers have retired not only
because of difficulty in obtaining
stocks but because the government
has taken a hand in the matter
along with the police narcotic squad.
Dealers and peddlers have been
retired for periods ranging from
year up. There are said to b
IS, 900 narcotic addicts in New Yor
city. How many are MAR.
Warner" addicts is not known. But
prior to this fall, report shave it
that the use of them was spreading.
Behind the acute shortage Is
months of activity on the part OF
the narcotic squad, aided by the
sanitary division of the Works Prog.
ress administration. Marijuana is
a Mexican weed but it grows any.
where. So it was extensively cul.
tivated in open spaces in Queens,
Brooklyn and the Bronx. AS the
plants grow four feet high, they are
easy to spot. Whenever encountered,
the WPA men rooted them up. 1t is
estimated that they destroyed in all
half a million pounds with a retail
value of about SO, 000. 900.
thing in any country Is
The Omaha guide., 1937-11-27

Colleges has just finished a 1000
mile trip which took her from
Chicago to Dallas, Texas, where
she took part in Negro Day sub
shutting for Hon F. B. Ransom of
indianapolis. (ANP)
The Omaha guide., 1937-11-27
Wedding Annlversartes

Wedding Anniversaries
The following are the most gen
orally accepted wedding anniver-
saries: First, cotton I; second, paper;
third, leather; fourth, fruit and
flower; firth. wooden; sixth, candy /;
seventh, wooden: eighth, rubber;
ninth, willow; tenth. tin; eleventh,
steel twelfth, silk and linen; thir.
teenth, lace fourteenth. ivory; tif-
teenth. crystal; twentieth. china;
twenty fifth. silver; thirtieth, pearl;
thirty-fifth. coral Tor sapphire) ;
fortieth. ruby Tor emerald) tiftieth,
golden seyenty-ifth. diamond.
The Omaha guide., 1937-11-27
Beauty Culture on Wheels

ing the most modern methods in
hah and skin treatment, shown
above. Mrs. Marjorie Joyner, pre-
ident of the National Beauty Cul-
tune League and national super
visor of Nine. C. j. Walker Beauty
The Omaha guide., 1937-11-27

Funniest thing in any country Is
to see a revolution" undertaken
without the aid of the people.
The Omaha guide., 1937-10-09
Feeble Minded Regulation

The Chicago Sunday Tribune, in commenting on recent
disastrous bus accidents, said ''the economy of bus travel IS
largely artificial, and maintenance Of schedules, conveniences
and speed are all on the side of the railroads. Some fifty years
ago, the nation adopted a policy Of damning the railways for
everything in general. Antirailroad measures Were viciously
passed without regard for the fact they weg3 over1hooting
the mark and hitting the traveller and shipper. That the prac-
tee has continued down to The present may be observed from
Senate acqnieseence TO n bill that would limit The number Of
ears in a railway train, as well as state lays That force the
railways to carry two motormen on a Diesel locomotive, all
for no other purpose than to make railroading expensive.
."Regulaiory measures have practically placed railroad
management in the hands Of commissions, and thus under the
dead hand of government interference This is not a catch
phrase but a stern realty-m~Had The government interfered
in the m~anufaFure Of matches half a century ago, The public
would still be fsng eight day Iueifers, and if regulations of
the MOTOR industry had been adopted twenty years ago, the
Model T would sill be in the future.
'Railway travel is the least expensive mass transportation
that has yet been devised, The price can be reduced to a cent
a mile and less, but the public must first demand a truce to
political railway batting. improvements in the art Of railroad
ing must be aided by sympathetic encouragement and not dis
eouraged by arbitrary and vicious Legislation. Because we have
adopted the latter course, we have unnecessary buses and UNI
necessary accidents.
The Omaha guide., 1937-10-09

