davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1952-09-14

case of prosecutable wrong doing
was yet to be unearthed.
But q strange succession of peo-
pie and things we're caught in the
searchlight's glare-of sort apt to
make an unpleasant impression on
a taxpayers inner eye.
Atmosphere
There was E. Merl Young, the
RFC official who was so fond of
mink coats and surplus tankers.
There was presidential aide Donald
Dawson, with his free vacations at
Miami's Saxony Hotel. There was
Mr.. Oliphant-and the Teitelbaum
tax case and Henry (the Dutch
mani Grunewald. There was Ag-
riculture's Jack Cowart, charged
with taking fee to help a claim
ant recover money from the Gov
ernment. There was Frank Prince
of RFC, who thought it was all
right to accept eight-pound hams
from American Lithofold, Inc, but
who would stop at 12-pounders.
There was Mr.. Caudle, plus airplane
trips and shakedown rumors.
There was, above all, an atmos-
phere about the entire sequence
an atmosphere of rot and rust, sin
and cynicism, which no amount of
explaining could explain away.
True, much of the turning over of
stones which so embarrassed the
administration was done by Demo-
Gratis themselves = men like Full
bright, Kefauver, King, Chelf. True,
the administration was trying to
clean house. OF the six names men,
toned in the paragraph above, for
instance, only Mr.. Dawson's, last
week, was still on the Office door
where it had been when the ruckus
started.
But the atmosphere was there,
and all signs indicated that the
voters were acutely conscious of it.
Perhaps corruption was not all
there was to it; perhaps the issue
of communism in government also
had subtly intruded into the idea
of the mess as the public appre-
hended it. If so, Senator McCar-
thy's smashing primary victory in
Wisconsin seemed to bode i'll for
the Democrats.
In any event, the issue was not
whether there was a mess in Wash
ington. The issue was who could
clean it up, and on this issue the
outcome might well turn in Novem-
ber. If Adlai Stevenson could con-
vince the voters that he was new
broom, capable Of sweeping as clean
as any Republican, he had a good
chance of winning. If Dwight Eisen-
hover could convince the voters
that only he could do the job, he
might well be home in a walk.
Evening star., 1952-09-14

to the extent of his ability and
that he was sure Eisenhower would
carry out the policies of the Re-
publican platform.
If the harmony can be MAIN
tanned, Eisenhower will have solved
one of his most pressing problems:
How to gain the campaign support
of the Taft wing of the party. At
the same time, however, the cozy-
ing-up Of the two Republican
leaders gave Stevenson another
chance to say that Ike was under
the thumb of the G. O.P. Old Guard.
Oregon's liberal Republican Senator
Wayne Morse, an early Ike enthusi-
asst, reacted yesterday: He an
nounced he now plans to sit the
election out.
Evening star., 1952-09-14
With Stevenson

Stevenson carried his campaign
to the West Coast to scratch for the
Al electoral votes in Washington,
Oregon and California. He out
lined his policy on natural re-
sources in Seattle Monday and his
foreign policy in San Francisco
Tuesday.
In Los Angeles Thursday Steven
son switched his corruption line
from defense to offense. At the
Town Hall Club he explained
his philosophy of the "mess" in a
speech that contained more meat
than any other of the campaign.
Stevenson used these words to fix
the blame for the mess in Wash
ington: Democracy" he said, quot
ing Bernard Shaw, lis device that
insures that we shall be governed
no better than we deserve"
Real corruption, he said, lies not
so much in the graft and favoritism
that has become the symbol of the
mess, but in log-rolling politicians
who trade principles for the votes
of special interests.
Then Stevenson concluded: Hon.
esty and efficiency are only a means
to an end. "The really basic thing
in Government" he said, els policy.
;. So what beg of you to ponder
in all your governmental judgment
is not just how to do a job, but,
and far more important, what to
do. And if you can find a man who
knows both what to do and how to
do it, well, you are very lucky. in
deed"
Stevenson wound up his Western
swing yesterday, after stops in New
Mexico and Arizona.
Evening star., 1952-09-14
The Primaries

There was spate Of primaries
across the Nationg but the favorites
won in almost every case. Only one
primary attracted wide attention.
Wisconsin voters made a decision
between Senator McCarthy's we'll
known record Of irresponsibility and
his claims Of victories over Com
munists in the Government.
The decision was a two-and d-one-
half-to-one Endorsement Of Nc
Evening star., 1952-09-14
Better World?

