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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-16
AMERICANS CRAVE
FANCY GROCERIES,
Eating Habits Changed by
Modern Merchandising.

NEW YORK.-More than 50,OOO,-
600 worth of fancy" foods were
sold. last year in the United States.
This enormous consumption OF del
icacies is shown in the latest gov
eminent reports and indicates del.
mite change in eating habits OF
American people.
Domestic farmers and fruit grow
ers have contributed much to the
changing American menu, cultivat-
ing many products heretofore I'M
ported, including persimmons,
mushrooms, broccoli, avocados and
prickly pears.
Foodstuffs, which formerly sold at
high prices in large centers and
were confined almost exclusively to
the local "400," today are available
at nearby stores at prices attrac-
tive to budget-minded housewives.
Luxuries Available.
Holsters, shrimp and clans are
now available in suburban eating
places, thousands of miles from wa
tiers in which they were caught. Lus-
cious commodities, formerly CLASH
fed as "luxuries," now adorn Main
street and Park avenue tables alike.
The old merchant, as an individu-
al buyer, did not have facilities for
purchasing anything but widely-used
staples. But introduction of efficient
methods of mass buying and distri-
button enabled the grocer to en-
large his line and reduce prices.
Last year more than IA, 900, 600
pounds Of spices were bought. These
included paprika, cinnamon, cara
way and cardamom seed, cassia,
cloves, mustard, ginger, nutmeg,
mace and pimento.
The Grocer Has Them.
More than 1000, 900 pounds Of
swordfish and sturgeon are con-
sumed annually, and 100000
pounds of anchovies. More than
4, 900, 900 pounds of citron and 7,000,-
600 pounds of avocados are sold
each year.
We now eat 13, 900 pounds of truf-
fies annually, many of which are
grown within our borders; IL ZOO, 900
pounds of lentils, 1900, 900 pounds of
lupines; and pate de fois can now
be purchased at most corner deli
catessen stores.
The housewife of average means
can now buy most of the foodstuffs
listed above from the $500 food
stuffs handled by many accessible
grocerS.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-16
Advertisement

The City of WyandOtte, Wayne COun-
ty, Michigan, will receive. sealed bids
on "Excavating and Pfling' for Exten-
sion to the existing Municipal Electric
Plant located in WyandOtte, Michigan.
until 8 100 O'Clock p. NJ Eastern Stand
ard Time, on the third day OF October
1898, at the Secretary's Office of. the
Municipal Service Commission, 300
Van Alstyne Blvd, WyandOtte, Michi-
gan, at which time and place all bids
will be publicly opened and read aloud
The successful bidder will be requir-
ed to furnish satisfactory performance
bond and labor and material bond.
The Contract documents, including
plans and specifications, are on file and
may be seen at the Office of the Secre-
tary of the Municipal Service commits
sion, 1855 Van Alstyne Blvd. Wyan-
dotte, Michigan or at the Office Of
Smith, Hinchman & GryEs, Inc, Archi-
tects & Engineers, 700 Marquette
Building, Detroit, Michigan.
Copies of plans and specifications
may be obtained from the Architects &
Engineers, for the purpose of making
bids. No deposit will be required for
such documents.
A certified check or bank draft pay
able to The City of Wyandotte, in an
amount of not less than 59c OF the Did,
or a satisfactory bid bond executed by
the bidder and an authorized surety
company, in an amount Of not less than
go Of the bid, shall be deposited with
the bid, as surety for the bid.
No bid may be withdrawn, after the
scheduled closing time for receipt OF
bids for at least 80 days.
The City of WyandOtte reserves the
right to reject any or all bids, in whole
or in part, and to waive any infOrmali-
ties in bidding should it be considered
for the best interests of The City OF
WyandOtte to do So
Date: September 10, 1898.
THE CITY OF WYANDOTTE
ACTING BY AND THROUGH
IT'S MUNICIPAL SERVICE
COMMISSION
VIM. j. HOn1eister, President
Anthony D'Anna
w. Leo Catalan
OrsOn l.. MaurithO
julius SOmheil E&
3Iw2 Henry A. Girardin, Secretary
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-16
Blocks From All States
Used in Forming Ou;lt