So they are going to eliminate
this type of person.
And the side tryin' to eliminate
the senators, they have plenty of
guns. but lots of them are pop
guns and squirt guns. But the real
" big guns, they just keep on
shootin' up in the air, and people
r not payin' so much attention
to them, any more. And it is some
thing like when you watch roman
candles and rockets go up with a
hiss and a loud pop-and then go
out. and after awhile you get tired
OF the noise.
And in this Senate war, I would
not want to be on the other side
and tackle some of these senate
rebels. bare handed, for they have
backbone and are smart ducks.
And when it comes to votin,' they
are the kind of hombres the people
like.
Yours, with the low down,
10 Sierra
The Omaha guide., 1937-10-09
Emeralds to Be Mined
in Salzburg Mountains

Vienna, Austria.-Europe's only
emerald mine, Habachtal, 1000 feet
high up in the Salzburg mountains,
viii be put in operation again soon.
It's owners, Schaffhausen & Co.,
have engaged ten workers to drive
a new gallery into the mountain. If
pure emerald crystals + found in
the gallery, work viii be resumed
on a large scale.
Habachtal was operated during
the Eighteenth and Nineteenth CEN
turtles by various companies, includ-
ing a British firm, which is said to
have exported most Of the gems to
India. Crystals with a diameter of
UP to one inch we're found in Ha-
bachtal. They were of beautiful dark
green color, but lacked trans
parency.
The Omaha guide., 1937-10-09

eastern Siberian frontier adds still
another, strategic threat.
Great Financial Losses
In the economic field actual and
potential JaEanese losses since the
earlier Manchurian episode are
even more impressive. The ma
tional debt is piling up to an om-
nous ~degree-a debt incurred by
military expenditures which, this
year, equals Il the budget and q
the revenue. JapaL. lacks the funds
te adequately capitalize Manchu-
rian expansion to the extent neces-
sary to attain her alleged detectives
there. The huge costs which her
Oriental policy involved have de-
manded increased taxes which in
turn will tend to increase produc-
ton costs and herce the price OF
commodities. This factor increases
the difficulty of maintaining her
export trade which must be contin-
ued to support her militarily nec-
essary import trade. The only alt
ernative is the shipment of gold or
foreign exchange, a movement
which tends merely to accentuate
her monetary nroblems.
Gains Temporary
AS Japanese policy continues in
its present course these difficultiei
will become greater not less. Hei
diplomatic and economi position
has been anG will Je "a fact, weak.
ened not improved. Alleged prog
ress has been hollow and founded
upon drifting sand.
In n sense this cannot be said
TO have resulted from mistakes OF
Japanese military judgment. This
error IS found in the failure to EN-.
ploy certain fundamentals of mod
ern international Precepts. Ma
lions can no longer WIN at the old
imperialist game. Some can af.
lord to play it longer than others
bat inevitably they must all find
as Japan must find that the cost
far exceeds the gain.
The only solution les in the ac4
ceptance by the nations of thd
world Of collective responsibility
for the enforcement OF in%ternation-
al lava law REDEEMED in some
particulars in recognition of the
political and economic i~nterdepend-
ence of all modern national states.
The Omaha guide., 1937-10-09
D~isreaards Pact

