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CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT' MONUMENTS CEMETERY MEMORIALS from VER MONT. MARBLE AND GRANITE. SeruJ for folder. Temple Brother!. Rutland. Vt. BABY CHICKS | CHICKS’5J1100°’ Georgia U. 9. Approved Palloram Tested- Write eev for free cireelar de> •evOrfag tkeee better ekicks IUE ItllON IATCIEIY I ZUfoMrtbSt.lW. AtWtta.fo | Jlsk Me Jlnolher % A General Quiz The Questions 1. What is the difference be tween a bridge, a viaduct and an aqueduct? 2. How many stars has the Pres ident’s flag? 3. What is the origin of the round table? 4. What is a wash-bear? 5. When a ship’s clock strikes five bells, what time is 'it? 6. Who are the cajuns? 7. Is it possible to impeach or accuse any national officer? 8. Is it possible to stand at the North pole and walk any other direction than south? The Answers 1. A bridge is usually over wa ter, a viaduct usually over land, such as a railroad bridge, but an aqueduct is a conduit for carry ing water. 2. There are four stars in the President’s flag. 3. Boswell traced it to a sailor’s custom followed when they en tered into a conspiracy so as to hide the identity of the first signer. 4. A raccoon. 5. It is 2:30, 6:30 or 10:30 of the night or day. 6. Descendants of the Acadians, banished from Nova Scotia by the British. 7. Yes. The Constitution pro vides for the bringing of the im peachment by a member of the house with the senate sitting as a court. 8. No. NERVOUS? Do yon feel so nervous you want to scream? Are you cross and irritable? Do you scold those dearest to you? If your nerves are on edge and you feel you need a good general system tonic, try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, ade especially for women. For over 60 years one woman has told an* other how to go “smiling thru*’ with reliable Pinkham’s Compound. It helps nature build up more physical resistance and thus helps calm quivering nerves and lessen discomforts from annoying symptoms which often ac company female functional disorders. 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B EHIND Swiss border troops, which recently mobilized for possible emer gency, is one of the world’s oldest republics. In 1291, the first three of Switzerland’s cantons (or states) joined in a de fensive league against the house of Hapsburg. “In view of the mal ice of the time,” they swore to have no ruler other than their own and to maintain their independence by their own armed strength. Later other provinces were added, until today the nation is made up of 22 largely autonomous cantons. Of Switzerland’s population, amounting to something over four millions, more than 70 per cent speak German, about 22 per cent speak French, and the rest Italian and other tongues. The official lan guages are these three, plus Ho rn ansch, a Latin derivative added last year as a fourth. State Small but Important. Surrounded by Germany, former Austria, France, Italy, and the little principality of Liechtenstein, Switz erland has a geographic position that is at once an asset and a liabil ity. Traditionally a buffer state, she is also an important trade link be tween powerful neighbors. Though she has no seaboard of her own (either to defend or to use), she con trols mountain passes over which rides the commerce of some of the most populous regions of south and central Europe. Nearly half of her domestic imports in 1938 came from neighboring countries; some 34 per cent of her exports were sold in near-by markets. A mountainous country, with much unproductive land and few natural resources, Switzerland imports quantities of food as well as raw materials that keep her factories humming. Wiflj a rather dense pop ulation in an area less than half the size of Indiana, she has become a highly industrialized nation. Only about one quarter of her working people are engaged in agriculture. Another 6 to 8 per cent are occu pied in the tourist business; while between 45 and 50 per cent are em- Visitors to Switzerland find it interesting to visit frontier posts where they watch the guards on duty at both frontiers. Along the Swiss frontier all roads and rail. ways were mined last autumn by Swiss authorities. ployed by industries, many of which had their early beginnings in handi crafts carried on at home during the long, winter evenings. Make ‘Quality* Products. Because of domestic lack of raw materials and fuel, and the high cost of transport, Switzerland has specialized in quality products. Such articles as Swiss watches, choco