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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1939 - Washington Patterns Future After Original L’Enfant Plan Spring Brings Influx Of Tourists to Capital Prepared by National Geographic Society, Washington, D. C.—WNU Service. The spring tourist trek is de scending on Washington. The Capital City has changed so rapidly in the last decade through a $200,000,000 govern ment • building program that even those who live there have difficulty keeping track of the shifting scenes. The problem faced by the commission of fine arts and the builders of the new Wash ington is twofold. In carry ing out the plan of 1901, worked out to incorporate vir tually all that was feasible in Major L’Enfant’s original plan, they are striving to produce the most beautiful capital in the world and at the same time to pro vide suitable quarters for the ever- increasing bureaus of the federal government. To erect a truly graceful build ing large enough to house the thou sands of employees of one of the major departments, such as com merce, interior, or agriculture, js a task so difficult as to challenge the most skilled architects. There must be hundreds of offices, all with out side windows; no gloomy medieval castles will prove satisfactory. Hugeness is a physical necessity, grace an artistic obligation. Federal Triangle Large. To their everlasting credit, the architects who have designed the new edifices have mastered seem- ' ingly impossible difficulties. The federal triangle, where are concen trated more official activities than in any other capital, covers an area of about 20 city blocks from its Fifteenth street base, the enormous department of commerce building, to its Sixth street tip, the Apex building, which is to be occupied by the federal trade commission. Within the nine buildings of this group are offices for more than 25,- 000 government employees; yet, de spite the vastness of the structures, the development has genuine archi tectural attractiveness and dignity. Fortunately L’Enfant planned a Federal City with room to expand. Even the largest edifices can be made to look graceful if surrounded by grounds sufficiently spacious, and the new buildings are so framed by pleasant parks and plazas that they escape the charge of crowded awk wardness. With its new south extensible sec tion, the department of agriculture building has become the largest gov ernment office structure in the world, housing in its 4,292 office quarters 6,450 employees; yet even in such a commodious building only about a third of the department’s Washing ton personnel can be brought to gether. Wings Added. Constant expansion of activities requires an increase in government office forces too rapid to be taken care of in any single structure, even though it be extensible by merely adding wings and be placed, as is this, in a 35-acre park. On * of the latest of the new struc- ture.'i to be occupied is the new in terior department building, into wh'oh some 3,000 workers recently moved. Designed by Waddy B. Wood, in consultation with Secre tary Harold L. Ickes, this building departs somewhat from the classi cal style of its neighbors. No pil lars adorn it, but setbacks provid ing outside walls for its many wings give the appearance, at a distance, of Doric columns. Building Has Electric Stairway. This gray stone giant, just north of the marble edifices that form the frame for the Lincoln memorial, is the first government office building to be equipped with electric stair ways. Two of these have been in stalled to carry passengers between the C street and E street levels and to relieve congestion during the rush hour when lunch is being served in the big cafeteria in the basement. Besides the moving stairs there are 20 high-speed elevators and 11 com plete stairways. Like others re- TROPICAL SETTING?—The famous Washington monument stands out in severe contrast against a black sky, apparently in the midst of a Florida palm grove as Independence day fire' works burst overhead. self to the bacteria of so many dis eases that it seems a miracle that he still lives. Other earnest scien tists are his colleagues. They work tirelessly, risking their own lives for the safety of others. The late Andrew Mellon, former secretary of the treasury, in pre senting to the nation his collection of art, together with a $10,000,000 building to house it, made a gift valued by experts at probably $50,- 000,000. For a site, the location across Constitution avenue from the Apex building has been chosen. Mr. Mellon’s magnificent gift is not to bear his name, for he has asked that it be called the National Gal lery of Art. Any discussion of Washington art treasures must include at least mention of the Corcoran gallery, the Phillips Memorial gallery, the Freer gallery and the National Collection of Fine Arts, formerly the National gallery. All are distinctive. In the Phillips gallery the pictures are hung as they would be in a home. Washington circles, parks, and plazas are adorned with many me morials, some of outstanding artis tic merit. For those interested in sculpture and other arts, the city offers