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TIm Banwdl Pif !• SmiH—Barawll. 8. CU Thursday, August 29, 1935 WILL ROGERS Greatly Loved American Bw Npt. i, 1079—DleJ Am. 1 1ft, 1985 MAKING CHERRY PIES REAR ART The Household ThereV a Trick to Turning hi bj Lydu le baron walker Oat a Good One. Will Rogers, Oklahoma cowboy whose homely philosophy endeared him to the hearts of millions, Is dead. The wreckage of the plane In which he end Wiley Post, famous filer, were seeking new adventures was found where it had fallen about 15 miles south of Point Barrow, Alaska, north* ernmost white settlement in America. Thus ended In tragedy the career of the ranch band who had made millions laugh—probably the greatest and best known comedian of his day. His In tense Interest In aviation caused him to undertake the hazardous flight with Post over the wilds of the Far North. For many years he bad traveled the skyways, and In his newspaper column had been one of commercial avia tion’s strongest supporters. That fly ing should have caused his death la one of fate's grim Ironies. Rogers’ career reads almost like Ac tion. He was born at Ollogah in In dian territory, November 4, 1879. He attended the Willie Hassell school at Neosho, Mo., and also the Kemper Military academy at Boonville for a abort time.; From that humble be ginning be rose to become the intimate companion of the great men of the world. v His stage career began in vaudeville at the old Hammersteln roof garden Will Rogers tn New York In 1905. At first his act was purely a routine of rope tricks, and he Is still considered one of the world's rope experts. Finally he be gan to Insert homely observations on current events into his act, and en thusiastic audiences begged for more. Rogers began to receive national recognition when he was engaged by Zlegfeld for the Follies and the Night Frolics In 1914. The ever present chewing gum, his crooked grin, and the lock of hair which dangled In his eyes were known to everyone. Whether he talked to audiences of thousands, to Presidents and cabinet ministers, or to a group of ranch hands he still had the manner of the Oklahoma cowboy sitting on a corral fence and comment ing on the weather and the affairs of the nation. It was through his writings, how ever, that he was best known and loved. * His dally newspaper feature was read by millions, and his weekly column carried by the nation’s largest dallies and also syndicated to weeklies by Western Newspaper Union carried his observations Into the majority of American homes. No matter how busy be might be, or what affairs were pressing he always took time to pre pare his column himself. A motion picture might be In the making, with expenses of hundreds of dollars each minute going on, but Rogers never failed his newspaper readers. Each day he would retire to some corner of the set, and while directors fumed and pro- ducers walled, be turned put his regu lar stint. Few people today realize the extent of Rogers’ writings. Among the books he wrote were Rogerlsms—The Cow boy Philosopher on Prohibition; Roger lsms—The Cowboy Philosopher on the Peace Conference, 1919; Rogerlsms-^ What We Laugh At; Illiterate Dlgestf Letters of a Self-Made Diplomat to fils President, and There’s Not a Bath- inf Suit In Russia. Hfs writings were unique. Under their cloak of humor there was an un derlying common-sense that came from a man raised close to the solL Ha knew the people of America and his sage comments—often only a few lines —often carried more wisdom and more weight than pages by another. A1 though his fame was world-wide, and his Income enormous he never lost the common touch. To the-aend he was Will Rogers, and his line M A11 I know Is what I read in the newspapers’* be came almost a trademark. Just before be left on the fatal flight, he told correspondents that he was going to spend the winter with some of Alaska’s old sourdoughs— swapping stories, hearing their tales ef adventures—and finding in their asso ciation the old pioneer humor of Ms boyhood days. And because he was Will Rogers he would have found it Just as entertaining as though he had never found success beyond his wild . est dreams. America is better because of Will Rogers. He brought a viewpoint that Is almost lost today—that pf those sturdy people who forged their way Into the West, their slow, dry humor and their hard headed attitude toward life. Millions will feel a personal loss when they pick ap the paper and Rogerg! comment is no longer there.