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The Arizona gleam., 1937-06-04
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The Coolidge examiner., 1937-01-21

material for this model. 1t is
available in sizes IL to 20 80 to
40 bust). Size IA requires 224
yards of 81 inch fabric plus "a
yard of SO inch contrasting.
Pattern 1910 Which would you
have, Madam, an artistic smock
or a glamorous house coat? This
pattern allows you to make this
interesting choice and it has what
you'll need to make either of the
models Illustrated here. T h
house coat has become woman
kinds most desired "at home"
attire; so rather than be among
the minority, why not turn your
talents to this princess model
you'll have it complete in mere
few hours and think of the count
less days it will stand you in
good stead as a really good look
ing wardrobe asset. 1t is designed
in sizes IA to 20 (32 to AZ bust).
Size 16 Tin full lengthy requires
SIS yards of SO inch material plus
34 yards of bias piping and "a
yard contrasting material for
pocket.
Send your order to The Sew
ing Circle Pattern Dept, Room
1920, 211 w. Wacker Dr., Chicago,
Ill. Price of patterns, Is cents Cn
coins) each.
G Bell Syndicate.-WNU Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-01-21

IT HE modern woman who SeWS
l. is really an enviable person.
She has at her fnger-tips an end
less array of fashions from which
to choose for her own and her
daughters wardrobes. Today's
trio affords her new opportunities
in several size ranges; in fact,
there's something here for the
mature figure, size AZ, right on
down to the tiny tot who just
manages to fill an "age a."
Pattern 1881 This diminutive
frock is for Miss Four To-
Twelve. It's easy lines, faring
skirt, and pretty sleeves are per-
haps second only to its thru the
machine-aptness, so far as the
woman who sews is concerned.
But this is all too obvious to
mention. Better cut this pattern
twice for all round practical rea-
sons. It's intriguing in taffeta-a
winner in gingham and linen. 1t
comes in sizes 4, 6, 8, 10, and II
years. Size 6 requires rs yards
of SO inch material plus 3s yard
contrasting.
Pattern 1211- It is a smart
frock like this that will turn the
most immune young lady into an
ardent seamstress almost over
night. And rightly so, for it's plain
to see how becoming are it's prin-
cess lines, how fattering the
wide shoulders and slim waist,
yes, and how spicy the swing
skirt. A pretty and colorful motif
can be had in the use of velvet
for the buttons and belt. Mono
tone broadcloth, black or royal
blue, with the collar and cuffs of
white linen, is a startlingly chic
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-01-21
DinoSaur Footprints.

DACK in 1858, college professor
ID discovered on a sandstone ledge
in Massachusetts a whole batch of
imbedded tracks of the dinosaur-
familiarly known to geologiSts as
dinah, just as among its scientific
friends the great winged lizard is
frequently referred to as big liz.
At the time, the discovery created
no extraordinarily slight
shock of surprise to the old families
upon learning there was something
historic in Massachusetts antedat-
ing the MayfoWer. For the natur-
aliSts figured those tracks had been
left more than 150,000,000 years ago.
And they were suffered to remain
nearly eighty years more.
But here recently it develops that
parties unknown have been chisel-
ing Dinahs footprints out and toting
them off. This would seem to in
dicate either that America is get
ting dinosaur-con or that dino
saurleggers are operating, or both.
So if a slinky gentleman should
come to the side door, offering
prime specimen for the parlor
whatnot, don't trade with him, read
er-call the police. Next time he
may come back with a dornick off
of Plymouth Rock or the corner
stone of Harvard college or the
name plate from Cotton Mather's
coffin.
IRWIN S. COBB
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-01-21
$4,000 Signature

