The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, February 21, 1934, Image 7
Howe About:
War and Debt
Temperance Plea
Farming Situation
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By ED HOWE
THE people uever hud uuy sense; 1 j
naven't much hope for the future, j
either as to myself or others, uuce ;
they kept a war going on thirty yeurs. '
. . . You may say we have more
sense than that now. I am not so
sure of It, Our last war was conduct
ed on so magnificent a scale that the
world became bankrupt In four years,
and we had to quit; whereas It Is re- j
lnted Kr*?5erlck the Great paid for his
wars as he went along. When he quit, 1
he didn't owe a penny, and had no
pensioners to move on his capital, and
threaten to take It. Boys coming on
soon supplied Frederick with more
farmers ; food was produced again in
a year. . . . But a war debt con
stantly Increasing and drawing Inter
I est, will ruin anybody.
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I have noted that many people who
annoy me, occasionally turn out to
have a good deal of sense. One man
sent me pamphlets dally for weeks,
but finally the pamphlets were made
Into a book called "TowaVd Liquor
Control." I have read the book. It
was written by a number of rather
notable men employed by the Rocke
feller foundation to look thoroughly
lifto the problem of liquor control, and
mnke a report about It.
The book Is one of the best written,
mo6t sensible and Important I have
ever read. It Includes a review of our
general American shlftlessness In pub
. 11c affairs, and which has finally al- ]
most bankrupted us morally as well as i
financially. I recommend the book 10
everyone who believes a little In com- ;
mon sense and decency, and in pre- !
serving the little civilization we have (
managed to achieve.
The book Is a plea for temperance j
not only as to Intoxicating liquors, but
In everything else. We are very In
temperate In our eating, in sex mat- '
ters; in all phases of public afTalrs. In
education, religion we must become ;
ashamed of our intemperance, or we
shall be humiliated before the world
more than we have been lately.
Not less than 88 per cent of our In
dustrial workers are hampered by Im
proper diet ; of all money spent by their
^ families on food. 78 per cent Is mis- j
? spent, either on Improper or too costly
or otherwise uneconomic dietaries.
This disgraceful percentage holds In
everything else we do.
Americans became so rich we j
reached the Coal Oil Johnny stage In I
extravagance and shlftlessness. and
we must do better, as Coal Oil John
ny did In the poor house.
Although he said a poor-house diet
would kill him, after living so long on
terrapin and turkey, It actually result
ed In better health; actually assisted
In restoring him to sanVty and Indus- j
try.
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When I was a boy, and my father
farmed and preached the old gospel,
we occasionally had a horror. Once
a farmer drove Into Pole creek after !
a rain, and was drowned. His horses ;
drowned with him.
It was terrible, but we didn't have :
excitement often. Once- a man had
nose-bleed for days, and constantly i
grew weaker, as nothing could be done
to stop It. We all went over to look
at him; everyone was excited. Once
a man was bitten on the thumb by a j
rattlesnake. He had cut down a hick- j
or.v tree, to get the nuts, and the ac- i
cldent happened while he was picking |
them up. The man put his thumb In <
his mouth, and sucked the poison out I
We talked about that for davs. An- j
other time a farmer came home from i
town drunk, and everybody ran over
to his house to suggest a remedy. One
woman suggested that he drink a pan t
of milk. She had lived In a town In
Indiana, where we all came from, and
knew about such things; and the man i
got well.
The Civil war was going on then. '
and nn occasional soldier came home
on furlough with tall tales to tell, but j
we had no such terrors as I henr of ;
everv morning and evening now. when |
I get the papers. Somewhere the oth
er dnv the members of n family w "ro ;
eating supper, when nn airplnne fell 1
on their house. The house and seven
persons were burned up. with the ,
neighbors looking on; all they could
do wns to snve the house next door.
Tn my day. farmers were at least
?teady men; now they are rioting. *
| thing I never heard of even town men
" doing until I waR a man grown.
We were poor people, but always
had plenty. Now farmers say they
are starving. Millions of them actual
ly have starved In Russia, because
town men take what the farmers raise.
In my boyhood we hardly ever Raw ?
town man; Rpeclally they didn't come
out carrying guns, and tell us what
part of our corn we could keep, and
what part they wanted to support the
. government's N. A. IV D? which means
n new and better deal.
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I have long observed that when I am
out of condition. I can get prompt re
suits by eating less; by missing s meal
or two. and behaving better In othei
respects. There are a few
things the bulk of the people have nev
er learned. One Is that they must he
their own doctors, their own philosoph
er#-? their own relief bureau. A great
scientist says that nothing tn the
stndy of the stars, of the soul, of the
old Oreeks. has interested him as has
the stud* of his own body; of regnlst
It. subduing It. getting blessing*
Instead of cnrses from It
Sauces of Superior Flavor
i\oblem of Lumps in the . Ever-Popular Cream Con
coction Disposed Of; Other Recipes That May
Be Relied On to Win Approval.
A somewhat discouraged housewife
addressed this question to an au
thority on matters culinary, "Why is
It that whenever 1 make a cream
sauce it always becomes lumpy?'
and is thus advised:
"1 can answer that by giving you
the sample method which I use my
self for cream sauce. I melt the but
ter, remove it from the lire, and stir
in the flour and seasoning. When
this is absolutely smooth, I pour In
graudally, stirring, as I do so, about
half the amount of cold milk called
for in the recipe. I then put the
saucepan back over the tire and stir
the mixture until It Is smooth. I add
the rest of the milk and continue
stirring until the mixture is smooth
and thick. I then let it boll about
two minutes, stirring occasionally so
as to prevent it sticking. In case I
make more than two cups of white
sauce at one time I heat the milk In
order to save time and the labor of
stirring for a long time. It seems
to me that two minutes' boiling is
long enough to produce a good flavor
?that Is to sny, to get rid of the
raw flavor which uncooked flour has.