late, cheese, embroideries, and toys are known around the world. For in addition to Europe, Switzerland has valuable commercial relations with the United States, South Amer ica, and the Far East. (Jermany continues to hold the No. 1 position in Swiss trade, both as customer and vender, although in 1938 purchases of German goods declined considerably. Soviet Rus sia was the only important trader who sold more to Switzerland last year than during 1937. With a high average income and standard of living, Switzerland is one of Europe’s richest countries. Her gold reserve is estimated at about $675,000,000. Millions for Defense. From now on, however, much more of the national income will be diverted to military preparedness, according to recent news dispatches from the Swiss capital. One report sets proposed expenditures for de fense and public works at more than $240,000,000. Perpetual neutrality was guaran teed Switzerland in 1815 at the Con gress of Vienna by Prussia, Austria, France, Great Britain, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and Russia; but the Swiss army was maintained. on a war basis all dur’ng the World war. For defense Swn>:erland has re lied for centuries on a national mi litia, based on compulsory univer sal service. It has been estimated that Switzerland today could raise an army of nearly 300,000 men be tween the ages of 20 and 48. Patagonia, Argentine Territory, Named ‘Land of the Big Feet’ Patagonia—a little-known region with a familiar name—came into the international picture recently, as Argentina reported the investigation of an alleged German plot to annex this South American territory. Long contested between Chile and Argentina, the so-called Patagonian area, constituting the tail of the continent, was finally divided be tween the two countries in 1881, its permanent boundaries set in 1902. The Argentine section, lying roughly east of the Andes and south of the great central plains, now includes the three continental territories of Rio Negro, Chubut, and Santa Cruz. Name Means Big Feet. Occupying some 259,000 square miles, or about one-quarter of all Argentina, this region is almost as large as Texas. Its name, trans lated “Land of the Big Feet,” was first given it, according to some au thorities, by early explorers, amazed at the size of footprints found there. Patagonia, as the home of a giant native race, however, has been con siderably overrated, say modern ex plorers. Rumania h Younger Than United States Rumania, modem battleground of Old world tradesmen, is one of Eu rope’s newer nations. Younger than the United States, having been formed in 1859 by the union of the two principalities of Walachia and Moldavia, Rumania gained more than half of her present area and population after the World war. Roughly oval-shaped and about the size of Arizona, she is ringed about by six nations, stretching in counter-clockwise order from the Soviet Ukraine on the northeast to Poland, former Czecho-Slovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, and Bulgaria on the south. The eastern frontier faces the Black sea. Rumania has a population of more than 19,000,000 inhabitants, of whom about one- fourth are Hungarians, Germans, Russians, Turks, Bulgars, Gypsies, or Jews. Hungarians make up a large minority, with an estimated million and a half. There are some 750,000 Germans. Largely a plateau land of high winds and little rain, Patagonia sup ports, on the whole, sparse natural vegetation and few people. Its very name has come to be rtsociated with the distant, untraveled ends of the earth. On the other hand, irrigation, par ticularly in the northern sections, has transformed much of the once desert area into blooming commu nities, producing fruits and grains. Families have settled in recent years all along the banks of the Rio Negro, near the northern boundary of the territory of the same name. In the scenic west of lakes and mountains, toward the Chilean boun dary, a tourist trade is being devel oped, aided by the government’s re ported program for new rail com munications, hotels, and improved facilities for fishing and other sports. Along the east coast, air service already links the southern extremity of the continent with Argentina’s capital of Buenos Aires, thence branching out into a network of lines stretching west, north and east. Sheep Raising Chief Occupation. Patagonia is rich in natural re sources of timber and oil. One oil field, in Chubut, is reported to yield more than 80 per cent of Argentina’s total production. Sheep raising, the