CLEVELAND. - A friendship"
quilt composed of 48 blocks, each
stamped with the autograph and
address of a woman from each of
the 48 states has been completed
by Mrs. Eleanor Stech.
Mrs. Stech said it took her almost
seven years to make the quilt be-
cause it was not easy to find some
one in every state who would send
her an autographed quilt block.
"When it came to the one from
Arizona, for instance, I had to get
q friend who had friend in Arizona
who would make an exchange"
She had to send everything from
gladioli bulbs to something for a
newborn baby in return for a Quilt
block.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-16
Tribal Apartment House
Is Excayated in Texas

CANYON, TEXAS. = The first
apartment houses on record in the
Panhandle of Texas have been ex-
cavated on Antelope creek, north
east of Amarillo, officials of the
West Texas State Teachers college
have announced. Indian dwelling
ruins, inhabited apparently about
1900 A. D., have been found. Their
excavation has proved definite rela-
tionships between the Pueblo tribes
culture of the Southwest and the
plains tribes culture farther east,
according to the college.
One ruin now being excavated,
through cooperation of the Works
Progress administration, contains
about 40 rooms. The walls are about
IL inches thick, plastered neatly
inside. They are covered with cot
tonwood logs and a thatch of brush
and mud. Doors of each room are
about three feet high, and there are
no windows. Most of the units con-
tain fire pit. The rooms are about
20 feet square and are paved with
packed clay.
Refuse heaps show that the in
habitants were hunters and agri-
culturists. Numerous bones of buff
falo, deer, bison and antelope have
been excavated, indicating that the
Panhandle Indians ate an abun-
dance of meat in addition to their
principal vegetables corn, beans,
squashes and tomatoes.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-16
THIN BLACK WITH
ICY WHITE ACCENTS
Tremendous Vogue for This
Combination Noted.
By CHERIE NICHOLAS

A tremendous vogue is on for thin
black costumes that take on Access
series of icy, frosty whiteness. Fol-
lowing are few hints that may
help in the ensembling of your
voguish black and white outfit.
Starting with the thought Of q
sheer black wool, or chiffon or mar
quisette basic dress, you can
achieve style distinction by adding
a costume jewelry ensemble that in
cludes necklace, bracelet, and
large brooch of tiny white flowers
made of snowy composition, the
frosty white fiowerets stemmed and
leafed with gold II buttons you
prefer, then choose the dramatic
new types that fs stem your dress or
blouse down the front with white
individual flowers, daisies made Of
white bone or porcelain being IA
vorites.
A white hat, OF course, must be
worn, either felt or straw, if it's
wide-brim (brims widest ever this
summer) or o white pillbox with
dattering white veil or one Of the
very new draped white crepe tur-
bans. Gloves Of the lacy crochet
type in white are lovely and the
embroidered fabric types vie with
white doeskin. Shoes of perforated
kid, linen, gabardine or white pat
emit, with bag to match, add chic.
II you are boutonniere-conscious
lilies Of the valley have lost none Of
their charm or you may choose q
huge single flower in pure white.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-16
Receding Chins Are Now
Corrected by Operations

PHILADELPHIA.-An operation
used by dental surgeons to correct
jutting or receding chins was de-
scribed at Temple university dem
tai school at a program celebrating
the schools seventy-fifth anniver-
sary.
DR.. James r. Cameron, professor
of oral surgery, said the operation
was known technically as resection
of the ramus, the short handle"
of the lower jaw which locks with
'cthe upper jaw in front of the ear.
The ramus is cut horizontally
and the jaw moved forward or back
ward as much as half inch. then
the teeth are wired together until
the bones knit, according to Doc
tor Cameron.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-16
The Use Of Tungsten

Tungsten is used as a filament
for electric light bulbs and the wires
are one-sixth the width of a human
hair. To make such minute threads
the metal is drawn through holes
bored in diamonds. Valuable when
mixed with other metals, tungsten
can be subjected to great heat with
out losing its usefulness. 1t does
not melt until raised to over 5000
degrees, centigrade. This is why
hard tungsten-steel is used for high
speed cutting tools, X-ray tubes,
electrical equipment and other ap-
paratus which must be able to with
stand exceptionally high tempera-
lures. - p.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-16
Evolution Caught in Act"
by Study of Tree Snail

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. has been
"caught in the act" by. DR.. Paul
Bartsch, curator of nollusks at the
United States Nations museum, in
a newly completed st dy Of a strik-
ingly beautiful specif OF Tree snail
from the Philippine
First collected ar described a
hundred years ago, ais snail spe-
cies has been redescI Jed again and
again under new M mes, because
mutational variations have gone on
so rapidly that each subsequent col
lector thought he had found some
thing new. However, with a really
large and complete collection be-
fore him, Doctor Bartsch was able
to demonstrate that Me whole va
ried life-complex is eally one spe-
cies. The snail is known to zool-
ogists as Cochlostyls virgata.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-16
Trace Dog Racing to 1866

