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Smyrna times., 1939-11-02
THE RODNEY MONUMENT

The monument over the grave
of Caesar Rodney, one of the Del
aware signers of the Declaration of
independence and a member of the
Continental Congress in the grave
yard of Christ Episcopal Church,
Dover, will be unveiled this after
noon with appropriate ceremonies.
The exercises will begin at 1.3O
o'clock with a military parade in
which three companies of the Ma
Milford, E of Wyoming, and D of
Dover, will participate, headed by
the Dover Cornet Band. The par
ade will form on Dover Green and
march through the principal
streets of the town. Immediately
after the parade there will be a
meeting in Court House Hall over
which Governor B. T. Biggs will
preside. The bar and jury box
will be reserved for invited guests.
Prayer will be offered by Bishop
Coleman, of Wilmington, and an
oration will be delivered by Hon.
Thomas F. Baynard At the close
of the oration the audience and in
vited guests will march in process
sion to the graveyard, where the
monument will be unveiled by the
members of the Rodney Monument
Association. The exercises will
close with the benediction by
Bishop William Morris, of Oregon
who is a relative of the Rodney
family. The judges of the State
Court, State officers, members of
the Legislature and many leading
citizens are expected to attend the
exercises. The members Of the
Historical Socity Of Delaware will
attend in body and also City
Smyrna times., 1939-11-02

in the subway, the woman VINO dieo
of leprosy in a hotel bedroom, the
old woman hitch-hiker who, when
given a lift, disappeared from the
back seat, the famous Jersey dev-
IL and a number of others, always
told by the friend of friend who'd
had the experience. And possibly,
the foundation for fine lot of Amer
lean folklore.
Pictures: Chatted bit with Miss
Betty Broadbent. the "tattooed
Venus" in the Strange AS 1t Seems
building at the Worlds fair. 1t
seems that Miss Broadbent, blonde
and lovely, has to wear two pairs of
stockings whenever she appears in
public because of the decorations on
her legs. She loves to dance but
never can wear an evening gown.
She has nice shoulders but there is
an American eagle extending from
one to the other Though tattooed
from the nape of her shapely neck
to her heels, on her body is the pic
ture of only one living person
Colonel Lindbergh. She also de-
clared that when she decided to
become a tattooed girl she ordered
a large picture first so if she lost
her nerve, she couldn't back out.
SaIutes: To Katharine Cornell for
her excellent portrayal of an actress
in mo Time for Comedy" To
Katharine Hepburn for her simula-
ton of a girl of wealth in 1.-The
Philadelphia Story" To young
Sidney Lunet for the way he acts
the poets son in MY Hearts in the
Highlands" To that wonder
fully garbed grand dame who took
three dirty-faced gamins into a
swank midtown soda dispensary,
loaded them up with ice cream and
sent them away each clutching a
half dollar To John Chapman
for his Third avenue columns, which
are satires of Broadway gossip col
umns.
End Piece: Ira Wolfert was driv-
ing to a Brooklyn hospital with his
two children Each had to have an
immediate tonsil operation. His
thoughts on the youngsters. he
passed a red light. A policeman
stopped him. He tried to explain
the circumstances. The officer
wouldn't listen. So Wolfert went to
traffic court, waited all morning and
paid a fine. It's tough TO be a cop.
And it's tough to be the father Of
two sick children.
Released by Bell Syndicate. Inc.
Smyrna times., 1939-11-02

Council. Caesar Rodney's remains
were inferred on his home farm in
Jones's Neck, but several years
ago they were disinterred and re-
moved to the burying ground of
Christ P. E. Church, Dover. The
monument will face the west. 1t is
constructed of Quincy granite, IL
feet in height and of imposing ap-
pearance.
Smyrna times., 1939-11-02

Finley, Garrett & Wilson of Will
mington, made prospective hunt
at the Island and brought to OK
ford with them 40 of the cotton
tails. Since then Mr.. Baynard
has written us that they made a
regular hunt and the result was
the bagging of 126 rabbits during
the day, with no accident to mar
the pleasure of the expedition.
Smyrna times., 1939-11-02
TAKING NO CHANCES

