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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, TDAY, DECEMBER 4. 1942 * ft ‘ Kathleen Norris Says: Two Letters Present a Study in Contrast Bell Syndicate—WNU Features. William Tyler Page Released by Western Newspaper Jnion. 'American Creed’ Author W HEN the new congress assem bles in Washington in January a familiar figure—one might almost say a “congressional tradition”— will be missing. For William Tyler Page will not be there. His 61 years of continu ous service on Capitol Hill end ed on October 20 when the man who had been one of the most familiar figures in the halls of congress died just a day after he had cel ebrated his 74th birth day.. For more than half a century Mr. Page had been clerk of the house of repre sentatives. One of his duties in that post was to assemble newly elected mem bers of congress, before each new session opened, and teach them the rules, ethics and method of procedure in con gress. (This pic ture at the right shows him in a typical pose, con ducting a sym posium of that sort for “congressional freshmen.”) William Tyler Page had a dis tinguished ancestry. He was a lin eal descendant of Carter Braxton, a signer of the Declaration of Inde pendence, and a collateral descend ant of President John Tyler. He was born in Frederick, Md., in 1868 and on December 19, 1881, he was ap pointed a page in the clerk’s office of the house of representatives. According to an oft-repeated sto ry, the new page, who had ridden in on a milk train from Frederick, showed up at the Capitol wearing a homespun suit of clothes that his mother had sat up two nights to make for him. He still had the grime of printer’s ink on his hands that were swollen from the strain of feeding a piece-work press in a paper-bag factory. He had been forced to leave school at the age of 10 and for 13 years he had sup ported his mother and himself. Mr. Page worked up through the ranks of Capitol employees until in 1919 he was elected clerk of the house for the 66th congress, an of fice he held until the Democratic party gained control or congress in 1931. Then, because he was one of the best informed men in the coun try on house procedure and congres sional work and because he was be loved by members of both parties, the Democrats and the Republicans in the house joined in creating a new office for him—that of minority clerk emeritus, a lifetime job. He was also a well-known writer and in 1913 compiled “Page’s Con gressional Handbook” which is the authoritative guide for our national legislature. The bit of writing, however, which promises to give his name immor tality was “The American’s Creed,” written in 1917 in a nation-wide com petition, sponsored by the city of Baltimore, for which he was award ed a prize of $1,000. Long after Americans have forgotten that Wil liam Tyler Page had a record of 61 years of continuous service in the national Capitol, they will be re peating: I believe In the United States of America as a government of the people, by the peo ple, for the people: whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy In a republic, a sovereign na tion of many sovereign states; a perfect Union, one and inseparable; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their Uves and fortunes. I therefore believe It Is my duty to my country to love It, to support its Constitu tion, to obey its laws, to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies. For that is “The American’s Creed,” written by William Tyler Page during World War I, and it has a deeper meaning than ever be fore now that this, “government of the people, by the people, for the people” is engaged in another great struggle to defend those “principles of freedom, equality, justice and hu manity for which American pa triots sacrificed their lives and for tunes.” Just as “The American’s Creed” has made immortal the name of Wil liam Tyler Page, so should the “Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag” make imperishable the name of Francis Bellamy, although it is doubtful if many Americans know who wrote it. Bellamy, who was a member of the editorial staff of the Youth’s Companion, wrote it at the office of that publication in Boston one evening in August, 1892, for use in the programs, sponsored by the National Association of State Super intendents of Education, for Colum bus day in that year. There are shortages of all sorts but we gel along famously, and look forward to days when we shall laugh at all this. w: By KATHLEEN NORRIS “t t THAT is the matter with a woman when she has everything that makes life desirable,” writes Anne, “and yet her days are filled with restlessness and