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Evening star., 1938-03-20

mistakes" are silly enough. though
understandable. But when you see the
agonized writings and hear the pierc-
ing screams of some of these kids
who had no idea what they were eat
ing, it makes you feel like giving a
small dose of the same stuff to the
stupid parents who let it happen.
The list of child poisons includes
strychnine, cathartic pills and other
indications taken in bulk. lye, rat
poisons, roach powder or paste, kero-
sene, gasoline, ammonia, household
disinfectants. With children in the
house or apt to come in at any
time - it is plain manslaughter to
leave such things lying about care
lessly.
As for the adults, their mistakes are
invariably predicated upon somebody
else's mental lapse. Silver polish that
resembles milk should never be IN 4
milk bottle; a chemical that looks like
Epson salts should be clearly marked.
and even salts shouldn't be kept in an
old baking powder tin. Indeed. moth
ing dangerous should be stored in a
utensil once containing edibles. And it
should be a household rule that when
ever you're in doubt about the con-
tents of can or bottle, th1oso il oct!
II didn't think" is the old familiar
wall of the mother or the sister riding
in the ambulance with some agonized
victim.
Well, now is a fine time to think.
And a perfect time to make an
immediate check-up of the poisons
in your home that normally don't 60
in a medicine chest.
Ten minutes at that simple job may
save a life.
Evening star., 1938-03-20
On the Knees Of the Gods
Confisved from pops five
Continssd kos. eoos five

out of the rock with little temple at
their rear. they sat there where it
pleased them. resting a moment and
tenderly - for they had plenty of
time to spare - giving Connie their
counsel.
1t was part of their semi-humorous
arrangement that she and Egbert
should be sitting in the soft dusk on
stone looking up into their kindly eyes,
and Egber talked. his knee just touch
ing hers and his eyes. which she could
not see, resting on her as though with
benediction. All the many things
that had been in his soul since he had
first stared at star came out because
the Colossi wished to hear. So they
encouraged Egbert. They arranged
the shadows of the moon about their
knees 50 that their faces were hidden
and thus they might listen.
Many things came into his mind
that he had not remembered for many
a long day; the river that ran below
the Strand; the first time that he read
Keats letters and struck his sister
because, Fanny Brawne in his mind,
he hated all women: his loneliness that
was like a broken boot that nobody
ever mended; his hunger for love that
was like an alabaster pot with ter
rible leak in it.
And then he fell silent; his hand
rested on her dress. He said, "At sun
rise they are very friendly - shouldn't
we Gomez"
And she answered yes"
They all got up for the sunrise.
Connie went into the temple alone.
Afterwards, coming out, she met
Mabel. swaying through the green
field, eager to be in at the death.
''Oh, dear. oversight" she began.
Then there was light in Comics
eyes not to be mistaken. 'Oh. I'm
sure" She held out both her hands.
my dear. am SO glad. Andrew has
asked you"
1T isn't Andrew" Connie replied.
laughing. Il asked Egbert' - and
so, moving through the sunlight. left
Mabel gasping.
Evening star., 1938-03-20

50 negligent as to leave deadly pills
and potions within their reach is
beyond any reasonable explanation.
But 50 many do, that out of 300 death
claims paid by one insurance COM
pany for accidental home poisonings,
27% came about from children finding
and eating some deadly dose.
The well-knOwn medicine chest
Evening star., 1938-03-20

