davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-02

Gene Sarazen had his best years
from 20 to 81, SO that his average
stood at 26.
We've had 20-year-old winners in
Ouimet and Sarazen," COrcoran
said, "and others in their high
thirties. Sarazen also tied for the
title at SO. Vardon was close to so
when he won his last start. But
you'll find that % is close to peak
FORM"
For Baseball
MY two best years." Cobb said,
were 1911 and 1912, when l was
rs and q ySars old"
The records proved this. In 1911
Cobb batted APO, scored 147 runs
and stole SO bases. In 1912 Cobb
batted .410 and stole 81 bases. In
1915 Cobb stole So bases, which is
more than the entire cast of two ball
clubs will steal today.
When was around &c." Ty said,
II had the experience that comes
from eight years of play-I started
at 18-and also had the spring of
youth. At that age the eyes and
legs are still young. The rehexes
work perfectly. AS got a few
years older noticed that while l
could run about as fast as ever,
couldn't start as fast And the start
is big part of speed"
In those two big years Cobb piled
up ATS hits. And starting speed
was q big factor in this total.
There have been a lot of ball
players" Ty added, "who got bet
ter as they grew older. But the av-
erage winning year is still around
rs. Walter Johnson had many great
years. But his best season was in
1918 when, as dimly recall it, Wal
ter won SO games and had an earned
run average of loo. Think of thati
And he won those 36 games with q
weak-hitting club that rarely got him
many runs. In 1913 johnson was
just 26 years old. 1 had to hit
against him then and know what
he had. No one before or since has
ever had such terrific speed. You
knew a fast ball was coming, but
that didn't help lot. 1t was toe
fast"
So there you have Ty Cobb and
Walter johnson with the age of 26
pointing to their twin peaks.
Bob Teller, now %, should be g
40 game winner at 26, if the same
average holds up.
Cobb is now moving on to his fifty
fifth birthday. The Georgia Peach
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-02
Fire With Fire

When 20 all gwine pay
dat note?
"Ah amt got no money now, but
An gwine pay just as soon as Ali
kin"
dat don't git me no nothin' /"
retorted Amos. IF you all don't pay
me here an now, An gwine burn
up your old note; den where all you
gwine be at?"
you better notI You better
notl" shouted Nat. "You Just burn
dat note of mine and Ah'n burn you
up wild q lawsuit"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-02

It's not laziness, it's listlessnessl
When you have to force yourself to
work, delayed bowel action may be
the reason. Often this is followed by
gas in stomach and intestines, sour
stomach, heartburn, restless nights.
Give those lazy bowels gentle nudge
with ADLERIKA'S 8 laxatives and 8
carminatives. Then you'll feel like
working. Druggists have sold AD-
LERIKA for 40 years. Get your
bottle today.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-02

ter OF statistical
lore. had just dis
covered that the
winning average
age for professional
golf stood at %
years, or in that inn
mediate neighbor-
hood.
Bobby Jones' win
ming span ran from
81 to %. But it was
at % that he had
his gre "a tie st and
final sea SON
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-02

is still in fine physi-
cal shape; the main
sign of passing
years is thinning
hair, just a trifle
gray. But he can
still hunt from dawn
to darkness and
take you around
some fairway at a
hectic pace.
ack Dempsey
won the main title
at the age Of "a. So
did lin VnHr;ag
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-02
I5e;1!!!i8Ia

IN POUNDING down Georgia turf
l again with one Tyrus Raymond
Cobb, the discussion came up re-
garding the best winning year or
years of an athletes career.
Freddie Corcoran, tournament
manager Of the p. G.. A. and mas
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-02
SECURITY

We tUdnt security noro; security for
everyone an unTOubled home,
church on Sunday, simple food to eat,
schools for our children It's true,
isn't it,? And to discover ho,o to obtain
this security, read Kathleen Norris up
to-date article.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-02
KEPT IN RESERVE