Manchukuo is under the direct
control of Japan, her armies are
astride the Great Wall of China,
her government has, with apparent
impunity, disregarded its obliga-
lions under Article ten of the Lea
que Covenant, under the Pact of
Paris (the Kellog-B BRAND pact for
the "outlawry" of war; and under
the Nine Power Treaty. In the
light of these circumstances is the
Japanese military leadership justi-
fled in assuming credit for a great
national advance since 1881?
What has happened in the diplo-
matte field? From 1928 to 1881,
! American friendliness toward ia
pan reached . new high point of
development. Russia was too deep
~ involved in the task Of domestic
reconstruction to exert willingly
her energies in foreign entangle-
ments and SO she more or less gra-
ciously yielded to Japan on issues
in conflict. China was torn by in
ternal strife.
Americans Shocked
The Manchurian episode and
those which followed have effected
a positive change in all these stu
atoms. America has been shock
ed by its belief that Japan HIS vi
plated it's treaty obligations. Con-
slant territorial expansion from
Manchuria to Jehol to Inncr Hon
golia to Shensi have genc.sted a
militant anti-Japanese viewga.nt in
Russia. And at long last Chinese
internal solidarity has reached an
extraordinary point Of development
under the stimulus Of foreign inva-
sion. Even the Chinese commun-
lists have thrown in their Let on
the side Of nationalism.
ca the strategic side, Japan's
j IS since 1881 are impressive.
yls.a tie limitations imp ID by
the $50 f=.9 If the Was agton
navel -.t G. 1872 sc was
prac-e ~ ie9raga-ble in Ter own
watec5 aaa5rst a naval ossi'arav e by
ether of her chief navel Ival7
Since the termination by j. n oi
the Washington navel treaties not
only must she enter a competitive
building race with both United
States and Britain but the latter
countries are now free to advance
with the fertilization OF their Pa
cific naval bases. Great Britain is
proceeding rapidly to strengthen
Hong Kong and Singapore. Japan
lacks the economic strength to sue
cessfully compete with these u
tries in a full fledged naval build
ing program. The continued con
centration of Russian forces on the
The Omaha guide., 1937-10-09
EDITORIALS.
Our" Not Their

Cooperative association members should think of their
organization in terms of our rather than their, says q farm
expert. Instead of looking upon the cooperative as belong
ing to the directors and the management, members should
cons der it as their own organization and should be willing to
play their part in the game. If THY believe in its detectives,
policies and principles, they should be willing to work for its
srrcess'' Thu farm marketing cooperatives that have regis
tered the greatest success shave been those whose members
regard the organization in this manner. No group or associa-l
ton can achieve much if those it is { designed to serve are not
interested, remo.e or suspicious. A farm cooperative, to be
sound must reflect the cohesive views of a loyal, aggressive,
informed membership.
The Omaha guide., 1937-10-09

The horticultural division of San
Francisco's 1889 Exposition is plan
ming an "Avenue of Olives" which
will contain 28O old olive trees, rs
feet in height and with a branch
spread of 20 feet.
The Omaha guide., 1937-10-09

Japan has apparently achieved an Oriental
ascendency Of a degree and extent hardly an.
ticipated by the Western World.
Since the Japanese occupation of Mukden
in September, 1881, Far Eastern political af.
fairs have appeared to follow the course sci
for them by Japan. Resistance by China and
Occidental disapproval as expressed by the
League of Nations and the United States
have failed to stem the tide of empire upon
which Nippon rides.
The Omaha guide., 1937-10-09

From the Raleigh, n. c. News
Observer, September 10, 1897
Color and Tenancy
The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
believes that it makes a reasonable
request when it urges that n Of
the three men who viii administer
the recently enacted Farm Tenancy
The Omaha guide., 1937-10-09
EDITORIAL PAGE
EDITORIAL WEEK