a field for months of study. H Household Hints By BETTY WELLS D EALLY we sometimes get pret- ty mad at all the people who tell us how to raise our baby. Be cause they each have a different idea and how are we to know! The only thing we’re sure about is that the baby is entitled to a room of his own. Not for style or luxury but just for everyday convenience and comfort. Where baby can rest in quiet away from the confusion and noise of the family. Where he can learn the first principles about order and privacy. Where mother can keep all his things together and handy. Where she can care for him without interruptions or- diversions. Now with so many excellent new improvements in children’s furni ture, it behooves a conscientious WASHINGTON OFFICIAL DOM—A typical departmental home, quarters of the United States Department of Agriculture. Photo shows the administration building at the left, with east and west wings, and the south building at the right. cently constructed, the building has a completely automatic air-con ditioning system. The structure is virtually a city within a city. It has a telephone system now handling 2,200 main lines and 1,100 extensions. At a peak, 2,600 main lines can be served. The system is equivalent to one serving a city of 30,000. Along the north side of broad Con stitution avenue, across from the munitions building, stand the white marble edifices described by the commission of fine arts as the frame for the Lincoln memorial. Erection of a home for the federal reserve board between Twentieth and Twen ty-first streets completes this com position, and when eventually the temporary buildings, result of war time haste, are removed, one of the major dreams of L’Enfant will be realized. Pan American Annex Planned. Other splendid buildings in this “frame” are those occupied by the National Academy of Sciences, the public health service, and the Phar maceutical association. Plans for an annex to the Pan American un ion have been prepared. Although a short sight-seeing tour seldom includes a trip through the public health service, that bureau is one that will richly repay a spe cial visit. Within its laboratories men are constantly at work, seek ing out causes of diseases that men ace life. Here Dr. Edward Francis discov ered the nature and origin of tula remia, or “rabbit fever.” Here he is now conducting a study of inter mittent fevers. He has exposed him- News about nursery furniture. parent to “manage” some of these reasonably priced pieces of furni ture for the littlest one. There’s a table and chair that are built to develop proper posture and correct eating habits. The chests and chifferobes are designed to make orderliness come naturally by being of size and shape to be handled easily by a small child. Then they are so planned that vari ous pieces can be combined into a more grown-up ensemble as the child grows older. The new type crib can be jiggled into a bed when baby days are over. What’s more it’s built so sol idly that it doesn’t rattle and it is equipped with posture springs. And this furniture is quite gay- some pieces have numbers painted on the drawers; others have Scottie dogs leashed to the knobs. • • • Effectual Fences. America is about the only country I’ve been in that leaves her yards open to public view. And there’s a lot to be said for that idea. For one thing, it doubtless reflects the fact that we haven’t needed high walls to protect our homes, as have the peoples of most other parts of the world. And then, too, open yards with nice lawns and gardens make a town look so much more at tractive than when you can only see blank walls . . . the better sec tions o£ an American town look like parks for everyone to see and enjoy. But there’s a lot to be said for the old-world custom of enclosing a place in a high wall or an effectual fence. It gives privacy that en- Fences for privacy. ables you to use a yard like a part of the house. Thus may even quite a small plot of ground serve very usefully as an outdoor sitting room or dining room in fine weath er. Without an enclosure you would feel too public to use a yard fully. Not to mention the relief of being able to enclose a toddler safely. We’ve been looking into the fence situation lately—the stone or brick wall is prohibitive in cost for all but the plutocrats. Wovenwood fence is very popular now—that’s that French provincial fencing that looks like small trees put together for a wall (actually that’s just what it is). This is available in various heights and makes a most attrac tive wall at not too great cost. Good metal fences aren’t cheap but they are excellent permanent barriers which provide adequate privacy if you grow vines over them. Lattice fences or lattice-and-batten wood fences are good solutions of the fence problem. So is a good picket fence. As cheap as anything and very attractive for the right prop erty is the post and rail fence, which of itself doesn’t make privacy, but with wire netting behind it you can have vines that do a fine job of closing off the public view. In a nutshell, a high fence simply means that you’ll get much more use out of your yard, whatever its size. V