Diner-Your fst proprietor would
indicate there's good eating to be
had here.
Waiter-Oh, yes sir-but we're not
serving him today.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-02

is floating about as current gossip,
then turn to the age-old wisdom of
the great spiritual leaders who gave
us this theory of living each tiny
space Of time only for itself, who
revealed to us the magic of "the
sacrament Of the moment"
To live each moment perfectly, to
round it out so that it contains all
that 1t can hold Of love and service
is to find your vague whirling fears
strangely dissipated. You can live
that one moment without them, and
when it comes you can live the next.
Through all LIES changes this one
simple little rule will still carry you
safely; nothing can disturb it. No
yesterday, with all it's mistakes; no
tomorrow with all its imagined pit
falls. Just this one moment to make
as happy as you can for everyone
about you.
We laugh at the small child who
anticipates trouble. We quote with
amusement the soliloquy of the New
England woman on a Sunday night
long ago. Tomorrow Monday and
that big wash, Tuesday all my IRON
ing, Wednesday this big place to
clean! Half the week gone and moth
ing done!"
Danish Fear.
But when it comes to nations Dor
rowing trouble and imagining en-
mites there is no laughter We take
that very seriously. Too seriously.
Stop taking it seriously this mo
ment. Do what you can in all char
lty and loyalty, do exactly what
your own conscience and knowledge
OF events dictates. Don't worry be-
cause 1t isn't more, and because per-
haps-and maybe-and possibly
and they say-and someone heard
Cut that all out. Danish it by the
magic of the sacrament of the mo-
ment. The history of the past is
full OF strange twists, surprises, re-
versals, changes. The history we
are living today will be. Nothing
comes out as our fancifuil fears con-
struct it, and the only thing to fear
is fear. Because nations have made
mistakes and have been misled
doesn't mean they will always make
mistakes, always be misled. Some
times they REFORM sometimes they
come to new birth.
We were the rebel nation once.
outcast colonials without grace or
dignity, our decent blood thinned bv
the fiotsam and jetsam, the lees and
| dregs of the old worlds Migrants
and criminals. We survived il: we
didn't do so badly in making our
selves promptly into the greatest ma
ton Of the world. France had her
dark hour, religion destroyed, in
telligentsia destroyed, calendar de-
stroyed, the very walls of her Capitol
spattered high with blood. Only 40
years ago.
Decency, Civilization to Come Back.
All central Europe swarmed with
homeless, desperate outlaws for %
years after the Hundred Years war.
And so she will again. But time
heals, dictators die in one way or
another, decency and civilization
creep back, and presently the ships
begin to move again, and the re-
turning travellers begin to tell us how
things are going over there.
And this time we won't laugh at
their debased currency, take advan-
tage Of their ruin. This time wen
all rebuild together. Wen live a min.
ute at a time, making the perfect
moments run together.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-02
MiSuSed Necessity

Necessity is the plea for every
infringement of human freedom.
1t is the argument of tyrants; it is
the creed of slaves.-Pitt, the
Elder.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-02
Eyes ImDOrtnnt

"And don't forget" Bill said some
time ago, 1.-The eyes can't be over
looked. They are more important
than most camp followers under
stand"
There have been exceptions, but
II you look back you'll find that rs
or n has been the golden year Of
competition, especially where speed
and stamina count.
Willie Hoppe, beyond so, is still q
marvel, but Willie doesn't have to
use his legs where speed Is needed
and that's important.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-02


Jim Corbett was 26 when he stopped
John l.. Sullivan, then fat and IS.
Gene Tunney was 20 when he won
from Dempsey.
Among Fighters
Dempsey was at his best the year
he beat Willard. Tunney came along
more slowly. Tunney retired be-
fore he came to what he might have
been.
Jess Willard, a freak, was well
over 80 when he whipped Jack John
son. Fitz was around 35 when he
stopped Jim Corbett.
But I think you'll find the average
age Of fighting greatness close to rs
or n years. AS Ty Cobb puts 1t
this Is the meeting point Of ex-
perience and youth. The physical
qualities have been retained and
have also received an added hard
ness. There Is more stamina to
work with, and just as much speed.
AS l recall it, Bill Tilden was 26
when he won his first national tennis
championship at Forest Hills and
mopped up at Wimbledon. Til
den can still play every stroke
known to the game. But the legs
and the eyes are years away from
their prime.
Evening star., 1941-06-29

