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dozen mess sergeants and hanged
them to an obelisk."
"And have you told them" said
Pish Tush, that the Canaanites
have a higher standard of living,
and that if they are conquered our
army can live on milk and honey"
"Yes," said Tut Tut, Il have-but
they say that even milk and honey
is not foolproof against mess SER
geants. Somehow or other they
will find some way to spoil it."
This is nonsense!" stormed the
King, angrily. Where did they
ever get that idea?'
From our spies in Canaan" was
the answer. They report that for
the last 20 centuries the Canaanite
Army has spent most Of its time
kicking about the chow and won
dering if, some time in the next
10000 years or so, it will ever be
fit to eat"
At this point the record ends, It's
pages having long ago crumbled
into ancient Egyptian dust. Others,
however. are available from various
countries.
The Chinese general, Wun Lung
Shat, came within an inch of losing
the war against the Monaghan
chieftain, Tum Attu Khan, merely
because of a general dissatisfaction
over the way their ration Of grass
hoppers, rice and rats was cooked.
Only by torturing a few mess SER
geants was morale restored and even
then he wouldn't have won except
for mess trouble in the ranks of the
Khan, whose forces claimed that
their camels tasted like monkeys.
In our own country similar trout
BILE developed during the campaign
of Chief Sourpuss of the Chicka-
saw nation against the Choptanks,
and their restless troublemaker,
Chief Acknowledgements. The
Chickasaws had to go on the war
path for . whole week, the braves
refusing q unsheath thar tomAe
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sends a diner a can of salmon, he
puts parsley on it, calls it Saumon
Bouilli Marseillaise, and tells the
waiter to collect two bucks for it.
The mess sergeant, when he pre-
pares it, sends the bill to the
Government, leaves out the par
sley, and the soldiers say, What!
That 9oC"$ boiled goldfish again!"
There are also two ways of obtain
ing canned beef with beans One
is to go to that same Ritz, not
forgetting to cash a good-sized
check, pick up the gold-printed
menu, and order Boeuf Roti a Ia
Gourmand aux Haricots Verts ct
Percil; the other is to join the Army
and get it free under the nom de
plume of that blankety blank
blasted monkey meat and bullets.
Such is the change effected by the
presence, or absence OF two OF
humanity's priceless possessions
printing and parsley.
The earliest record of the army
food problem was discovered at
Memphis, Egypt, by the eminent
German archeologist, Prof. Zwei-
bier, who dug 1t up out of the tomb
of the great Pharaoh Pish Tush, at
the height of his power in 5000 BIC.
The find consists of the account of
a conversation between Pish Tush
and the ranking general Of his
army, Tut Tut. The worthy pro-
fessor put in lot of work translat-
ing the volume, which was printed
in spasms with chisel on 20-pound
clay tablets made up duodecimo
fashion with a stone binding, and
before he had turned the last page
he was fairly well exhausted.
Pish Tush, it seems, was ques-
tioning the general on the fitness
of the army and their chances of
smashing the Canaanites.
20 most mighty Pish Tush," said
Tut Tut, dropping on all fours and
humping his forehead on the floor,
supreme grand exalted ruler Of
the universe, son Of heaven. whose
smile Is . boon bsyond price, whose
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hawks either for glory or the pros
pect of Choptank wampum, until
some one could be found who knew
how to roast a dog so that it didn't
taste like cat.
Space forbids the inclusion of
other historical examples of this
military problem. Suffice it to say
that all commanders, in all ages,
have had almost as much trouble
with the commissariat as with the
enemy. So certain is this fact that
from it the future may be conf
IDENTIFY and accurately predicted. One
may jump 500 years ahead and get
a picture of its workings as clear as
any in either present or past.
Imagine the year 2440. There has
been much change. In the United
States Roosevelt is at last out Of
office, and in Europe the final war
to end all war has just been con-
Guided. 1t looks like nothing much
else can happen.
Then, literally like bolt from
the blue, comes the Marian in
vasion. Panic grips the earth.
There is no shortage of bravery,
however. But what are the thoughts
of those about to be engaged in the
stupendous task of halting barbar-
ian forces from a totalitarian PLAN
ct? Will not these soldiers of hui
mainly, united in common per-
IL, thrill at the prospect and turn
their every thought to the grim
determination that, come what
may, they will check these demands?
Echo, reverberating throughout
history. answers with an emphatic
mol" AS they rush forward
through the imponderable ether to
doom or glory, as the case may be,
the odds are at least hundred to
one that they will be squawking
about the quality of their concen-
trated food ration. complaining that
the pills taste like terrapin and
that they have to swallow Ut least
four of than 10 ut . good msal
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By Basil Gordon.