THERE'S no doubt thai John D.
l. Rockefeller's signature, or that
of j. P. Morgan, would be worth
$50, ,000-if it were on check! But
the only American whose written
name (not on check has ever
been worth that amount was Button
GWinnett.
Gwinnett was born in England in
1892. Despite that fact, he can be
listed as an American because he
came to America in ITO, was
chosen as a delegate from Georgia
to the Continental congress and was
one of the signerS of the Declara-
ton of independence in 1776.
The next year he was an un-
successful candidate for governor
and he was also defeated as candi-
date for brigadier-general of the
Georgia militia by Gen. Lachlin Nc
Intosh. AS result of a quarrel,
GWinnett challenged Mcintosh to
duel which was fought with pistols
at II feet. He was mortally wound
ed and died on May 27, 1777.
Most of the Sc signers the Dec
laration of independence lived for
many years after that historic
event, wrote many letters or signed
many documents. But with GWin-
nett's career cut off in less than a
year after he joined that company
of immortals, he left few examples
of his handwriting. SO his auto
graph is the rarest of all the signers
and it is that rarity which gives it
such great value.
In 1926 DR.. A. S. w. Rosenba ch,
the noted collector, paid $22, 500 for
a will which was signed by Gwin-
nett as witness. That was an
unheard-of price for an autograph.
But it was only the beginning of
boom in Button GWinnetts."
Later in the year this same col
lector bought another-this time
signature on a promisory note and
it cost him $28, 800.
In 1927 an all-time record for
autograph prices was reached
when DR.. Rosenbach paid $51, 900
for letter signed by Button GWin-
nett and four other signers of the
Declaration who were serving on
the marine committee of the Cont
mental congress. Aside from the
Declaration it is the only known
document dealing with national af-
fairs which this Georgian signed.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-01-21
UNCOMMON
AMERICANS
BY Elmo @ Western
~ v1 Newspaper
OCOCC ~ uLSOH Union
Sam Hawken, Rif1emaker

IMIHAT a Stradivarius is to vio-
w linists, a HaWken rifle is to
those who love fine firearms. For
genuine example of the work
manship of "OlC. Sam" HaWken OF
St. Louis is one of the rarest Weap-
)ns in existence. So far as is
known, there are only five.
But it is not alone the rarity OF
these rifles which makes them in
tereSting. It's a case of the man
behind the gun" as we'll. He was
Samuel Hawken. born of Pennsyl-
vania Dutch stock in Maryland in
1892. He was soldier in the War
of 1872 and after his return from
it he began practicing the trade of
gunsmith.
In 1922 he moved to st. Louis
where his brother, Jacob Hawken,
was already engaged in making
guns. That was the golden era of
the fur trade and the fame of the
rifles which Samuel and Jacob
HaWken were making soon spread
all along the frontier because they
were the most accurate and finest
pieces OF workmanship available,
not even excepting the famous Ken
lucky long rifles"
The demand for Hawken's prod
uct was limited only by the supply,
which was small For HaWken
made every rife by hand, welding
the barrels out of strips of iron
which he got from an iron furnace
on the Meramec river in Missouri.
These strips were hammered into
five-inch lengths and welded around
a steel mandrel, thus making the
tube which was bored out with a
rifing tool afterwards. 1t was a
tedious and thoroughgoing job Of
work, unusual even in those days OF
careful and honest craftsmanship.
But what was even more unusual
was the fact that HaWken had one
price for his rifles. That was $25-
no more, no less. He could have
had twice or three times that price,
so great was the demand, but he
refused to charge more because he
believed that one price brought him
trade.
Jacob Hawken died during the
cholera epidemic of 1S49 in St.
Louis and Samuel Hawken contin-
ued in the business until 1859 when
he sold out to an apprentice, John P.
Gemmer who was running the
Hawken shop when Samuel Hawken
returned to st. Louis in 1861 to
spend his declining years. "Old
Sam" became a regular habitue OF
the shop so long as he lived and
could scarcely keep his hands off
the tools, so greatly did he love
the work. Once Gemmer allowed
him to don an apron and make a
rife complete as he had done in
years gone by and this rifle, prob
ably the last which 'Old Sam"
honest workman, ever made, is one
of the two Hawken rifles now owned
by the Missouri Historical society.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-01-21
OF INTEREST TO
THE HOUSEWIFE