ORDINARILY, these days, news
~ from abroad is an almost un-
relenting stream of tragedy, de-
struction and grim foreboding. So
it is pleasant to encounter a week
when most things seem to be look
ing up. Last week was such a
week. In Europe, sovereign ma
tions were laying aside their bick-
ering and joining in a common
defense. There was improvement
in chances for stability in the
Middle East.
Evening star., 1952-09-14
Political Week

NEITHER CANDIDATE over.
~ looked the mess in Washing
ton last week. Ike wouldn't, and
Adlai couldn't.
The general hammered away at
it, pausing only long enough to
welcome Senator Taft into the fold.
The Governor tried to change the
subject by talking about foreign
policy and natural resources. FL
nally, however, he began his own
offensive on the mess" theme.
Evening star., 1952-09-14
The Effects

It is easy to Jump to conclusions
about this proposition. To the
casual observer, at least, it would
seem at first glance that public
concern with the mess" gives
Evening star., 1952-09-14
Turning Point

Observers of Europe's shaky
progress through the last so years
have acclaimed one crisis after an
Evening star., 1952-09-14

Carthy's claims. He rolled over
Leonard Schmitt, his chief oppon-
ent in the Republican senatorial
primary, by more than 300, 900 votes.
He also polled $4,000 more votes
than all other Wisconsin primary
candidates, Democrat and Repupli-
can, put together.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1952-09-19
Home Of Florida Southern College"

this vileness. Not by turning a
deaf ear to such tripe. but by lis
tening. Listen to every word OF
it. Seek out those who carry such
rabble-rousing cant and find its
source. Demand that it be repeat
ed in front Of others; In your
home. your office. your club. on
the street corner. Milk these COM
mon carriers for every word OF
their diatribe and then act.
Demand proof of each state
ment. Don't let them back down.
If il is printed matter they show
ask where they got it. Force in
no few words an admission Of
where such materials came from.
If the imprecation is presented IN
the form of a joke. force an ex-
PLANTATION Of its humor. Should
the teller be brash enough to hint
at religious. racial or fraternal
deroqation. demand to know If
what they are telling is an ex-
ample of their thinking at
church. or among their country
men. or at their social gatherings.
You kill rats by routing them
out. or filling their hideouts with
a prepared toxin. That is the only
way to rid this Nation of charac-
ter-killing fanatics. Make them
show proof of their statements.
and better still. kill them off with
their own poison.
We may be at loggerheads po-
liticallY. but LET'S keep on an
even keel in decencY for the sake
of all America.
This is too valuable a contribu-
ton to true Americanism to be
hidden from view or to be limited
to the splendid community OF
Honeoye Falls, N. Y, which
should give unstinted support to
it's fine paper and its courageous
editor. Therefore we share this
powerful statement with our
readers.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1952-09-19
LAKELAND, FLORIDA
FOR THE SAKE OF
ALL AMERICA

every bigot that ever read. or
heard them.
This undercurrent of character
filth against Eisenhower can. and
must be stopped by every INTEL
ligent American in the land. be
he Catholic. Jew. Protestant. Ne
gro. or plain. ordinary John Doe.
It is the work of crackpots with
but one desire-to turn humans
into dirty. slithing amoeba intent
on destroying what God intended
to be mankind They seek no
political victory; they represent
no part of Democratic or Repub-
lican philosophy: they have no
thoughts toward peace and good
will for all men," they hope only
for utter destruction Of the dig
nifty of man.
Americans can bring a halt to
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1952-09-19

(Continued from Page 99)
figure in public life in America.
The smears against Alfred E.
Smith during the year he was
a presidential candidate were a
disgrace to the Nation. Started by
subversive groups whole. sole
purpose was TO turn one Ameri-
can against another: sect against
sect: creed against creed. they
succeeded in bringing out a foul
train of thought in the minds Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-08
Wild Rice With Livers

The wild rice season is here
again, and it should fill any num-
Der of spots on your menus. How
about wild rice and chicken livers
as a starter?
Cook u pound of washed wild
rice. according to directions on
the box.
In a frying pan, saute 6 chopped
shallots in about "a Of q cup OF
butter. and u pound of chicken
livers, cut in two. When they are
lightly Drowned. add " cup heavy
cream and season well with salt
and pepper.
Combine the livers and sauce
with the wild rice. and reheat In
a casserole.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-08
Student Nurses
ToAddress Club