discontent? To an outsider’s eye I would seem to be one of the fortunate women of the world, but in my own heart there is hardly ever a mo ment of happiness. “My husband is in the serv ice,” the letter goes on, “and we are stationed, through the peculiar and secret nature of his work, at a small, dull post. There are two other officers’ families here, neither of the wives at all congenial to me, though intimate with each other. John is absorbed in his work, often returning to his laboratory after dinner, or going to bed exhausted as soon as he has finished it. “My daughter, 10, is away at school. I can take walks, read books, knit, manicure my nails. We are in magnificently beautiful coun try, which no one at the post ever seems to see. I have a horse, but John doesn’t like me to ride very far from the settlement alone. Exciting Early Years. “Perhaps,” Anne goes on, “if I told you something of my earlier life you might understand the situa tion better. Don’t think me vain, but it is only fair to say that my appearance marked me out from my very small-girl days for especial notice. I had my first offer of mar riage at 14; at 17 I was in Holly wood, rapturous with excitement over being, in very small parts, to be sure, but actually in pictures. Here I met John, handsome, rich, clever, everything a girl’s heart de sires. He was 34 when at 18 I be came his wife. That was 12 years ago. “After Nancy was born I was in valided for four years, gradually getting back to health and strength in the mountains of New Mexico. Here John, who had never done any thing serious in his life, met the scientist who developed in him the real gift he apparently has for chem istry. And that was the end of fun for me! No more trips abroad, no more flying visits to New York to see the plays and buy hats; no more feeling myself pretty and ad mired. Long before America en tered the war John was dedicated to this research that they say will be of great value to our armed forces some day. Nearly Mad With Boredom. “He is completely happy in his work, Nancy loves her school, but what about me? 1 have a fine cook and housemaid; there is plenty of money; but I am bored—bored— bored! A delightful English officer came here a month ago; he has just gone, and I miss the compan ionship, the stimulating friendship so terribly that I feel lonelier and more completely useless than be fore. We have no hospital here; the women meet every Wednesday for Red Cross work, to discuss children, rationing, ice-box cake and having the porch steps painted, and though I often join them I am nearly mad with boredom all the time. What use it is to me to have lovely clothes and know how to wear them, to be ready for distinguished friendships and have no chance to make them? Please don’t tell me to read good books and thank God I am so lucky, I simply can’t! I fly to pieces at the mere idea that this may go on TWO SIDES In wartime, as in peace, there are two sides to every question. And the question of women s part in the war is no exception. The fact that we are all working to ward the same end does not alter the fact that there are two ways of going about it—the right way and the wrong. The “Anne” who writes to Kathleen Norris this week is taking the wrong way. How much better for all is the attitude of the cheerful woman who writes that they are “getting along famously in spite of short ages, separation and even phy sical peril. for the duration, and I get duller, older, plainer every second!" That’s one letter. I answered Anne briefly that my one sugges tion would be that she turn this dull interval in her exciting and luxuri ous existence into a book. An English Mother’s Reaction. Now here’s the other letter. It is written by a woman in England; Maude Smith is about Anne’s age, and has three small children; Richie, Gwen and Stella. Richard Senior is away in the service; she has seen him once since January, and that for a two-day visit only. Maude Smith was in London during the most furious raids, and has lost an eye from an injury done by a splinter of shrapnel. This splinter was in her eye for almost a week before it was removed. By that time she was up near, the Scottish border with her mother, and so thankful to get into a hospital bed, “and hpve my shoes off after a week on pavement without a chance to take them off for a moment!” she wrote. “You can’t think what it meant to have my feet clean and bare and stretched on a clean smooth sheet, to be oi# of pain, and to know that there was milk for Stella and that they all were with Mother! ” ‘Getting Along Splendidly.’ That was the first letter. Later she wrote me that she had feared at that time she might lose the other eye, too; “which would have been quite a pity, wouldn’t it,” she said, “with the kiddies so small.” How ever, the right eye was saved, “and even the baby’s quite used to the black patch and crazy about her Mummy. So we’re getting along splendidly; I’ve made lots of jam and the children have been wonder ful with vegetables. I’ve gathered a few mothers and quite a flock of babies together, and we combine forces and have a sort of little school, and we’ve had the giving out of the things in the wonderful bar rels. I did so want your grand daughter’s coats for my girls, but they were sizes too small, and just right for two other small sisters, who were too adorably happy to be so warm and smart! We’ve no men, of course, and shortages of all sorts of things that I won’t list in this letter for I don’t know how much you all over there know about it. But we all get along famously, and look forward to days when we will laugh at all this.” And she ends by asking me if the children on my ranch like good things for supper, and if they wouldn’t like this war pudding that her youngsters in England adore. Somehow this simple recipe touched me more, brought me nearer to the situation, than has many an im portant pronouncement from war authorities. Eleanor Roosevelt EDINBURGH VISIT I want to tell you about my Edin burgh visit. We drove up to the castle, where an old friend, Lieut. Gen. Sir Andrew Thorne, received us and Mr. J. Wilson Patterson showed us points of interest. I fell in love with little St. Margaret’s Chapel, which all the Margarets of Scotland keep provided with flowers week by week. We spent a little while in a very beautiful war me morial, but, of course, the things of greatest interest at present are carefully put away. We stopped at St. Giles cathedral, where the dean took us about. Then we went to tea with the Lord Pro vost and his wife and met about 200 of the leading citizens of Edin burgh in the council chambers. The Lord Provost made a charming speech of welcome and, for a second time, the song “Will Ye No Come Back Again” was sung. * » • RED CROSS CLUB At about 6:00 o’clock, we reached the American Red Cross Club and spent an hour. Here I saw two friends I had almost given up the hope of meeting; Lieut. Mcllwraith and Third Officer Doris Goodwin of the WRENS. I went through the building, which is very well adapted to its purposes. Finally, we dined with Lord and Lady Roseberry and enjoyed very much meeting the in teresting people they had gathered together. I left on the evening train for Lon don and arrived exactly on time. While we found our car in the early morning darkness, Mr. Dorsey Fish er, of the American Embassy, who with Mr. Chalmers Roberts of the Office of War Information has been with us on the whole trip, remarked how fortunate we were to have j planned everything for a week ahead and carried out everything on sched ule time. This really is an achieve- I ment, since we had to fly to Ireland and back to Scotland. I felt almost as much at home coming back to Ambassador Wi- nant’s flat, as I would feel in New York city in our own little apart ment. We spent the morning tidy ing up and taking care of mail and packages which had arrived during our absence. • • • AN OLD FRIEND At noon, an old friend of my school days came to see me, and then my aunt, Mrs. David Gray, and her hus band had luncheon with us. It is wonderful to have them in London with us and his part of my stay has been taking on a much more leisurely complexion, since the real ly planned schedules are nearly all accomplished. There still remain certain phases of development, par ticularly on labor questions, which are of deep interest to me and which I do not feel I know very much about. • • • FAREWELL TO ROYALTY Next afternoon, I went to report on all I have seen to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, and had the pleas ure of having tea with the whole Royal Family. His Majesty, The King, haa just returned from seeing, not only his own aviation groups, but also some of ours. I envied his op portunity of talking to those boys and hearing about some of the work they have been doing of late. • » • THANKS TO SERVICE On the Sunday morning before I left, church bells all over Great Brit ain pealed to celebrate the victory in Africa and also to remind all God fearing people of their duty to give thanks to Him whose power is great er than that of mere human beings. I had some guests for early break fast and one or two callers before and after the church hour. I want to thank again the many people whose thought and planning made it possible for me to see so much in such a short time. Our own people in the Embassy, Army, Navy and the Air