* By EDITH M. BARBER *</ r ^AN she make a cherry pie, Bllly- V* Boy, BillyjBoyTJ* So goes the old song, with its answer, "She can make a cherry pie In the twinkle of an eye." Evidently this jras consid ered a test of the bride-to-be as far as her housekeeping abilities were con cerned. Even today when we are served with a really good cherry pie it is usually at the end of a satisfying meal where everything else Is well cooked. First of all the pastry must be rich and flaky. There ate Just one or two tricks to pastry making. The proportion of fht to flour must be right In general, one-third as much lard or hardened vegetable fat as flour. Usually it is best to cut the fat Into the flour with a knife. Perhaps you are saying to yourself, "Well, my mother always mixed pastry with her hands, and it was simply grand." Pm sure It was. But if your hands are as warm Ss mine you will dB better If you will use a knife, or maybe two. It should not ba nut. as fine, however, ss R Is for biscuits be cause the large particles of fat make nice flaky crust Now you are ready to add the water, which should be very cold. Make a hole in the mixture at one side and stir in a tablespoonful of water until ytu have a stiff ball of dough at that point Then begin to add water at another point When you have three bails of dough, take your hands and pat them together with the extra flour left in the bowl When the dough Smooth, put It In the refrigerator at least an hour to chill and will be easy to roll Divide the dough into two parts and roll lightly Into a round a little larger than your pan. Line the pan with one sheet, pressing It Into Hie pan and cover the bottom with flour and sugar mixed together, one tablespoonful of each. Cover with a layer of cherries, sprinkle liberally with sugar and con tinue until your fruit Is piled a little higher than the depth of the pan. Cov er with the other layer of pastry and pres# the edges together. Cut the over lapping pastry evenly. With a fork press the two layers around the edge of the pan or bind the dampened edge with a thin strip of pastry. You may now get rolls of parchment paper whleh are designed especially for this purpose. Cut silts In the top of the pie to let out the steam which forms as the fruit cooks. Use a very hot oven, 450 degrees F n for the first 15 minutes of baking and then lower to 360 degrees for about 30 minutes long er. You may use this same method for all fruit pies which should be slrupy, not starchy as Is sometimes the case when too much flour Is put with the fruit In all of these cherry recipes we make use of the sour cherries. The large sweet cherries are often put Into tart shells over which a cherry glaze may be poured. Steamed Cherry Pudding 2 cbps cherries M cup butter 1 cup sugar» 2 eggs 1% cups flour 3 teaspoon# baking powder 1 cup milk Look, over cherries and cut In half and pit Cream butter, add sugar slowly and cream together until light Add beaten eggs. A<}d flour which has been sifted with the baking powder alternately with the milk. Add the cherries jnlxed with a little of the flour, Put Into greased mold, cover and steam three hours. Serve hot with hard sauce. Cherry Dumplings 2 pounds cherries &8 cup water 1 cup granulated sugar 1 cup unseasoned mashed potatoes 1 cup flour H teaspoon salt K cup melted shortening 1 egg slightly beaten . .. . Wash and stem the cherries, place in a hovered kettle with the water and simmer covered 25 minutes, stir ring occasionally, to prevent sticking and to bring the pits to the top. Skim out the pits and stir In the sugar. Meanwhile combine the mashed pota toes, flour, salt and melted shortening. Prop from a teaspoon On top of the hot cherry mixture for 15 minutes. Serve -dumplings with the hot sauce. Pastry 1% cups flour teaspoon salt H cup fat Cold water 81ft together the flour and salt Cot In the fat with two case knives. For a large quantity, a wooden bowl and chopping knife, may be used. When fine, add at one side of the bowl one tablespoonful ef cold water and stir In as much of the flour and fat as the