Two students Of the, Capital
City School Of Nursing who have
received scholarships from the
Washington Altrusa Club win be
among the speakers at an Altrusa
Club dinner tonight at the Brook
ings Institution. :.
The student nurses are Miss
Bernadette Pennington and Miss
Jean De Vries, the latter q Hol-
lander who also has lived In In
donesia. They will share the pro-
gram with Miss Beatrice Ritter,
director OF the Capital City School
Of Nursing.
The speakers viii be presented
by Miss Esther Christensen, pub
lie affairs chairman Of the club.
Attention will be called at the
dinner to Altrusa's international
program Of grants-in-aid 70
Latin American women for study
in the United States. One iecip-
lent of q grant, Mrs. Gerda N.
Hippolite of Port-au-Prince. Haiti,
is now studying child care al
Howard University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-08
BY Anne Haywood

II have no training, no expert
ence and absolutely no talent. I"
Mrs. Smith told me bluntly. "All
I have are liabilities!"
Mrs. Smith was about S.; q
woman who had once been quite
stunning, ] should imagine, and
she was wearing a good. but very
shabby. suit.
MY husband died two years
ago." she went on. 1--WE were
comfortably. fixed, but after the
estate was settled, / learned that
we had spent every penny my
husband made-and then some.
There was nothing left. ! had to
sell our home to pay the creditors.
My son and daughter left school
and got jobs, and now the three
of us are living in a small apart
ment. They don't make very
much, and I can't let them 60 on
forever spelling their lives while
they support me. I am completely
inexperienced and there is nc
money to learn any skill"
It came out that the only thing
Mrs. Smith knew how to do was
to entertain. She had Away.
been famous for her dinner par.
ties. But" she added bitterly
nobody pays you for giving
parties"
She had approached two hotel
personnel directors in her city
but they had given her q long
talk about how they started every
one In the linen room and she
was too much Of lady, etc., etc
mot that wouldn't have taker
tsuch a job" Mrs. Smith assured
me. There is something about
hotels I find very interesting. AL
the people. and SO many things
going on. I would do anything
to get job in a hotel. But wher
I investigated further discov
cred that they take only young
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-08
Banana Bran Mullins

Banana bran mullins are a good
bet to include in the lunch box
or just to have at home.
Sift ~ teaspoons Of soda, 6
tablespoons Of sugar and u tea
spoon Of salt with ~ cups of
sifted flour. Add "a cup Of raisins,
then egg. beaten, "a cup Of sour
cream. cup Of bran, a teaspoon
of vanilla, and Ia cups of sieved
bananas. Beat for l minute, then
pour into creased muffin tins and
bake at 400 degrees for Is min
iuteS. Good hot or cold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-08

their sales meetings. business
luncheons and conventions. She
was very good at 1t.
After q while Mrs. Smith was
allowed to plan the menus and
see that her customers got better
service and more for their money
than they could get elsewhere.
Business Is booming, and Mrs.
Smith is making an excellent
income out of It. =, lss i
Sometimes your worst liability
can be turned into your greatest
asset. AS Emerson says, THE
shadow is just as much proof Of
the suns. existence as the sun
BEAM" So when you are taking
stock of yourself for Q job. be
sure to analyze what you consider
your liabilities" carefully. They
may give you the very plus that
will put you across.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-08
Conducted by BETSY cASWELL
POEM.
PLASTIC CAR COVERS?
~. L. E., Washington