Jones-You don't talk much since
you got married. What's changed
you?
Smith-Well, you see my wife
thinks I'm the smartest man on
earth and have to be careful what
| say.
Smyrna times., 1939-11-02
Defined

Son treading newspaper) Dad.
what is stable government?
Dad-I guess it must be one that
is run with horse sense.
Smyrna times., 1939-11-02
Flowers for the Departed

II am surprised to see you here
| thought you had passed away"
Whatever made you think that?'
Why, l heard some men on the
street speaking well of you
Smyrna times., 1939-11-02
Paternalism Wanes

do you think our government is
becoming paternalistic?"
Certainly not" declared Senator
Sorghum. Collegiate influence has
dispensed with references to dear
old dad All you hear anything
about now is Alma Mater"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-02-10
Washington's Water Supply

Army engineers have supervised
Washington's water supply since
1853, when they recommended the
present source, Great Falls on the
Potomac river, 16 miles from the
national capital.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-02-10

5OgIs
Cooperative Domory
family meal Lower Jeff boys working the College Wood Working
shows NYA boy being instructed in automobile
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-02-10
Ell Dorado Vas Chief

e. Dorado. meaning in Spanish
"the gilded one" was the name Of
a chief of the region on the shores
of Lake Maracaibo lin Venezuela
and not the name Of country or
part of one as is generally supposed.
The misconCeptiOn was aided in
part by Voltaires placing of part
of the action in "Cand '-e" in the
wonderful land of "El 5Jrado."
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-02-10
Expressed by Signs

An ancient book on love-making,
speaking of the problem of the girl
not declaring herself because of
her too great modesty," permits the
swain to sigh before her; "for a
true passion cannot be better ex-
pressed than by sigh when it es-
capes from the bottom of the heart.
SO let him not be TOO profuse of his
talk, but let few signs supply the
vacanciec of discourse"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-02-10

La S Saturday morning the
Community Theatre presented Il
cOlored gangster picture featur-
ing Nina Mae Mckinney. This
picture was a credit to any peo-
pie. Watch for these pictures
and become acquainted with the
cOlOred stars
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-02-10
Must Not Use Mail Sacks

1t is a violation of the law to
use government mail sacks for
purposes other than mail
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-02-10

Mrs. J. f. Haskin of Landgraff
was called home to be at the
bedside Of her sick and aged
father OO7 years Odd at Char
lotte Court House, Va. A highly
reputable family of folks. The
latest information is that his
condition is that he has rallied
considerably. 80.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-02-10
Texas Once "Philisabe

Texas once was called "Philisa-
BELLA" after the Spanish sover-
eigns, Philip and Isabella.
Penguin QuiTks
Penguins are unable to use their
wings for flying. but swim expertly
with them. In-zoos they are most
Tebellious when 1t comes to dead
food and substitutes, but their re-
sistancs diminiohes with each en-
forced feeding Until they become
very Voracious
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-02-10
Bohemia q Province

Bohemia is province OF the
Czechoslovak republic. :. which be-
sides Bohemia, consists of Mo-
ravia, Slevakia, Siies,a and Ruthe-
MIA (suba(:arpathian RUSSIA. These
territories formerly, until 1918, lay
chiefly within the empire of Austria
Hungary.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-02-10
The AWFUL PRICE YOU PAY FOR Being
/. NERVOUS
- 49, ~ ~ ~
Check Below And See If You Have
Amy OpThe Signs

Quivering nerves can make you old and
haggard looking, cranky and hard to live
With-can keep you awake nights and rob
you OF good health, good times and jobs.
Don't let yourself Ego" like that. Start
taking good, reliable tonic-one made espe-
oidi!v for iconer. And could you ask for any
thing whose benefits have been better proved
than world-famous Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound?
Let the wholesome herbs and roots OF
Pinkham's Compound help Nature calm
your SIN licking nerves, tone up your system,
and help lessen distress from female func-
tiCnnl disorders.
Make a note NOW 10 get bottle q! this
timo-provcn Piakham's Compound TODAY
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-02-10
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
Two Young Robinson YOUNG
Men Visit Mcdowell fOm Ny.

