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Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-04

Among the unnoticed blessings OF
American life, there is the singular
little fact that the republic has bred
precious few orators and has only
three or four great speeches on
its list of things for schoolboys to
learn.
Why should a thing like that be
blessing? Well, Donald Curloss
Peattie explained it recently in his
fascinating Book of Hours"
Great orators. he remarked, are
practically always passionate men
with something to sell What they
are out to sell is, as often as not,
something that the sober good
sense of the citizens is apt to sniff
at. Hence the statesmen have to beat
their breasts and make the Welkin
ring in order to get their point
across.
Since our republic was founded,
how many great speeches have
we had? Mr.. Peattie suggests that
we have had only tWo-Lincoln's
Gettysburg address and his second
inaugural. And these are singularly
out of line with the great-speech
tradition, for one is a sober re-
statement of the case for democ-
racy and union and the other is a
calm appeal to people to forget
hatred and go about tidying up a
bad mess in a spirit of Christian
charity.
Neither of these speeches can
compare with frenzied thing like
Napoleons famous address to his
army in Egypt, wherein he pointed
to the pyramids and reminded his
lads that 40 centuries were looking
down on them. But Napoleon, like
all orators, had something to sell.
Specifically, he was trying to put
the heat on those stolid sons of
French peasants SO that they would
be cheerful about leaving their bones
in the steaming Nile valley for a
cause which they could not under
stand.
And that is the way it usually is
with orations They are bad busi-
ness. A nation who history is stud
ded with them is nation which has
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-04
e. |. @. CALLS
WALKOUT IN
CEMENT PLANT

RIVERSIDE. Cal, May 4. Up
Riverside Cement company's plant.
closed by company orders April z
when a strike was called by the
C. I. O., resumed operations today
with more than 400 men returning
TO work. Closing Of the plant threw
500 men out of jobs.
Officials said that among those
who resumed posts at the plant
today we're several members of the
C. I. o.. who were invited to re-
turn along with members CT the
Riverside Cement Industries I'm
ion. and A. F. of l.. affiliate.
Other C. I. o. men were said to
have showed up at the plant, but
refused to go to work, and a picket
line was established at the gates.
No violence was reported.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-04
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN AND FOR THE COUN-
TY OF IMPERIAL
No. 17421
SUMMONS

IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DIS
TRICT. Plaintiff. VS.. RUTH PECK,
JOHN DOE. JANE DOE, RICHARD
ROE. JOHN DOE COMPANY. A
CORPORATION. AND RICHARD
ROE COMPANY, A CO-PARTNER-
SHIP. Defendants.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA SEND GREET
INGS TO RUTH PECK. JOHN
DOE. JANE DOE. RICHARD ROE,
JOHN DOE COMPANY, A CORP
GRAFTON. AND RICHARD ROE
COMPANY, A CO-PARTNERSHIP
Defendants.
You Are Hereby Directed TO Ap-
pear and answer the complaint IN
an action entitled as above. brought
against you in the Superior Court
of the County of Imperial, State OF
California, within ten days after
the service on you of this Sum-
mons-if served within this coun-
ty: or within thirty days If served
elsewhere.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required. the said plaintiff
will take judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the COM
plant. as arising upon contract. OF
it will apply TO the Court for any
other relief demanded in the Com
plant.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court Of the
County Of Imperial. State Of Cali
fornia, this 9th day Of December,
1896.
lSEkL)
10. 25: June /. 3. IS. %
W. J. McCLELLAND
Clerk
BY CITHA LENSOE
Deputy Clerk
Publlsh Apr. %. 81; May 4, IL,
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-04