water will take up. Continue this, un- y T HE woman who does her own laun dry work can save herself effort in many little ways which are sometimes overlooked. If at a summer camp, er by the sea, or In the country, the bed linens can be used rough-dried. The term scarcely applies to the neatly folded and well-smoothed linens when they are done with the idea of no iron ing. We mlgiit well call them smooth- dried, rather than rough-dried. In or der to give them the smooth finish, the following meth ods should be fol lowed: Shake the sheets, pillow cases, and towels well after wringing them, as this immediately lessens the creases. Hang them on the line so that the wind direction is against the surface, not striking the pieces from the side, which makes the material blow in folds and not out straight Put sheets over the line so that half falls each side of It bringing the crease straight along the middle, which would be the very place it would come if the sheet were ironed. An Imperative necessity Is -to keep the sheet stretched Its full width or length, according to how It Is doubled over the line. This does not mean that it should be pulled taut across the line, but that It falls without folds over the line for the breeses and the sun to dry the material unwrlnkled. Pillow Cases and Ton Us Hang pillow cases hems down, and with the other end straight along the clothes line. Then the wind will blow them smooth, or the sun will cause the evaporation of the water from un creased surfaces. Hang towels straight with one edge along the clothes line, so they will dry evenly. When It Is time to take the clothes down, let no wrinkles or folds get Into them except In the folds desired. Fold the sheets as they are taken down. If two do this it Is easier, but one ean do It successfully by folding the sheet In half again while It is on the line, and then throwing It over the line and folding It in half again that way. The rest of the folding is easy.' Keep the wide hem on the outside. When the clothes are in the house, lay each sheet flat and folded, on the table, and smooth It with the palma. outspread. Lay away, flat and smooth, and no Ironing, which Is hot work, will be required. Fold towels and pillow cases aa you take them from the line and smooth them as described before laying them on the shelves. It takes a few mo ments to take In tha wash as described and only a few momenta more to palm- press tbeni I have done It many times at my summer place and know whereof I speak. Vacation Clothes When you go on your-vacation be careful not to let the weather Just prior to your starting off Influence you In your choice of a wardrobe. Be pre pared with proper clothe* for different weather. There la sure to be a change, and you want to look well and suit ably dressed all Jhe time.' There are many styles of rainy day toga that are light In weight. Inexpen sive In price, and becoming. There are rain coats and capes, and even rubber skirts to drape over frocks, and capes to go with them for complete protection. Be sure to pack one warm frock. Not only la It uncomfortable to be chilly, but a person looks far from the best when too thinly clad. Cold shows In the countenance. There la a pinched look that betrays that chilly feeling, and everyone will be commiserating you either vocally or silently. And who wants that? Look warm and cheerful, and you will Instill an ele ment 6Y pleasure by your very appear ance, and tbna add a note of popu larity to yourself. Take along sheer costumes for hot weather, and look as cool aq you can. It is pleasant to see some one who looks crisp and cool when weather Is sweltering. Even at seashore and mountain resorts, there are occasional such days. Be ready for them. C Bell Stradleat*.—WNU Bervic*. 