If you have plenty of time you may
cook the sauce in the top of a double
boiler over the direct heat, and after
it thickens set It over hot water and
cook ten minutes. He sure to keep
It covered during this period.
"Many other sauces may be mado
by this foundation method. If a bit
of onion is cooked with the butter
and a well seasoned stock is added
instead of the milk, you will have a
brown sauce which is appropriate
for serving with meats. If you use
water instead of milk, and flavor the
sauce with lemon juice and extra
butter, you will have a very good
fish sauce. If you use tomato pulp
which bus been cooked with onions,
a bay leaf and a few cloves and then
strain you will have a very good to
mato sauce. If .you use three-quar
ters water and one-quarter vinegar,
and season with mustard and a lib
eral amount of sugar, you will have
a sauce which Is particularly good to
serve with ham. Flam fnt mny be
used Instead of butter.
"To go back to our original recipe
for white sauce, you may make It
richer and more colorful by stirring
a little of the white sauce mixture
Into an egg yolk or two and return
ing this to the original mixture to beat
well and to heat. If you add to this
a little lemon Juice you will have a
good imitation of hollandaise sauce.
Another delicious variation of this
same sauce may be made by using
half cream and half milk, as well as
the egg yolk. To the plain white
sauce you may add minced cooked
onions or grated cheese, or a little
anchovy or sardine paste. These
sauces go particularly well with
poached or hard-boiled eggs."
Tomato Sauce.
1 teaspoon chopped onloti
1 bay leaf
2 tablespoons flour
V4 cup water
1 cup tomato (stewed or strained)
Pepper
1 teaspoon salt
Cook the onion and bay leaf In
melted bi/ttpr until golden brown.
Remove from - (> fire, add the flour,
and stir until smooth. Add the wa
ter. tomato and seasoning. Boll
three minutes, stirring constantly.
Strain and serve with conked meats
or flsh. Sugar may be added with
the seasoning.
Tripe a la Creole.
GRAS-DOUBI,E A I. A CREOLE
2 pounds of tripe
2 onions
1 tablespoon of butter
1 square Inch of lenn ham
2 cloves of Karllc
3 sprigs finch of thyme nn<l bay leaf
2 pound cans tomatoes
Knit and pepper to taste
A dash of cayenne
Clonn the tripe well and boll till
tender. Cut It Into slices two Inches
long and hnlf un Inch wide, sliced One.
Add butter. Chop uhoiil mit
Inch of lean ham very tine, and add.
IJrown in a saucepan two cloves of
garlic, chopped line, with three sprigs
each of thyme and hay leaf, minced
very line. Add tomatoes. Season
all to taste with salt and cayenne
pepper. Let this cook 15 minutes,
then add the tripe, and let all cook
for 25 minutes. Season <o taste, and
serve hot.
White Sauce.
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
>4 teaspoon salt
Pepper
1 cup milk
Melt butter, stir In flour and sea
soning and when well blended add
milk gradually. Stir over a low lire
until smooth and thick, nnd boll two
minutes.
iS, Ucll Syndlcato. ? WNU Service.
NIGHT NOT BEST
TIME FOR STUDY,
SAYS EDUCATOR
The proverb that "one hour's sleep
betore midnight Is worth two hours'
afterward," tfsuaTiy^s ridiculed by
physicians.
Most of them maintain" that while
eight hours' sleep Is necessary at
some time during the twenty-four, it
makes little difference when it Is ob
tained.
A recent German Investigation
tends, however, to cast doubt on this
medical opinion and to confirm the
ancient proverb, says Dr. ter- E.
Free, in his Week's Science (New
York) :
"Dr. Theodor Stockmann, princi
pal of a school In Duisburg, noticed
that one of his pupils was falling be
hind In school work, and was becom
ing more and more lazy and sleepy.
"Inquiring into this young man's
sleep habits, Doctor Stockmann
found that he was studying late at
night and sleeping late in the morn
ing. Change of this habit so that
the pupil slept before midnight and
woke very early In the morning to
study caused remarkable Improve
ment in school work and In health.
Doctor Stockmann then tested the
same Idea on seventeen other pupils,
averaging about nineteen years old.
All turned out to be In better health
and to do better school work when
they habitually got four or Ave
hours' sleep before midnight and got
up at three or four o'clock In the
morning to do their studying.
"Two pupils who worked part of
the day also found themselves In bet
ter health and more successful in
their studies when they went to bed
immediately after supper and did
their school work between midnight
and dawn. Ills observations also
suggest, Doctor Stockmann reports
to the German medical profession,
that less than ,elght hours' sleep may
be enough, at least for young people,
provided all of It Is obtained before
midnight." ? Literary Digest.
Whose Fault?
When a Child Wo n't Study
"Kept after school!" And it isn't
the child's fault, or the teacher's.
His mother is to blame. How can a
boy get his lessons when his senses
are dulled day after day by dosing
with sickening punjjatives? When
a child's bowels ar^stagnant they
need help, of course But not some
drastic drug to upset the stomach,
perhaps weaken the entire system:
Here's a boy who gets good marks,
has time and energy for play He is
never ill, hardly ever has so much
as a cold. When he does show any
symptoms of being sluggish, his
mother knows just what to do. She
gives him a little California Syrup
of Figs ? and that is all. It s a
natural, fruity laxative that is
agreeable to take, and its gentle
laxative action comes from senna.
or form the laxative habit. On
the right, parents will find a
happy solution of this problem:
Parents ore urged to use just
pure California Syrup of Figs.
Be sure bottle says 'California'.
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