chief occupation of the region, accounts for a large proportion of the country’s exporta ble supply of wool, sent largely to England, France, and Germany. Al though in certain sections of the plains the constant wind-blown dust makes for dirty, dry and rough fleece, Patagonia’s vast flocks in general contribute to the world mar ket some of South America’s best quality product. Yet despite the potential wealth of a still undeveloped region in a world of vanishing frontiers, Pata gonia is thinly peopled, especially in the southernmost territory of San ta Cruz. The entire population is estimated to be only about 80,000 people in an area of more than three times as many square miles. Of these, according to an old census, less .‘ban 1,000 were Germans; about 3,500 were Italians Greet Strawberry Shortcake’s Return Two Way* of Preparing It Are Fully Explained By EDITH M. BARBER ■\JOTHING is better than luscious juicy, bright-colored berries served with thick cream. This has been the case ever since cultivated berries were introduced to Europe. Nowadays in this large country the strawberry season begins early as the southern crops mature, and goes on with but a short lapse when the second-crop berries arrive in August. To show our appreciation we have invented shortcake which, although it may be made with other fruits, is generally associated with strawberries. Of course, I am talk ing about old-fashioned strawberry shortcake, made with rich biscuit dough. I like to pat out two rounds of dough, to put one into the pan and spread it with softened butter before I put it with the other round. Another favorite strawberry des sert is of English origin. This “Dev onshire shortcake” must be made 24 hours before it is served. A bowl is lined with trimmed, buttered bread, and crushed sugared berries are added, covered with more tread and weighted so that the bread will absorb the fruit juice in the 24 hours in the refrigerator. A more modem dessert, which has become so popular recently, is chiffon pie, which is at its best when made with strawberries. The rec ipe which I am giving you today is easy to make and inexpensive, al though not quite so fluffy as when it is made with eggs. Devonshire Shortcake. 1 quart strawberries 1 cup granulated sugar 6 slices buttered bread Whipped cream Crush berries with sugar. Trim crust from bread and line a greased bowl with the slices, cutting cor- aers so that the pieces meet. Pour n the berries, cover with bread, et plate on top of this, press down rith a weight, and put in the re- rigerator 24 hours. Turn out of nold. Garnish with whipped cream nd serve. Strawberry Chiffon Pie. 1 package strawberry-flavored gelatin 1 cup hot water % cup sugar 1 pint strawberries % cup cream, whipped Brazil nut or plain pastry. Dissolve gelatin in hot water. Mix sugar with berries. Crush and let stand 15 minutes. Drain juice from berries and add to gelatin. Chill in refrigerator until mixture begins to thicken. Whip with rotary egg-beat er until very fluffy, then fold in berries and cream. Pour mixture into a pie pan which has been lined with pastry and chill in the refrig erator until set. Whipped cream may be used as a garnish. Old-Fashioned Shortcake. 1-1 ^ quarts strawberries 1 cup sugar 3 cups flout 5 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 4 tablespoons sugar % cup shortening 34-1 cup milk Cream, plain or whipped Wash and stem berries. Reserve a few for garnishing. Crush re maining berries with sugar and let stand in a warm place, until ready to combine with the shortcake. Mix flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Cut in the shortening with two knives or a pastry blender. Add enough milk to make a soft dough. Divide dough in half and roll each half the same shape and size. Place one layer on a greased pan, spread with softened butter, and place the other layer on top of the first. Bake 15 to 20 minutes in a hot oven (429 degrees Fahrenheit). Split and cov er with crushed fruit. Place the upper round on top and cover with the remaining fruit. Serve with cream. , Strawberry Ice Cream. 1 ctip condensed milk % cup water 1% cups strawberries 1 cup cream Mix milk with water thoroughly. Crush strawberries well and add to other mixture. Whip cream and fold into mixture. Turn into freez ing trays and freeze three to four hours. Luncheon Dessert. 1 jar cottage cheese 1 pint strawberries 6 sprigs mint Arrange cottage cheese in the cen ter of a deep platter. Surround the cheese with strawberries sweetened to taste. Cheese may be garnished with sprigs of mint. Pineapple Charlotte. 