saw, as though she could read every
letter written upon his mind, that he
was confident of his acceptance. He
had no need to fear.
The meal was over; they went down.
stairs to get their coats and hats, all
the paraphernalia needed for their
defense. AS Connie moved across the
plank from the ship to the shore.
Andrew. very gay. very brilliant,
laughing a great deal. touched her on
the shoulder.
Tomorrow mornings the thing"
he said. when the sun rises. to see it
touch the god inside the temple. Why
shouldn't We steal out together""
"Why should we not indeed?"
Connie laughed as they moved through
the field towards the temple. Il can
promise you nothing. she cried. who
knows what may happen before to-
morrow morning." She was defiant -
let the Sun God decide. If only one
asked her to see his rising, then with
one she would 60; but if more than
one asked her, it meant that she might
make her choice.
They had brought much magnesium
wire and as some weeks ago they had
flashed sparks into the eyes of the
Sphinx. 50 now they would honor the
Colossi. They were 50 vast that they
could afford to be personal and they
were so eternal that they suffered no
danger in being kind. The sand fell in
a cascade to the right of them, it rose
in dim shadow behind them. Stepping
Evening star., 1938-03-20

Tooo h ~ I'VE. sSso Peoplol"
Radios most unique show! Real
people-nof acfors - telling their
own thrilling, pathetic, laughable
experiences! Every Thursday
night, CHS. See your Newspaper
for time and station.
Evening star., 1938-03-20

SAHKA COFFEE IL now available in drip krind - we'll
~ "refuLas" frind
Whichever grind you use, you'll find Sanka Coffee
delicious, fragrant, and satisfying. Yet Sanka Coee
will disturb your sleep :. because its 97To
cafein-free
New low price. The price of Sanka Coffee has now
been reduced to the lowest in its entire history Your
grocer sells Sanka Coffee General Foods Product
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-02-24

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY,
MARYLAND.
In the Matter of the Petition Of
Laura Mae Matheny
For Adoption by John G. Chase
and Joan Harris Chase.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-02-24
Nut Cake Fills Empty
Places In Days Diet

There are so many things that
one can do with nut cake that it
really isn't necessary to take time
to list them. They do fill in so
many vacant spots in a days diet
that they are well worth having
on hand.
PECAN CAKE
8 cups pecan meats. chopped
as fine as possible
6 eggs
Ia cups sugar
! tablespoon -four
" teaspoon salt
! teaspoon baking powder
/ teaspoon vanilla
X cup chopped seedless raisins
Boiled white icing
Beat the yolks until light, add
the sugar and beat again. Mix the
finely chopped nuts, flour, baking
powder, and salt, and add them to
the yolks. Beat well, and stir in the
stifiy beaten whites. Bake in two
layers in moderate oven. When
cold, put together, ice with boil
ed white icing, sprinkling few
chopped raisins on top. This cake
makes an excellent dessert if put
together and covered with whipped
cream favored with sherry wine.
The cream must be whipped and
favored some time before using,
and then drained, so that only the
stiff part is used.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-02-24
Lilly Whites Shrimp
And Red Bell Peppers
Dear Miss wilma .

Dear Miss wilma:
All done seen so many times dat
de men folk be awful fond OBJ stuff
wit peppers. An yo knos me, honey
chile, All jes neber was one to be
doing things jes like cherry other
person, All gotta be little diffrunt
= so insted OBJ usin green peppers,
All takes de red ones or if All can't
git 'em All opens a can OBJ pimen.
toes = dey both tastes good. Any
how, TO dis recipe All used two
quarts OBJ good, fresh shrimps, and
either de twelve sweet red peppers
or a can OBJ pimentoes.
All puts a wee bit OBJ water in
de peppers and stews EN- in de
water. Den when dey gifts good an
soft, All mashes EN- an den puts
in de boiled an picked an cut I'D
shrlmps, an a bit OBJ salt and two
tablespoons OBJ butter and all cooks
de whole thing 70 bout fifteen min
utes.
All likes to have dis dish cherry
now an den on Friday cause de
folks don ct meat den an All noes
dey like dis so good.
hopin 20 Is de same,
your humble servant,
Lilly White.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-02-24
Swedish Cookies