Keystone was complimented
with the presence Of two very
popular and well-to-Go youn9
men, formerly residents Of this
city and county. They were the
Messrs. Leonard Robinson of
Niagara Falls, New York, and
his brother, clifford, of Beaver
Falls, Pengsylvaain. Both are
the sons of Mr.. +. II. Robinson,
OF Rankin, Penna.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-02-10

The Editor acknowledges re-
ceipt of a card of thanks from
the family Of the late w. A.
Simpson. ......
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-02-10
Apple of the Tropics

The fruit called the apple of tho
tropics is the mango. The tree il
|, evergreen and is-sashne ornamental
md shade tree. 3tys fruit has much
the appearance cf4 large, smooth
skinned peach and has a delightful
aroma and spicineSs.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-02-10
SaringS Plan SPurred BY
NetO York Fair Interest

In at least thirty eight States
banking institutions are now OPP
Grating New York Worlds Fair
1888 Savings Clubs, Organiza-
tions for depOsitOrs which induce
them to save stipulated sums
each week for a trip to the Fair
next Spring.
This saving plan, announced
Just one year ago, has for its
slogan, Save Today to Sec the
World OF Tomorrow" and several
banks have linked 1t TO their
Christmas and Vacation Clubs.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-02-10
.remperature OF Eirds Rept;I.,

Birds have boiy temperature Of
100 to 1l2 degrees, mammals from
90 tn'l00 degrees, and reptiles only
about 40 degrees.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-02-10
Presidents Married in Office

Presidents of the United States
who were married while in office
included John Tyler, Grover Cleve-
} land and Woodrow Wilson.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-02-10
She LOST 20
POUNDS OF FAT

Feel full OF pep and possess tho
slender form you craVe-you can't
If you listen to gos3ipers.
TO take off excess fat go light on
fatty meats, butter, cream and sug-
airy sweets - eat more fruit and
vegetables and takc half teaspoon
full Of KruSchcA Salts in q glass OF
hot water every morning to ellni-
nate excess waste.
Mrs. Eliza VeriIle Of Havre dc
Grace, Md, writc9: II took or 20
l5s.-my clothc- TT re Ine now
No drastic cathf .ticg--ano consti-
patton but blissfli IaiIy bowel &C
Ton when you take yOur little daily
dose Of KruScLCn
Evening star., 1939-10-27
Asks Consideration Of
Highway to Patagonia.
To the Editor Of The Star:

Az INC EultOr OF Inc Star.
The European war has given us an
unrivaled opportunity, economic and po-
litical. in South America. Our people
are already beginning to think of this
hemisphere as our own particular
oyster Might not this be the time to
re-examine that forgotten construction
project which was to give us a super
highway from Ell Paso to Patagonia?
Imagine the enthusiasm of our dormant
construction industry. Imagine the new
hope which would permeate our army
of unemployed. Imagine the flood of
dispossessed farmers and enterprising
youngsters rushing to reopen the Amer
lean frontier. 1t would stimulate in
dustry as no war could; it would shrink
our relief rolls; it would give our younger
generation an opportunity such as only
our grandfathers remember; and it would
make secure for all time our dominance
of this hemisphere.
Latin America is in the doldrums and
therefore in cooperative mood. Euro
pean markets have all but disappeared.
Europe's manufactures are all but un-
procurable. We are being presented
with an unrivaled opportunity to win
the good will of the Americas with profit
to us all.
GEORGE SUDERMANN.
Hillsboro, Kans.
October 20.
Evening star., 1939-10-27
Navy Memorial

On this Navy Day, when the Ma
ton pays tribute to the officers and
men composing its traditional first
line OF defense and to the naval he
roes of other days, there stands in
the National Capital, unfinished and
neglected, the Nations only perma-
nent tribute to it's heroes of the sea.
For five years the Navy and Marine
Memorial has stood on Columbia
Island behind thicket Of unkempt
weeds and shrubbery. Partially COM
pleted, it lacks the green granite
base and landscaping necessary to
carry out the unique concept en-
bodied in this distinctive and beauti-
full monument.
The as yet unfinished memorial
had its beginning nineteen years ago,
when a citizens committee was
formed to undertake the creation of
a memorial to be dedicated to Amer
ica's sailors. Since that time more
than 100000 American school teach
ers and students, nearly 100000 off,
GERS and men of the Navy, patriotic
societies, and many individuals have
contributed total of $4,000 to this
worthy cause. Many of the contribu-
tions represent tributes from rela-
tlveS and friends to those who have
gone to sea in the service of their
country and have not returned.
Few monuments in our history
have had more concrete evidence of
Nationwide approval and support.
Though this support has been gener-
Gus and widespread, it has not been
quite sufficient to complete the prof.
ect. If it is to be completed, it is ap-
parent the work must be done by the
Federal Government. Congress dur
ing the past session enacted a meas
ure authorizing completion of the
memorial but failed to back up it's
action by appropriating the neces-
sary fucds.
1t is to be hoped that before an
other Navy Day comes, Congress will
have provided sufficient funds to
complete the Navy and Marine Me-
mortal in worthy manner and that
the work, if not completed, will at
least be well advanced by that time.
Evening star., 1939-10-27

