davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-16

freshments and entertainment.
Use white tablecloth, dotted with
red and blue stars, and matching
napkins - they're inexpensive and
colorful. To top this off, use trio
OF star-shaped red, white and blue
candles for a centerpiece.
1t won't be necessary for you to
do much, except, of course, prepare
the food. Games and chatter will
fill up the evening. But remember
that you have as guests youngsters
with appetites. They like second
helpings,
Serve an appetizer, one hot dish,
plenty Of 'sNlad and hot rolls, more
cake or ice cream than you think
you will possibly need, and fatter
their sense Of sophistication by Of
fering second cups of coffee.
A fortune telling cake is always
fun when the crowd is young and
merry. You can write fortunes on
slips Of paper. roll them and wrap
them in bits of waxed paper, and
put them in the cake after it is
baked. Another idea is to put in a
little trinket for each guest-an en-
gagement ring and a wedding ring,
to forecast the first engagement and
the first marriage; a key for happi-
ness; bean for industry; a toy
soldier and so forth. You can buy
these favors at the ten-cent store.
Good Fortune Cake.
2 cups sifted cake -four
2 teaspoons double-acting baking
powder
" teaspoon salt
rs cup butter or other shortening
l cup sugar
3 egg yolks, well beaten
70 cup milk
teaspoon vanilla
egg whites, stiffly beaten
Sift -four once, measure, add bak-
ing powder and salt, and sift to-
gether three times. Cream butter
thoroughly, add sugar gradually
and cream together until light and
fluffy. Add egg yolks, then flour. al
ternately with milk, small amount
at time. Beat after each addition
until smooth. Add vanilla and fold
in egg whites. Bake in two creased
9-inch layer pans in moderate oven
(375 degrees) rs to 30 minutes. Dou-
BILE the recipe to make three 10
inch layers. Spread chocolate or
maple frosting between layers and
on top and sides Of cake.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-16

clothes, and having two daughters
to dress, l was often accused by
my husband Of being dowdy and old
fashioned" writes this Illinois wom-
an angrily. THE girls are 26 and
"a and we have q son of 20, away
In camp. have saved, cooked,
worked hard for my family; I am
not socially minded, nor have I had
time nor money to entertain on the
scale Of my husbands associates
and friends. never have heard
that 1t was sin for a wife to wear
old clothes and love to live quietly
in her home.
Daughters Painfully Shy.
1.-Two months ago my husband left
me and he is now asking a divorce
so that he can marry a divorced
young woman who works in his of
flee" the letter goes on. THAT isn't
what mind, nor what I'm writing
about. I want your help with my
daughters, who are both painfully.
shy. Both are teachers; neither one
ever has had a beau. They have
lovely natures and are far from I'M
happy, but meeting strangers or 60
ing places are things that make
them frightfully nervous. Helen,
the older one, plays the violin
delightfully."-, but if ask her to play
for my friends she runs from the
room and does not appear again I'M
til the callers have gone We have
very few visitors, those few are old,
FIR httf 1irlc
and confine their interests to the
primary grades they teach and to
each others company.
'The other night when a young
man called was distressed by the
way Anna and Helen behaved They
laughed like nervous children, spoke
together and were silent as if COM
plete strangers to each other, and
when / finally asked him to stay
for dinner both girls said at once
that they had engagements. It
must have been evident to him that
they had not, for the table was set
for three and in full sight.
"Yet l know Anna was immense
ly pleased, and Helen was pleased
for Anna. They leased about it
when he was gone-he would not
stay for supper-and have talked of
him ever since. He had asked
Anna if she liked dancing and she
said no, although she dances well.
How can form a pleasant social
! circle about them and my boy?
have sufficient means and would be
glad to help them to find friends
and eventually 60 on into happy lives
of their own"
Train Children In Hospitality.
Just about 20 years too late
When Anna was six and Helen four
was the time to begin with simple
hospitality, with the welcoming of
their friends and their fathers
friends to the house; with Sunday
picnics upon which a few neigh
boris children were invited, with
home dances to radio or recorded
music, with joyous scrambled hours
in the kitchen over the concocting
of biscuits and cocoa.
Children are hospitable: they love
to bring their friends home. Games
are little slow to start. but every
one in the world likes pencil games.
Bread and jam and milk are a
party in nursery days, and young
sters will boast for a long time of
the fun they had roasting potatoes
in Helen's back yard. or that they
each had to bring four sandwiches
to Annals picnic.
But let the younger years slip by.
let the girls grow to the twenties.
shy, friendless, and there is nothing
more that mother can do.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-16
TOO LATE!

