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Evening star., 1949-02-19
Questions About Words.

Barnumton: What is a chatelair
and how do you pronounce thu
word?-O. r.
A. Chatelain is French loan wore
meaning "the mistress Of castle Of
elaborate household; a chain or othel
device for suspending keys or trim.
kets from Woman'S waiStband;
woman's lapel ornament" The Eng
lish pronunciation is: SHAT-uh.
lain, the third syllable rhyming with
pain, rain"
Tacoma: My friends and I have
argued endlessly about the difference
between the words subtitle and subtle
May we have little of your Colby
common senSe?-F. r. w.
A. Subtitle and subtle are simply
different spellings of the same word
Both entered English from the Ole
French soutil, from the Latin sub.
tilis.
Subtitle is rarely used nowadays
It Is pronounced: SUB-till; or:
SUH-tl, to rhyme with "buttle.
| 0uAU4C AAOW 40 6klCA~
ing. 1t is pronounced: SUH-tl.
Los Angeles: About the word oblig.
atory: My Webster's Collegiate gives
four pronunciations. But it does not
even list OBLIGATORY, which /:
the way about half the people pro-
nounce It'll. A. Med.
A. Your Collegiate must be an ole
issue. The current edition lists uh.
BLIG- -TOE-ree as first choice
1t is also the first choice of Other
modern dictionaries. It Is the pro-
nunciation which I recommend al
standard American.
Bradford: To settle a dispute
please state whether the seconc
syllable of pajamas Is like jam" ol
"jom."-J. OBJ.
A. Either is correct: puh-JAM-us
or puh-JAH-muZ.
Yonkers: My husband uses the
word cadger. meaning q moochsr o.
Evening star., 1949-02-19
Wagner, Absent From Senate
Two Years, Still Is Influential

was planned to bring Senator
Wagner down and vote him from
q stretcher. This was abandoned
when it was found that not even
Senator Wagner's vote would save
the veto. The Senator'S Office was
unable to pair him. Instead q
statement of his position was an
nounced. It said he would have
voted to sustain the veto had not
his doctors considered his coming
to Washington might be fatal.
The Senator's activities in alb
sentia go further. Important bills
will be offered during this session
with, as a courtesy to his record
on social legislation. his name as
sponsor. How Is it done?
Miss Minna L. Rupert. the
Senator's secretary. is a large part
of the answer. Tall, handsome
and white-haired. she is one of
the most successful of the many
women who began careers after
World War I. She has been with
the Senator 81 years, a length of
service that makes her as much q
Washingtonian as a New Yorker.
She lives in an apartment house
at 1929 Connecticut avenue NV.
She heads q staff of five men
and women who have been carry
ing on the Senator's work. They
arrange the pairing which has
kept the Senator's name In the
record. They arrange appoint
ments for New Yorkers with top
men In the departments. They
handle the huge mail and let the
departments know that the Sen
ator's Office is interested in the
complaint Of any New Yorker.
Lynch Guides Delegation.
The cohesion of the New York
Dem mocratic delegation in the
House. the largest Democratic
bloc in Congress, is In large part
due to Walter A. Lynch, Repre-
sentative Of q district in the
Bronx. In this he represents Ed
ward Flynn, New York's national
committeeman.
Senator Wagner and his Office
are still important in New York
patronage, although the man who
makes the decisions is Paul Fitz-
patrick of Buffalo. New York State
Democratic chairman. Carbon
copies of patronage letters to and
from Mr.. Fitzpatrick go to the
Wagner Office. In patronage and
policy the link that keeps Senator
Wagner in the picture is his son,
Robert F Wagner, jr.
Mr.. Wagner, jr.,. now in the
New York City government, comes
to Washington almost every week
end, consults with leaders in the
Senate and patronage people in
the departments. Many believe
he will succeed his father.
That would be unusual. There
is something in American politics
that initiates against dynastic
succession, the Adams of Massa-
chusets and the La Follettes Of
Wisconsin were among the few
exceptions. Men who have gone
much further in politics than Mr..
Wagner are available. One of
them is Mayor William O'Dwyer
of New York. Pressure will be
brought on a former Governor,
Herbert Lehman, to run.
But If there can be magic in q
name, Mr.. Wagner has, 1t In this
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lerner Store Planned