Dog racing is a modern sport that
had its origin before the reign of
King James I (1566-1625), who is
reputed to have written a set of
rules to govern the sport of grey
hound racing Instead of mechan-
ical rabbit%to spur the dogs on a
live deer was used. But aside
from that the rules sound strangely
modern, even to the award, which
generally consisted of a fat purse
or a piece of plate.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-16
Talmudic Law

The whole criminal procedure as
recorded in the Talmud of the Jews
had the aim of making execution an
impossibility, for the commandment
"to judge" was interpreted by the
rabbis of the Talmud as a COM
mandment meaning "to rescue" If,
notwithstanding this, however, an
execution could not be prevented,
the accused had the benefit of the
precept, Thou shalt love thy neigh
Dor as thysef."
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-16
Incrustations of Lace Are
Now Employed by Stylists

Many designers are adopting q
styling that employs elaborate i'm
crustations Of lace. The idea 10
carried out IN day fashions as well
as formal evening modes. See the
ne vest daytime sheers, be they thin
wool, or chiffon or silk crepe that
have decorative insets of either
white, black or matching lace. The
evening organizes, chiffons and
mousselines with decorative lace in
crustations are charming.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-16
A Lincoln-McCleIlan Argument

+, In the Civil war, Lincoln, disap-
pointed at the way the war was
proceeding, drew up plan of his
own. a plan which the commanding
general, Mcclellan, would not ac-
cept, but instead demanded more
material and more men. In his
whimsical way, Lincoln remarked
of him and his demands: "It is like
shifting fieas across a barn with
shovel. half of them never get
there"
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-16

Mention leghorns and a major
part of the hat story has been told.
The wide brim of the leghorn shown
at the top turns down abruptly
against the back of the hair. Black
grosgrain ribbon is cleverly worked
into the front of the crown and
pulled through the brim and tied
in bow at the back. Even hats
have taken on the now much-exploit-
ed sheer black look. In the dinner
hat shown the light comes through
the transparent brim of black erin.
The crown is black velvet. Black
net forms the alluring rufled top
with the square neckline on a
sheathlike dinner dress of black
crepe. Note the high crown on the
hat in the inset. This trend to high
ness is outstanding in the newer
hats coming in. In this instance the
hat is Of aqualon blue kid with trim
of stitched navy blue betting ribbon.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-16
WYANDOTTE PUP Is
RECOVERED IN BUFFALO

\ dog belonging to Steve Casper Of
2310 Cora street was recovered in Buff
falo. ". ", last week Identification
was established by the license ON the
dogs collar. which information was
transmitted to the Michigan Humane
society at Detroit Casper was notified
and said he would arrange to have the
dog returned. The dog was lest while
Casper was on an automobile tour in
New York state.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-16
Ether Drift Experiment
Repeated With Success

Washington.-The her drift ex-
pertinent, whose fail e more than
40 years ago started nstein on the
Investigations that le j to the rela-
tivity theory, has at last been re-
peated in modified form with sue
cessful results, which were report
ed here before the meeting of the
National Academy of Sciences by
DR.. Herbert E. Ives of the Bell Tele-
phone laboratories.
Secret of DR.. Ives success was his
use of streams of positively charged
particles or ions, known as canal
rays, instead of the beams of light
originally tried in the classic Michel
son-Morley experiment in 1887. This
experiment undertook to find out to
what extent light would be detected
from its straight path through the
ether when it was made to take a
course at right angles to the direc-
ton of the earth's motion through
space. Light treated in this way
might be considered scientifically as
a clock, and the expectation was
that a clock in motion should run
slower than one at rest.
So slight is the slowing-down that
no speeds available to experiment.
ers when the theory was announced
were adequate for a crucial test.
But by using as "clock' the light
giving oscillation Of hydrogen ion,
which can be shot down a vacuum
tube at a thousand miles a second, it
is possible to measure a definite
change in the color of the light.
That, of course means a change in
the rate of vibration of the atom.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-16
Wear Animal Badges

The Kings Own Royal Lancaster
regiment wears the Lion of England
for a badge; the Royal Warwick
shires wear an antelope; the KiaR's
Liverpool, West Yorkshire and Roy,
al West Kent, a horse; the Bluffs.
the Scottish Rifles. Royal Berks.,
North Stats and York and Lancas-
tiers, q dragon. Other regiments
use the tiger, elephant, eagle, stag
and cat for badges.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-16
Match-Head Sized Motor
Runs at 'One-Flea' Power