ris. the novelist, and when the latter
arrives for his seasonal stay Paris
really becomes Gay Paree.
The hundred and one little open
fronted drink stands that stipplc
Broadway offer an economic prob
lem to the owners when the fury
of winter is on. Their rents are
high and their cooling concoctionS
are not in particular demand. Yet
any number more than made their
way by ingenious methods when
things we're bit lully of serving
l0-cent breakfasts and luncheons
and l5-cent dinners. One notices
a l0-cent breakfast is an egg
any Style, slice of toast, one strip of
bacon and cup of coffee or milk.
A 15-cent dinner includes one of
three kinds of soup. spaghetti. cof-
fec and a slice OF cake with silver
of cheese. Mostly the patrons arc
oit-of-doors workerS-t3Xi drivers
doormen etc. who gulp The lunch
or dinner as a prelude 10 filling
meal off duty.
Architects have increasing calls
for one floor homes in the suburbs.
Some of the most elaborate this
summer will be one-storied And
the Big Idea is an expansive living
room with a drop leaf table at one
end on which to line. Servant
quarters are adjacent and separate.
Many home builders predict that 30
per cent of the country residences
of the future will follow this plan.
People who have lived in them once
will live in no other type. The
structures are keyed to quick living
the breakfast -bedders, and OF
course there is the added advantage
of cutting down the number oil
servants. The butler, incidentally
is becoming almost extinct.
Ben Finney, who has been hither-
ing and thithering around the globe
for many years and was long known
as the Broadway night clubs most
consistent patron. has finally de-
cided Waikiki Beach, Hawaii, IS
the worlds prize spot. He has
anchored there ami secured site
upon which he expects to build
and operate one of the finest small
hotels in the world. 1t will have
but $50 rooms, all de luxe. Finney
is Virginian who long had a
nenchant for squirting the most
Gorgeous of the show girls about
during the peaks of their briei
reigns.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-04
New York Day by Day

more admirers and beaux anxious
TO be seen with her in the after
theatre hauntS during her toast
of-the-toWn reign was Lillian Lor-
raine. She long ante-datad Tallulah
Bankhead as The Original Glamour
Girl. But play-boys with 500 tips
had no especial appeal for her. She
liked laughs, and. like Fanny Brice
with her Roger Davis, Miss Lor-
raine was more than likely to be
accompanied by some obscurity bre-
Veted only for banter among the
boys at the corner drug store. She
had a rousing and musical Irish
laugh and when she gave it full
throated play it was tn. most con-
tagious I have ever heard. As con-
tagious as Joe Moore's Helen Nor
gan was another during her sway
who was angled for by all the boys
who wanted 10 be sean with some
thing foudroyant in the night clubs
| ran into crotchety oil mail
asfng editor of mine Yesterday. He
always thought it surprising I was
able to Wangle a living out of a
calling he SO long graced. But his
best deflation was at this meeting.
After brief talk, he inquired as
he turned to go: What kind of
work do you do now" I walked
right under the spout of a fire plug
without grazing my hat.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-04
Ten Years Ago
May 4, 1927

Although numerous important
business matters awaited the atten-
ton of the Imperial county board
of supervisors when it convened
only routine duties had been taken
care of at the noon recess.
The thermometer scared to 103
degrees today in the hottest day OF
the year. Clouds in the west, how
ever, indicated a wind and cooler
temperatures in the next few days
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-04
LOOKING
BACKWARD
What The Press Files
Tell of Imperial Val
ley for This Date in
Past Years.
Twenty-Five Years Ago
Nav 4, 1912

Kyle McBratney installed new
safe in his jcwelry store. II is fire
proof as we'll as burglar proof.
Jolly good nature, befitting the
occasion. prevailed at the carnival
given by the Women's Ten Thou
sand club.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-04
By O. O. Mcintyre

NEW YORK, May 4. = Gilbert
Whites winter in New York again
stressed his fame as leading in
ternational wit For 20 years he
has made a villa near Paris his
base. but his sallies are as we'll
known in Lon1on. along the Riviera,
in Shanghai and New York.
In appearance he might be Will
liam Jennings Bryan in a Latin
Quarter hat and flowing tie, plus
a nervous energy that suggests a
hockey team in the last moment
of play AS a portrait painter his
sitters include many of the notableS
of England. France and America.
Several of his canvaSeS hang in
the Luxembourg and his muralS
decorate the Oklahoma Capitol and
public buildings in Washington. A
serious worker for months al a
stretch. he likes TO take several
months off now and then to relax
and let himself 90.
On such occasion he usually heads
for stay with his lifelong friend.
Messmore Kendall, the New York
capitalist. With White as a guest,
dinner party usually becomes a
rout. He is a brother of Stewart
Edward White. the novelist, and a
native of Michigan.
When White comes into Paris
from his country estate the Place
Vendome goes into a sort of Roman
holiday-and the Ritz bars declare
an extra dividend from the sudden
puff of patronage. One of his ia
vorite Americans is Charles G. Nor
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-04
Twenty Years Ago
Nav 4, 1917

