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Montana labor news., 1938-02-03

NEW people realize that the pea
I nut began its career as a ma
tional food when p. 7. Barnum in
PRODUCED it as a part of the circus.
For years the only environment in
which peanuts were sold and eaten
was at circuses, ball games and
other outdoor amusement places.
At first no n ate peanuts for
their food value; it was simply the
sport of the thing and the tasty
flavor Of the peanuts that caused
their popularity. Later when their
nutritive value became known, they
entered the household as an article
Of food, but to no a%ppreciable ex-
tent until peanut butter was com
mercially developed and placed on
the market in its present state.
It was about the end Of the nine
teenth century when the discovery
was made that a very p~alatable
butter or paste could be obtained by
grinding peanuts, which later be-
came known as peanut butter, and
today is an important food item be-
cause of its high nutritional value.
The first peanut butter to be sold
commercially through the grocery
trade was manufactured in st.
Louis, Missouri, in the early nine
ties.
While most everyone is familiar
with the many use Of peanut but
Montana labor news., 1938-02-03
Books in the
Labor Movement

An interesting item from the
Great Falls unions mentions the spe-
eial collection of books on labor
questions in the Great Falls public
library. Here is a practical example
of local cooperation which other
public libraries should be urged to
follow. And it also is an interest
ing demonstration of the way in
which the principles of unionism
may be spread.
Mr.. Harold Laski, the English lib
eral, comments on the influence of
books in the English labor move
ment in a recent issue of the Nation,
No longtime plan of action can be
successful, he says, without an ade-
quate philosophy, which in turn,
must be based upon a correct read
ing of the whole social and eco
nomic background of the times.
There is in English labor a growing
recognition of the necessity for this
broad orientation in labor questions.
Credit for this development is due
to considerable extent, he thinks,
to the Left Book Club and the i'm
pact it is making.
This club is based on the same
general idea as the popular book
clubs in England and in this coun-
try. Members receive each month
a selected book and the Left News,
a magazine with articles by leading
British authors. The club has or
ganized discussion groups and week
end schools for its members, who
now number about $4,000.
While the club has no party af-
filiations, its influence is being felt
in the Labor party. By stimulating
a new social consciousness, it tends
to turn people toward the labor
ranks.
Montana labor news., 1938-02-03
GEOLOGICAL HISTORY
OF MONTANA IS VERY
INTERESTING VOLUME

Montana: The Geological Story
by Daniel E. Willard, A. M, is a
unique book. Few books such as
this have been written about any
state. It is scientific, but fascinating.
It is a book to be read and re-read.
It should lie on the reading table
where it can be often and easily
picked up. It should be in every
library for reference, and more than
this: it should be studied systemati-
cally by every one who is interested
to know the natural resources Of
Montana. This is the story of the
land. It is the history of Montana
before man came" So says one
who has read it.
Geology is sometimes thought of
as something hard and dry. Maybe
it is sometimes, but it is not so with
Mr.. Wizards Geological Story of
Montana. It is interesting to read,
and it is not only interesting but it
probably gives more information
about the state, its soils and rock
formations, rivers and mountains,
than is contained in any other one
volume that has been published. The
boys and girls of all ages from II
to 70 years will find the story of the
land of Montana interesting. To the
older boys and girls, who have gone
forth into the activities Of business
life, it will furnish a vast fund of
information Of lasting value" says
another.
This is a book that should be in
every school library, and not only
this but in the library Of supple
mentary books used in classroom
work, there should be in every
school enough copies so that a sys-
tematic study of Montana geography
and history may be made. The book
is now so used in many leading high
schools. The book has been adopted
by the State Textbook Commission
as a supplementary text for use in
the schools of the state. It is Of
fered to schools at a discount price
which should bring the book within
the reach of all schools.
The book was written for the use
and benefit of the people of Mon
tana. 1t has been highly spoken Of
by college men, judges, teachers,
and farmers. Educators of high
rank in Montana have commended
the book for use in classes in all
schools. If there is anything of
more Importance to the boys and
girls of the rising generation than a
knowledge of their own state, we
do not know what it is. Here is a
simple and interesting description of
the land, profusely illustrated, well
printed on high class paper and it
is offered at a little more than the
cost Of paper and printing. Single
copies postpaid, $3.50.
DANIEL E. WILLARD,
Author and Publisher.
Coupon:
If you wish a copy sent you on
approval tear off this coupon and
send to the author. If adopted for
use in school this copy will be com
plimentary.
Name
Address
Montana labor news., 1938-02-03