Betty Wells—WNU Service. Some Simple Rules About The Hanging of Pictures A few simple rules will, help solve many a picture hanging problem. First remember that the size of the picture depends on the size of the wall space. An ordinary studio couch or davenport, for instance, needs a large, rectangular picture or mirror, or a group of small pic tures so hung that they form a unit and are relatively the same form as the furniture over which they are hung. Specialist Urges Care of Vitamins Well-Balanced, Varied Diet Prevents Much Illness By EDITH M. BARBER «‘TF YOU are building a house, * would you rather have tiles or window panes or floor boards, or cenvsnt or plaster or girders or rafters?” asks Dr. Leslie J. Harris in his book, “Vitamins,” published by the Macmillan company. Doctor Harris’ question was actu ally an answer to some one who had asked him to name the foods most important to good nutrition. Doctor Harris makes the point that through the consumption of a well-rounded diet, much unneces sary illness can be eliminated and that health, strength and, therefore, happiness may be at least partially insured. With the exception of vi tamin D, all necessities for the nor mal person will be provided by the proper choice of the daily food. Plenty of milk, eggs, vegetables and fruits, with some meat, fish, sugars, starches and fats, just those things which provide us with attractive meals are needed daily. For vi tamin D in these days in this cli mate, when our bodies are not di rectly exposed to sunlight, we must depend upon fish liver oils or upon irradiated food products to provide the necessary amount. This is par ticularly important during child hood and for expectant and nursing mothers. Extra amounts of other vitamins may be required if certain condi tions of undemutrition or disease ex ist because they have been lacking. Vitamins have curative as well as preventive characteristics. Eggnog Pie 4 egg yolks, slightly beaten Vt cup sugar Vi teaspoon salt % cup hot water 1 envelope gelatin V* cup cold water 4 egg whites, beaten stiff and dry Vs cup sugar 2 teaspoons nun or rum flavoring 1 teaspoon nutmeg Cook the first four ingredients over boiling water until of custard con sistency. Pour cold water in bowl and sprinkle gelatin on top of wa ter. Add softened gelatin to hot custard and allow to cool. When mixture starts to congeal, fold in the egg whites, sugar, rum and fla voring. Fill baked pie shell and put in refrigerator to chill. When ready to serve spread with a thin layer of whipped cream and sprin- Me with nutmeg. Eggs With Shad Roe. * 6 to 8 eggs % cup cream Salt Pepper Butter Paprika 1 can shad roe Beat the eggs, add the cream and season to taste with salt and pepper. Melt one tablespoon butter in a heavy frying pan, pour in mixture and stir over a low fire until just set. Turn out on a hot platter, sprinkle with paprika and arrange on each side a roe which has been lightly browned on both sides in but ter. Caramel Bread Pudding. 3 eggs Vt cup caramelized sugar Salt 3 cups hot milk 1 teaspoon vanilla 6 slices of bread Beat the eggs enough to mix the yolks and the whites, add sugar, salt, milk and flavoring and stir until caramel is dissolved. Line pudding dish with bread, pour in the custard mixture and set in a pan of hot water. Bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees Fahrenheit) until the custard is set, about 50 minutes. To caramelize sugar, stir the sugar in a heavy frying pan over a h' v / heat until melted and light brown. Frizzled Beef. V* pound dried beef 3 tablespoons butter 3 tablespoons flour 2 cups milk Pepper Tear the beef into pieces. Melt the butter in a frying pan and cook the beef in it a few moments. Sprinkle with flour, stir well and add the milk slowly, stirring constantly until it boils. Let boil one minute, sea son and serve. Indian Pudding. 5 cups scalded milk % cup corn meal Vi cup molasses 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ginger Pour milk slowly on meal and cook in a double boiler 20 minutes. Add molasses, salt and ginger, poiflr into buttered baking dish, set in a pan of hot water and bake two hours in a slow oven (325 degrees Fahrenheit). Serve with cream. Liver With Cream Sauce. Slice the liver one-third inch thick. Cook quickly with two sliced onions in three tablespoons of butter. Pour in sweet or sour cream to cover and let simmer ten minutes, closely cov ered. Add salt and pepper to taste, Surprise Fruit Pudding. 1 sponge or angel cake 1 quart berries or sliced fruit 1 cup sugar 2 cups cream, whipped Remove top crust of cake careful ly. Remove about half the crumb and mix with three-quarters of the fruit, which has been mixed or crushed with the sugar. Return to cake, cover with crust and frost with unsweetened whipped cream. Garnish with the remaining fruit • BeU Syndicate.