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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. THURSDAY, JUEY 18, 1940 WHO’S NEWS THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F. PARTON (Consolidated Features—WNU Service.) ‘Life With Father* N EW YORK.—Howard Lindsay needed makeup to play “Life With Father.’.’ Dr. Charles Phillips Cooper, managing editor of the New Dr. C. P. Cooper Natural Lead for the turn of the century, could have walked right into the part without taking off his hat. As he retires as professor of journalism at Columbia university, after more than 50 years of practicing and teaching journal ism, he still commands affection and respect from his one-time proteges, an emotion somehow filial, and somehow belonging in that nostal gic picture which the late Clarence Day and Mr. Lindsay and Russell Crouse have recreated for the stage. They used to set the type for the old Evening Sun in the local room. Charles A. Dana ordered some lino type machines, found workmen de livering them to the World instead 1 , got into a row about it and said to the devil with the whole business, or words to that effect. At any rate this classic of newspapers for many years thereafter kept clear of all technological entanglements, in cluding typewriters. Dr. Cooper’s spouting mus tache was electrified during the ordeal of getting out the paper. Reporters used to say it was like sensitive antennae, catching im pulses out of the air. This was the only way they could explain his way of spotting a red-hot news story in some bit of trivia, moving across his desk. They called him “The Human Sieve.” That was due to his trick of sifting bugs, libel suits, and slop py writing out of a piece of copy with a swift slash of his pencil. , When a reporter was beaten on a Btory, or made a serious error, or otherwise offended. Dr. Cooper would clutch both sides of his desk, lean back, close his eyes and howl. And when one of the boys really put something over (it had to be good) Dr. Cooper would croon and cluck over him affectionately. He was always yelling for copy and the boys, if the story was hot r had to write it in short takes. There was always a bliz zard of copy paper loose in the city room. As press time came near there were yells, bleats, running foot-beats and a bed lam which could be heard all up and down Park Row. Out of all this came a paper as cool and neatly fashioned as a daisy in the meadow—human, subtle, civilized and deftly done. The noise, smells of ink, grease and tobacco, and above all, Dr. Cooper’s rip-snorting energies seemed to make a formula for newspaper “oomph.” Dr. Cooper, short and stocky, with his bright brown eyes alert and narrowly focused behind his glasses, joined the Sun staff as a reporter in 1889, after a year with the Hart ford (Conn.) Post. He was with the Sun 24 years as city editor, news editor, assistant managing editor and managing editor.' He retired tp become a teacher of journalism ' 1919. Rounding 74, Dr. Cooper never moans over the good old days, and has no regrets for the passing of personalized journalism. He thinks S ewspapers of today are doing a etter job than their predecessors. Among his colleagues were Arthur Brisbane, Richard Harding Davis, (.Woodford Patterson, now secretary of Cornell university, Nelson Lloyd, O’Neill Sevier, George Cartaret, Stephen French Whitman, Homer St. Gaudens and a score of other long-remembered names. TT’S a long stretch from Gen. Adna R. Chafee’s small-arm Indian- fighting equipment to Brig. Gen. Adna R. Chafee’s new mechanized From ‘Boots and Saddled to ‘Man The Gear Shifts? greatest Indian fighters in our his tory, battling the Kiowas and Comanches along the 900-mile trail to the Sierra Madre in New Mexico. The son, schooled in the mounted service, was a cavalryman like his father, but in recent years has spe cialized in studies of mechanized •warfare. His new armored divisions are said to be similar in organization to the German panzer units. Army men say they fill a long-felt need in the service. Brigadier General Chafee was born at Junction City, Kan., in 1884, and was graduated from West Point in 1906, a few years too late for the Spanish-American and Philippine workouts, but he is a veteran of our later military en gagements in Europe, holding the Distinguished Service Medal and is regarded as a good organizer and fighter —as “boots and saddles!’’ changes to “man the gear-shifts!” army corps— a father and son saga. The father was one of the 'Birthday' Celebration in Baltimore Recalls an Important Chapter in the History of American Transportation Gov. Herbert R. O’Conor, governor of Maryland, surrounded by a bevy of Baltimore beauties dressed in the costumes of a century ago, cuts the 100th birthday cake of the Old Bay Line. By ELMO SCOTT WATSON (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) B ALTIMORE, MB., was recently the scene of a birthday celebration which had more than local significance because it recalled the early days of an important chapter in the history of American transportation. For it marked the 100th anniversary of the founding of the oldest steamboat line in the United States—the Baltimore Steam Packet company, better known as the Old Bay Line because of its century of activity in the <«>- Chesapeake bay. It was just 100 years ago that the Georgia, the original flagship of the company, started on her maiden voy age from Baltimore to Nor folk and the line has operated almost continuously since that time. So, on the anni versary of the Georgia’s first trip, Gov. Herbert R. O’Con or of Maryland, accompanied by Baltimore city officials and the mayors and city managers of three neighbor ing cities in Virginia—Nor folk, Newport News and Portsmouth — were driven down to the Baltimore water front. There they were greeted by men and women, dressed in the costumes of a hundred years ago. Among them was an actor, wear ing a high silk hat and a black frock coat and playing the part of Cap’n Jim Coffee, skipper of THE SOUTH! ■m toa n* no. rauMuni umomk a» »p T* NwMk, TeMw, Balelgh, WUaiagtM, Ckarifstw, Af»U, AUmU, iMlgiuny tad Ntw trieni. SPRING AND SOMBER ARRANGEMENT D-A.II/r. Bunt Boixbjra, Via bjz.'s' xsxxm FSEAJOABDaadlOAROaLI. ■aw TOU TO WBUMOTOH. l»-*0- S I s •ssEMsasssfesxsaenzzrs: LOUISIANA Mi UOITI CA10L1NA. <r U» TMa I hpi«i •«* avny coufomt «« 0o«t*Bttwou * a* ,ow Oomp—4 of xh» gplandld Ufmmew T*. mWFlHJt me BAY UBS BTEAMBM vta tmm *• meet UNION DOCK. Toot of Qua tori | jlv a ■ ’"jj*** «•*«■«. • a-N. laaa 1C IT. FAX.X.8, T«i Astat Exram Goaraav fob Thi Sooth V O m W.A. SlZ> fw *• B*v UVS » jfcywt nemrn TJTTSSrSJ A broadside advertisement of 1858, showing how the steamboats were linked with the Southern railroads. (Photo courtesy Legh R. Powell Jr., president, Balti more Steam Packet company.) the Georgia in 1840, who wel comed the chief executive of Maryland aboard the President Warfield, flagship of the Old Bay Line’s steamers today. Then to the music of a band playing old- time melodies the party “sailed away down Chesapeake bay” on a birthday cruise. This celebration was a dramat ic reminder of the fact that steam-driven vehicles, on both land and water, once co-operated in speeding the restless race of Americans on the way to their destinations. The Old Bay Line was founded at a time when rail roads had passed the experimen tal stage and were rapidly be coming an important factor in American transportation. Mary landers who wished to visit friends or relatives in Virginia or the Carolinas could take a boat from Baltimore to Portsmouth and then continue their journey over the old Portsmouth and Wel don railroad southward. Steamboat’s Early History. As a background for the signifi- cance of the anniversary which was celebrated in Baltimore it is necessary to go back to the begin ning of the Nineteenth century in America. Whether James Rum- sey, John Fitch, Samuel Morey, Henry Miller Shreve or Robert Fulton was the “inventor” of the steamboat is still a matter of dispute among the historians. But the fact remains that Fulton’s successful voyage on the Cler mont up the Hudson in August, 1807, gave the first real impetus to this form of transportation. The next year a regular line of steamers between Albany and New York was established; with in the next year John Stevens had made the first coast-wise steam boat voyage in America when he took his Phoenix from New York to Delaware Bay; within tHe next five years a line was running on the Delaware, a steamboat had been built at Pittsburgh for serv ice on the Ohio and another, bear ing the picturesque name of Walk-in-the-Water, had been built near Buffalo to ply between that city and Detroit. In 1819 an American ship, the Savannah, became the first steam craft to cross the Atlantic, but this new form of water travel was a long time in coming into its own on the high seas. The Americans still clung to their fast-sailing packets and clipper ships. Steam Navigation Expands. However, when the English sent the Great Western and the Sirius across the Atlantic to America in 1838, the Americans began to wake up. The result was the rapid expansion of steam nav igation during the forties and fif ties with the Baltimore Steam Packet company as one of the pioneers along the Atlantic coast. In 1845 the Old Bay Line was operating three steamboats—the Georgia, the Jewess and the Her ald. It continued to add ships during the next decade and to enjoy great prosperity. Then came the outbreak of the War Between the States in which this line played an interesting and un usual role, its boats operating, as they did, between ports in hostile territory. Those ports were chiefly Con federate ones. Norfolk was, of course, pro-Southern, as was Bal timore, in sentiment, even though Maryland remained in the Union. The Old Bay Line was operating the Louisiana