CONNEAUT, OHIO.-Denver Ben
nett. postgraduate high school stu
dent, has built an electric motor no
larger than. match head. It il
powered by Q small fiashlight bat
terry. It runs at zone flea-power,"
according to Bennett, and can be
heard only when close to the ear.
He started to construct the ma
chine in the school physics labora-
tory, but finished il at home. He
had to use a magnifying glass while
working at it. Thiry-two rounds of
hair-like wire compose the field
magnet.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-16
STYLE NOTES

Simple frock with gay accent
is the rule.
Polka dot sheer ensembles are
high fashion.
Suspender skirt is a popular
sportswear fashion.
Bi-color costumes in startling
contrasts are outstanding vogue.
Gypsy stripe cottons are inn
portant in realm of play clothes.
Bright quilted calico-print jack
cts top dark tailored linen frocks.
Smart set wear white maribou
or ermine boleros over summer
gowns.
Wearing white hats and Access
series with dark town suits and
ensembles.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-16
Shops on a Bridge

Historic Ponte Vecchio at Flor
ence, Italy, is said to be the only
bridge in the world with shops flank
ing both sides of its passageway.
1t is supposed that this was the
spot where Dante and Beatrice met
for the first time. The bridge has
been in existence since Roman
times.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-16
GUbERNATOR|bL /
CANDIDATES ARE
HEARD HERE

The two leading candidates for the
Republican nomination for governor,
held rallies in WyandOtte within three
days of each other, one closing the
primary campaign with the local meet
ing.
Harry 5. Toy held the boards at
Bishop park last Friday night. A fair
sized crowd was present. The arrange
ments were in charge of Anthony
D'Anna. Village Attorney James X.
Adams Of DcOrse, introduced the speak
or, and the NOn-PartiSan band furnish
ed music.
Toy devoted his entire address to an
attack on the administration of Cover
noi Frank Murphy. The assaults on
fitzgerald, his opponent, were conspic
uOus by their absence.
He denounced particularly the taking
of $S,OOO,OOO from the state school fund
fol the purpose of paying other ex-
pen>es, saying that WyandOtte schools
would suffer TO the extent of $4,000
by this action.
The speaker also aSSailed Murphy's
handling Of the sit-dOwn strikes. u
Fitzgerald Drew
Immense Crowd
One Of the largest crowds ever to
assemble ut Bishop park met Monday
night TO listen TO an address by former
Governor Frank ID. Fitzgerald Parking
space anywhere near the park was all
taken up by the cars of listeners
Fitzgerald was late in arriving at
the scene of activities, but this did not
dampen the enthusiasm of his follow
efS.
There was music by the Edward c.
Headman post band, more music by
nine accordion players, and songs by
Anthony Mozzara of 314 Hudson street
a tOrchlight parade formed at Biddle
and Ford avenues, with the Legion
band and ladies' drum and bugle corps
of City of WyandOtte post, Veterans
Of Foreign Wars, in line.
Chairman of the meeting was Frank
T. DARN. There were brief remarks by
Councilman John C. Kreger, on behalf
of the city; Mayor Howard of Lincoln
Park, and Justice Roy McGinty of Mel
vindale
Several dozen candidates forsSsfffce
on the Republican ticket footed shsir
own horns ~
Fitzgerald, in his address, S.deEN
with different features of the Murshy>
administration. He said that in eaSG Of
his election, Michigan would be COWS
erned from Lansing. and NOT from
Washington: called attention To his
own course as former governor: said THE
ole age pension plan was enacted dur
inS his term of office, and that money
for the state hospitals for which Muir
ply was claiming credit was provided
during his (FitZgerald'S) adnriniStra
ton
The speaker was introduced by O. l..
Smith, former assistant attorney gen.
eral.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-16
Fellowship Club
to Hold Banquet

The WyandOtte Fellowship club of
the IO.O.F. will hold its annual ban
quet ut the Poplar inn. Trenton. tomOr-
row night
During the morning there win be
gOlfing Mt the West Shore club on
Crosse lie, and in the afternoon a
hCrSe shoe pitching contest
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-16
Supt. Frostic
TO Talk at Soc