What type OF mother are you? Do
you encourage your youngsters TO make
friends ioith the neishborhood gang?
DO you open your home to your chill
drens friends? Do you occasionally
help your son, and daughters amuse
Themselves? II you don't or spen
IL you do . read Kathleen Norris
frank Interpretation OF q mothers du.
ties.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-16

large mold, and chill until firm.
When 1t has. set and is ready TO
serve, it is divided into two squares
with layers which are joined togeth-
er with a filling OF cream cheese. A
cream cheese star decorates the
top. This recipe makes 6 portions.
Now for something truly different
in the way of hot dish
veal on Skewers.
Cut boneless veal in pieces IA
inches square by about "a inch
thick. Stick on 8-inch metal skew.
ers, alternating meat with slightly
smaller peeled potato halves or
cubes, chunks of carrot, and whole
small white onions. Lay skewers in
roasting pan, add ] cup hot water.
and salt. Cover and bake in hot
oven (450 degrees FL for | hour.
reduce heat to $50 degrees F., add
more water il needed Bake about
80 minutes longer. OF until tender.
Garnish with broiled bacon.
released by Western Newspaper Union,
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-16
COMMENCEMENT TIME

You can't believe it, can you?
Susie is graduating from high
SCHOOL,
In between putting the final
stitches on her organdy dress and
entertaining visiting friends and rel
atives, are you going to try to find
time to give her party?
Please do. To her. it's a very i'm
portant time, and she'll undoubted-
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-16
WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON

INUIIsUIIudItu tdEultS wv StTFIVC'I
NEW YORK. - Birthday inter
views with venerated patri
archs of this land are usually giver
10 bland optimism. though the
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-16

THE word is getting around that
4 the founding fathers could
fight well because they were super
charged with vitamin b.. They ate
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-16

THERE'S a tale of a professor
= who grew old writing a history
of civilization. Late one night he fin
iShed it. Then, after a brief survey
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-16

uteS. Meanwhile
simmer tomatoes
with seasonings
in a covered con-
tainer for 10 to IS
minutes. Strain
and add vinegar.
Dissolve the soft
ened gelatin in
this mixture, and
pour into one
laaH III n
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-16

ly remember the
gangs last real
get-together" for
the rest of her
life.
Why not a buff
fet supper? What
with wars raging
elsewhere, you
might play up the
patriotic theme
in decorations. re-
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-16
THIS WEEKS MENU
Graduation Party
Al-American Appetizers
Americana Salad
Clover Leaf Rolls
veal on Skewers
Good Fortune Cake Ice Cream
'Spiced Coffee
RECIPES given.
THIS WEEKS MENU

cups decaffeinated coffee
u cup whipping cream, whipped
" teaspoon cinnamon
" teaspoon nutmeg
Top each cup of coffee with
spoonful Of whipped cream into
which the spices have been folded.
Sugar may be served with the COT
fee. if desired. You can use your
favorite method Of making the COT
fee, with regular grind for percolat-
ed or boiled coffee and drip grind for
drip or glass maker. Allow a heap
ing tablespoon for each cup. And
If you "perk" it, give it few min
utes extra brewing to bring out its
full flavor.
Now that I've made suggestions
for dessert, I'll 60 back to the real
beginning Of your party.
While placing the supper foods on
the table, Susie can pass a tray of
appetizers, which are, after all, Just
a reminder of the good things yet
to come. A tiny American flag
placed in the center of the tray
VIII oao W liiC pal W tllcIIlc.
Potato Chips au Gratin.
Spread crisp potato chips with
pimiento cheese. Serve plain or
with thick slice of pickle in the
center of each. Chips may also be
sprinkled with grated American or
Parmesan cheese. Before serving,
put under broiler to melt cheese and
heat chips
Stuffed Celery.
Scrape deep stalks Of celery Cut
into 3-inch lengths. Place in ice wa
ter to which lemon juice has been
added. The celery may be placed
in a covered jar in refrigerator
until crisp. Several types of filling
may be used to add variety.
Bacon Snacks.
Wrap X slice bacon around a
sweet pickle or stuffed olive and
fasten with a toothpick Broil I'M
til bacon is crisp and serve immedi-
ately.
One first glance at the salad will
bring an enthusiastic response from
the crowd. Illustrated in the picture
at the top Of the column, it is called
Americana Salad.
l envelope unfavored gelatin
II cup cold water
cups tomatoes
3 whole cloves
l small bay leaf
i small onion, chopped
IL teaspoon thyme
l teaspoon salt
l teaspoon sugar
"a teaspoon pepper or paprika
3 tablespoons vinegar
Stir gelatin and cold water togeth-
err. Let stand at least 3 to S min
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-05-16
DH7ZERWS&
SEWING CIRCLE STD