The poem titled Little Or
plant Annie" written by James
Whitcomb Riley has always
been q favorite of mine and am
tipping a copy of the poem for
you.
Little Il o ess1 Armies come to our house
An wash the cups and saucers UP. an.
brush the crumbs away
An h S,, The chickens hsa1fS on the porch
An ali us other children. when the
supper things Is done,
A-iist MIN e the witch tales at Annie
An the Gobble uns, at gifts you Ef you
don't watch outl
onct they was a little boy wouldn't
An when he went to bed at night. away
His NANNY heerd him boiler, an his
daddy heerd him bawl.
An when they, turn't the kivvers down.
he. wasn't there at all!
An they seeked him in the rafter room.
On euSSy hole; an r. Press Isis;,,, a.. 49,.
ever where's, I guess:
but all they ever found was thist his
e.. sR 5SunS S61 III ,ou 9. Won
don't watch outl
An one time little STROUD allus laugh
An make fun Of syer'ons an all her
An onc't when they was company"
Nhe Knocked 'em an shocked 'em and
An thist as She, kicked her heels an
fhsy va, two great sis Black Things
a-standing by her side,
An they ,snatched her throuEh the ceiling
An the GobbIe- git you ef you
don't watch out!
An tn, lt slsz. oT e siu. Annie says when
An the lampwick sputtsEs. an the
wind goes Too-oo! ,. A..
An The lishtnin' bugs in dew p" all
You better mind yer parents, an yer
teachers fond an dear.
An churish them'at loves you, an dry
the orphant's tear. ..
cluster ali about.
Er the Gobble-uns'll git you ef you don't
watch out!
Have seen no replyS to the
query on plastic car covers. Do
they in any way harm the fin
ish on your automobile and are
they durable? Can some one
help me? We do not have a ga
rage and car must stand all
rain and bad weather.
mrs. M. z. P, Falls Church,
Mrs. P. e. F. Of Washington.
can find the poem about Cor
plant Annie" in the "Anth-
ology Of Childrens' Literature"
by johnson, Scott and Sickles.
It Is available in public librar-
les.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-08
Opportunities Unlimited:
All She Had Was Liabilities,
but She Made Them Assets

people for those beginning jobs.
I'm too DID," she sighed. "An-
other liability"
suggested that Mrs. Smith
approach the manager Of q medi-
UNI sized hotel whose business
wasn't as good as it had been.
She offered to work on q commits
sion basis. selling the businessmen
who had been friends Of her hus-
band. and were still her friends,
on the idea Of using that hotel for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-08
Readers CIeorinq House
LUNCH BOXES:
STENCuSp
Mrs. r. o. r., Washington

MRS. r. o. r., Washington
To the lady who asked what
to put in lunch boxes. the an
swer is practically anything.
Get at the dime store a pack
age Of half-pint waxed paper
containers with covers.
Almost any vegetable is good
cold. Stew, unless it is very
greasy, is good cold. Fill q
cup with cottage cheese and
chopped cucumbers and serve
pieces of lettuce with it. Put
potato salad in a cup and put
in slices Of pot roast. Almost
anything eaten at dinner can
be put in q lunch box.
Can any one tell me where ]
might obtain stencils made of
oil cardboard? The sort used
to stencil designs on walls,
names on mailboxes, etc. ]
looked in the yellow pages and
those firms make metal stem
ellis. I should appreciate any in
formation,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-08
COOP NURSERY?

(MrS. NJ. p, SllUer Spr1nV
Could any one tell me where
I can find a cooperative nurs-.
cry for my 3-year-old daughter
in the vicinity of Four Corners,
or near Flower and Franklin
avenues in Silver SpringS I
understand there are several but
how does one find out where
they are and whom to call?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-08
LINOLEUM AND FORMICA

tMIS. IL. n. M - WuSItHtyLOII
In your column, a lady in
quired about kitchen linoleum
and Formica tops. My husband
knows quite a bit about this
and I can speak from personal
experience.
The spatter patterns are won-
derful. especially where there
are children. My husband says
the red would be better than
the yellow as it is not a dark
red. I. personally. think the
grey covers UP more dirt and
will go with any color scheme.
AS for your husband setting
the Formica on the work area, I
doubt that 1t would come out a
success. A special glue is re-
Quired and several hundred
pounds of pressure per square
inch is necessary for approx
mately II hours, for the For
mica to stick to the wood. It
is also recommended that For
mica not be used on old wood
where there are traces of oil.
grease, wax or other types of
glue. Formica is not flexible
and is hard to cut.
Your husband could put limo
leum on the work area with
relative success. Also I would
suggest that you shellac or paint
the underside of your counter
tops-it keeps moisture out of
the wood and helps to prevent
varying.
If you like to change the en-
tire color scheme in your kitch-
en- every few years I would rec
ommend that you use llno-
leum but only for that reason.
For durability and economy over
a period of years, Formica is
what you want.
4 \ \ 4
PLAY WANTED?
mrs. L. B.. Washington
Will you please help me with
a problem. I want to have a play
called Farmer Brown Takes a
Wife" and 1 don't know who
wrote or published it.
The play is something like
the Harvest Wedding" Thank
you.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-08
RUST REMOVER?
DANISH ROLLS?