come where things are easy going!
MY situation is far from being
unique. 1t is the common problem
of farm women. Now at the beginning
of another midsummer, this letter
to you is an appeal. Please. can you
print something that will show how
things are, to visitors who seem to
look upon farm as a place where it
costs nothing to live! And they think
the work just does itself, because
much of it is done while they sleep"
In attempting to answer this, the
first point | should like to make is
that this problem of unlimited guests
is one which is distressing not alone
to farm" owners but to owners of
almost every informal type of summer
place. Camps and seashore bungalows
seem to be looked upon by city ac
quaintances, as well as intimate
friends, as havens of welcome
In most instances the defenseless
position, in which these hosts and
hostesses find themselves, is due to
their own impulses of hospitality.
Early in June, let us say. the Camp
ings urge their dear friends. John
and Mary Smith, to bring their three
Evening star., 1941-06-29
Underwood & Underwood

children and spend week. The
Smiths, returning to town, tell the
Joneses, Browns and Robinsons, what
a lovely time they all had at the Camp
ings, and how pleased the Campings
were to have them. The result is that
these in turn drop in upon the Camp
ings and by mid-August their camp
is like an Inn, except that there are
no bills for board and lodgings.
But the situation of the Earnings
is more serious, first, because the farm
is their permanent home, and their
visitors are perennial. The Earnings
are not on vacation. They work des-
perately hard. beginning hours before
their guests have left their beds. The
latter, moreover, do not stop to think
that the selling price of the cream and
eggs and chickens and whatever else
is set before them on the table must
be deducted from the possible profit
of the farm. But it is not fair to treat
the home of a friend as though it
were free hotel. 1t just isn't done"
Mrs. Earnings only fault in this
situation may be that through many
years she has acquired not only
reputation for, but the habit of hos
Evening star., 1941-06-29

and to fit in with her way of living.
In the Earnings case, it is probably
true that few, if any. would be very
competent at helping with the early
farm work, no matter how willing
they might be. But they could help
with the housework, and should.
The question of whether house
guests may take provisions OF any
kind to their hostess, is one about
which | have had so many contra
dictory letters that hesitate to write
about it.at all But there is one point
that | really must make: 1t has been
customary for hundreds OF years to
take gifts of sweets or fruit or what
might be called special delicacies OF
the season, to ones host or hostess.
Therefore, one who takes cake or a
pie, or basket of fruit. box OF
candy, or any other item of food to
the house of friend is following an
age-oid guest impulse, and it should
be accepted as such.
People who live in the city naturally
take store-bought presents to those
in the country. while one in the coun-
try naturally takes her friend in the
city flowers from her garden, fresh
eggs, or fresh butter or other fresh
produce. But to the many who tell
me that their pride has been hurt
because guests came bringing food,
can only say that either the manner
of giving or else the spirit of apprecia-
tive receiving must have been at
fault. For my own part l am pleased
as can be when someone brings me
something she knows | like. In fact,
l was brought jar of mincemeat
short while ago. Its only fault was its
super goodness.
On the other hand. acceptability
of food might depend upon circum-
stances. Many hostesses feel, when
ordinary foods are brought. that criti-
cism is made of their ability to set
bountiful table. If people who have
cheekily come and settled down on
Mrs. Farming. then produce lot of
food stuffs in payment. as it were. of
all the time and effort which she is
required to spend to make her guests
comfortable, can see very well how
an IL am paying for all your trouble"
attitude would be resented.
Released by The Bell Syndicate. Inc.
Evening star., 1941-06-29
Nice But ThovshfIessl

i HAVE not visited any of these
people in their homes in the past five
years. They are nice people. They just
don't realize the hardship they put on
me when they walk in. often bringing
people who are strangers to me, and
blandly announce they are hungry
for my fried chicken and aapjacks.
or remark that it is very pleasant to
Evening star., 1941-06-29
THOSE UNLIMITED GUESTS
What to do about them
and what they should
do about themselves!
% &n,tW %aa<
Ayfkor of"Hiqvsffs: The Blue
Book Of SseiuI Usose." "The
aersossiify Of House." Ere.