—WNU Service. ADVENTUROUS AMERICANS By Elmo Scott Watson Gabriel Arthur, Wanderer I N THE spring of 1673, Capt. Abra ham Wood of Fort Henry (now Petersburg) in Virginia sent James Needham, a South Carolina gentle man, and a lad named Gabriel Ar thur into the Southern Appalachians to trade with the Cherokees. They were warmly welcomed but later Needham was murdered by a treach erous Occaneechi brat £*. The Cherokee" chief promised Arthur to escort him home the fol lowing spring. In the meantime he took Arthur to a village of friendly Mohetons On the banks of the Great Kanawha. Returning from this visit the Cherokees went out of their way to attack a village of Shawnees. In the battle which followed the Eng lish lad was wounded twice by ar rows and taken prisoner by the Shawnees: Because he had long • hair, the Shawnees Suspected that their cap tive was not a Cherokee and when they scoured off the accumulated dirt they were amazed at his white skin. When he told them, by sign talk, that he would return to trade witfi them if they would release him, they promptly sent him on his way to the Cherokee country. Reaching the town of his former friends, he set out for Fort Henry the following spring accompanied by 18 Cherokee laden with furs for trad ing. Narrowly escaping death at the hands of the hostile Occaneechies. Arthur reached his home after one of the most eventful experiences that probably ever befell an English lad of his years. He had penetrated far ther into the Ohio country than any of his fellow-Englishmen but history does not record whether or not he lived to see his people triumph over the French in their contest for that rich land. * • • America’s ‘Prime Minister’ IN 1736, Christian Briber arrived 1 in the Cherokee Indian village of Great Tellico in what is now east Tennessee. He had left in South Carolina everything he owned ex cept some books and writing ma terials. Briber soon won the friendship of the Indians by adopting their dress and mode of living and insured their further confidence by marrying the daughter of Moytoy, chief of the tribe. Then, as one of their own, he taught the redskins to read and write. Having won their deep respect and encouraged their dependence upon his Jktens, he staged an im pressiva, IPremony. While war drums tHumped, he, the mild-man nered teacher, short in stature, un impressive in appearance, “crowned” the tall and stately Moy toy “Emperour” of the “Kingdom of Paradise.” Diplomatically, he created other titles for the lesser chiefs and there was a colorful cere mony as they paraded before the throne of their “emperour.” But, most important of all, was Christian Briber’s own appointment as “prime minister.” His next step was his undoing. He sent an “official” communication from Great Tellico, capital of the Cherokee “kingdom,” to the gover nor at Charleston telling him that the English must leave America. Not because they took him serious ly, but because they feared French influence, the English military au thorities captured America’s only “prime minister” and kept him pris oner in Frederica, Ga., until he died. • • • Schermerhoorn’s Ride Listen my reader and you shall learn Ot the midnight ride of Scbermerboorn. P AUL REVERE didn’t have such a hard time of- it in April, 1775, when he rode 15 miles on the best turnpikes in the colonies to be the inspiration for Longfellow’s famous poem. But when Symon Schermer- hoorn, on the night of February 8, 1690, rode from Schenectady, N. Y., to Fort Orange (Albany), he made the most courageous ride in Ameri can history. Symon was in the village of Sche nectady on the night it was de stroyed by the French and Indians. He knqw that the smaU garrison of 24 men could not resist vefy long and that the attackers, flushed by victory, probably would go on to Fort Orange for more plunder. It was bitter cold and the snow was coming thick and fast. Although wounded in the thigh, he seized a stray horse and started the 20-mile ride of warning. Schermerhoorn rode for six hours plunging through drifts that were impassable a few hours later. In spite of his wound and the severe Weather and the fact that he passed many farm houses where others could have taken over his mission, he kept courageously on until he reached Fort Orange. In front of the gates, gasping warning, he collapsed. The severe conditions under which ne made his ride are shown by the fact that the French and Indians were unable to continue their foray and were forced to return to Canada. • Western Newspaper Union. What to Eat and Why C. Houston Goudiss Gives Practical Advice on Feeding Teen Age Child; Describes Some Special Food Needs of Both Boys and Girls By C. HOUSTON GOUDISS TYEGINNING around the twelfth year in girls and the thir- teenth year in boys, the rate of growth is greatly accel erated. Then children require large quantities of food to meet the needs of their rapidly maturing bodies and they usually develop huge appetites. Unfortunately, however, they are often inclined to overlook the foods that are most necessary to health, to eat at odd hours, and to stuff them selves with rich combinations^- — — that may severely tax the digestive system. Mothers may find it exceed ingly difficult to deal with their offspring all through the ’teens, when physiological changes are taking place which mark the transition from childhood to maturity. For along with the development of his fast growing body, the child’s emotional life un dergoes a pro found and disturb ing . change. The boy or girl who was formerly ame nable to direction suddenly exhibits a desire for inde pendence. He be comes jumpy and irritable, and the wish to direct his own life extends even to his choice of food. Mothers must mobilise all the patience and forbearance at their command—must make it their sol emn duty to see that their ado lescent children have the foods they require for growth, for stam ina, and for building resistance to disease. For the stress and strain of adolescence will be far more easily weathered by boys and girls who are properly nourished. Quality Important as Quantity During the years of greatest growth, boys and girls frequently require more food than their fa thers or mothers. But it is es sential that the diet be- well bal anced and of the highest nutritive value. It should include an abun dance of easily digested energy foods, such as breadstuffs, pota toes, cereals and macaroni prod ucts, as well as liberal-quantities of the more concentrated fuel foods, such as butter or marga rine. There must be an ample supply of high quality protein— which is furnished by meat, fish, eggs, cheese and milk—to build the new muscle tissue required to cover the lengthening frames of the boys and help build the round ed contours of the girls. sary minerals and vitamins. If children have been brought up with a wholesome respect for this master food, they will continue to drink it during their ’teens. However, if they complain about taking it as a beverage, mothers should see that it is supplied by way of cream soups and sauces, with cereals, and in nutritious pud ding desserts, which can be en riched with eggs, thus providing additional proteins, minerals and vitamins. Fruits and Vegetables Fruits should be eaten freely— at least twice a day—and the high- caloric dried fruits, such as prunes and dates, may be used to ad vantage along with bananas, or anges, grapefruit, .apples and oth er fresti fruits, as well as the many varieties that come in cans. Cooked and raw vegetables should be provided liberally—if possible, at both lunch and dinner. Dressing cooked vegetables with butter or margarine will increase their fuel value, and make them more satisfying for hungry boys. Girls, who are often flnicky eaters during their adolescent years, can usually be tempted with crisp, raw vegetables served in the form at salads; and protein can be added by means of eggs, cheese, fish oi chicken. Boys Need More Food Then Girls, There is a marked difference be-* tween the fuel requirements of ’tefen age boys and girls. Both must have a well balanced diet. But the boys need many more calories, and therefore should have a more generous allowance of highly concentrated foods which supply necessary fuel with a min imum tax on the digestive system. They should, have cereals in gen erous-size portions—and it’s advis able to choose part of the cereals from those retaining the bran and the germ. And they’ll welcome nourishing desserts, such as cus tard, tapioca, bread and corn starch puddings. Need for Mineral* and Vitamin* There must be ample amounts of the various minerals—especial ly calcium and phosphorus for the teeth and bones, and to help build sound, healthy nerves; iodine for proper functioning of the thyroid gland; iron for building increased quantities of rich red blood. Every vitamin must be included in the adolescent’s diet to promote nor mal health and development, but vitamin A is especially valuable at this time of rapid growth, and vitamin B is also required in lib eral amounts to meet the extra de mands of increased activity and growth. A Quart of Milk Daily It is highly desirable that the diet should include a quart of milk daily, because milk is such a splendid source of calcium and vitamin A, as well as other neces- Girl* Warned Against Reducing Girls, on the other hand, may become fussy and try to cut down radically on the fuel foods, with the foolish idea of keeping fash ionably thin. This must not be permitted, because it may result in under-nutrition, which opens the way to fatigue and nervousness, and may lead to serious disease. In addition to wholesome, nour ishing food, ’teen age boys and girls should have plenty of rest, sunshine and healthful outdoor ex ercise. And they also deserve the sympathy and deep understanding of their parents. , Questions Answered Mrs. S. B. L.—Sea foods are a rich source of iodine, fresh and canned salmon, cod, crabmeat and oysters being especially notable in this respect. Fruits and vegeta bles grown near the sea also con tain varying amounts, depending upon the iodine content of the wa ter and soil. O—WNU—C. Houston Goudiss—1839—S*. Enclose label or facsimile with name and address of yourself and your grocer. Radios awarded each week. Get full details from your grocer—or write maun PEUCIOBI WBM, PsQ. ■. CsaktUn, Marks* PHIIllPS3asS0DPS WATCH 'VT’OU can depend on the special sales the merchants of our town announce in the columns of this paper. They mean money j . | C D C r I A I C saving to our readers. It always pays I lit ^ r C. V. I O to patronize the merchants who advertise. They are not afraid of their merchandise or their prices.