ter as a delicious sandwich spread,
few realize what an important role
it can play in the preparation Of
many delightful recipes.
Although corn bread and corn
meal mullins are great favorites in
many American homes, it is safe
to predict that their popularity
would soar to even greater heights
through the addition Of a few table
spoons of peanut butter in the
recipe.
The next time you decide to treat
your family to corn bread or mullins
lust try the following recipe and
learn what q taste thrill you have
discovered.
Peanut Butter Mullins
* cup corn meal
i cup -four
3 teaspoons baking
powder
1 tablespoon sugar
"a teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons pea
nut butter
"a cup milk
1 egg, well beaten
1 slice bacon
Combine and sift all dry ingre-
dients, add peanut butter and milk.
Stir just enough to make a smooth
baxter. Fold in well beaten egg.
Bake in well creased muffin pans OF
in loaf pan, top with small pieces
| Of sliced bacon.
Montana labor news., 1938-02-03

1t is better to be misjudged for a
deed of action than for a deed of
neglect.
Montana labor news., 1938-02-03
Excerpts from Rankin's
Argument on (onstitu-
%tionaliiy Of S-Hour Law

Wellington ID. Rankin, Speaking
in Behalf of the Montana Fed
Grafton of Labor in Favor of
the Constitutionality of the
Eight-Hour Law, Argued Be-
fore the Supreme Court of
Montana, in Part AS Follows:
Montana labor news., 1938-02-03

If you wish a copy sent you on
approval tear off this coupon and
send to the author. If adopted for
use in school this copy will be com
plimentary.
Name
Evening star., 1938-01-09
Aosozins Section

spoke of Harry and discovered that she
had already found out about his losses and his
debts and his life insurance. She had ques-
toned his partner. She said, almost imme-
diately, Il can't live on three thousand
year."
That had already occurred to me.
She said, I've twenty thousand dollars
and that's all ! have - from my father.
Harry would never let me spend it."
asked, Have you any plans?"
She said. big eyes wide and vacant. mo,
haven't. I've been talking it over with Annie.
She Il stay on of course for board wages. She
couldn't live without me- But III have to give
up the apartment and let the other servants
Co."
1t was like Ethel. thought. to begin her
economies by deleting Annie's wages from
her budget; and like Annie to accept the dele
ton. remembered those stories that Harry
used to tell me of Annie's generosity to the
nephews and nieces in Scotland whom she was
educating, the children of her two younger
brothers who had been Kilties in the Fifth
Battalion of the Argyle and Sutherland High
landers, one killed, the other she'll shocked in
the Dardanelles.
It was at that moment that Annie, very
gravely, brought in the cocktail tray. The
butler. Ethel explained. had gone to arrange
some details of the funeral. slipped my cock
tail uncomfortably while Ethel vaguely enu-
merated the list of pail bearers and asked me.
half-heartedly, to serve. She seemed less
adequate when dealing with practical arrange
ments. But Annie had mixed a very good
Martini. There really wasn't anything that
Annie couldn't do.
In the weeks that followed, we all wondered
Evening star., 1938-01-09


II out of the sixteenth story win
wv dow of the Bulls and Bears Club
and put an end to his somewhat
spectacular career, none of his friends -
though he had great many of them - were
very sorry for his wife.
This might seem queer to you if you didn't
know the set-up of the Farson marriage, for
all Harys friends were great deal fonder
of Harry than they were of Ethel. Ethel
wasn't person you could get very fond of.
Her beauty, which was really exceptional. was
c,riously devoid Of warmth. 1t rather misled
you for her emotions were commonplace and
pallid and centered in her eternal preoccupa-
ton with her own appearance. This curious
concentration protected her from injury ex-
cept to her vanity.
Technically speaking, Ethel had been a
good wife to Harry. But no one was sorry
for her, for everyone knew that sweet as
Harry was - his death wouldn't devastate
her; except for the fact that when you jump
out of a window, you usually have good
reason.
Poor Harry had it. He had lost his last
cent and his debts were appalling, though ne
had once been a man of considerable means.
In 1923, when Ethel had married him, he must
have had close to a couple of million dollars.
He had lost most of it IN the Big Smash and
won good deal of it back again, selling short
on falling market, but in the rise he began
pyramiding profits again and - after short
reuudescence of excessive prosperity - he'd
made some bad guesses and had been cleaned
out once more. Harry never did things by
halves; for Harry was speculator, pure and
simple Ethel was the spender. Money, as
money. meant very little to her husband. He
liked the excitement of gambling. He didn't
even want power.
He left only small life insurance three
thousand year, held in trust for Ethel. She
wasn't the kind of woman to whom you tell
your troubles, so she wasn't prepared for the
catastrophe and of course it was shock.
was Harry's attorney and perhaps his
Evening star., 1938-01-09