|" HE following is one of score of
letters that have come within the
- last few weeks from a dozen diff
ferent states. Since this letter IS as
indistinguishable from the Others as is
one cornstalk from another in corn
field. and cannot therefore identify
the writer l am quoting it verbatim:
Please, dear Mrs. Post. is there
anything farm woman can do to free
herself and her home of horde of
unlimited guests from the city? May
be this sounds mean and unfeeling.
The truth is we enjoy being hospitable
in reason. But please consider our
poverty, our hard and unreasonable
work, and the lack of help. Facts that
are plain to see! And yet just about
every relative, every acquaintance,
seems to consider it duty, or right,
to make US at least one visit every
year. l am not well, and l don't know
how l am going to keep on with all
the extra wash besides the extra cook
ing. And am embarrassed by lack of
linen and other essentials. During the
past year by actual count, | had to
entertain entire families no less than
thirty-three times. Some stayed all
night: others as long as ten days.
Nome were invited.
Evening star., 1941-06-29
Payment for Hospitoiify

lHIs is an important point for all
guests to remember: there is a pay
ment which you are expected to con-
tribute in return for hospitality. At
dinner party this means no more than
trying to be agreeable to whoever
sits next to you. But let us say you go
to stay in the house of hostess who
does her own work - and this is each
year now becoming more and more
usual. In this case you should GER
tainly help your hostess in whatever
she does. 1t is obvious that, if she is
busy and what she does is something
that anyone could help her with.
then you should help her. If your hos
tess does nothing it's not required
that you do anything either. further
than to make yourself agreeable.
Evening star., 1941-06-29
Baby's pure, mild Ivory
is doctors choice for your skin, too!*

Take a look at an all-over Ivory COM
plexion like baby's! Pretty smooth,
don't you think? And remember, that
same mild Ivory care is advised for
your complexion, too! Yes, pure, white
Ivory Soap without strong per-
fumes that might be irritating :. is
doctors choice for you. So 60 back to
the complexion care of your baby
days and try thorough, gentle Ivory
cleansings every day. Like other
lovely ladies, you'll find how clean
and fresh and smooth your own fair
face can feel!
Evening star., 1941-06-29

pitality - or perhaps the casual habit
of giving invitations without meaning
them? BE sure to visit us when you
come out our wayI' is an invitation
of ambiguous meaning. To one it
means stop in and see us for half an
hour or So" in short, pay us call"
But to another it means come and
stay in our house for an indefinite
time" So Mrs. Earnings problem
may result not from what she thinks
she has said. but from what her visi-
tors think she said.
For you, therefore, who have gone
to stay with someone like Mrs.
Farming, it is of first Importance to be
sure that the wording of her invita-
tion to you was definitely come and
bring the children and spend week."
There is only one place to which
each of us can go without an invita-
ton. And that is ''home" to our par
ents. Yet before going even there.
we should telephone and ask: will
it suit you to have us Gomez"
In other words. going to stay with
friends to surprise them, no matter
who. is like a practical joke, Those
who enjoy having it thrust on therp
are very few. Sometimes, for birth
day or an anniversary, family and
dearest friends can seemingly turn up
Unexpectedly and have the surprise
of their coming give great pleasure.
But as a rule, someone in the family
should be told abe time.
Evening star., 1941-01-09
Takoma Park Sidewalk
Proposal Is Held Up

Plans for constructing a sidewalk
on the north side of the bridge over
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
tracks in North Takoma, Md, are
at a standstill. members of the Ia
koina Park Chamber of Commerce
learned at its monthly meeting last
night.
Cost Of a proposed reinforced con-
crete walk, supported by piers, would
approximate $4,000, according to
report submitted by the county en-
gineer's Office.
Both the railroad company and
the commissioner for the Takoma
Park district are unable to share in
the cost. Robert E. Lohr, chairman
of the committee requesting the new
sidewalk, said he had been advised
by Montgomery County commission
ers that the Baltimore & Ohio Rail
road feels a satisfactory type tim
Der sidewalk cannot be built.
The chamber voted to hold Bet
ter Homes" contest, for which prizes
will be awarded to owners of homes
built between July l, 1910, and June
IS, 194l. Houses will be judged for
beauty, utility and construction.
Evening star., 1941-01-09
Secret Service Men
Told How j. ). Checks
Are Safeguarded
Attempts at Alteration
And Forgery Increase,
Treasury Expert Says