and the Adelaide on regular runs between these two points when the war started and the Union forces seized the latter boat at Fortress Monroe, forcing Cap’n Cannon to disem bark his passengers and the mail. Later the Adelaide was used as a transport attached to the joint Atlantic blockading squadron and, as such, she took part in the bombardment of Forts Hatteras and Clark on August 28 and 29, 1861. Some time before that the Fed- erals captured Norfolk and noti fied the company that it could not sail its vessels farther south than Old Point Comfort. However, it maintained a daily service with the Louisiana and the Geor- geanna, the line’s first iron-clad vessel, between Baltimore and Old Point throughout the war. The Union navy yard at Ports mouth, being close to territory held by the Confederates, was in constant danger of being cap tured so the Federal government decided to give it up. All of the vessels in this important naval depot were burned or scuttled. One of them was destined to have a thrilling history. She was the Merrimac which was sunk. Later she was raised by the Confed erates, rebuilt as an ironclad, re named the Virginia and sent out to attack the Northern ships in Hampton Roads. Historic Naval Battle. The result was the engagement between the Monitor and the Vir ginia (or Merrimac) on March 9, 1862, which changed the course Capt. James Cannon, master of the Old Bay Line steamboats from 1840 to 1868. (Courtesy Old Bay Line). t « 5 of naval history. Among the ship ping which was at Old Point Com fort on that day and which saw that engagement was a new boat which the Old Bay Line had re cently purchased, the Thomas A. Morgan, an iron sidewheeler, 192 feet long, which had been used as an official mail boat between Fortress Monroe and Yorktown. Later, when the Union forces evacuated Norfolk and Ports mouth, one of the Old Bay Line’s ships, the William Selden, was captured and burned by the Con federates. Other losses suffered during the war seriously handi capped the line’s operations but it managed to survive. It resumed its regular runs and ordered new boats, such as the Thomas Kelso and the Eolus. In cidentally, the first time the name “Old Bay Line” was applied to this company was just after the close of the war, on July 24, 1865, when an advertisement in the Baltimore Sun stated that “the old established Bay Line is op erating daily the steamers Lou isiana, Georgeanna, Adelaide and Thomas Kelso from Baltimore to Norfolk with connection at Fort Monroe for James River land ings and Richmond.” By 1870 the company was again prosperous and had placed in service its first screw steamer, the Transit, which was used only for freight. Since that time, the Old Bay, like the steamboat lines in other parts of the country, has played an important part in building up sparsely settled regions and fos tering the economic and social development there. But to this line belongs the distinction of 100 years of continued operation and service, a notable accomplish ment in any enterprise in a na tion which itself is only 164 years old. FIRST-AID to the. * AILING HOUSE by Roger B. Whitman Wasps. Q UESTION: I have a wasp nest in one corner of my attic about 18 inches in diameter. How can I get rid of it? Answer: On a cool day when the wasps are inert, spray the nest thor oughly with any insect liquid or kerosene. The nest can then be wrapped in heavy paper or, if possi ble, enclosed in a paper bag, broken away from its support, and burned. Question: In spring and fall there are wasps in our attic and in one upstairs bedroom, which they seem to enter through the window pulley openings. How can they be elimi nated? Answer: The pulley openings can be covered by strips of cloth of a width to fit the bottom of the groove, and held by a thumb-tack above the pulley. In the attic, locate the pests and spray them heavily with insect liquid. If the nests are within the walls you can locate them by ob serving the cracks through which' the wasps crawl in and out. Weed Killers. Question: What is a solution to be sprayed on the ground to kill weeds and to prevent the growth of poison ivy? Is this the right time of year to use such a solution? Answer: A strong solution of rock salt in water is effective; or you can get ready-made weed killer at a seed store. Any such solution will kill all vegetation that it falls on, however, until in time rain carries it deep into the earth. This would be a good time of year to use it, for spring growth is already be ginning. Cold Bedroom Floor. Question: The area under the bed rooms is unexcavated. We find the floors in these rooms are cold. The house is just completed. Is it the newness of the house, and will the dampness pass? If this coldness will continue, what type of insulation do you suggest? Answer: Floors without basements under them will most likely continue to be cold. The newness of the house may aggravate the condition