1 package lime-flavored gelatin 1 cup boiling water Vi teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons sugar 1 cup crushed pineapple, canned 1 cup chopped nuts 1 cup cream, whipped Sliced pineapple. Empty package of gelatin into a bowl, add boiling water and stir un til gelatin is dissolved. Stir in salt and sugar. Drain pineapple and add juice. Chill until mixture is quite thick. Beat with a rotary egg beater until light and foamy. Add crushed pineapple and chopped nuts and fold in whipped cream. Pour into a mold and chill several hours. When ready to serve, un mold and garnish with sliced pine apple. • Ball eradicate.—WNU Service. ADVENTURERS’ CLUB HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELFI « »> Fog of Death H ello everybody: Well, sir, the Vikings of old used to sail the seas in oared galleys that were hardly bigger than the motor cruisers in which we plough through our lakes and rivers today. I’ll give them a lot of credit for their nerve. But they had oars to row with and sails to carry them along. They knew where they were going and they had a pretty good chance of getting there. I’m betting a lot that there wasn’t a Viking in any age who would have put himself in the spot Pete Gear of Sunnyside, L. I., found himself in. Not for any amount of money. It happened in September, 1927—and here’s how. Pete got a job on a coal barge. And one of the first trips that barge was sent on after Pete joined the crew, was a tow out to sea with a load of coal for a ship that was to meet them a hundred and ninety-five miles out in the Atlantic. The rendezvous at which they were to meet was south east of Block island. A tug was to take the barge out. Five men composed the barge’s crew. Four of those fellows—Pete included— had never been out to sea before. The fifth man was a regular sea going bargeman. Trip Was Like a Moonlight Excursion. On the afternoon of the day. appointed, the tug came along and the barge was hooked on behind it. Pete says the trip up Long Island sound was like a moonlight excursion. But after they passed Montauk Point, the sea was mighty rough. The four landlubbers immediately got seasick. It was a hard night for those lads—but it was going to bo a lot harder before they got baek. The next day, when they arrived at the appointed spot, there was no sign of the boat they had come to meet. The tugboat eaptain told the bargeman to drop anchor and he would circle around and see if he could find the other boat. He cast off the tow lino and the tag steamed , away. Soon it was ont of sight. There was nothing in sight, as a matter of fact, but water and more water. They were nearly two hundred miles from the nearest land. Then, half an hour later, a thick fog settled down over the anchored barge. Says Pete: “We were lying in our bunks, too sick to move, when the regular bargeman came in and told us about the fog. He explained that we were anchored in the shipping lane, and that was a dangerous position. We would have to keep the fog bell ringing as long as the fog lasted. Otherwise we would most likely be run down by one of the liners which were continually passing through that part of the ocean.” And that was only the beginning. The troubles crowded thick and fast after that. It was night now, and the bargeman went aloft to hang Pete went out and started ringing the fog bell. a riding light. He was hardly up there when he fell to the deck and lay still, his leg broken. “Then,” says Pete, “the nightmare began.” Pete Hauls Injured Bargeman to His Bunk. Pete picked him up and earried him to his bunk. The other three men were still lying in their Ijrnks, the ghastly pallor of seasickness on their faces. When he had done what little he could for the injured man, Pete went out and started ringing the fog bell. The night wore on, and the fog showed no sign of lifting. Pete yanked away rythmically on that bell, tolling a monotonous dirge. His arm was getting tired. His hand was chafing from its constant contact with the bell rope. Every minute he expected to see the bow of an ocean liner looming over the barge. Every minute he expected to hear a thud and a crash of splintering timbers as some huge craft cut them s n two. Pete began to feel that he couldn’t hold his arm up to pull on that bell rope any longer. He went into the cabin and tried to rouse one of the seasick men. Not one of them would get np. Pete was seasick himself, bat these fellows felt a lot worse. In vain he told them of the dangers of leaving