Among the arrivals from the
coast yesterday were William Jen-
nings Bryan. and A. II. Keller. Bryan
will be speaker at Chatauqua. Kel-
ler will make the valley his home
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-04

Canal Zone military band has found
a man who can play bombardon.
There are, however, a number OF critics
who are adept at bombarding play.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-04
Hints OH Etiquetta

Unless You are perfectly sure that
recently divorced people won't mind
meeting, do not bring them together
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-04
Editorials and Comment
TUESDAY MAY H. 1887
q on Sol
* FRANK WATANABE
AA BY cd HOLDEN
CITY & COUNTRY
BY Ed HOLDEN

III "A Aoo hl
A very poplar Human Scientist say;
City people will be So obsolete in
1950i Because they not having a plenty
supply of babies. And babies are the
only objects which can bloat the papala-
tion. SO maybe those gentman are right.
He name are Doctor o. E. Baker
Country babies are adding six times
more faster as a baby from the City
If they performing all the offspring pa
triotics, them Country folks going be
very intense alright.
But while we still having amateur
programs of radio, the rural will con-
tinual to oozing tword the meriplopolis.
So all the Country products shall con-
dense in the City same as usually. Do
you thinking about that visible, Doctor?
Thank you, please.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-04
T0day'S Horoscope

TOday's Horoscope
Persons born today are inclined
to be idealists, seeking the beauti-
ful things in life. Although some
what impractical, they are usually
quite happy,
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-04
The Grab Bag
One-Minute Test

One Minute Test
|. Who is U. S. attorney general?
g Who wrote Les Miserables'?
3. What is the second largest
state in area in the United States?
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-04

Ono Minute Test Answ,rs
/. Homer S. Cummings.
2. Victor Hugo.
3. California, with l56297 square
acres, ranks second to Texas in area.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-04
Words of Wisdom

Spring unlocks the flowers
paint the laughing soil.-HCbcr.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-04

The show girl who probably had
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-07
Menu Of The Week
BY Joan Andrews

AVE you seen that tender,
n pink rhubarb that is coming
into the markets these days?
You'll be having rhubarb sauce
and rhubarb pie, of course, but
here's new way to use this re-
freshing and healthful food. Try
baking a ham slice with rhubarb.
Today's menu is for a Sunday
morning breakfast and is built
around baked ham and rhubarb
Loganberry and Pineapple Juice
Rolled Oats Cooked in MIX
Baked Ham Slice With Rhubarb
Blueberry Mullins
Coffee Cocoa
To prepare the ham, cut the
edges of -inch-thick slices Of
uncooked ham. Prepare l pound
rhubarb and cut In 1s-inch slices.
Place 1 slice of ham in glass
baking dish, cover with rhubarb.
Sprinkle with 1s to " cup brown
sugar and u cup seedless raisins.
Place second slice of ham on top.
Cover with remaining rhubarb
and " cup brown sugar and u
cup seedless raisins. Cover casser.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-07

here is a striking example of the
ddle-EuropeN theme for evening.
The material used is challis, the
same soft clinging and brilliantly
patterned material that the peas
ant girls choose for head kerr
chiefs and Sunday-best shawls.
Here the ground is creamy
white, very fiattering to the skin,
and the pattern consists of gigan-
tic ripe-red roses with stems and
leaves of vivid green twined into
a striking all-over pattern. The
style of the dress suggests the
peasant girls drindl, too, for the
skirt Is full and fiaring, and
bands Of the material outline the
front panel of the bodice and tie
demurely in back in the manner
of an apron. The neckline is low
and squarish and is outlined by
similar bands of the gay challis.
For the woman who travels
widely or who does lot of visit
ing, Paris has devised an evening
style which takes first place for
it's perfect packing qualities. This
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-07
BY Deborah Ames

@F ALL the things that I have
~ ever read or heard about
hypocrisy, this that I am about
to quote is, in my estimation, one
of the best that has ever been
written or spoken. 1t is by a man
named Kahlil Gibran, who has
written several books in Arabic
and English. This is from "The
Madman":
"In the town where l was born
lved a woman and her daughter
who walked in their sleep. One
night, while silence EMBODIED the
world, the woman and her daugh-
ter, walking, yet asleep, met in
their mist-Weiled garden.
"And the mother spoke, and
she said: AT last, at last, my
enemy! You by whom my youth
was destroyed-who have built
up your life upon the ruins of
mine! Would that could kill
your
"And the daughter spoke, and
she said: o hateful woman, sell
fish and old! Who stands between
my freer self and me! Who would
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-07
Don't Be Vituperative!