Wipe and core apples. Put in
baking dish and fill centers with
sugar. Add small quantity boil
ing water. Cover and bake three
hours in slow oven, bastlng fire.
quently and adding more water
if necessary.
Chilled, diced oranges mixed
with pineapple and sprinkled with
coconut make a delicious dessert.
Wash chiffons in a soap solu-
ton. No rubbing will be re-
ouired, just rinsing up and down.
Don't have the water too hot.
The best way to ventilate a
room is to open a window at the
top and bottom or one window
at the top and another at the other
side of the room at the bottom.
After putting water and soap in
to washing machine let it run for
a minute or two to dissolve soap
before putting in clothes, If you
wish the best results.
A simple way to freshen white
washing silk which has become
yellow through constant washing
is to add milk to the rinsing water
and allow it to soak for a few
minutes before squeezing out.
A felt blackboard eraser is best
in cleaning the top of the kitchen
stove. If grease gets on the stove
it should be rubbed over the top
of the stove while it is still hot.
The eraser is much more sat-
isfactory than a cloth and it keeps
the hands from getting soiled.
Never put soda and water into
an enameled saucepan that has
been burned. Although it will re-
move the burned particles of food
it will make the pan more likely
to burn again the next time it is
used. Use salt instead of soda.
Fill the pan with cold water, leave
until the next day and then slow
~ bring to boil.
g Associated Newspa pers.-WNU Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-01-21
Dwellers in the Valley.

During a lull in his cross-exam-
ination by the circle of nomads, he
questioned the chief about the diff
ferent peoples living in the valley.
There are two main races here
in the TekeS, nomadic Turks and
Mongols," he said. I'VE Turks are
represented by the Kirghiz and Ka-
zaks, two great tribes whose Gus
toms, language, and religion (Mo-
hammedan SunnD are almost iden-
teal; in fact, in the time of Genghis
Khan we undoubtedly were one
tribe.
However, we now have diStinc-
tions: our dialects are slightly diff
ferent; the Kirghiz women wear a
unique headdress, and through the
years we Kirghiz have been more
successful in amaSsing wealth. We
come from Issyk-kul (Warm Lake,,
across the border in Russian Kir-
ghiziStan while the KAYAKS have
migrated from the dry steppes of
Kazakistan, in southern Siberia.
THE Kalmucks, or Mongols, in
the other end of the valley have
lived for centuries, with only a few
Interruptions" he continued, "a law
unto themselves, with their Tibetan
religion, Mongolian language, and
unspeakable customs. They have
always dispensed their own civil
and, to a large extent, criminal JUS
tice."
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-01-21
Artificial Moon

An estate in Florida is lighted
each night by an artificial moon;
another in Bedfordshire, Eng
land, has a private crematory;
while a third on Long Island pos
sesses a man-made brook, op-
Grated by a set of electric but
tons which turn it on and off, reg
ulate its speed and control it's
babbling and bubbling sounds
Golfers Weekly.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-01-21
YOU Can THROW CARDS
IN HIS FACE
ONCE TOO OFTEN

WHEN you have those awful
w cramps; when your nerves
are all on edge-don't take it out
on the man you love.
Your husband can't possibly
know how you feel for the simple
reason that he is man.
A three-quarter wife may be
no wife at all if she nags her hus-
band seven days out of every
month.
For three generations one woman
has told another how to go 'smil-
ing through" with Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. 1t
helps Nature tone up the system,
thus lessening the discomforts from
the functional disorders which
women must endure in the three
ordeals of life: l. Turning from
girlhood to womanhood. 2. Pre-
pairing for motherhood. 3. APP
preaching middle age"
Don't be a three-quarter wife,
take LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND and
Go Smiling Through"
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-01-21
Curing Temperament.