that bell unmanned. They didn’t care whether the barge went down or not. In fact, one or two of them hoped it would. Pete dragged himself back to the bell. He was sick—sleepy— aching. But he couldn’t quit. His life depended on it. And so did the lives of those other four men in their bunks. Dawn eame, and still he was jerking away on that rope. Still the fog hadn’t lifted. All morning long—all afternoon—he stuck to his post. Both his hands were s^ raw now that he had to hook his elbow through the bell rope and pull it with his arm. Night came—and still Pete was at it. His whole body was stiff now. He ached in every muscle and joint and bone. His arm was working mechanically now. He scarcely realized that he was pulling that cord. Pete Rings Bell for 36 Hours Straight. And for two nights anc^a day Peter rang that bell. Never will he forget the nightmare of that experience. On the morning of the third day he couldn’t take it any longer. He didn’t quit. He just fell asleep— right where he was—from sheer exhaustion. When Pete awoke -again the sun was just disappearing over the western horizon. But the fog had lifted. There was no sign of the tug. When the fog came down it had been unable to find the barge—and it still hadn’t found it. All that third night they waited. On the fourth day Pete sighted a plane. It circled around in the skies and then headed bach toward land again. “When it turned around,” says Pete, “I thought that pilot hadn’t seen us.” But the plane had spotted the barge. It had been sent out from New London for that very purpose. And on the fifth day the tug boat came out and re claimed its lost tow. It didp’t take Pete long to get over the effects of his adventure. Now he looks back on it as quite an exciting experience. There’s one thing, though, that makes Pete mad. He worked himself to exhaustion trying to keep some vessel from sending that barge to the bottom. “But in all that time,” he says, “I didn’t see a single one of those big liners that I was in such fear of.” Copyright.—WNU Servica. Walks Should Be Aimless, Peripatetic Expert Says A walk should never have an ob jective. If you have it firmly fixed in your mind, at the outset of your walk, that you are on your way to Cousin Ella’s or that you are go ing to get a pound of raisins, the awareness of this objective will gnaw constantly at your subcon science, like a maggot in a walnut. It will tinge your sensibilities and irri tate your psyche. Do not, therefore, have an objective. Just go for a walk. The taking of a walk must never be a premeditated ritual. It must not be an event that is planned in advance, like a bridge party or an application for a bank loan, but must be as spontaneous as a sudden smile. One of these days, while you are quietly sitting reading—or doing the housework or tidying the cellar or whatever—the notion will suddenly and unaccountably flit across your consciousness that it would be pleas ant to take a walk. You must act upon this notion instantly. Do not attempt to think up reasons or pre texts or objectives for the walk. Just open the door and go out. Charming Patterns For Cotton Materials \TO. 1747: For junior sizes. A precious play frock, with snug, wide sleeves, basque bodice, high at the neck, and a very wide skirt in the swirling skating sil houette. Included are tailored shorts, with a fitted yoke that fits slimly. A perfect thing for out door sports and summer daytimes. Make it of calico, gingham or per cale, and trim it with rows of ric- rac. No. 1527: An ideal design for a woman’s street cotton. The plain tailored skirt is topped by a nar row sash belt, tied at the side. 1527 (I’m The blouse is cut on basic shirt waist lines, with a plain front pan el, side fullness, round collar. Gay little frills give it a feminine, sum mery touch. For this, choose lin en, gingham, dotted swiss or flat crepe. The Patterns. No. 1747 is designed for sizes 11, 13, 15, 17 and 19. Size 13 re quires 4% yards of 35-inch mate^ rial for the ensemble; 10 yards of ric-rac. No. 1527 is designed for sizes 32, 34, 36, £8, 40 and 42. Size 34 re quires 5 yards of 35-inch material; 234 yards of pleating or ruffling. Spring and Summer Pattern Book. Send 15 cents for the Barbara Bell Spring and Summer Pattern Book, which is now ready. Make self attractive, practical and clothes, selecting de signs from the Barbara Bell well- planned, easy-tomake patterns. Send your order to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept., Room 1324, 211 W. 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