Force gave me every possible co-operation. With out their thoughtfulness and careful arranging of the many trips, it would have been impossible to ac complish the things I did. I was particularly glad to receive a letter from young Colonel Raff of the paratroops, which must have been written just after our visit, and just before they took off to play their exciting part in the African Campaign. Admiral Stark, General Eisenhow er, General Hartle and their fellow officers must have sometimes wished that the lady with the code name did not need so much atten tion, but no one from top to bottom ever gave me this feeling. Kind ness, consideration and goodwill seemed to be present everywhere, • • • s GIFTS TO SERVICE MEN I stopped at the British Speaking Union before leaving London and met a number of their board mem bers and other distinguished guests. I saw a distributing post from which gifts from the English Speaking Un ions in America are issued. They say they have been sent a tremen dous number of very useful things and are most grateful. Second hand garments can be giv en out without coupons, just as it is being done in other depots. —Buy War Bonds— .-*■> * * ★. A, ★ '.★ ★★ ★ ★. ★ ★ HOVSWHOlO M 0 $• * * tyJ^w Fill the Christmas Cookie Jar! (See Recipes Below.) Cookie Treats Festivity reigns in the home where the cookie jar fairly pops with San- , d/ _ tas, Christmas trees and rein- ' ’ ” deer made up in- fc4\jj! xjaUfjR to cookies dusted with shimmering •. colored sugars. Have a few fruity and honey cook- _ ies along with the real sugar cookies and you will win every youngster’s fondest affection. Since this year’s Christmas tree ornaments may be a bit on the slim side, plan to string a few of the cookies on the tree to make for decorations. This will be a real old- fashioned Christmas. You’ll want to pack boxes, too, to send to that son at camp, per haps, if he is not too far, and also for the one who is home on fur lough, or for those nice neighbors who just moved in. Come, join the cookie parade with the first Christmas goody on our list: Honey Butterballs. (Makes 30 to 40) 1 cup butter 14 cup honey 2 cups sifted flour Vi teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons vanilla 2 cups finely chopped nuts Cream butter, add honey, flour, salt and vanilla. Mix well and add chopped nuts. Form into small balls on a greased baking sheet and bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees) for about 35 minutes. Roll in pow dered sugar while hot. Cool, then roll again in powdered sugar. Have you ever watched the face of a child light _ up when he picks and chooses his favorite Christ- mas-y shaped ( cookie with his ■ v favorite colored sugar? Here’s the recipe: Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies. (Makes 3 dozen) !4 cup shortening 1 cup sugar 1 egg 2% cups flour 14 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons baking powder cup milk Vs teaspoon vanilla extract Cream shortening and sugar. Add egg and beat in well. Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with milk. Cut with floured cookie cut ter and sprinkle with white or col ored sugar. Bake on a greased sheet in a moderately hot (375-de gree oven. About 15 minutes. Thin, wafer-like cookies are made by chilling the dough first, then rolling thin, and lifting shapes onto cookie tin with spatula. You’ll find plenty of the victory vitamin, B-l, which nourishes nerve This Week’s Menu Broiled Liver and Onions Five-Minute Cabbage Creamed Potatoes Grapefruit-Orange Salad Rice Pudding *Oatmeal Drops •Recipe Given Lynn Says: The Score Card: Get into step with the meat-sharing program now—it’s your assignment. Stuff ings are advised as good extend ers, as are stews, meat pies, meat loaves, soups, turnovers and cur ries. Liver need not be included in the 2%-pound adult allowance, nor need the cold cuts, heart, sweetbreads, kidneys and other entrails. Spices will be on the slender side from now on, but you can still have the best tasting food, ever, with domestic herbs and seasonings. You’ll also enjoy emulsion' flavors for baking and dessert-making. They come in wild cherry, almond, maple, lem on, and a grand citrus combina tion. Vegetables that are tops on your list for wintry days include the Hubbard and acorn squashes, broccoli, beets, carrots, brussel sprouts, turnips and sweet pota toes. tissues in oatmeal. This plus iron for your blood and proteins for perk ing up worn-out tissues—and good flavor besides are found in this cookie: •Oatmeal Drops. 