how Ethel was going to cope with her future
but without much to 60 on. When say
"we." l mean Hany's friends. Most of US
weren't Ethel's and. the funeral over, we saw
very little of her. She never had any patience
with brokers and bankers and members of the
New York Stock Exchange. She said they
were stupid and sordid. In Harry's heydey.
Ethel had always claimed that money was I'm
important and that it was vulgar to think
about it.
She never imagined that it had taken an
ounce of brains to make Harry's two million
or to keep the Sutton Place apartment going
through the depression. She never suspected
that it was the strain of thinking, inten-
sively. desperately, and to the exclusion of
all else, how safely to risk security so that
the bills she ran up could be met, that had
been Harry's undoing in the end. His partial
undoing - for, of course, as said. Harry
liked to gamble. But it was the stark necessity
of confessing his failure to Ethel, always
thought. that had unbalanced him to the
point where he felt that the jump from
Evening star., 1938-01-09

best friend and I'd been his
roommate at Yale. so l went to
see Ethel as soon as I'd heard
what had happened. l knew
without any investigation what
the state of Harry's affairs was; H.
for some time I'd been worried I
about his condition - mental ~ q.
as we'll as financial.
Annie McPherson opened
the front door for me. She was
Ethel's personal maid, who had
beenher nurse twenty-five years
ago and still nursed her, as.
there were no little Parsons de-
mandmg her care. knew Annie ~
we'll, for she was card and
Harry was always quoting her ~
axioms. A quaint little Scotch
woman with graying rust <
oolored hair and shrewd mouth
and strong Highland accent; k
the kind of old servant who ac- ~ \
quires comic personality for - !
all the family friends. She was
utterly devoted to Ethel and
had been to Harry. too.
Now her face looked old and
tired and, when she saw me. the blue ey
blurred. ''Oh, Mistu-r Br-rooke," she erie
sorrow thickening her accent, I'm vur-l
glad ye've come! Poor-r. poor-r Mistur
Far-rson! And what Il become of Miss Ethel:
What would, indeed?
But five minutes later, when Ethel sweI
into the drawing room, white, wan and wear
something about her gave the illusion
adequacy. Her beauty, perhaps, which Il
sisted that for lovely women things couldn
break wrong. She was one of those silver
blondes; frail-boned and tall, with pale ha
loosely waved and curled on her neck and b
blue eyes, as shallow as marbles. She w
dressed, already, dramatically in black; som
thing long and clinging, trained and tran
parent, with wide flowing sleeves. The Slew
fell away from her slender, blue -veined wris
and her skin was so pale that it looked almo
transparent The great square emerald OF h
engagement ring was her only note of color.
She sat down on white satin sofa near Il
white marble mantelpiece, making love
picture of grief - some girlish dark angel. tt
sofalost its frivolity; the mantle became tom
Evening star., 1938-01-09

Y A HHEN poor Harry Farson jumped
II u out of the sixteenth story win
wv dow of the Bulls and Bears Club
and put an end to his somewhat
Evening star., 1938-01-09
CAPT. NIXON MAKES
new DIVORCE PLEA
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Takes Appeal of Officer
Under Amusement.

The Pennsylvania State Supreme
Court has taken under advisement
an appeal by Capt. Thomas H. Nixon,
husband Of the former Anne Cooke of
Chevy Chase, Md, seeking to have a
divorce from his second wife reaf-
firmed, according to an Associated
Press dispatch from PHILADELPHIA.
Closing arguments in the case
brought question from Chief Justice
John w. Kephart on why the di-
vorce had not been contested before
the decree was granted.
I'D like to know where he would
get on divorce matters If that pro-
cedure were followed" he told counsel
for the second wife, former Actress
Annette Finnerton. The upsetting
of this decree would bastardize his
two children"
E. V. Bullet, attorney for the sec
ond Mrs. Nixon, argued that she had
been misled by a promise he would
withdraw the divorce action if she
returned to him.
Capt. Nixon, Army ordnance off,
Ger, now stationed at Fort Knox, KY,
remarked on the same day the divorce
was granted, in 1885 Twins have
since been born to the third wife,
and the couple is expecting another
child.
The divorce was revoked in 1886 on
grounds that Capt. Nixon was not le-
gally a resident of Gettysburg, Pa,
his birthplace, as he had set forth,
but had legal residence in Washing
ton.
Evening star., 1938-01-09
OPERA COMPANY
HERE SATURDAY
Proceeds Will Go Toward
Building Addition to Con-
vent on V Street.