a cups sifted cake flour
l cup sugar
l egg, well beaten
2 cups butter
l teaspoon vanilla
Sift flour once, measure, and
sift again. Cream butter thorough
ly, add sugar gradually, and cream
together until light and fluffy. Add
egg and beat well. Add flour, a
small amount at a time, mixing
thoroughly after each addition.
Add vanilla and blend. Shape into
2 rolls, " inches in diameter, chill
overnight, or until firm enough to
slice land cut in thin slices. Or
press dough through cooky press.
Bake on INCREASED cooky sheet in
hot oven (400 degrees F.) A to S
minutes, or until done. Makes 5
dozen cookies.
These rich cookies are especially
dainty for refreshments. When
sliced, they may be decorated at
tractively with bits of candied
cherry, angelica or citron, chopped
nuts, colored sugar. or decorettes-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-02-24
Order Nisi-

Order Nisi-
M. Jennie Drum, Plaintiff,
VS..
Henry M. Musser, ct al, Defendants.
In THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, AS
A COURT OF EQUITY.
No. 1928 Equity.
ORDERED, this 18th day of Feb
ruary A. d. 1888, by the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County, as
Court of Equity, that the Auditors
Report filed in the above entitled
cause, be ratified and confirmed, UNI
less cause to the contrary thereof
be shown on or before the 10Th day
of March next: Provided a copy of
this order be inserted in some news
paper published in said Montgomery
County, once in each of three sue
cessive weeks before the said 18th
day of March, 1888.
CLAYTON K. WATKINS,
Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County
True Copy-Test:
CLAYTON X. WATKINS, Clerk.
189
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-02-24

considered for it, and Paulette was
so upset she said she wouldn't play
it even if he begged her to.
Now they have patched up their
troubles, she has signed a contract
and both admit that if her tests
are satisfactory she'll play the role.
Kate Smith had a guest star on her
program who cost her almost as
much as the sponsor. The guest
star was HOrtenSe Odlum, who took
over failing store a few years ago
and built 1t into one of the greatest
sources Of women's fashions. Kate
doesn't have much time for shop
ping, and she was so impressed
by Mrs. Odlum's talk that she gave
lavish orders for her spring ward
robe then and there.
-
Peter LORE, the sinister ''Mr.
Moto" of Twentieth Century-Fox
films is never the victim of prac-
teal jokes in Hollywood. Folks out
there know he always strikes back.
When he was leaving London for
America, his director had a big
dray horse delivered to him at the
last minute as parting gift. Mr..
LORE sent the horse to a friends
farm, then arranged to have three
hundred singing canaries delivered
to the director at three in the morn
ing.
Norma Shearer has never forgot
ten the stars whose pictures thrilled
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-02-24
STAR
DUST
Movie . Radio
*** By VIRGINIA VALE Xxx

XXX BY VIRGINIA VALE XXX
T TNCLE SAM is the producer
~ of "The River" regarded
by many as the greatest Of
current motion pictures, and
one of the greatest motion pic
lures of all time. Specifically,
'The River" was produced for
the Farm Security administra-
ton by Pare Lorentz, a former
New York film reviewer, who
for the past two years has been
turning down big-money offers
from Hollywood in favor of
working for the government.
"This is the story of the Mis-
sissippi, where it comes from, where
it goes, what it has meant to us,
and what it has cost u.s." the beau
tiful voice of Thomas Chalmers in
tones as the picture starts. From
then on in magnifcently photo
graphed scenes we are shown an
epic. The Mississippi rising in re-
bellion is far more stirring and ma
jestic than all the actors you have
ever seen in imaginary crises.
Months ago David Selznick and
Paulette Goddard, who sometimes
answers to the name of Mrs.
Charles Chaplin, INDUCED in a Bit
ter argument. Friends reported that
Paulette expected to play the role
of Scarlet O'Hara in "Gone With
the Wind" Mr.. Selznick replied
crisply that she was not even being
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-02-24