2 cups 3-minute oats 1 cup corn syrup M cup flour 1 teaspoon soda dissolved in 4 tablespoons boiling water Vi teaspoon nutmeg 1 cup chopped raisins Bring to a boil in a saucepan, the corn syrup, shortening, and rai sins and cook for 5 minutes, then add soda. Mix in oats, flour and nutmeg. Blend well and drop by spoonfuls on a greased and floured baking sheet 2 inches apart. Bake in a hot (375-400-degree) oven for 10 min utes. Raisin Bran Ginger Snaps. (Makes 4 dozen) 1 cup sifted flour M teaspoon soda M teaspoon salt 1)4 teaspoons ginger )4 cup molasses 6 tablespoons butter 2 cups raisin bran I Sift dry ingredients once, then sift | again. Combine molasses and shqrt- ening and bring slowly to a boll. Boil 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Cool to lukewarm. Add raisin bran and mix well. Add flour mixture, working it thoroughly into dough. Chill until firm. Roll on a floured board, % inch thick, and cut with a floured cutter. Bake on a greased baking sheet in a moderate (350- degree) oven for 10 minutes. A lacy, delicate cookie are these pecan crispies—perfect for making in the winter: Pecan Crispies. (Makes about 35 cookies) 2 tablespoons butter 2 cups brown sugar 2 eggs, well beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla Va cup pastry flour 1 teaspoon baking powder -iV teaspoon salt 2 cups coarsely chopped pecans Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix thoroughly and add flour, baking powder, sail and pecans. Drop half-spoonfuls apart on a buttered and floured tin. Bake in a hot oven (400 degrees). Cool slightly before removing from pan. CUbcolate Crumb Cookies. (Makes 2 dozen) 3 cups oven-popped rice cereal 2 squares unsweetened chocolate 1)4 cups sweetened condensed milk 1 cup chopped nut meats Vs teaspoon salt )4 teaspoon vanilla Crush oven-popped rice cereal into fine crumbs. Melt chocolate over boiling water; remove from heat. Add condensed milk and blend well. Stir in crumbs, nut meats, salt and flavoring. Drop from tablespoon on to greased cookie sheet; bake in moderate oven (350 degrees F.) 10 to 12 minutes. Remove at once from cookie sheet with spatula. Does the whipped cream get sulky? The cake fall at the crucial moment? The table decorations look flat and pointless? Ex plain your problem to Lynn Chambers and she’ll tell you what to do about it. Write her at Western Newspaper Union, 210 South Desplaines Street, Chicago, UL Please enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope for your reply. Released by Western Newspaper Union. 738? A N APRON for Sue—slipper^ foi mother—a decorated tray for the new bride—these and many other delightful gifts are yours to make at little cost from just odds and ends. And this pattern tells exactly how. • • • Pattern 7383 contains directions for 14 articles; materials required; designs wljere needed. To obtain this patterm send your order to; Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept. 82 Eighth Ave. New York Enclose 15 cents (plus one cent to cover cost of mailing) for Pattern No Name Address PENETRfl For oolda’cougba, nasal ooncastion, muacto aches ge *. Penetro—modem modi cation inn mutton i uet baas. 2bt, double supply 354. Our Needs On the average, each American uses or causes to be used annu ally about 30 pounds of textiles, 250 pounds of paper, 600 pounds of steel, 2,000 pounds of food, 2,500 pounds of oil products and 7,500 pounds of coal. SKIN IRRITATIONS OF EXTERNAL CAUSE acne pimples, bumps (blackheads), and ugly oroken-out skin. Millions relieve miseries with simple home treatment. Goes to work at once. Direct action aida healing by killing germs it touches. Use Black ana White Ointment only as di rected. 10c, 25c, 50c sizes. 25 years success. Money-back guarantee, gar Vital In cleansing is good soap. Enjoy famous Black and White Skin Soap daily. Lacking in Feeling He who has felt nothing does r \ know how to learn anything.— 1 Rousseau. SNAPPY FACTS ABOUT RUBBER Until restrictions were placed an gasoline consumption, tires were wearing out aight times faster than they were being replaced. We've all heard of wooden tires, but tires made of concrete have been, at least in one instance, sub- stituteddor the conventional rubber. A Parker Dam engineer had cast re inforced concrete tires on the rime of a portable welding machine. They worked. As the temperature Inside a tire increases, the pressure goes up, but it to poor rubber economy to "bleed" or lot fha air out off the tire when It to hot. To do so amans under-inflation—and rubber wasta — when the casing cools. In 1911 a tire for the then popular make of car cost the motorist $25.30 and gave about 2500 miles. A com parable tire for the present day popular makes of cars can be had (with ration certificate) for about $15. Properly handled it will return * to 25,000 miles of service. Inmi <n peace BFGoodrich j first IN rubber