The Columbia Grand Opera Co. Of
New York will give concerts next Sat-
urday afternoon and evening at the
Rialto Theater for the benefit Of the
Convent Of the Perpetual Alteration,
1419 V street NV, a house Of clois-
tered nuns who supply poor churches
and missions throughout the country
and the Philippines and Alaska with
vestments, altar linens, chalices and
other necessaries.
The money raised through the con-
certs is to be put into the fund for
the construction Of an addition to the
convent building, which was erected
IN 1900 through the gift principally
OF Mrs. Thomas Fortune Ryan. Plans
for the addition have been prepared,
and the work will be undertaken as
soon as sufficient money is on hand.
The benefit was arranged by the
Board Of Lady Managers of the con-
vent OF which Mrs. Daniel c. Staple
ton, 1917 Massachusetts avenue NV,
is president. The members Of the
board include most Of the promi-
nent Catholic women of the city,
among them:
Countess van der Straten- -Ponthoz,
wife OF the Belgian Ambassador;
Donna Matilde de Suvich. wife OF the
Italian Ambassador; Sonora Dona Isa-
bel Reyes. de Dopez, wife of the Colom-
bian Minister; Mrs. Pierce Butler, Mrs.
John Galen Carter, Mrs William r.
knobloch, Mrs. David Mccarthy, Mrs.
Evening star., 1938-01-09
SALVATION ARMY
TRANSFERS ASHER
Chief of D. C. Division to
Take Charge of Large
Southern District.

Brigadier James Asher, commander
Of the Salvation Army in the District
since January /, 1929, will take charge
Of the Alabama, Mississippi and West
ern Georgia division of the organiza-
tion, with headquarters in Birming-
ham, on February l. He will be sue
ceeded here by Maj. Charles Dodd,
now secretary of the Florida and Geor-
gia division, with headquarters in jack
sonville.
Brigadier Asher, who has been Sal
vation Army officer for Is years, will
conduct his farewell meeting here in
the organizations auditorium at 606
E street NV. on January %. Plans
for the meeting have not been COM
pleted, but associates in religious and
welfare circles are to be among the
speakers.
In statement announcing the date
Of Brigadier Asher's departure, it was
explained that his promotion from the
command of the smallest division in
the Southern territory to that of the
second largest is due to the splendid
record of achievement made during
the past nine years in his present COM
mand." Membership in the District
division has increased so per cent
under Brigadier Asher's direction, it
was added, and the territory is lin the
best shape today of any time in its
history"
For number Of years, Brigadier
Asher had charge of all the Salvation
Army's financial campaigns in New
England. In 1927, when the Southern
territory was set up as an administra-
tive unit, he was made camaign secre-
tary for that area-a position he re-
tanned until his transfer to Wash
ington. He assumed command here
In time to take an active part in the
nrst campaign conducted by the Com
munity Chest, with which the local
division of the Salvation Army is af-
dliated
At the farewell meeting, to be held
In the form of dinner, the briga-
dier's wife also will be a guest of
honor.
Evening star., 1938-01-09
TOWN HALL PANEL
TONIGHT ANNOUNCED
DR.. Henry Pratt Fairchild, Will.
son Compton and Cushman
Coyle Among Takers.