logged their footsteps, but now they
are all happily at work.
ODDS AND ENDS-Bet,Ueen scenes of
~IslGnd in the Sky the cast serenaded
Toby Do0IGn 10Th "Nice Work il You Con
Get II because for tsOo days he did moth
ing but lie still on the floor sOhile cinema
coroner and his assistants pronounced
DoOIan dead Warner Brothers are 90
ing to feature Olivia de HaviILond and
anita Louise In Studio Club" iolich they
hope UiH be as great a picture as X X O's
Stage Door" Pick and Pat, radio
comedians, are going to make motion pic
lures for Republic Although pretty
busy conducting the Magic Key and Fri.
day night concert hours, Frank Block
found time to stock his one hundred md
eighteen acre Pennsylvania farm and nOsO
he is actually making money from his
prize ive stock and chickens Ronald
COImGn sOiI return to the screen in "UI
WeTs KiEg," one Of the grndess Of old
costume RseIOdran0s Reed Kennedy.
sOHg-shop baritone, q teaching his ~
young sons 70 sing for the radio.
OWeStern Newspaper Union.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-02-24
Bread Crunb Cookies

1873 cups shortening
2 cups brown sugar
3 eggs, beaten
l cup baking molasses
5 cups fine dry bread crumbs
l cup pastry -four
/ teaspoon soda
" teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons baking powder
Enough additional flour to make
stiff roll dough.
Cream shortening and sugar to-
gether. Add molasses and beaten
eggs. Add the fine dry bread
crumbs and the remaining dry in
gradients which have been sifted
together. Chill and roll thin. Cut
in fancy shapes and bake in mod
crate oven $3.50 F.).
These cookies are very thin and
dainty.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-02-24
Sweet Potatoes
Substituted For
Pumpkin In Pies

When one can't buy fresh pump
kin or squash and yet desires a
pie along that line-just run down
to the market and buy just few
sweet potatoes and be prepared for
. grand pie.
SWEET POTATO PIE
2 cups mashed boiled sweet po-
tatoes
! cup sugar
4 eggs
1/8 cup melted butter
/ teaspoon cinnamon
N teaspoon nutmeg
cup milk
Juice Of / orange
/ teaspoon grated lemon and
orange peel mixed
Few grains salt
Add the melted butter, sugar and
spices to the sweet potatoes, and
mix well. Pour in the milk and or
ange juice; add salt, fruit peel and
well beaten eggs. Pour into 2 pie
plates lined with rich pastry. Bake
in a moderate oven until firm and
the crust is a delicate brown.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-02-24
A .Frankenstein"

In popular book, Frankenstein
was the name of the young student
in chemistry and anatomy who Gre
ated the monster Frankenstein is
synonym for a man whose own
works bring him to disaster or de-
struction. The monster of the ro-
nance bears no name, but the
name of his creator has often been
transferred to him, so that a
"Frankenstein" has come also to
signify, in popular usage, being OF
the most appalling ugliness and bru-
tally, having no trace of the moral
sense whatever.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-02-24
Chocolate Crispies

2 squares unsweetened choco-
late. melted
" cup butter Or other shorten
ing
n cup sifted flour
cup sugar
II teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs, unbeaten
cup nut meats, finely chopped
To melted chocolate, add butter,
sugar, eggs, flour, and vanilla,
beating well. Spread mixture in
thin layer on creased baking sheet,
12x16 inches, or in three pans. Sx8
inches. Sprinkle with nuts. Bake
in moderate oven $3.50 degrees F.)
10 minutes. While warm, cut with
lowered cooky cutter, or mark into
Finch squares. Cool and break.
Makes A dozen crispies.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-02-24
SAVORY SPINACH,
ITALIAN STYLE

Some like it plain = others like
It creamed but all will like spinach
In this savory manner:
SPINACH CATALAN STYLE)
/ pound spinach
3 tablespoons oil
/ Glove garlic, minced
/ small can tomato paste
Boil the spinach until tender,
drain, chop fine. Brown the garlic
in oil, add the tomato paste and
spinach. Cook for Is minutes. Sea-
SON with salt and pepper.
OF course, one pound Of spinach
isn't very much but the recipe can
be enlarged using the above given
quantities per pound.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-02-24
Order of Publication