3lwp b Matter of ChoScw, Some May, Go Wi$hapt ft Mr. MacOarthy, the baker of Kin- sale, Irish Free State, who baked night and hunted all day, going without sleep, refused to tell how he succeeded la doing without tired nature’# sweet restorer. As a young man he decided that too much time was lost In | sleeping, and he cut down’ his own hours abed "until be was able to forego slumber entirely." Mr. MacCgrthy lived te be seventy- six, or six years on borrowed time. Mr. Edison, while engaged in tasks that kept his interest keyed up, had a habit, by some of his associates considered bad, of ignoring sleep, and he had no patience with stay- abed*. Mr. Edison lived 84,year*. To prefer hunting to sleep was Mr. IfacCarthy’s privilege; to choose tha drafting room and ths bench to tbs bedchamber, Mr. Edison’s. It Is ths privilege of others to prefer to give to sleep ths six hours to which Qoks subscribed; Indeed, true liber als will tolerate -a greater liberality. But let It be sleep, not the restl ness ef vain tossings, the fitful snatches of relief from vain regrets and haunting fears so many know and dread. There is still defense for ths philosopher who echoes Certan- te# tribute to sleep, Aid takes his 1 stand with ths flrat nfethat trio 1m- Jlnc uea mortalLzed in Hie deathless “ To bed, to bed,’ said Sleepy dead: ‘Let’s stop s while,’ said Slow; ‘Put on ths pot,’ said Greedy Gut, let’s sup before we go, Accepting a Job A woman whose dignified and re served boaband was among the un employed but who, like Mr. Mlcaw- her, was expecting something to turn up momentarily, was advised by him each Hme he left home for this day. that if an offer for any sort of position at all should come for him to wire an acceptance with speed And when st long last the wire did come from Washington the wife was so thoroughly Imbued with thrift that she couldn’t bear to send only a one-word answer like “Yes’* or “Accept" to the “Will you accept?" etc., message, so she sent the fol lowing: “Yes thank you ever so much love and kisses.”—Miss Ann Thorpe, In the Kansas City Star.* Often Fine clothes do not make the worn an, but they sometimes break the husband. , STRIKE UP THE BAND AND GIVE IT A HAND THE FLAVOR’S GLOR-I-OUS L L JOIN IN ^ THE CHOR-UOUS i vV* ITS GOT EVERYTHING ITS THE CEREAL KING t 'j Once you taste Grape-Nuts Flakes, you’ll cheer tool And it not only has a delidous flavor, but it’s nouriMng. One dishful, with milk or cream, contains more varied nourish ment than many a hearty xncaL Try it— your grocer has itl Product of General Foods. Blake makes a fresh Start NO! NO! WfTS MOT THE Club i wawt/ osthn- GO BACK TO CLUB House... V0U'K6TH€ woaos \NoesrcAPOv! WHY, W£N...WoH,W6a,..UT!5 f SWELL/ IlHArr^ \»IW 1 qiFTI IDCWT UP ilblREAf THE I UKE PLAYING ItHE GAME 80/1 HE WONTl ANYWAY/ iVEf tms 1HAT 00 ANYTHING J GOT A TERRlBU i WU TEACH WflONG/ Mm HEA0ACH6 l M H&To && quier* Varnishing Precaution The formation of blisters on a var nished surface may be due to under lying spots of grease, sap or moisture, to excessive heat or to direct exposure to the sun during Hie process of dry ing. To avoid the possibility of such s mishap be sure the surfaces to ba varnished are dean, .grease-free and til 'jontaV. foaror awtah. oTai.jh I »l*>l«t*l7 that there la no and some dry flour left In the bowl Press together with your fingers. If an tha dry flour is not taken up, add a little more water. Chill and roll. • Cherry Pie 8 cups cherries. Itt cups sugar >- 2 tablespoons flour Stone cherries, mix with the sugar and floor and bake between crusts or bake la one crust, tn a hot oven, 450 degrees F., for ten mtauieai Lower temperature to 860 degress and bake • B«U direct sunlight and that Hie tempera ture Is wen below the gay “nineties." Preparation for Painting Jane Stewart Davis In Better Home* and Gardens advises the home crafts man to be sure that porch or garden furniture, la thoroughly dean before be ginning to paint Soap and water dm be used If all the soap Is removed— any soap left oe the furniture dam ages the finish. Water containing a little ammonia Is very sadly rinsed Grease cap be removed with gaaoUas or turpentine without difficulty. lahrays thought this harmful applied only to children!’* J "Oh, no. Daddy... many adul ts, too, find Waif, f«j Tvf— »* i IndigMtion, or provant sound sleep! If you suspect that coffee disagrees with you...try Fcetum for 30 days. Postum contains no faffrin. ItV sbnpty whole wheat and bran, roasted and dighHy ; sweetened. It*s easy to make, and costs less Hum half a cent a cup. It’s delidous, too... and may prove a real hdp. A product of General Foods. FRERI Utaa OaifsaAi. Poom, Battfa Cncfc. Mich. w. w. — Scad sm, without obBfatfaa, a week’* Mpply of Poataak r 1 Fill im oo'mpibftj—print a. n-rtr ontf arfifrcM ThiaiUhrwulwiJal 01. MM. vt