be cause of the dampness given off by the plaster. Insulation will help con siderably. There is a form of blan ket insulation made of shredded wood fiber enclosed in a waterproof paper, made to fit between the floor .joists, which might be quite suita ble for your purpose. Old Kitchen Clock. Question: I would like to clean the works of an old porcelain kitch en clock. I was told to soak the works in kerosene, then add a few drops of light machine oil. How would you clean the clock? Answer: If the clock is valuable, the cleaning and oiling should be done by a professional. Soaking in gasoline may be preferable to kero sene. The gasoline will cut the old oil and grease faster. In oiling, place just a drop of light oil on each pivot. Coal and Oil. Question: For house heating how many gallons of oil are equivalent to a ton of coal? Answer: That depends very large ly on the efficiency with which both oil and coal are burned. I have had comparisons running all the way from 150 to 200 gallons of oil to the ton of coal; 175 gallons is, I be lieve, a fair average. Decorating a Room. Question: A large room in my house is not heated, and the temper ature in it frequently goes below freezing. In redecorating the room would you advise painting or pa pering? Answer: I should paint it, for in such extreme changes in tempera ture and with inevitable dampness, the papering is likely to loosen. Insulating a Floor. Question: I intend to insulate the under part of a floor, which is three feet above the ground. I expect to use rock wool batts, which have waterproof backs. Would it be bet ter to put building paper over the batts, or do you recommend a rigid insulating board? Answer: Waterproof asphalt pa per may be more practical for your purpose. It will be easier to han dle. Where the laps of the paper occur, nail strips of wood over joists to close up any bulge or openings between sheets. Leaking Garage Walls. Question: Water seeps in under the sills on both sides of my garage on the cement floor. The floor ex tends beyond the walls, and is above ground. The rain seems to come in near the bottom. The walls are shingle covered frame construction. How can I overcome this trouble? Answer: Fill all cracks, crevices and openings around the bottom of the wall with caulking compound. This will probably be sufficient. Attic Insulation. Question: There is handpacked in sulation four inches thick in the ceil ings of our second-story rooms. Would insulating the roof cut down the temperature of those rooms? Answer: It will help, but you will get far more benefit from free venti lation in the attic to carry off the attic air as fast as it becomes heat ed. If the attic air is cool, the rooms below will be cool also. (® Roger B. Whitman—WNU Service.) V egetable Symphony Tea Towels Motif "D ADISHES, carrots and onions —in fact the whole vegetable garden has been worked up into delectable tea towel motifs. Bright cross stitch borders frame these seven corner designs, and a clever idea is illustrated suggesting the use of vegetable motifs on an apron. From hot iron transfer Z9194, 15 cents, you receive the tea towel motifs and the apron designs. Any of the tea towel motifs could be made up into a panholder to make a complete kitchen set. Send or der to: j AUNT MARTHA Box 166-W Kansas City, Mo. Enclose 15 cents for each pattern desired. Pattern No Name Address Common Sense About Constipation A doctor would tell you that the best thing to do with constipation is get at its cause. That way you don’t have to endure it first and try to “cure" it afterward—you can avoid having it. Chances are you won’t have to look far for the cause if you eat the super-refined foods most people do. Most likely you don’t get enough “bulk”! And “bulk” doesn’t mean a lot of food. It means a kind of food that isn’t consumed in the body, but leaves a soft “bulky” mass in the intestines. If this is what you lack, try crisp crunchy Kellogg’s All-Bran for breakfast. It contains just the “bulk” you need. Eat All-Bran often, drink plenty of water, and “Join the Regulars.” Made by Kellogg’s in Battle Creek. If your .condition is chronic. It is wise to consult a physician. ^ S‘ Wise and Foolish Tongues There is as much difference be tween wise and foolish tongues as between the hands of a clock— the one goes 12 times as fast, but the other signifies 12 times as much.—William Feather. fOR COOL. RAPP/ FEET RUB WITH MEXICAN HEAT POWDER Inferior to Superior No man can ever end with be ing superior who will not begin with being inferior. — Sydney Smith. SALVE-NOSB DROPS check* MALARIA in 7 day* and re 11 ere* COLDS symptom* first day Try “Rub-My-Tisin”-a Wonderful UaJmeat Common Line The craving for sympathy is the common boundary-line between joy and sorrow. Self-Deception No man was ever so much de ceived by another as by himself.' —Greville. BAmQsVi’^^BCessedRetiei. 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