4 JUDGE back east rules that
4 n this so-called artistic temper
ament is not sufficient excuse for
a so-called genius to beat up his
bride.
l tried the stuff once-just once
but the presiding judge in my case
was a lady. For years I'd been
trudging as steadily as milkman's S
horse, whereas being a practitioner
of creative profession, l said to
myself 1 really ought to stage some
temperament just to make the fam
lily appreciate me. SO l rehearSed
my act and went downstairs one
morning and put it on. So my wife
looked at me across the breakfast
table, and said: Il know what the
trouble with you is. You're bilious
You'll take some calomel."
Well, what are you going to do
when a beautifully staged emotion
al outburst is diagnosed, not as the
promptings of a tortured soul, but
as liver complaint?
You guessed it. took the calo-
mel, and, I pledge you my word,
haven't had an attack since.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-01-21

IndC the League OF
Nations chirped despairingly and
then put its head back under its
wing.
Somehow, I'm thinking of the two
fellows who started fighting and,
when bystanders rushed in to sep
arate them, the one who was get
ting the worst of it yelled:
Five or six of you hang on to
that big brute. Anybody can hold
mel"
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-01-21
IRWIN S. COBB
6-WNU Service.
On More Mature Reflection

Don't you wish you were child
again and could play in the show"
mo-" answered Miss Cayenne, II
thoroughly appreciate the advan-
tages of a taXicab over a sled"
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-01-21
The NOiSy Fellows

Some men," said Uncle Eben,
resembles de automobile horn dat
ain doin' much to push things
along, but manages to sound like de
whole works"
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-01-21
Head the List

Two well-known persons having
surnames of Aa were Peter Van
der Aa, a Dutch bookseller in
Leyden, and Christian Charles
Henry Wander Aa, Dutch
churchman.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-01-21

didn't.
w h e n r u S S i a
poked her snoot in
to the S p a n i S h
mess, there was 60
ing to be armed ac-
tion by other pow
ers, but wasn't.
When Japan be-
gan to nibble again
at China, there was
going to be inter-
V e n ii on, but all
that happened was
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-01-21

sporting, loving, ana marrying.
Far across the valley in one of
the recesses could be seen a scat
tering of brown huts amid a black
splotch of trees. It fitted the de-
scription given by Kuldja friends; it
must be the winter quarters of the
nomads, the home of Sayjan Beg,
chieftain of the Kirghiz. The horse
man seized the bride rein and
picked his way down the perilous
zigzag trail.
$50 you are a real American!"
exclaimed Sayjan Beg, the Kirghiz
chieftain.
He was seated cross-legged on a
sedir deep Turkish couch) reading
the introduction the visitor had
handed him.
The visitor had to explain to him
his coming to the TekeS. His Tatar
cousins had been fellow students at
Robert college, in Istanbul. While
at the school they had captured his
fancy with tales of their home city,
Kuldja, and the Tekes valley. When
the boys returned home, they had
given him a warm invitation to visit
them.
Sayjan Beg was strangely cast for
a nomad chieftain, small, thin
boned, and delicate; yet, as one
came to know him, his littlenesS
was forgotten and one was conscious
only of his wiry strength and vi
tality. He had unbounded nervous
energy and regal manner, coupled
with a quick, decisive way of utter
ing commands. One suspected Rus
sian blood somewhere in his strain,
for his skin was much lighter than
that of the Kirghiz about him.
Chiefs Head Always Covered.
Perched on his head was the en-
broidered velvet Moslem cap, for
he considers it a breach of etiquette
to be seen with uncovered head, Ell
ther indoors or out. Buttoned tight
about his neck was a clean. white
Russian shirt, while the rest of his
costume was made up of corduroy
coat, Russian riding breeches, and
knee boots of excellent black leather
obviously imported from Soviet Rus
sia.
Tribal headquarters were soon
crowded with Kirghiz. News passed
swiftly around the village that a
stranger who had lived in Istanbul
was visiting the chief; so the more
important tribesmen had come to
pay their respects to both the chief
tain and his guest. Sayjan Beg and
the visitor were sitting on sedirS
opposite each other, while the on
lockers sat Turkish fashion on the
floor or stood about, leaning against
the walls.
On this first evening and subse-
quently, sitting cross-legged around
camp fires, the guest found the no.
mads had rather old-fashioned ideas
about geography. To them the world
is fiat and no amount of explain
ing can alter their conceptions. The
earth is surrounded by the great
sea-" while the sun circles about
the earth.
They have heard of Russia, China,
Iran Persia, Turkey, Kashmir,
Hindustan, Tibet, Afghanistan, and
the mysterious far-away England.
But America means nothing to most
of them; in fact, the guest was in
variably taken for a Russian un-
less he explicitly told them that he
was a Ferengi-an Asian word of
ancient origin derived from the
word Frank" and used to denote
al Wactern E'I1rODaapc
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-01-21
The Laws DELAYS,