have my life of your own faded
life! Would you were dead!'
"At that moment cock crew,
and both women awoke. The
mother said gently, rs that you,
darling?' And the daughter an
swered gently, Yes, DEAR"
This is perhaps a drastic ex-
ample of two hypocrites, though
personally I do not feel that any
example of hypocrisy can be too
emphatic. believe that it is one
of the major sins Of our civiliza-
tion, brought about by a code of
false values which we have placed
upon what we call politeness and
civility.
You have seen them, as well as
l. those persons who COO over
their acquaintances as though
they had been merely existing
until they met. You have also
seen them, know, after these
same acquaintances have left.
Their cooling turns to scathing
nastiness, and they often become
positively vituperative in their
comments.
Don't be one of these persons.
It leaves a horrid taste in the
memory that is left after you
pass by.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-07
Body Control Is ResuH
Of Regular Exercising
viii Hid C0nditi0ning

cises to help you develop this
body control.
Here Is the first one:
Lie fat on your back, keeping
the arms at the sides and the
palms touching the floor. Raise
the legs until they are directly
over the head. Support body at
the hips with your hands, keeping
the elbows on the floor. Then
start to pedal as though on a
bicycle. Do this several times
day--at least five the first day
and increasing the count each day
thereafter
Here is another: Lie fat on
your back. Keep the arms straight
out by the sides with the palms
of the hands down, resting on the
floor. Now, raise the legs up over
the head, keeping the arms and
hands in the original position.
The object of this is to touch the
floor with the toes back over your
head. Return to the original po-
sition, slowly lowering the legs
until you are lying fat with heels
on the floor. Inhale as you bring
your legs up and over your head
and exhale as you return to the
original position. Do this at least
ten times a day - slowly and
rhythmically.
I think swimming Is one of the
best exercises of all. It seems to
stretch and strengthen the mus
cles without punching them. 1t is
the sort of exercise that will fat
ten the stomach and give long,
lovely, 1.-THE lines. Here Is swim
ming exercise that you can do
without going in the water"
Lie fiat on your stomach across
a stool or chair, keeping the legs
extended behind you while your
arms are straight over head in
line with the body. Now, kick
your legs as you would while
swimming and start the arms In
motion as though you were doing
the crawl. The movement Of the
legs and arms should be stimuli
taneous and with easy grace. This
exercise is splendid. Do it at least
three minutes every day.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-07
ByI. Masnin and COMPANY, San Franeiseo.

is lacy jersey material which
doesn't wrinkle. The third gown
pictured on this page is fashioned
of this delightful new fabric in q
soft yellow chartreuse shade with
the pattern in white and black
tracery. It is a stunning idea and
one that will appeal to the woman
who insists upon looking as fresh
as a daisy whether she has just
unpacked her luggage in a smart
hotel or is established in her own
home.
The model shown has a binding
of grosgrain ribbon in the char
treuse tone, and Is as slim and
soigne a dress as has been pre-
sented this spring. Another factor
which will make it a prime favo-
rite with the fashionable traveller
is it's little jacket, which converts
the formal beneath into a dinner
dress for less important evenings.
It's exquisitely lovely, and a gown
that will grace many a smart
scene both north and south be-
fore the season is past.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-07
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Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-07
BY Adrian Shawn

kIOW, If you have been exer-
IN cising regularly and consis-
tently, you must know something
about body control. It's their per-
feet body control, almost as much
as their death defying" stunts,
that make you so admire aero
bats and trapeze artists. OF
course, you probably have no de-
sire to be an acrobat or a trapeze
artist, but it does give sense of
power and well being to have ex-
cellent body control It bucks
you up" Perfect balance. grace
and rhythm - that's what you
want. And If, as l have said, you
have done your exercises regu-
larly and under the proper con-
ditions, you should be well on
our way to perfection by now.
So here are q few harder exer-
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-07

the sheer materials is marqui-
sette, which enters the spring
evening picture with more than
usual popularity expected of 1T.
On this page is shown a delight
full gown, simple but extremely
sophisticated, in black marqui-
sette. The front of the bodice and
the graceful hemline are artfully
patterned by the application of
cut-out motifs taken from a strik-
ing black and white print. This
is an extremely fetching gown
that will see it's smart wearer
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-07