Our second phase on army life
takes up one of its most important
phases-the problem of food, or
chow, as it is known in the service.
The question heard most often
in the army is, when do we eat?"
Second to it is the associated one,
What do we eat?" The answers
to the latter are varied, some so
much so that they cannot be printed.
1t is the firm conviction Of each
and every soldier in each and every
army of each and every country at
each and every period of history
that fate has conspired to give him
the worlds worst chow. He never
seems to reflect that out OF the
countless billions who have been
under arms since the beginning OF
time only one man could have been
right in this statement. The chances
that he in particular is that un-
fortunate individual Is about the
same as firing shot at random
in Mississippi and knocking over
Republican.
Nevertheless, kicking about the
chow has become so firmly en-
trenched as an army tradition that
it seems compulsory. For some
reason instruction on how to do IT
is not contained in the manual OF
arms. but it certainly should be.
General opinion has 1t that the
food, even when raw, is punk to
start with, and that the mess SER
geant is so named because OF what
he and the cooks under him do with
1t later to make 1t even worse.
AS a matter of fact, the whole
theory is baloney. The American
Army is the best fed one in the
world. as the author knows from
having observed the rations OF other
armies. Furthermore, the chow is
well cooked, for the good and suf-
ficient reason that the cooks eat
it too-and what kind of saps would
they be to go against the best
interests Of their own stomachs?
When the chef Of the Ritz Hotel
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to the water but you can not make
him drink" comes appropriately to
mind. The art consciousness" of
the people. as evidenced by attend
ance at exhibitions, sales, etc., has
grown greatly. but apparently the
more the people see of art tthf kind
we have today sponsored by the
GOVERNMENT the less they want 1t.
This aspect of the matter does not
seem to have impressed the spon-
sors of the coming National Art
Week. To the contrary, it appears
to be regarded as encouragement
in regard to the proposed drastic
effort.
Popular Reaction.
Let us have some figures to be
found in statement issued by Ed
ward B. Rowan, assistant chief OF
the section of fine arts and now
acting chairman of the National
Art Weeks Exhibition Committee.
Popular participation in art &C
tivity,' he says, lis enormous. Art
museum attendance runs into 20
millions a year. Nearly two million
persons saw the art exhibitions at
the two Worlds Fairs last year.
This year the attendance at the
American art exhibition ran as high
as $4,000 in a single day. Under
the Government art programs, 9S5
mural paintings and 231 sculptures
have been placed in Federal build
ings in 1,019 cities by the section
of fine arts and 1850 murals and
1920 sculptures procured for mu-
nicipal buildings in every part Of
the country, besides $1,000 paint
ings and $4,000 prints, as well as
many thousand arts and crafts OBJ
jects by the w. P. A. art program"
This has not been done secretly
The attention of the public has been
invariably brought to such public
acquisitions and many have viewed
them-but with what result? To
quote Mr.. Roman again: Figures
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"How about the shock troops?"
pursued the King. rs the Memphis
Division ready?"
I'll say they are!" enthused
Tut Tut.
Good" said the Pharaoh. Nov
about morale. What. if any, COM
plants do the soldiers have?"
Chow" said the general, sigh
ing heavily. They say they are fed
up with monkey meat and Nile sar-
dimes, cooked until they are as hard
as a pyramid and taste about the
same. Yesterday they mobbed a
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frown is a disaster of the first
magnitude, who is divinely inspired,
and who"
Call me Pish," interrupted the
monarch impatiently. This is sup
posed to be a blitzkrieg, not a war
of endurance. What artillery sup
port do we have?"
ok, Pish," said the general,
rising and wiping his forehead.
Have it your way. Artillery, you
say? We have batteries of catapult
howitzers capable of throwing 10
pound sea shells 300 yards. Nothing
can stand up under them
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for the development of these &C
tivities, is now being withdrawn
from private ownership through the
income tax and belongs to the Gov
eminent thus it has become a
duty of the Government to use a
portion of this income for the de-
velopment of these activities"
Commissions Given.
The Federal Government has I'M
doubtedly shared MIR. Bruce's con-
victions and acted accordingly. An
enormous number of commissions
for mural paintings and sculpture
for new Federal buildings through
out the country have been given,
through open competitions, directed
by the section of fine arts, besides
which thousands of INDECENT artists
have been employed by the w. P.
A. and their works allocated to
unsupported institutions - hospi-
tails, libraries and schools. But with
the assumption of this responsible
ity by the Federal Government the
public interest IN art seems to nave
dwindled rather than increased.
There is no possible doubt that
fewer purchases are now made IN
exhibitions of works of art by con-
temporary American artists than
were made not only five years ago
but at any time in the past. 1t is
this fact which has induced the
setting up of National Art Week.
With a world war in progress and
q defense program to be financed,
no one knows how, it will obviously
not be possible for the Govern
ment to continue much longer its
patronage Of art on the present
scale What, then, is to become of
the artists? The answer of those
responsible seems to be to build
up, as quickly as possible, an art
market and throw the burden back
on the public. But can this be
done? 1t is very doubtful.
The whole order of things has
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patronage, which is troubling Pres
ident Roosevelt and his advisers,
comes from this source. There hes
been such G welter of exhibitions
which have been whooped up, re-
gardless of merit, that people have
become wearied and distrustful. The
old saying, You can lead a horse
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acquire something wanted. In fact,
to overpersuade, in a case like this,
is a dangerous undertaking, well
calculated to upset the apple cart
OF good intentions on its arduous
way uphill.
There is possibility that some Of
the present lack of private art
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on the part of the fashion die
tators, but people can never be in
duced to spend money except to
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changed, and to turn back the page
will be difficult. A fashion may be
revived through clever salesmanship
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-09-19
OLNEY

Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Soper left
Sunday for Philadelphia and New
York to be gone until Thursday OF
this week. Mrs. L. B. Armstrong
is staying with her grandchildren
while their parents are away.
Mrs. Gladys Harding spent last
week in Scranton, Pa.
Mrs. GLAND Hawkins and Dorsey
returned to their home here on
Sunday, after spending two weeks
with her parents in Newport News,
Va.
Mrs. Audrey Powell was hostess
to the Oakdale W.C.T.U. on Tues
day afternoon for its regular
monthly meeting.
Mary Jane Dillon was operated
upon Tuesday for appendicitis at
the Montgomery County General
Hospital.
Mr.. Frank Hammond has re-
turned to his home in Frederick
after spending a week with Mr..
and Mrs. Elmer Armstrong.
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LAYTONSVILLE

Mrs. David Clarke returned on
Monday to Montoomer: County
Hospital. where she is very ill.
Samuel Fraley has returned
home after treatment at the Hos
pital for injuries received while
loading hay last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Ayton and
their aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth Blow
ers, were dinner guests of Miss
Susie Ayton and Mr.. Sam Ayton
on Sunday. Despite her 80 years
Mrs. Blowers attended the Olney
horse show on Saturday.
Dana Hodgdon, son of Mrs.
Hilda Hyatt Of Sweepstakes Farm
spent the week at Green Hills, the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Remus Riggs
near Goshen, and left Friday for
Princeton. Mrs. Hyatt has been
in Woodstock, N. Y. since July.
We do hope you have read of
all the honors our Laytonsville All
Club boys have received lately, the
Fry brothers and Washington
White, the latter showing for the
first time, did well at the State
Fair.
Miss Hazel Riggs is in William
and Mary College, at Williamsburg
this year. Mrs. Riggs and Mics
Mary Lou Riggs went down with
her for last weekend. Miss Riggs
will return to Baltimore Sunday
after a month at home.
Mrs. Merhle Haines will have as
her guests at the Business and
Professional Women's Club party
on Saturday, Mrs. Edwin Fry, Mrs.
Augustus Hines and Miss Helen
Morley. N
Mrs. Este Morris returned home
Sunday after spending two weeks
in Kirksey, KY, with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. Smith.
Mrs. Virginia Plummer of Twin
Oaks will entertain the Homemak-
ers Club at their regular monthly
meeting, Wednesday, October 2, at
1:S0 p. m.
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Rockville News And
Social Items