n NCE a Massachusetts Supreme
~ court reversed a felony convic-
tion because the prosecution, in fill
ing the record, stated that the crime
was committed Ion the fifteenth day
of June, 1855" but failed to state
whether the year was 1855 A. D.
or 1855 B. c.
And ever since then on bubbles
almost equally foolish-such as a
misplaced comma or an upside
down period-other high courts
have been defeating the ends of
justice and setting at naught the de-
cisions of honest juries.
Science has gone ahead, medicine
has taken enormous steps forward,
but law still rides in a stage coach
and hunts with a fiintlock musket.
Has it ever occurred to anyone that
one reason for the laws delays is
a lack of the thing called common
sense?
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-01-21
Paradise for the NOmads.

Even in distant Istanbul one hears
tales of how the nomads migrate to
these Tekes highlands, bringing
with them their focks and herds to
spend the summer months in a ver-
liable earthly paradise for Moham-
medans, drinking the f a m gu s
mares milk, feasting on mutton.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-01-21
uJi Z%t O
~ %NEn
S.(Iobb ! /
Ufl1vb1 about
International Fourflushing.

CANTA MONICA, CALF.
~ When the G e m a n
troops marched into the
Rhineland, France was going
to fight about it, but didn't.
When the Italians moved against
Ethiopia, Britain was going to in
woke q r q O hut
Evening star., 1937-08-26
EVENING WASHINGTON D. C,

had one in her hand at the time and
waved 1t at her questioner.
Don't be silly" she said. "Of
course. I smoke that brand. although
I have to be careful-you see, my
young son does not approve Of to-
bacco In any form. smoke only
when I'm sure he won't see me-"
Mrs. Barlow said she got a lot OF
help from her children and her hus-
band. She spent days on end search
ing the reference books at the Library
OF Congress.
Tax experts estimated the Federal
Government will take some 5000 Of
the $4,000 prize.
The winner Of the first prize in the
national contest, in which more than
100000 puzzle enthusiasts partici-
.pated, was William r. Stages, a naval
flying cadet aboard the U. 8. 8.
Ranger, now on the West Coast.
Stages Is rs and q native OF VAL
paraiso, Ind.
Other winners in Washington an
nounced yesterday were Robert Winn,
44l3 Yuma street. $3.50; Mrs. Bernice
D. Bracket, 6370 Thirty-first place,
Evening star., 1937-08-26
PLAYGROUND TOURNEY
PLANNED IN ARLINGTON
Competition Scheduled Tomorrow.
Tennis, Base Ball Champions
Announced.

~ Stan Correspondent OF The Star.
ARLINGTON. Va, August 26.-A
county playground tournament will be
held tomorrow at 1870 pm. at the
Washington-Ie ee Stadium.
A silver victory trophy is to be
awarded by the Organized Women
Voters of Arlington County to the
winning playground. Preliminary
tests have been held during the past
week by all the competing Fairgrounds
in preparation for the county wide
event.
Tennis champions for the year are
Junior girls, Mary Robinson, Lyon
Park: senior girls. Marjorie Forgie
Ballston; junior boys, Robert Howell,
Ballston; senior boys, Charles Fergu-
son, Lyon Park.
Base ball championships have been