The Bill states in substance that
the petitioner is resident of the
State of Maryland and desires to be
adopted by John C. Chase and Joan
Harris Chase. That the mother and
father of the petitioner, Charles w.
Matheny and Laura Matheny are
non-residents of the State of Mary
land and reside at 518 Grand Street,
Carthage, in the State of Missouri.
1t is thereupon this 18th day of
February, 1888, by the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County sitting as a
Court of Equity, ordered that a copy
of this order be inserted in some
newspaper printed and published in
said Montgomery County once in
each of four successive weeks before
the 18th day of March, 1888, giving
notice to the said Charles w. Math-
eny and Laura Matheny of the OBJ
ject and substance of the petition
warning them to appear in this
Court in person or by Solicitor on
or before the 18th day of April,
1888 next to show cause, if any
they have, why a decree ought not
to be passed as prayed.
CHARLES w. WOODWARD.
Judge of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County, Md.
True Copy-Test:
CLAYTON X. WATKINS, Clerk.
1856
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-02-24

ner Wnen Sne was
just getting started
in pictures fifteen
years ago. She gave
the names of some
fifty players to the
casting director of
her marie An
toinette" and asked
that they should be
given roles. It was
hard to locate many
of them, for in re-
cent years h a r d
luck, poverty, and
L \
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-02-24
Registration Notice
TO Tiff VOTERS OF THE
TOWN OF ROCKVILLE

We, the undersigned registrars,
hereby give notice to the citizens of
the Town of Rockville, Maryland,
that we shall sit in the Assembly
Room of the Fire Department build
ing for the purpose of registration
of all qualified voters in the Town Of
Rockville on the last Monday in
March and the first Monday IN
April, in the year Of 1888, between
the hours of 9 A. M. and $3.50 P. M.
MRS. LUCY G. HOWARD,
MRS. MAMIE BENSON,
MRS. RUDOLPH MARTINI.
1888
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-02-24

ID OAST Beef Its popularity Certainly nothing
IL could be finer for the of feast
roast such that which pictured here accompanied
frils and curly endive.
Select two hreeib standing Wipe the with
damp CLOTH Sprinkle with salt allowing for each pound
Place the roast fat side Add
slow oven 800 degrees F. until DONE It requires appoxmate
eighteen to twenty minutes pound for cooking standing rib
the
the medium and minutes pound edone
requires approximately fifteen pound
for cooking rolled degree doneness
MENU
Tomato Juice
Roast RIBS of Beef
Baked Potatoes
Grated Carrot RGisin Salad
Pineapple Upsde-DoUm Cake
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-02-24

Walls are very important in in
terror decorating, because, by the
proper treatment of them. you can
greatly Offset architectural defects
or hindrances.
The Washington times., 1938-09-17
.OUST 0'CONNOR!
IS PLEA TO n. Y.
BY White HOUSE

Q.N.SO. The White House
today urged Democratic voters
of the Sixteenth Congressional
District of New York to nomi-
nate Deputy Collector of Inter
nal Revenue James H. Fay to
Congress over Representative John
J. O'Connor, whom President
Roosevelt recently branded as
"one of the most effective OBJ
structionists in the lower House" "
The White House move came
in the form of a statement by
Presidential Secretary Stephen T.
Early, expressing for quotation
the feeling of the President.
Secretary Early said:
"The President believes that
every voter in the 18th Con-
gressional District must know
by now how he feels about
that particular primary elec-
ton. He believes, knowing Mr..
Fay, that he would truly repre-
sent the voters of his district.
OF course, he hopes Mr.. Fay
will win"
The Washington times., 1938-09-17
CZECHS 7 UR n
T 0 j. 5. FOR
AID IN CRISIS
Told Washington
Only Can Act
By PIERRE J. HUSS
Copyright, 1938.)