An application for a building
permit for the construction of a
100000 two-story steel and ma
sonry store building at 3100 to
3l10 Fourteenth street NV. has
been filed at the Districts Central
Permit office by the Lerner Shop,
lessee and builder, whose address
is given as 1910 Vermont avenue
NV. Harry L. Kohl of New York
is listed as architect.
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day Of the ascendancy Of the
labor vote. His father and Sena-
tor La Toilette, the younger, were
responsible for putting section IA
In the National Recovery Act, the
right to organize clause. which
later became the Wagner Act. OF
all the Roosevelt revolutions" at
tempts to cause change, this was
the most effective. It has been
called "Labor's Magma Charta." !"
It may cause the younger Mr..
Wagner's nomination next year
for his fathers Senate seat to get
the labor vote.
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Robert r. Wagner, senior SEN
ator from New York, whose name
is constantly mentioned in the
debate over repeating the Taft
Hartley Act and restoring the
Wagner Act with amendments,
has not answered q roll call in
the Senate since May ~. 1947.
Senator Wagner, who is II, a
tireless iron man throughout most
of his political career. including
AZ years In the Senate, has suf-
fered from q heart ailment in re-
cent years. Last October he dis
appeared from his home for II
hours. The incident was attributed
to temporary amnesia.
While Senator Wagner's ab-
sence has been nearly two years.
1t does not approach the near
four-year absence Of Carter Glass
Of Virginia from the Senate. He
was not on the floor from June
~, 1912, until his death, May
a. 1916.
The reason for Senator Wag-
ner holding on. despite . dan
gerous high blood pressure condi-
ton. is political. His term expires
in 1851. II he were to retire, Gov.
Thomas e. Dewey would appoint
Q Republican.
Other Senator In RenuhIican.
That would make New York's
representation In the Senate solid
" Republican. (The junior Sen
ator is Irving Ives. one Of the
beneficiaries Of Gov. Dewey's re-
versal Of the tide Of New York
State politics.) It would reduce
the number Of Democratic Sena-
tors from 81 to So and increase
the number of Republicans from
a. to 43. And 1t would build up
the newly appointed Senator for
the crucial 1850 election. s.E..
II Gov. Dewey successfully ran
again for Governor and elected b
Senator, too. the Democrats as
well as the anti-Dewey Republic
cans would have reason to fear
him in the presidential election
year Of 1852. And the Democrats
are not handing Mr.. Dewey any
thing on a silver platter. They
would rather have an ailing, ab-
sent Democratic Senator than an
active Republican one.
Despite the absence of the head
of New York's delegation. the Is
Democratic New Yorkers in the
Senate Of the 80th Congress and
the "a in the 81st Congress keep
the White House aware of New
York's necessities and 60 on voting
the administration line. The pat
ronage machinery works smoothly,
and any one of New York's A.
$4,000 citizens who asks the Sem
ator to intercede for him with his
government gets prompt service.
On every important piece Of legis-
1ation the Senator's name Is either
paired with a Republican "a device
which many constituents consider
q vote) or an announcement of his
position Is made.
Practice Of Pairing.
In pairing, the name Of a legis-
lator on one side Of an issue is
coupled with that Of another on
the other side to show how both
would have voted. Sometimes q
legislator will refrain from voting
to allow an absent colleague to
pair with him. But now in inpor-
tant situations where 1t Is known
the vote will be close-tf1en the
party leaders send out word there
will be no pairs.
One Of these was the vote on
President Truman's veto of the
Taft-Hart1ev hill Tor a time H.
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ANSWERS TO HORSE SENSE.

1. South Carolina. 2. Cycle (electricaD
3 No. 40 (thread). 4. Agreement. g..
creel s (a) Taft-Ohio ~, (b) johnston
South Carolina (x). (c) Mundt-South Dar
kota (Zl, Id Lucas-Illinois (v), te) Know
land California w.
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New Drug Called Success

London reports that American
and British research has resulted
In successful tests Of a new drug,
ehloromycetin. which will reduce
scrub typhus-fatal to thousands
Of soldiers In the Far East-to o
~trivial" risk.
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Word Game
Find. so or more words in
I,TGNE NEOTIS.

meaning, like wood; woody" AV'
erage is At; limit. IS minutes.
Rules of the game-1. Words must be Q
four or more letters. 2. Words which
acquire four letters by the addition g 9
2 Only one. form of a word is used. 4
Proper names are not used. A list viii
be published Monday.
Evening star., 1949-02-19

l. Clemson College is located In
which State or province?
Oregon South Carolina
British Columbia Missouri
2. Which one of the following
terms is most suggestive OF the
number go?
Cycle Therm
Ohm Calorie
3. The letters o. N. r. should make
one think primarily of which
number?
40 $40 $50 $3.50
4. Unions and employers work un-
der what Is generally called a
Franchise Injunction
Charter Agreement
S. The word seine should make
one think of which related term?
Crate Creel
Lug Bag
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Test Your Horse Sense bD' CIV c'o".