Act, designed to help tenant farm
efs become farm owners, be a Ne
gro. Certainly the Negro is an In
portant figure on the southern land
and not only for him but for the
south. And yet, the tenant problem
in the South has seemed to become
less and less a racial problem dur
ing recent years. During the period
1920 to 1880, the number of white
tenant farmers in the cotton coun
try increased by 10000, while the
number of Negro tenant farmers
decreased by 1000.
And yet! Exactly what these
figures mean is not clear. 1t is Ger
tainly not clear that a large mum
Der of Negroes have advanced to
the status of ownership while
thousands of white farmers have
fallen back to tenancy. Indeed,
is study of Social Security for
Southern Farmers" H. C. Nixon
of Tulane university has pointed
out "the precarious competitive
plays an important but declining
status Of the rural Negro who
part in Southern farming" Does
this NEAR that the Negro is not
only being deprived of silch rm
ployment in the towns as formerly
was his by custom, as barber, wait
err, ETC., but is also being driven
from the crowded southern land?
II it does, then certainly a situa
ton more serious than even the
tenancy problem calls for solution
in the South.
The white South may not like it,
but the Negro is in the South to
stay and the Negro in the country
or the town cannot be competitive
ly driven in the direction Of dis
placement and starvation without
contributing to the reduction Of all
social and economic Standards in the
South. There must be a place for
the Negro and a decent lace. And
nothing in the long run could be
more disastrous for the South than
the continuation of it's apparent
discrimination against the Negro
Oh the land under the very act that
is designed to help landless men of
both races. Se,Enty years after the
war between the states, the nation
and South should have had time to
learn that all men are slaves where
any
The National Association for the
Advancement e Colored People
suggests that Only ~ the inelu
sion OF a Negro on the board can
the danger Of discrimination
against the Negro be moved. Tina
suggestion should he considered by
the Secretary Of Agriculture. Cer
tainly, however, a Negro member
q the board could not prevent
discrimination unless the other two
members Of he board we're ready
to vote with such a Negro member
against every suggestion Of dis
elimination. Therefore, obviously
what is needed is a board of three
members all honest, unprecedented
ard capable of understanding the
tremendous human and economic
problem with which the Farm Ten
ancy Act was designed to deal.
Here are needed character and in
telligence, not color, white or
black. A wise Negro might throw
light OF dealing with this old and
desperately difficult problem of
economic discrimination. So might
wise white man. And less wise
men of both races may only look
and wonder in despair.
The Omaha guide., 1937-10-09
IAnEcho
From Ny Den
q - a.rl
BY S. E. Gilbert

As l sit here in my Den, with
pen in hand meditating IS it were,
there comes to my mind the fact
that thoughtless people give little
attention to their personal appear
ance and conduct.
They fail to realize that the es
timation in which they are held by
society isgenerally determined by
the way they look and the way
they act and what they say.
Recently your correspondent was
talking to a local dealer in liquor
on Gath Street, and he was strong
on condeming black America, stat
ing that they make themselves un
pleasantly cdnspicious by their
loud and uncouth language. By such
action they thus advertise their
lack of training and their lack Of
Intelligence.
By wearing dirty, ragged, i'll
smelling clothing, although soap is
both cheap and plentiful.
They complain that other people
are p~rejtdiced against them be
cause of their color.
They do not understand that
these other people 7 preiudiced
against them largely because of
their lack of culture.
They do not realize that people
are generally judged by their out
ward actions and not by inner
worth.
Such a condition breeds segrega
ton, discrimination against not
only the loud mouth, uncouth ignor
ant representatives but it also mi
tigates against the neat, well
dressed, intelligent Negro.
Dear Reader, l hope that I have
painted a true word picture o.
actual facts existing right here
in Omaha. It is your duty as a ei
tizen to do your part in having
that group who do not care how
they look or act to realize that
society more often judge a dis
tinet group by its worst than by
it's best, and such conclusion will
keep that portion of black Amer
lea in Omaha who cares for his
personal appearance from winning
the place in society which they
crave. Now black America let US
refrain from such actions, dress
neat whenever in public, let US not
annoy the neighbors with loud and
uncouth talk, let us not become
rowdy workmen who disturb the
thoughts and conversations Of
others by outlandish noises and
gestures and the wearing Of i'll
smelling clothes as we ride to and
from home to work. Let US conduct
ourselves as gentlemen and ladies'
in public places, whether the owner
be black or white, and thus by u
conduct and personal appearance
reflect credit upon a great race
Black America.
The Omaha guide., 1937-10-09

NOTE:-Each week your CORES
pendent takes his pen in hand and
writes on local issues as he sees it.
Written comments on these Echos
win be welcomed. Just address
your letters to "An Echo From
My Den" Omaha Guide, 241S Grant
Street, Omaha, Nebr.