ais you can equip your sports
loving daughter with a whole sea-
son of fun clothes. Choose sturdy,
sunfast cottons like seersucker,
Bingham, gabardine or denim.
Pattern No. 135l-B is designed for sizes
8. 10. IL. IA. and 16 years. Size 10 re-
quires. for play suit. 2i5 yards Of 35-inch
material without nap: for jumper. 21s
yards. Send order to:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-14
Buses in Barns

AS I came out, l looked up
and down Fifth avenue. Not one
bus within sight.
AS the whole country knows,
the CLIO Transport Workers
Union, to which the bus en-
ployes belong, called a strike
which kept every bus in its barn.
Mayor LaGuardia, always
doughty champion of labor, con-
demned the union for refusing to
talk the situation over with him.
for refusing to accept mediation,
arbitration.
According to the head of the
two companies involved, the driv'
ers of one line, Fifth Avenue
Coach Company. last year aver
aged S2.076. the conductors
S1.S9S. and all other employees.
skilled and unskilled. $3.50,
while the earnings of the New
York City Omnibus employees
last year averaged S2,126 for
drivers and 81 900 for all other
skilled and unskilled employees.
The president publicly de-
clared that the coach company
suffered loss last year of S116.-
600 from operation. that the
unions new demands amounted
to Sf,249;eee-a year-and- that
the wage demands would absorb
more than the total net earnings
last year of the Omnibus corpo-
ration.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-14
Farmers Market

APPLES Delicious. fancy. 81 bu No.
l. Si401i rs, Greetings. No. /. sc y
81 4oa 50 hu. No /. eoc 81 Is, No. 2.
so y 75c: Northern spys. fancy. 81 bu No.
l. Si50Hi.75; No ?. T5cgsi Mcintosh.
fancy, 81 $50 I rs hu.. No !. si.25 \ 50:
bu steels Reds. si25ai5O bu.; No. 2.
CELERY cABBAGE-No ?. 75as5c
FRENCH ENDIvE-No. /, $50 5-Ib.
box: No. 2. 75c 1Si.
BETS No. l. 80 s5c hu.
CABBAGE.-No. !. s0c n 81 IN bu. No.
2 75d s5c Curly Cabbage, No, 1, IS q sSc
bu; Red Cabbage. No. 1, 65a soc bu. No.
.cARReTs-Ne- /, seaT5e bu.;; No. ..
CELERY souAREs-No. 1. s5casiio;
root No. l. s5c n 81. 10 hu.
HORSE RADfsH $3.50: No. 1,
50 5on3 bu. No. 2. S2a225
LEEKS-No.- 1, 40A soc dor. punches.
oNIoNs.Dry. fancy; socan; 10 bu., So
PARSLEY ROOT-50 n 75c bu
PARsNIPs-No. l, eOa75 bu.; No. 2.
SOC.
PoTAToEs-Fsncy. eoc bu.; No. /. 500
Administrations, 50d60c dozen
punches
RHUBARB- Hothouse. fancy. 3oa35e s.
ID. box: choice. 20a25c; small. 500 SOC
RUrABAGAs-No 1. 5og 75c bu
.6etitsH=ffupoard.. 40. I. yI25dI-7s
bu F. No 2 75c n 81.
TuRNIPs- Fancy, sial2s- Ne. l.. sea
90c No 2 CSC.
VEGETABLE oYsTERs-No. 1. soa7ss
dozen punches.
PoULTRY-H live, heavy breeds. a
n 22c H.: leghorns. i5a lie: brotisrs,
heavy, ala 23c IN. leghorn. la lie; ducks,
$50 isc. geese. 1tTi7e.
HoGs-Dreesed, 13n1Sc 10.
EGGs-Lsrge sTq75O 30-dos. eAAet
medium. tede.50.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-14
Record February
For Studebdker