Mr.. and Mrs. F. Barnard Welsh
and Mr.. and Mrs. Barnard Talbot
motored to Fredericksburg, Va.
for the day on Sunday.
Col. and Mrs. William Proctor
Hill of Coral Gables, Fla, are Wis
iting the latter's sister, Mrs. j
Brawner Nicholson and her broth
er, DR.. William Trail, at their home
near Rockville.
Mrs. Frank Williams, Miss Alice
Williams and Frank Williams, Jr.,
returned Monday from a visit to
relatives in Elkton, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Belts mo-
tored to New York on Friday
where they spent the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Brawner Nichol-
son entertained a large group of
friends on Sunday evening at their
summer cottage, Seneca.
Frank Williams, Jr., left on Mon
day for Hanover, N. H.. to resume
his studies at Dartmouth.
Miss Martha Williams and Miss
Connie Williams returned on Mon
day to Staunton, Va, the former
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us he used to take a bucket Of
milk to "Miss Lizzie" each morn
ing as he passed her home on his
way to school-thirty-dve or more
years ago. Mrs. Blowers then
lived in the little low cottage by
the side of the road in Claysville
the one with the two small
umbrella trees guarding the en-
trance.
In turn she told how Sweet
he looked at the age of six, start
ing to school with his long golden
curls hanging down over his little
brown jacket-imagine boy Of
this generation going to school
with curls! He would probably
come home with a blacker eye
than Sonny is sporting--tho Sonny
says he fell against the door
frame.
Did you see a red headed boy
and a two7year-old girl with a
halo of light curls riding in the
Cashell wagon, drawn by six
horses? They are our other two
grandchildren" Gordy and Mary
Cooke-aren't they cute?
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-09-19
COLESVILLE:

The Missionary and Aid meet
ings were held at the home of Mrs.
Walter Brown on Thursday with
covered dish luncheon, with 20
present. This was the charter
meeting for the new Woman's So
ciety of Christian Service" The
following officers were elected;
President, Mrs. Ida Ledingham;
vice president, Miss Helen Zeigler;
recording secretary, Mrs. Charlie
Hobbs, and treasurer, Mrs. Rose
Sager.
Mrs. William Hobbs is chairman
of fried chicken and ham supper
to be held on September &c, 5 p. m
in the basement of the church.
Mr.. and Mrs. George ,Heilman
have built new home near White
Oak and moved into it.
Miss L. M. Newcome and Mr.
Lemuel Weatherhead of Washing
ton were guests on Sunday of Mr.
and Mrs. G. j. Thompson.
Miss Mary Ruth Mackie 81
Yadkinsville, N. c., and Mr.. Milton
L. Thompson were married OF
Thursday evening at the home Of
the brides parents, Mr.. and Ms
William Mackie of Yadkinsville
N. C.
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GERMANTOWN

Mrs. Louise Gillingham and her
son, Mr.. Thomas Gillingham of
Oxford, Pennsylvania, were recent
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
Waters. Mr.. Gillingham has left
for the University of Minnesota
where he will complete work for
his doctor of philosophy degree.
Miss Madeline Bennett has re-
tuned to New York after a visit
with her brother-in-law and sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Cue.
Miss Bennett is private secretary
to the Rev. DR.. Sizoo, former pas
tor of the New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church in Washington.
Mrs. Julian B. Waters enter
tanned the Tuesday afternoon
bridge club at her home this week
Mr.. Walter Snyder has beer
reelected vice-president of the
Montgomery County Christian
Endeavor Union. Elections were
held on Sunday evening at 9
Union Rally at the Darnestowr
Presbyterian Church.
The Women's Missionary Society
met this week at the home OF
Mrs. Lee Warfeld. Mrs. Seth
Warield was the co-hostess.
Miss Blanche Waters has en-.
rolled at Strayer's Business Col
lege.
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member of the faculty of Stuart
Hall Seminary and the latter a
student at the seminary.
Mrs. Barrett P. Wilson was
hostess to the following members
Of one of the Tuesday bridge clubs,
Miss Mary Lyddane, Mrs. Stedman
Prescott, Mrs. Carl Eastwood,
Mrs. Edwin Broome, Mrs. Walter
Pyles, Miss Elsie England and
Mrs. William Clark.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank d. Leizear
left on Monday for Cincinnati,
Ohio, for stay of a week.
Mrs. Gladys Coleman and chill
dren, Mildred and Gordon, and
Miss Louise Mullican have returned
from weeks visit with Mrs. Cole
mans sister, Mrs. Edward L. Ross,
at Long Beach.
State Senator and Mrs. Robert
Peter and children have returned
from Ocean City, where they occu-
pied cottage for several weeks.
Mrs. Edwin Smith, Jr., of Or
ange, N. j., is visiting her mother
in-law, Mrs. Edwin Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allison Chaplin are
spending this week in New York
City.
Lieut.. Robert Bull of Fort Smell
ling, Mimi, was a guest over thu
weekend of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. S.
Dawson, Jr., Miss Marion Wyman
of Columbia, S. c., is a guest of
her cousin, Mrs. Dawson and ex-
poets to be here for several weeks
Miss Mary Louise Yearly is
spending this week in Ocean City.
Miss Anne Yearly has returned
from visit to her sister, Mrs. 10.
seph Donovan in Baltimore.
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NOTICE OF HEARING