weather to do good thereafter is another
matter. Without doubt some of 1t, even
when looking well, cannot get estab-
lished strongly enough to go through
the winter.
The point is that it is worth taking
chance on, If you believe in the continu-
GUS rejuvenatlon of the lawn.
X X
An interesting writer on health sub
jects recently published a book in which
he said in effect, that most adults allow
themselves to stop growing, whereas
they should take tip from the famous
lexicon OF youth, and try to keep on
growing. If cod liver oil, he asserted, is
good for youngsters, it should be good
for their elders. And so on. While
admitting that the growth of adults must
necessarily be confined to renewal, rather
than increase in weight, ETC., he offered
the nope that in the days to come ways
and means would be worked out for
keeping up the growth process in middle
aged and older people
A lawn differs materially from the
human body, but it may be rejuvenated,
too. and by a much simpler process.
This is by continuously planting fresh
seed. Once this idea gains access to a
human mind, it blossoms in quite fresh
grass blades at points hither and yon
In the yard.
passerby might never notice them,
but in the aggregate they go to make
the whole lawn look fresher and greener.
Ii these new blades do not last very long,
at least they do good" while present.
Some Of them may tough it through the
cold, and be ready for renewed growth
in spring. 1t is worth trying.
The temptation is to select cheap mix
lures, but these are always very costly
in the end, since they often contain
timothy and the like, as we'll as many
weed seeds.
Just as haste is waste, so cheapness is
often expensive when 1t comes to lawn
grass seed.
No one who views the suburban scene
whole will begrudge the English sparrows
their share OF the freshly planted seeds
They do not get, perhaps, as many
seeds as they seem to be getting.
If things look pretty bad recourse to a
scarecrow may be had.
Just how well this works, we do not
know, but have an idea that English
sparrows are not fooled in the least by
the fake. Maybe crows are, but the
sparroWs are too smart
Indeed, the other afternoon we noticed
several sparrows walking around-eating
seed-at the very base of the object, and
what was more, there was one perched
on the right shoulder of the straw man
chirping as sweetly as these birds can
into that worthys ear.
Evening star., 1939-10-27
bethan England. That Of the Indian,

bethan England. That Of the Indian,
as strange to modern ears as Chinese
ecclesiastical chants, is foreign except
in the most precise meaning of the
word native. Only the music of the
Negro, linked with another CONT
nent only by it rhythm, is truly
indigenous and wholly understood
by the mass of Americans.
Yet, except solely for the weight
OF its volume, it is the one most in
danger of extinction through loss
due to the passage of time. For many
years organizations of earnest per-
sons have been tramping the lost
valleys of the Southern mountains
to record the songs of the hill folk
For several years the Smithsonian
institution and other scientific
groups have been recording on films
and monographs the songs and rit-
uals which only few of the Indians
remember. In this time the music
OF the Negro, surprising amount Of
1t unwritten, has been dying out with
the passage of the older generation
So much of it remains, however, In
all its beauty and spiritual strength
that an organized effort to preserve
1t as an essential element In the
alloy which is American culture is
welcomed.
Evening star., 1939-10-27
The Nations Health