SOUTH BEND. March IA
Studebaker Corporation domestic
retail deliveries of passenger cars
and trucks in February were the
largest for any February in the
czompany's history. while factory
sales to dealers were the largest
since 1928.
Retail deliveries to customers
in the United States in February
amounted to 8,306 units, against
1856 in January and 7,490 in Feb
ruary, 1910. Deliveries in the first
two months were 1852 units,
against 1850 in the same period
last year. Factory sales in Febru-
airy increased to 10,010 units from
8,115 in January and 9,446 in Feb
ruary a year ago.
For the first two months of 1871
factory sales of 1925 units COM
pared with 1873 in the same
period last year and were the
largest for the period since 1923.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-14

international News Service Economic Commentator

seized the equity through the
process of foreclosure.
But these were only prelim-
mary symptoms.
As spendthrifts In office tend
to exhaust the credit and the
taxing power of cities, they will
eventually reach stage when
there must be skimping on the
necessary and indispensable
services.
Likewise, In the federal gov
eminent. we are contemplating
n $1,000. 100000 armament pro-
gram on top of a decade of
deficits. The hoped-for benefi-
cial results at home and abroad
are conjectural and speculative,
but the costs are unacceptable.
As taxpayers, we haven't Yet
begun TO feel the brunt. In
concrete terms, there will have
70 be q wholesale transference
out of current and future pro-
duction of goods from the
families Of citizens to govern
ment itself. Unless the process
Is clearly delineated. the hot
headed will fallaciously describe
the deleteriOus effect on popu-
lar living standards as evidence
OF the decline of capitalism. 1t
will be nothing of the kind, but
will represent the conse-
quences of excessive govern
mental spending.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-14
Forbes
Shop Closed by
Clio, Says U. S.
No Longer Free
BY b. c. FORBES

l have had a talk with the
owner of a small shop, two
blocks from my office on Fifth
avenue, New York. where two
pickets were parading.
whats the trouble ?" / asked.
Here is his explanation, pieced
together from his broken-Eng-
lish replies to my questioning:
"My business was osing
money. 1 had four helpers. did
not need so many-I can't af-
ford to keep so many. When I
told them that l would have to
Law off one or two of them, they
said, ooh, no, you can't do that.
Our union won't let you
81 tried to show them that 1t
wasn't possible for me to keep
them all on. would 60 bank
rupt. They said they weren't in
terested in that. All of them
must be kept on-Or their CIO
union would pull a strike"
II
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-14
Public Officials Hit
for Wasteful Policies

private management the even
tual scapegoats.
The short form of accounting,
which this column has long es-
poused. helps TO reveal the So
Geological role of the modern
corporation. The latest corporate
recruit TO this new and enlight-
ened form of streamlined ac-
counting is the Allied Chemical
and Dye Corporation. which re-
veals its receipts from operations
and then shows how this sum
was disposed of among the five
principal categories of cost. in
Guiding goods and services pur-
chased from others, replacement
of worn-out tools, wages and
salaries paid, taxes and, instead
of using the MARKHAM epithet
profit. it describes the cost of
capital as wage payments for
tools tassets) used by labor 10
produce operating receipts"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-14
5 'Modifica