MRS. J. A. NJ, Alexandria
To the reader asking for a
rust remover, there is a jelly
like preparation which comes In
a tube and is called iron rust
soap. One may get it at any
drugstore. 1t works well even
on old rust stains. Colors should
be fast so try a little first on
colored materials.
Does any one have a good
recipe for Danish rolls, the light
flaky type. I cannot find a recipe
for these in any cookbook.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-08
SALT STICKS?

mrs. N. w. L., Kensington)
I would like a recipe for salt
sticks. It is q bread served in
many eating houses, especially
In New York, I understand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-08
CHRISTMAS PROBLEM?
". E.. W1Shin1t0nl

". e., US7EtIVLUHT
I wonder if some one could
help me with an unusual Christ
mas problem? A dear friend,
to whom + have been giving,
has asked me not to give her a
gift. I don't want to go against
her wishes, but I do want to
show my affection and just q
card seems so cold.
Have any of you folks an
original idea for some gesture
I could make, that isn't gift?
Thanks so much.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-10-08
APPROPRIATE GIFT?
I'd. B. RLndenShnrQl

I wonder If any one can tell
us what is an appropriate gift
for my mother-in-law and
father-in-law for their golden
wedding anniversary? My faith
er-in-law is rs years old and
not too well. My mother-in-
law is 70 and in fairly good
health.
We would like to give some
thing pretty nice. I thought per-
haps some of your readers might
be able to help us. We must
mail this gift or purchase it
there. 1t must be something
gold. we know, but rings or
jewelry is out of the question.
Thought some one might know
what is usually given at these
Golden Wedding Open House
affairs.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1952-03-01
An Editorial
Can You
Discard Them

the spring cleaning of drawers, cup
boards and closets, particularly if
one is of a sentimental turn and
stops to read letters or to try on the
old hats.
People who move about have
certain advantage in that they have
to shed all the impedimenta that
those who stay put seem bound to
accumulate. The bedroom closets
and dresser drawers. constantly used,
keep. more or less in order. They do
not have the sentimental miscellany
found in the closet under the stairs
or in the seldom used back bedroom.
There is where the problems of what
to discard and why have to be
wrestled with.
It is the same annual task. In the
back bedroom closet farthest back is
the high school graduating dress
white bastiste with yards and yards
4 Of lace insertion whipped in by hand.
1t has many times justified its long
hang there by fulfilling the need for
dress of the 1915 vintage. Not quite
/ so with two others-the red velvet,
the brown taffeta, they of the very
long wasted, very short skirt era.
They are looked at and hung back
for their nice material, too queer and
odd for a rummage sale and there
are no missionary boxes to be sent
to the heather any more.
In the top bureau drawer: Mothers
brown silk basque, very large at the
top of the sleeves, high necked,
stayed, lined and trimmed with
passementerie braid. They made
good materials in the 1905. Not a
break in the folds. Such tiny waist
No 1850 bride could wear it. The
b1anket-two lengths sewed together
down the middle-too small for to-
days bed, too worn for warmth. It
was made, so we were told, by
grandmother, shorn from their sheep,
washed, carded, spun and woven a
century ago. Then there is the long
christening dress and a baby's silk
cap.
The under drawer has the letters
and boxes with all sorts of oddments
which some day someone will dump
on the fire. Letters from relatives
long since gone, love letters, letters
from friends, birthday cards anc
| school report cards, a box of ole
/ jewelry, some old photographs anc
/ the square, white box with plastic
| top making it modern. On The
| shredded green paper the driec
| brown skeleton of a flower, stem
/ twisted, and tied with lavendar rib
i bon. Why would anyone keep such
/ Probably no one unless it had beer
/ given to her by young man in uni
| form off to an unknown fate bu
| who had had the good fortune to b
/ home for that first Sunday in May
i That box and its contents were sor
| of talisman all during the day
| when letters bore postmarks reveal
/ ing no place.
II AS far as good housewifery is cor
/ cerned, one has not accomplish
anything this cold stormy afternoon
All the strange unused things al
back where they were when "
started. But they are really nj
things, they are memories. And PHI
for any home which does not hol
"a on 70 mann or.;nc 4l,n ..ed ~ IL IL