BERLIN, Sept. II (I.N.s.).
Facing desertion by France
and Great Britain, Czechoslo-
vakia today turned to the
United States, the land in
which the European republic
was conceived, for aid in her
hour of need.
The Czechs, through one of
their consular representatives
outside the Berlin region, in
formally sounded out a men,
ber of the American Govern
ment service in Germany as to
whether the United States was
The Washington times., 1938-09-17
Regatta Races On
Despite Weather
Program
TODAY.

TODAY
1880 p. m.-SaiI Boat Races
Hams Point.
8 a. m. to 6 p. m.-MOdel
Boat Misunderstanding Pool.
SUNDAY
$3.50 a. m.-SaiI Boat Races
ALI Day-HainS Point.
ga. m.-MOdel Boat Racing
-Reflecting Pool.
THURSDAY
$3.50 p. m. to 1880 p. m.-
Illuminated Water Pageant
Water Gate.
FRIDAY
1880 a. m. to 4:3O p. m.-
OutbOard d Races - HainS
Point.
1880 p. m.-Swimming and
Diving Events in Venetian
POOI-ShOreham Hotel.
$3.50 p. m.-Street Parade.
proceeding west from Peace
Monument ON Pennsylvania
Ave. to Constitution Ave.
SATURDAY. SEPT. "a
1:45 p. m. to 6 p. m.-In-
board Races First heat
Presidents Cup Race. (Sec-
Ond and third heats of the
Presidents Cup Race.
SUNDAY, SEPT. rs
1870 p. m. to 5 p. MIN
board Races.
The Washington times., 1938-09-17
Guard House Break
oiIed at Fort Myer

An attempted jail break from
the Fort Myer guardhouse was
foiled last night when examina-
ton showed that several Of the
bars had been sawed through, two
of them so far that they fell out
when lightly tapped.
Near the window a hack-saw
blade was found concealed, and
post authorities believe the break
The Washington times., 1938-09-17

LONDON, Sept. II Q.N.S0
Much Of the ancient ritual which
governs relations with the British
Crown is abandoned in time of
stress, but the man who sought
the advice Of King George in the
Czechoslovak crissi today has the
right to be addressed by the mon
arch as "our right trusty and well
beloved cousin"
This distinction is reserved for
viscounts, the rank held by Lord
Runciman, British mediator in
the Czech crisis, who rushed to
Buckingham Palace during today's
cabinet recess to confer with the
sovereign.
The Washington times., 1938-09-17


The French statesmen, eager as
those Of Britain to reach some
compromise to stay Hitler's hand
from war over the Sudetens, will
fly here tomorrow. They will
return to Paris in time for a
meeting of the French cabinet on
Monday afternoon.
In Session All Day
With only a Commute recess
for luncheon, the cabinet re-
manned in continuous session
throughout the day. Chamber
lain found unexpected opposition
from some younger members of
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1938-09-17

NEW YORK, Sept. II Q.N.S).
The stock market cracked 81 to
IS a share today under a wave of
selling due to pessimism over the
European outlook and fear Of
weekend developments.
Reports of a British cabinet
rebellion" against the peace
terms demanded by Hitler was a
dominant influence, along with
the determination of the CzechS
to fight any diSmemberment pro-
posalS.
Stocks opened quiet and mixed.
Fifteen minutes after the opening,
The Washington times., 1938-09-17
'TRUSTY COUSIN 1000 PLANES SET
RUSHES TO KING TO BOMB CzECHS

LONDON, Sept. 17-G.N.SD.
One thousand German airplanes
are ready to take the air for an
assault upon Czechoslovakia, the
London. Daily Mail stated in a
Berchtesgaden dispatch today.
Refugees pouring over the bor-
der from the Sudeten areas into
Germany Immediately will be
formed into "Sudeten Free
Corps" of $4,000 men. the paper
stated.
They will be prepared to aid
their compatriotS should ReichS-
fuehrer Hitler decide to send
troops into Czechoslovakia.