How Uncle Sans checks like his
currency, are protected from altera-
ton by scientific methods was re-
lated to so Secret Service men in
conference here today by Alwyn
Cole, examiner of questioned docu-
ments for the Treasury Depart
ment.
The great increase in the number
of Federal checks distributed over
the United States in recent years
has resulted in additional attempts
at forgery and fraudulent altera-
tions, with a corresponding en-
largement in facilities for detecting
the violations.
Some 5000 questioned documents
pass annually through Mr.. Coles Of
fee, where they are examined first
in a strong light by the naked eye,
then by magnifying glasses of in
creasing strength and by micro
scope and under ultra violet rays
If they seem to warrant this scru-
tiny.
Forger Has Little Chance.
Photographic enlargements are
made for comparison of handwrit-
ings and various types of printed
matter, inks and papers. The
clever forger has little more chance
of escaping detection, it was said,
than the beginner who used penny
pencil to alter the amount OF
Government check signed by a
$4,000 machine.
The agents from all parts of the
United States will close their ses-
sions at the Willard Hotel late this
afternoon. Another speaker on to-
days program was Col. Lynn G..
Adams of the Pennsylvania State
police, who discussed The Effect of
Proper Law Enforcement"
The Secret Service men yesterday
invited the public's attention to
new booklet which contains the
first legal reproductions of counter
felt United States money ever pub
lshed.
A Few Instructions.
Along with the photographs are
detailed instructions on how to
avoid falling victim to the counter
felt racket.
For instance, Washington's face
should never appear on any bill
higher than one, and when 1t
does the bill has been raised"
Even people who handle money
are apt to forget that Hamilton |
appears on $40 bills. Jackson on
$40 bills, Grant on $50 notes and
Franklin on Sl00 bills.
The question may never trouble |
the average man, but McKinley's |
face appears on $500 bills, Cleve-
lands on $1,000 bills, Madison's on
$4,000 bills and Chases on $4,000 |
bills
When currency is counterfeited,
instead of merely raised" the por-
traits are apt to appear fat. The
eyes will be neither clear, distinct
nor direct, and the background is
blurred and darker than on genuine
bills.
False Coins.
Too, false coins will not ring clear
when dropped on hard surface.
they have a greasy feel and their
corrugated edges are not as distinct
or evenly spaced as those on genuine
money.
A knife cut on the edge of the
coin will reveal base metal and an
acid test will blacken imitation sill
yer.
The Treasury Department pub
ncation on counterfeit money is in
Its first edition, with 10000 copies
already distributed to banks, busi-
ness houses, commercial groups and
school and public libraries. There
are not enough copies available, it
was said, for general distribution to
the public.
Evening star., 1941-01-09
Reductions-Exce|Ient Opportunity for You to
Save on Misses, Women's Winter Underwear

4 Union Suits with sleeves,
ankle length. 409o wool. boI-
once silk cotton-royon. Sizes
40. AZ. Were $3.50. Now,
sz.z5
IA Sleeping or Lounsins Poio-
mos in cotton knit. Navy trou-
sers with striped tops. Sizes
small. medium. large. Were So.
Now --------SZ.Z5
8 Union Suits, 500 wool, 4ooo
silk. Low neck, no sleeves, knee
length. Sizes "a, 3o, SO, A.
Were S3.75. Now --S2.45
II pieces Cotton Underwear
including vests with sleeves;
Union suits, low neck, no sleeve,
knee length. Sizes 4, 7, 8, 9,
Were 81. $l.35. Now ---75e
Evening star., 1941-01-09

- Union Suits, 1870 cotton.
200o wool, so silk. Low neck,
no sleeve, knee length. Sizes
snoll, medium. Were Sl.25.
lNOW fSe
Il Union Suits, 500 wool,
4Ooo silk. Low neck, no sleeve,
knee length. Teorose. Size
Small. Were 81. Now, Sl.45
s Union Suits, $3.50 cotton,
379o wool. Low neck, no sleeve,
knee length. Size 36. Were
$3.50. Now ----S1.45
II Vests, 500 cotton, 370o
wool, oIso 37oo wool with'boI-
once of sik-cotton-royon. Sizes
AZ, a.. Were 81. Now, sl.45
s poirs Sleeping or Lounsins
Pojomos. knitted two tone roy
ons. Sizes IA. 10. l8. Were
81. Now ----Sl.45
Evening star., 1941-01-09
HilImon Recuperoting
From Attack of Grippe
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 9.-Dr. Samuel
wolman said today that Sidney
Hillman. associate director of the
Office of Production Management
for National Defense, is "convalesc-
ing from a severe attack of grippe"
at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
DR.. Wolman said Mr.. Hillman was
"sick, but not very sick. I don't
think he will have to remain in the
hospital long"