Cut the onion and garlic into
very fine pieces and let brown
slightly in hot fat. Add the other
ingredients and let cook until
flavors are blended and the mix
ture Is slightly thickened. Serve
with lamb and rice.
A small serving will suffice
when this pleasingly rich and
fiavorous cake is served. The tex
ture is not overly fine, but is
somewhat similar to light pud-
ding. Concentrated goodness.
Rich Prune Cake
/ cup butter
1 Cup 0rGnnlated sugar
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-07
By Jenny Reed
Home Economics Editor

I AMB and rice, according to
history, is a food combination
of strictly Oriental origin. Since
lamb has been the favorite food
in Oriental countries for many,
many years, it ia not surprising
that these two foods form the
basis of many desert feast.
1t is common sight, say
Oriental travellers, to see a whole
lamb being roasted over an open
fire in preparation for a feast
day. The lamb is roasted whole,
then torn apart with the hands
and served with a steaming bowl
Aof hot, highly favored rice.
The platter Of lamb and rice,
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-07
amb And Rice An Oriental Dish Appreciated By All
Preparation OF Meal Differs Slightly From
DConcoction of Desert And Tastes Lot Better

pictured here, while it is not too
Oriental to be enjoyed, is sug-
gestive of those far-away desert
scenes. Instead of the whole lamb
roasted over an open fire, it
makes use of the ever-popular rib
chops, which are broiled by direct
heat, the method most nearly ap-
proximating outdoor cookery.
To broil lamb chops perfectly,
thoroughly preheat the broiling
oven with the regulator set to
"high." Place the chops on the
rack far enough from the fame
or heating element that by the
time the top is nicely Drowned
they will be about half done. Then
season with salt and pepper, turn,
and allow them to finish cooking.
For the chops, pictured here,
the meat has been removed from
| the ends of the rib bones, and
ripe olives placed over these
bones, another Oriental influence.
Rather than seasoning the rice
highly, you may want to serve
it as a mound of plain boiled rice,
and serve the highly seasoned
sauce separately so that each per-
son may add quantity large or
small as he prefers. A spiced to-
mato sauce such az the one given
below is delicious with both lamb
and rice.
Tomato Sauce
2 cups cooked tomatoes
1 tablespoon fdt
/ small onion
1 clove garlic
1 tablespoon sugar
i n cup Worcestershire sauce
| " cup cGtsup
"a cup vinegdr
Black pepper, red pepper,
i salt and mustard to taste
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-07

with the flour. Add beaten egg
yollxs to the butter and sugar,
and beat until thoroughly blend
ed. Add the flour and spices alter
nately with the buttermilk. Add
prunes, nuts and vanilla, mix,
and fold in stiff1y beaten egg
whites. Pour into a creased tube
pan and bake at 3500 F. for about
11a hours; or bake in 2 layer
cake pans in a moderate oven
$780, F.) for 20 minutes. When
cool, ice with the following:
Orange Butter Icing
u cup orange juice
Grated ytnd OF orange
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-07

ole and bake in moderate oven
until ham is tender and rhubarb
is cooked, about As minutes.
Blueberry mullins: Sift to-
gether 2 cups -four, 21s teaspoons
baking powder, " teaspoon salt,
u cup sugar. Stir in 1 unbeaten
egg, u cup milk. u cup melted
butter and q cup drained, canned
blueberries. Stir only until mixed.
Cook in well-greased muffin pans
in a hot oven 20 to 80 minutes.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-07
in a Rich Blue.

through innumerable spring and
summer evenings. The marqui-
settle is SO beautifully handled
that it becomes fabric. of the
first Importance, and the dress,
stunning in black, Is also delight
fully becoming in a rich blue.
The graceful fullness of skirts
in the evening vogue has perhaps
a definite relation to the craze
for peasant-inspired fashions. The
boldly f1owered dress pictured
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-07
By Tanya

CTARLIT nights call for the
- loveliest Of evening dresses,
and the mode this season is more
fascinating than ever. When it
comes to parties and dressing, the
spring season is especially bril-
liant and the most beautiful
clothes are in order. No gown is
too attractive to take to the
Southern resorts, and glorious
colors and delicate fabrics are the
rule everywhere. g
Among the most effective Of