6. The United States Senate acts
as the Board of Directors of the
largest financial concern in the
entire world, namely, the United
States of America. You deserve one
point for each correct matching Of
the five famous Senators below with
the States which they represent.
(a) Robert A.
Taft W Illinois
(b) Olin D.
Johnston (W) California
(c) Karl E. (x) South
Mundt Carolina
Cd Scott w.
Lucas (y) Ohio
(e) William F.
KnoWland (z) South Dakota
Score yourself as follows: 0-2,
poor; 3-6, average; TO, superior;
9-10, very superior.
ANSWERS In Column 81
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Nv Word for 1t
By Fronk Colby

sponger. He rhymes it with major.
Is that right?-Mrs. M. r.
A. Sorry, no. Cadger rhymes with
badger. Cadger is said to be Brit
ish corruption of the French word
cagier, IAN itinerant huckster of
Gagged hawks" pronounced: kazh-
YAY.
1t is also likely that the word
codger is another form of cadger.
The correct use of shall-will should
would is made easy by Mr.. Colby's. non
technical key, leaflet CA. A valuable
reference for teachers, students and all
writer's For a copy, send SC in coin
and a stamped, self-addressed envelope to
him care The Star P o. Box 99,, Station
G. New York 10, N. Y.
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Casseroles Please.
Satisfy Appetites
During Cold Weather