\ meeting Of the Michigan Education
Association of Superintendent will be
held Mt Sault Ste Marie, beginning
next Friday, September %. ?
Superintendent +. w. FroStic. of the
Wyandotte public schools, is down on
the program for an address on Fire
Insurance on school Buildings"
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-16
China's First Railway

China's first railway, 10 miles in
ength between Shanghai and Woo
sung, was built by foreign enter
prise IN 1876. After a farmer had
been run over and killed, however,
1t was purchased by the Chinese
government and torn UP.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-16
$500 Loss to
Cabin Cruiser

\ fire. caused by the explosion of a
gasoline cook stove, broke out in a
cabin cruiser mOOred at the foot of
Clinton street, Monday afternoon, and
caused 5000 damage before the blaze
was gotten under control.
Thomas Furtaw, who owned the
boat, and his family were living aboard
ship.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-16
Puerto Rico Not TropicaI

Puerto Rico. verdant, mountain
ridged island. larger than Delaware
and Rhode Island combined, can
hardly be called tropical, as its po-,
sition In the path of the trade winds
gives it mean temperature of 70,
IN January and 70 in July.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-16
Growing Coffee in Venezuela

Coffee is the leading agricultural
crop OF Venezuela, and forms the
principal item of export, totaling so
per cent of the entire foreign ship
ments. It grows well in districts
where the altitude is from 500 to
1000 meters. It has been estimated,
that the various coffee estates con-
tain 260, 000. 900 trees. ~
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1938-09-16

Finale: Zane Grey was once q
dentist and had an Office right here
in New York. Few people know
that he was at one time a profess
sional baseball player.
@ Bel Syndicate.--wNU Service.
Evening star., 1938-05-25
Golden.Eye Grass
(Hypoxis hirsuta).
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

GRASSES are the most important
plants to man. How few realize
that we owe to them our land, for
their roots keep the soil in place. Look
at a few pictures where the land had
been stripped of all growth, and see
how quickly the winds swept over them,
carrying away the valuable top soil.
There are about 1000 species OF
grass, with 130 native to England.
Grasses vary in size from two inches
in height to the beautiful bamboo,
which grows to 100 feet high.
As you know, grasses are either
perennial or annual in their habits.
They may be identified by their hollow
towering stems (culm), which are
jointed and have sheathing, alternate
leaves. The outstanding annual grass,
you know, is the hay-graSs used for
forage for cattle. The bamboo Is
perennial
You will be surprised to know how
many of the grass family provide you
with food and prosperity. Look at
the corn fields. Bread for millions
OF people and food for cattle. The
wheat fields also supply us with the
staff Of life.
We look at the grasses waving their
long. slender leaves, and their flowers
always to be found at the tip of the
stem, and think of how pretty the
show Is. It reminds some of us of the
river when the wind stirs up the sur
e.ce into ripples; it may seem like an
enchanted carpet. and it may and
usually does send forth a fragrant
breath to be waited through open
windows and doors.
Grasses contain sugar and silica in
their stems, starch in the albumen of
their seeds, are rarely do We find a
grass that has poisonous qualities
Sugar cane produces the most sugar in
its stems, and you find large quantities
of silica when corn or hay stacks are
burned.
Evening star., 1938-05-25
DEATHS REPORTED

Rachel A. -Yost, 95; 1920 Upton st; NV.
Antonio Facenda. 73. 1851 Lamont st. NV.
Mary A. Miller; n IS N st. NV.
Alice B. White. 6s. 10 BRYANT st. NV.
Samuel Goldberg. &c. $50 g St Sc.
Richard H. Cromwell SO. AIS Kennedy
THOMAS nfB B. claegett. 50. Casualty HOSPITAL
Richard e. Hamilton. "a. 1925 Porter st..
Mabel Menze. 53. Garfield Hospital.
Abraham Sherman. 81. Sibley Hospital.
% Thomas G. Jefiries, 80. Mt. Alto Hospital.
n hpi4ser Msnae T. e anss4 GsSaz aosDa
John r. Sansbury; Al. Episcopal Hospital.
infant Russ. Providence Hospital.
Fannie Barnes. 80. 1112 New Jersey ave.
ronise Hamilton. 80. a2s French st. NV.
Helen Scott, 81. 412 3rd st. s.w.
Grover King. so. Gallinger Hospital.
Mary Clagrett so. 1900 25th st. NV.
Mozelle Chambers, %. GallinRer HOSPITAL
Matte Lancaster. Il; GallingsI Hospital.
Ipfant Williams. Gallinger Hospital.