OCcAOG
BOARD OF COUNTY Commissioners
FOR MONTGOMERY County,
Rockville, Maryland
September II, 1910
A public hearing on the follow
ing petition for Zoning AmenS
ment will be held at the Office ~
the County Commissioners. Silver AZ
Spring, Maryland,
Thursday, October "a. 1940
1880 O'CLOCK, P. M.
Number 319 - Application ~
Mrs. Mary E. Tibbetts, Owner ~
Lots D and E, "Hills and Dale
and as Agent for the owners "a
Lots 5 to IS, inclusive, Block 101
"Palmer's Subdivision" and Lots
II, 8, A and 5 of "Doten's SuS'
DIVISION" Takoma Park, Montgom.
cry County, Maryland, for re.
classification Of the above men.
toned property from Residential
"A" to Residential "B" zone
(Said property being located on
both sides of Garland Avenue be.
tween Carroll and Maple Avenues.
Takoma Park.
Board of County Commissioners
for Montgomery County, Sit
ting AS A District Council for
that Portion of the Maryland :
Washington Metropolitan Dis
trict Within Montgomery Coun-
ty.
By:
THOMAS E. HAMPTON, President.
Attest:
RICHARD H. LANsDALE, Clerk.
29S
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WFOR SALE = Bargain at
Clarksburg, Nd, 26 miles from
D. c., II miles from Frederick,
on U. S. route 24O. Approxim-
ately ~ acres. Frame 8-room
house, bath h. W h., garage,
stable room for horse and COW.
If you're looking for a convent
ent, comfortable home, with
beautiful country surroundings
at reasonable price, investi-
gate this. Sidney Thompson,
exclusive agent, Rockville, Md.
Tele.: Rockville 1853; evenings
and holidays, Poolesville 2251.
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WFOR SALE = rs choice Wis
consin Holsteins accredited On
T. B. and blood test, fresh and
close springers, End and 3rd calf;
also 80 purebreds, consisting of
Guernseys, Jerseys, Holsteins,
Brown Swiss and Ayrshires.
Anyone interested in a founda-
ton herd with records of any
of these breeds, clean in every
way, eligible for any herd or
state. Call or write D. H. Wood,
White Hall, Md. Phone Parkton
51-W. 284
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-09-19

City employees cruised the rivers
and canals of Tokyo, Japan, to in
duce citizens to clean up the water
ways as one means of keeping
down the spread of disease.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-09-19

Natives of Central America are
using stone mirrors, made of her.
Matte, red, lustrous stone with
smooth surface which takes a
high polish.
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= WANT ADS !.

Advertising be taken P M Wednesday
all representations we honestly strive
this department primarily for the of our readers
accept copy which appears to be misleading
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- FOR SALE = 6 acres, 8 miles
beyond Rockville, Broom house
needs some repairs, barn for 8
cows, 2 horses, good condition,
several outher outbuildings, in
GLIDING nice chicken house. Price
5000, on easy terms. Also
modern bungalow with 5 to 20
acres. Buell. M. Gardner ]. E.
Kelly, Rockville, Md. Phone 28O.
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- FOR SALE = New and used
radios, parts, tubes, dry batteries.
Decca, Victor, Bluebird, Varsity
records. Cabin John, Glen Echo,
Potomac, Kensington, etc. Bring
your radio in for repairs, pick it
up on way home. Free estimates.
Magee Radio Service, 6907 Wis
consin avenue, Bethesda, Nd.
Wisconsin $685.. 107
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-09-19

%BUNGALOW = Modern, new,
white brick bungalow, barn, IL
acres, beautiful lawn, near Sandy
Spring neighborhood, "Spring
Haven" IN mi. E. of Ashton,
Nd, attractive; prices and terms.
Phone Ashton 2506, owner on
premises. 285
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~FOR SALE = Five head work
horses, l Van Brunt grain drill,
12-hole; 40 tons mixed hay, l
corn cultivator, 3-horse pillow, l
lime spreader, and other machin-
cry. BROOKS FULLERTON,
Colesville, Md. Phone: Ashton
1924. ZIG