WOMEN LIKE casseroles for
dinner and supper menus because
they're taste-tempting and satisfy
ing to the family. At the same time,
a well-planned casserole contains
high nutritive value and stays
within hard-pressed food bugets.
If you're short on time when pre-
pairing a meal, it's easy to whip to-
gether casserole. Then, too, be-
cause a casserole contains so many
other foods and frequently includes
vegetables, there's little to worry
about for the remainder of the
meal.
Even if the casserole contains no
vegetables, you can serve those in
salad which takes no time to toss
together. Fresh or canned fruits,
and cookies from the old stone
crock will do beautifully for des-
sert.
PORK LEFT over from a roast
will work nicely in this biscuit roll.
You may serve gravy left from the
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Individual cheese-meat pies are
a sure-fire answer to the menu
planning problem. These pies COM
bine the high quality proteins of
cheese and meat to make a low
cost main dish.
$780, FL oven for IL hours. Add
bean liquor if mixture tends to dry
too much.
Corn-Hamburger Casserole
(Serves 81
l pound ground beef
2 tablespoons fat
" cup chopped onion
can condensed tomato soup
~ cups water
4 ounces noodles, cooked
Salt and pepper
2H cups canned corn
n cup chopped ripe olives
l cup grated American cheese
Brown meat in hot fat, add onion
and cook until tender. Add soup,
water and noodles. Cook until moo
dies are tender. Season to taste,
then add corn, olives and cheese.
Bake in a casserole in a moderate
oven for As minutes.
Released by WNU Features.
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Pastry
(For Cheese-Meat Pies)
2% cups sifted flour
teaspoon salt
u cup shortening
S 6 tablespoons cold water
Sift together flour and salt. Cut
in shortening with two knives or
pastry blender until pieces are the
size of a small pea. Sprinkle l table
spoon of water over small portion
of the flour mixture, lightly press
ing moistened particles together
with a fork. Put this dough to the
side of the mixing bowl. Repeat un-
til all flour is moistened, being care
full to add water each time to an un-
dampened spot. Lightly form into a
ball, wrap in waxed paper and chill
~ hour.
Cheese-Mcat Pies
makes 81
Pastry
u cup finely chopped onion
2/3 cup finely chopped green pep
2 tablespoons butter
pound chuck beef, ground
teaspoon salt
"a teaspoon pepper
IL cups condensed tomato soup
3 cups cooked fine noodles
" pound American ch Sc,
grated
Line 8 individual pie pans with
pastry. Cook onion and green pep
per until tender and lightly Drowned.
Add ground meat, salt and pepper
and mix well. Stir in tomato soup
and noodles. Blend well. A d d
cheese, saving " cup for top OF
pies. Fill pastry-lined pie pans with
cheese-meat mixture. Sprinkle
tablespoon of cheese on top of each
pie. Bake in a moderate ESQ., F.)
oven for As minutes. Serve hot in
pie pans, or, let cool in pans for Is
minutes and then lift from pans with
aid of spatula.
YOU'LL GET a hearty, man-sized
meal from both of these casseroles
and at great economy:
Lima Bean Casserole
(ServeS 10Y
2 cups dried lima beans
l pound pork, cubed
2 tablespoons flour
~ teaspoons salt
n teaspoon paprika
1s teaspoon mace
~ cup chopped onions
2% cups canned tomatoes
Soak lima beans overnight. Drain.
Add water to cover and simmer,
covered, until tender. Dip meat in
flour mixed with seasonings. Brown
in hot fat. Add onions and cook until
golden. Alternate lima beans and
meat in a creased casserole. Add
tomatoes. Bake in moderate
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rob, Lord, Ppe bad rabbit enough"
committee looking very different
than he wants it to look, though it
may not always suit all the other
members. Doughton doesn't go so
far as to say that fiscal Legislation
should be non-partisan, but he does
say it ought to be as non-provincial
and as pro-national as possible.
His experience in collecting mon
ey that ought to be collected goes
back a long way.
One story involves man he went
to see about horse-two horses, to
be exact. This man had bought a
team from Doughton (the congress-
man is still farmer in his own
right, though he has to spend more
time away from home than he used
toy. Later on the man wrote that
he didn't think the span was worth
the $500 he had agreed to pay and
wouldn't pay it. The deal had been
negotiated at distance and the
principals had never met. So one
day Doughton dropped in at the
farm and said he wanted to look
over a good team. The man show
ed several, but none seemed to suit
Mr.. Doughton.
"All right" said the man,
'TIl show you the best pair
you ever saw in your life"
He brought out the horses re-
Gently acquired from Mr..
Doughton, but still unpaid for.
And what might they be worth?
Well considerably over $500.
Mr.. Doughton introduced him
self and didn't have much trou-
BILE in collecting.
There is another reason why
Doughton is a god man to have on
the collecting end of bargain
if you aren't the debtor. He's a
farmer, true, but he is also bank
er, and he works at both when he
isn't in Washington. He doesn't
keep bankers hours, however. He
goes to his office at $50 am,
works throughout the day, and he's
often back in the office after din
ner. He lives right across the plaza
from the Capital.
For the first As years or so of his
life, Mr.. Doughton held no elective
office, but he managed to find time
for an active interest in his COM
munity which is deep in the Caro-
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Sauces may be made in advance
and refrigerated until heating time.
Or, use canned soups for sauces.
There are cream of mushroom,
tomato, cream of chicken and cream
of celery which are all good.
Puddings and gelatin salads and
molds may easily be made in ad-
vance to save time preparing a
meal.
Refrigerator biscuit and cookie
doughs are handy to have when
you're rushed for a meal. Cookies
can bake while you're eating the
main course.
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But to get back to rabbit stew.
Last season when President Tru-
man vetoed the second Knutson
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lima hills. Laurel Spring, N. c., In
still his home. He was born on his
parents farm near there. His
father, wounded in the war between
the states, died when he was a
grown boy. His mother was keenly
active to her last hours, interested
in the days mail and the daily
newspaper to the last.
1nheriting some land from his
father, the boy started off for him.
self, gradually acquiring more until
he became a livestock raiser and
farmer. Then he entered business,
finally becoming president of a
bank.
He has described himself as a
horse trader. There are many tales
that have grown up about his
astuteness that, if embellished by
repetition, are not doubted by
those who have watched his steady
advancement in congress.
He entered under a Republican
regime-President Taft's-accepted
minor committee appointments,
but rose rapidly to the position he
holds today-chairman of the power
full ways and means committee.
One Of the horse-trader
stories he tells is this: after
dispOsing of some animals he
had meant to sell, he was made
a very attractive offer for the
horse he was riding-his own
saddle horse. Done, he took
the money, turned over the
bride, put the saddle under his
arm and walked back home, 70
miles, says tradition, under his
own power.
There doesn't seem to have been
any deep-laid plan for a political
career in the farmer boys mind
when he began life among the OK
carts and hand looms of those early
days in the South following the war.
Nor yet when he had acquired his
own acres and entered into the
business life of the community. He
was chosen member of the state
board of agriculture and served on
the prison board.
Then one day it was decided to
run him for the state senate. He
was elected and served for a term.
Congress was next, but there was
a sort of unwritten law in his dis
trict that one term was all a man
could expect, for Republicans and
Democrats had always snapped
terms.
But Doughton changed all
that. Or at least his con-
stituents did. When he had
served his term in the 62nd con-
gress, instead of retiring him,
as had been the custom, the
voters sent him right back
again, and they have been doing
it ever since.
There isn't any question that
Robert L. Doughton likes his job
in Washington. But it's equally
true that when the session is over,
he likes to HE himself back to his
Carolina hills and enjoy life
there.
Around the capital he has the
reputation as being as good
judge of men as he is of horses.
He's easy to talk to, likes a story,
and can size up human as well as
horse flesh while he is telling one.
This year President Truman's
request for six billion dollars more
in taxes, including some social
security withholding levies, will
get very careful scrutiny before it
becomes law. Meanwhile, Dough-
tons committee has to take care
of the bill to extend reciprocal
trade treaties. Also, studies will
begin on the subject of extending
social security benefits. There is
in addition the matter of certain
revisions in the basic tax code.
But Representative Doughton il
used to rabbit stew.
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LYNN SAYS:
Here's Help in Planning
Quickly Prepared Meals