The problem of protecting and en-
hancing the health of the Nation,
only in recent years a matter of
major politics, grows the more press
ing as each passing day sees further
contributions in other lands to the
breakdown of the people as individ-
uals. There are so many elements
involved in the problem and so little
precedent to follow that it is not sur
prising if disagreements, some of
them violent, arise. Yet the very dis
putes are symptomatic of the need
for agreement. In the words of
Senator Wagner, author of a bill to
create a Federal health program,
speaking in the National Radio
Forum, "the ramparts we watch must
embrace all the instruments for eco
nomic and human adjustment we
have so recently and so carefully
forged. The protection and
advancement of these instruments
are as essential to our democratic life
as the safety of our geographical
frontiers"
While there is reason to debate the
means, including the wisdom, at the
present time of the Federal Govern
ment offering the States grants in aid
to carry out their own health pro-
grams-the first years cost, as in
cluded in the last sessions Wagner
bill, was to have been eighty million
dollars-there can be no disputing
the need for comprehensive and CO.
ordinated national program.
An example of such needs is
brought home to Washington by a
paper read by District Health Officer
Rutland at the convention of the
American Public Health Association
last week. Based on answers received
to questionnaires sent to all States
and to all the larger cities, DR.. Ruh-
lands views were concerned primarily
with the INDECENT sick. But parallel
findings apply to more than half the
population. The answers revealed a
wide diversity of public health activi-
ties and a surprising lack of vital
services in many communities. They
indicated the pressing need for a
systematic coordination. Only two
thirds of the cities stated they MAIN
tanned services for treatment of COM
municable diseases, for maternal and
child welfare and tuberculosis, only
five out of twenty-one had cancer
clinics and only six offered orthopedic
treatment. An equality of rights
exists, but equality of means certain
ly does not, even among sovereign
States.
Equality of social and economic
opportunity, as pointed out by Sena-
tor Wagner, cannot be brought about
so long as an equal opportunity to
Evening star., 1939-10-27
Homespun

An effort to preserve the music
OF the American Negroes has been
launched in Washington, with
projected expansion on a national
scale once the basis for the move
ment has been established. For the
present only the foundation of Ii
brary of such music is contemplated,
but the full development of the idea
Is one which should be carried out
as a contribution to the Nations
culture.
America possesses three basic types
OF folk music, yet only one of them
is entirely native and in the Ian
guage of the people. The music of
the hill peoples, particularly in the
Southern reaches of the Appalachian
Mountains, while it has been devel-
oped largely as native product, re-
mains, like their peculiar idiom, pri-
marily an inheritance from Eliza
Evening star., 1939-10-27
THIS AND THAT
By Charles z. Trdce1oell.

Passersby gaped the other day when
they passed home in suburban Sec
ton.
There on the front lawn stood scare
crow which would have done credit to
any farm.
No doubt it was there to keep the SPAR
rows from eating freshly sown grass seed
Old in the country, this is new idea
for city lawns
1t is probably the only scarecrow in
town.
Keeping the birds away from grass seed
Is almost hopeless job, at the best.
In such an up-and down season as this,
1t seems as if it is never too late to scat
ter seed.
Scatter" is just word, in planting.
OF course, you really don't scatter.
You take pains.
HomeoWners who just throw grass seed
around never get the good results secured
by more careful persons.
*4
One thing painstaking people have
y
time of the year except the dead of VIM
ter is good time to put in grass seed.
The perennial problem of the home
lawn is quite as perennial as all that!
In the old days it was believed that
springtime was the only time for this
chore
Then it came to be widely recognized
hot VI ,,t,
Now it is coming to be understood that
any time will do, provided there is a
stretch of at least weeks of compara-
lively good weather.
Good weather." in regard to grass,
means mild weather with intermittent
rains.
What is mild" is any persons guess,
but terminating grass has its own idea,
and it is not exactly mans idea.
The growing things of the earth, from
the earth, earthly, do not demand steam
or hot-water heat to do we'll.
Air can be so chilly it will make hu-
mans fingers vince, still the temperature
will be just right for the growth of grass
blades.
X \
1t cannot be gainsaid that season has
something to do with it, after ALL
No one would say that grass seed
terminates as well, or grows as we'll after
ward, in winter as in summer.
Time alone has something to do with it,
The rate of growth, while far below that
OF the better season, is still enough to do
good to lawn in which bare spots have
shown up.
In such queer seasons as we have had
recently, with hot and cold alternating
without rhyme or reason there is every
chance of seed coming up in due time.
Whether it will have enough good