Members of the panel for tonight's
session of the Town Hall of Washing
ton, at which DR.. Henry Pratt Fair
child will speak. were announced yes
terday. They are:
Wilson Compton, head of the Ma
tional Lumber Association; DR.. Albert
Atwood, writer; Kemper Simpson, for
mer economic adviser to the Securities
and Exchange Commission and Da-
vid Cushman Coyle. writer. Huston
Thompson will preside. DR.. Fairchild' s
subject will be The Regression-The
Way Out"
Town Hall officials also announced
that Sir Norman Angel, scheduled to
speak here next Sunday, will be un-
able to appear because of severe ILL
ness.
Gen. Hugh s. Johnson, former N
r. A. administrator, will take his
place, discussing Are We Getting a
One-Man Governments"
Evening star., 1938-01-09

C010THd1 0HH11g 0T0uP
HHusfrated)
One Of the most interesting designs of the many Dnino
Groups in this Bed Room and Dining Room Month event. Il
Duncan Phe Designs Each characteristic true to it's period
The construction is genuine Amazon mahogany and the
finish in the old red color. The group consists of ten
pieces
e>s.,., Price ,,,,...------.-.-.-..--..$ $2o2
Evening star., 1938-01-09

Henry Flather, Mrs. Paul Bastedo,
Mrs. George Scriven, Mrs. John Saul,
jr., and the Rev. Mother Martin, the
superior Of the convent.
Mother O'Hara, member Of the
convent order, Atreasurer Of the board.
The Vermont avenue convent, whose
religious purpose is the furtherance of
the perpetual alteration Of the blessed
sacrament In the churches it aids, is
the only house Of the Order of the
Perpetual Alteration in the United
States. It Is prominent religious Or
ganization in Europe, and the WASH
ington community was established in
1860 through the efforts Of Miss Fannie
Whelan.
Evening star., 1938-01-09

Commerce, Seventeenth and H streets
NV. Owen D. Young, chairman Of
the board Of the General Electric Co.,
will preside. He is vice chairman Of
the council.
The problem Of citizenship educa-
ton Is the theme for this afternoons
discussion, which will be led by Dean
William r. Russell Of the Teachers
College. Columbia University, New
York. Arrangements will be COM
pleted during the conference for q
study Of the special problems Of COL
ored youth.
The Youth Commission, which has
in progress an evaluation Of the Civil
ian Conservation Corps, has been max
Evening star., 1938-01-09
NORTH CAROLINA BODY
TO GIVE PARTY JAN. %
Guests of Honor to Include Con-
gressional Delegation
of State,

The North Carolina Society of
washington will hold its annual con-
gressional night party at the Shore
ham Hotel Saturday, January %.
Guests of honor will include men,
bers of the States congressional dele
cation and their wives.
The reception line will form at 9
pm. Preceding the reception, the
Senators and Representatives and
their wives will be entertained at
dinner by the officers and members Of
the board of. governors, past presi-
dents and secretaries with their wives
and husbands. A dance will follow
the reception.
Giles Yeomans Newton, president of
the society, will preside.
Evening star., 1938-01-09
CHILDREN SEE FILM

Hundreds Of Washington youngsters
yesterday attended the first in a series
Of three motion pictures presented for
boys and girls at the Rialto Theater
by the Junior Cinema Guild OF WASH
ington.
Yesterdays picture was Elephant
Boy" dramatization Of Rudyard Kip
Evening star., 1938-01-09

(IInsraed)
One OF the most interesting designs and of the best
values featured in Bed Room and Dining Room Month. 1t
hos all the charm Of the French countryside executed with
the rore genius and cobnetmoking skill With which the
original furniture Of the period Of the Louis was Famous
Construction genuine American walnut and the finish the
warm nut brown tone Eight pieces including Twin Beds
Evening star., 1938-01-09

A charming little plain style
apartments at the lowest price
we've ever seen on (lA0
= real piano Ou"
Evening star., 1938-01-09
COLONIAL
SPINETTE

A new model made by Hunt
1ngton. .Charminsly designed
ana nicely finished. It's .
p,sne pan'S that \. any, any family n, SlQS
Evening star., 1938-01-09

lings story, "Toomai Of the Elephants"
Ihe second offering in the series will
negln at 10 am. Saturday, with mem
pers OF the Boys Club of Washington
as special guests. The production will
be THE Devil Is a Sissy"
Evening star., 1938-01-09

ing sampling studies during the past
two years in Maryland, Dallas, Tex
and Muncie, Ind, Of the education
health, employment and needs OF
young people.
Evening star., 1938-01-09
YOUTH COMMISSION
CONVENES TODAY
Citizenship Education Will Be
Discussed at Conference at U. s.
Chamber Of Commerce,

The American Youth Commission
Of the American Council on Educa-
ton, Of which the late Newton D.
Baker was chairman, will open two
day executive session this afternoon
at the United States Chamber of
Evening star., 1938-02-27

countries OF Europe, North Africa.
Kenya, Belgian Congo. Egypt, Pales-
tine, Cuba and Mexico.