Sift dry ingredients for mullins,
biscuits, meat pies, etc., to save
last minute preparation time.
Keep grated cheese and buttered
bread crumbs in refrigerator for
casserole and vegetable dishes.
Even pies are easy to make if
you keep pudding mix in glass jar
and pie crust which takes little time
to roll and bake. Top with merin-
que or whipped cream for a tasty
dessert.
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A pound of pork makes a tasty
dish when combined with flavor
full apples in this biscuit roll. This
main dish is quickly mixed and
easily baked for a cold weather
supper.
roast over it or substitute tomato
sauce.
Pork Biscuit Roll
(Serves ~
cups sifted flour
teaspoons baking powder
teaspoon salt
tablespoons fat meat drippings
u cup milk (abouD
tablespoons melted fat
l cup ground cooked pork
l egg
2 tablespoons minced onion
" teaspoon salt
or 6 apples
Sift together flour, baking powder
and salt. Cut in fat; add milk to
make a soft dough. Roll dough into
rectangular sheet length of dish, 1/3
inch thick. Brush with melted fat.
Combine meat, egg, onion and salt.
Spread mixture over dough. Roll as
for jelly roll Place roll cut side
down in 10-inch heat-resistant
glass dish. Cut apples in halves and
arrange along sides of roll. Bake in
a hot oven (4OO' F.) for 30 minutes.
Cut in thick slices and serve with
extra gravy or tomato sauce.
HEARTY CHEESE and noodles
are combined to make this next
casserole. Wedges of ripe tomato
baked on top add color as well as
interest.
Red-TOp Olive Casserole
(Serves 5-6)
" cup ripe olives
cups noodles "A ounces)
2 tablespoons butter or substi-
tute
2 tablespoons flour
~ cups milk
" teaspoon salt
Black pepper to taste
~ SuP okCu CACCSC
2 tomatoes
Cut olives from pits into large
pieces. Cook noodles until tender in
boiling, sailed water. Drain and
place in baking dish. Melt butter
and blend in flour. Add milk and
seasonings, cook and stir until
thickened. Remove from heat; stir
in cheese and olives. Pour over
noodles. Cut tomatoes into wedges
and press skin side up on top of
noodles. B Ike in moderate
$780, F) oven about Is to 80 min
utes.
If you've decided on the indivi-
dual cheese and meat pies, here's
the recipe which will give you pie
shells, 1874 inches in diameter and
inch deep. It's good idea to make
these first so they can chill while
you make the mixture for the pies.
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tax-cutting bill and
and fired it back at
congress, a reporter
asked Doughton how
he felt about it. He
leaned back and told
a story, for he's fond
of answering in para
bles.
A Tarheel house
wife, it S e e m S,
served her husband
rabbit stew every
night for a week.
When the second
Saturday night came
around and the same
IL ILL ,,.4L - Al
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Washington Digest
Tax Bill Is Rabbit Stew
To Congressman Doughton
By BAUKHAGE
NeWs analyst and Commentator.

WASHINGTON D. C-Anoher rabbit up
Rep Robert Dougon Of North Carolina and he's all ready for it.
only the oldest member of the house
wise the oldest hand at handling
He had
committee for
stand, sharpening the butcher knife
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The biggest peacetime budget
ever submitted to a congress
(S41, 1858 zoo, 000) has its oppon-
ents, too. Rep Charles Halleck
(R., Ind.), former COP major
ity leader, and Rep. John Taber
(R., N. ", former chairman
of the house appropriations COM
mittee, look grimly at the volu-
minous budget, promise
fierce fight to slash all spending
proposals.