Doctor Ezekial asserts that
I'VE can so modify our capitalist
economy as to make il capable
of maintaining full employment
lin the above sense of the term.
The notifications" he proposes
are:
~ Government spending of
funds 10 be secured by borrow
ing, fiat currency, or taxes. ~
Taxes. designed to restrict pri-
vate saving and to increase in
vestment-the latter. l assume.
to be by the government. 81
Increased dependence of individ-
uals on social services" such
as government pensions and re-
lief. (4) Redistribution of in
comes. 80 Giving more
purchasing power to the dollars
of the low-income groups, than
to others.
They don't believe in economic
laws. They think they know
how to run the country. The
whole thing amounts to a polit-
ical scheme of buying the votes
of the have-nots by taking the
savings Of the thrifty.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-14

81 can't get any goods deliv-
ered," he went on. "When a
truck drives up and the driver
sees the pickets, he drives away.
His union won't let him break
through a picket line. The same
thing happens when I call
truck TO deliver goods. Nothing
doing the drivers say when they
see the pickets.
"What are you going to dc? ?"
I asked.
He shrugged his shoulders.
81 don't know. Maybe I lose
less money If 1 stop doing BUSH
ness. l can't take back all the
four strikers. don't make
enough money to pay them"
Becoming excited, he Kissed:
ugh, America Is supposed to
be a free country. i could prove
to President Roosevelt and his
cabinet that ii isn't a free coun-
try. All 1 want to do is to have
enough workers to handle my
business, my very poor business.
But the head of this CIO union
he is a Communist--tells me l
can't lay off even one of my
workers. If l try to do that, he
puts me out of business"
Regaining his breath, he
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-14
Sun Oil Arrdnges
10 Million Loan

NEW YORK. March 14.-Sun
Oil Company recently arranged a
borrowing of S10.000.000 from
Prudential Insurance Company OF
America. giving in exchange a 10
year debenture maturing Feb. Is,
1851. 1t bears interest of pa per
cent annually.
OF the proceeds. the company
used S.. 100000 to redeem on
February 26 the balance of 10-year
2A per cent serial debentures due
81 100000 each on Feb. Is. 1915.
1916 and 1947. and S4,600.000 in
partial redemption of S12.000.000
10-year 27s per cent debentures
due Dec. /. 1913.
The latter were called on Febru-
airy 6 for redemption on March 10.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-14
No Precise Idea

First, he has no precise idea
of production" Thus he is able
to justify all sorts of govern
ment expenditures as being pro
duetive."
According to this notion, any,
thing which. in the mind of this
economist. is good for people.
is productive. There is no test
of cost or other limitations.
There is no test of market value
or revenue.
Second. il follows that any
.employment" may be good.
Boondoggling or gun powder and
shells or public works"-all are
equally employment. He speaks
of war preparations as conquer
ing unemployment" He plans
various nonrevenue schemes of
government spending to carry on
after the war.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-14

Graphs
Aid Taxpayers;
500 Visit Plant;
First Plane Trip

With Saturday the deadline
for the March DOGGY man, Ole
Debbil Income Tax, Pontiac
Motors tax aid bureau is wind
ing up its benificent services by
going to the homes of workmen
who are i'll, to notarize their
income tax returns.
Ivan II. Long, Pontiac person.
mel executive who has been in
charge of the bureau, reports
that several thousand employees
were aided this month. Help in
filling out Selective Service
questionnaires is also available
at the personnel office.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-14
4-H Clubs Visit

1t looked like the little red
schoolhouse had been moved to
the Buick plant at Flint Thurs
day as more than 500 boys and
girls. members of the All Clubs
of Genesee County, paraded
through the factories in a body.
1t was one of the largest groups
ever to be taken on an inspec-
tion tour of Buick and required
so guides.
The children began their visit
at 8 a. m. and kept going until
noon, when they were enter
tanned in the engine plant dining
room for lunch.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-14
Candid Camera

In introducing the new tech
nique for giving candid cam
era view of modern business,
Henry F. Atherton, the presi-
dent, in effect disclaims the
flattery that executives are
economic royalists, pointing TO
the basic truism that "the Gus
toners are the employers of both
the labor and the tools" This
is a shrewd observation. For,
II chief executives had the arbi-
trary power to create employ
ment at will irrespective of the
mood of customers. then man
agement would have been
directly responsible for the un-
employment during the pro-
longed depression.