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( THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C. IF ADULTS TOOK ADVICE GIVEN KIDS ... Howya-Doon Tells How Grownups Should Behave ... THEY'D GET GOUT, RHEUMATISM, ULCERS HOWYA-DOON. ADULTS? The influence of a new radio character called “Ho^dy-Doody” on the kiddies is the talk of the amusement world. Howdy-Doody is a puppet on the program of Bob Smith, and, he has come close to taking over the American home at C p.m. daily. Howdy mairages to By H. I. work in a lot of pleas for the small fry to clean their plates, mind their health and otherwise behave themselves, and we think it might be a good idea to introduce a simi lar character for influencing the grownups. * —*— Our character would be an adult puppet called "Howya-Doon,” and A Prajer for Coinjo G OD make me bnve for life, £ ' Oh, braver dun this! t Let me &raighten after y ; ' As a tree Straightens after the rain, Shining and lovely again. God make me brave for life, ■ ' S Much braver than this! : As the blown grass lifts let me rise 'it From sorrow with quiet eyes, , J* M- K° ow ‘ D g Thy way is wise. God make me brave—Life brings Such blinding things , - yinr ss> Help me to keep my sight. Help me to see aright & That out of the dark—comes lighij. PHILLIPS would operate along the same pat tern, as follows: SMITH—Well here’s your friend Howya-Doon. the friend of all grownups, again, folks. Golly, how nice it seems to be with you adults once more! I hope you’ve all been very nice adults and behaved your selves in every way. Howya-Doon, did you clean up your plate todayT HOWYA-DOON—Aw gosh, I cer tainly didn’t I’m not that crazy. Mr. Smith. SMITH—I thought not. That’s fine. What happens to adults who lick their platters clean? HOWYA-DOON—They get gout, indigestion, stomach acidity, rheu matism, double chins, heartburn and everything. Gee, their diet gets all shot to pieces, Mr. Smith, and they get fat and their clothes look awful on ’em. • SMITH—Right. So what is the proper way for grownups to behave at meals? HOWYA-DOON—Aw, that’s easy, Mr. Smith. They do just what I do, lay off any kind of food that tastes good! SMITH—Anything that appeals to the taste, eh? HOWYA-DOON—Sure. If it’s ap petizing, it’s no good. All nice grownups who want their children to be proud of them will just go for carrots, beets, spinach and things like that. Fgs&o^oooo'ooc - STAR DUST Ozzie and Harriet Switch to CBS SMITH—If by something on your swell and that isn’ okay to eat it all? HOWYA DOON- little adult always chart and makes miserable figuring in everything he you grownups do chance you get plate that tastes t fattening, is it -Aw, no! A good carries a calory himself pretty up the calories eats. I hope all this. SMITH—So do I, Howya. And now it’s time to show the movies. We’ve got some wonderful ones that are right down the alley for grownups. They are from the American Medical association and show what happens to adults who enjoy eating and lead happy lives. But first, did you brush your teeth this morning? HOWYA-DOON—Aw, sure, I took my uppers and lowers right out of the glass of water where I put ’em each night and gave ’em • good stiff brushing. m SMITH—And what else did you do that all good grownups should do? HOWYA-DOON—I put my hotwa- ter bottle and my liver pads away neatly after I got up and I made sure all the bottles in the medicine cabinet were in order. SMITH—That’s fine. And now we’re going to introduce our new character Dub-a-Dab. HOWYA-DOON — Who’s Dub-a- Dab? SMITH—He’s the wonderful adult who never grunts, seems to enjoy life and ALWAYS BEHAVES SO HIS CHILDREN CAN BE PROUD OF HIM! • • • Cuff Stuff Louis Johnson is the new secre tary of defense and those who are all for a strong America hope he will not be bothered by the chrrent cry, “Louis, drop that gun.” • • • A Moscow paper says that Rus sian soon will be a world language. No doubt it will require an alpha bet of but two letters, “N” and “O”. • • • Travel Note: H. Truman, who was on a visit in Washington, re turned to Key West. m m m Elmer Twitchell says he would order a new $4,000 auto now, but he is waiting for it to come down 15 cents. • • • A big store chain has opened stores in New York subway. It will specialize in “jams.” By INEZ GERHARD A FTER PRACTICING fancy ice- skating figures like mad at a local rii^k, Harriet Nelson talked the reluctant Ozzie into taking the family to Lake Arrowhead for winter sports, so that she could show off a bit. But they arrived to find the rink there covered with ten feet of snow. That suited Ozzie, who retired to their rooms and : : : iJi? f /f OZZIE AND HARRIET worked on the next “Ozzie and Harriet” script. If you’re among their thousands of devoted listeners of course you know that they are working their own children into their program in place of the young actors who have portrayed them; also you know that they have just switched from NBC to CBS. Sk \ x Burns and Allen’s high Hooper- ating didn’t keep their sponsor from dropping them at the end of the current season. It is reported that he thought the show too ex pensive, wants to spend part of the money on television. Robert Young in a comedy series will be the air replacement. With sponsors clam oring for them, George and Grade were not worried. Claudette Colbert wants to return to the New York stage next fall—has found a play she likes, bnt must clear np some picture commitments. Greer Garson, never yet seen on the Broadway stage, also wants to tackle it. John Wayne may find himself wishing he were two people. He has signed to do one picture an nually for Warner Bros., has a con tract to make three for RKO, three for Republic and an unspecified number tor his own independent company. FICTION Cotnec MR. DIG6LES ON DUTY By MARY WHITEFORD M R. DIGGLES kept his head down as though he were study ing the prescription, scarcely hear ing Mrs. Tompkins’ voice through the noise of blood thudding in his temples. When he tried to speak, his lips were dry and his tongue moved nervously over them. “I fceg your pardon, Mrs. Tompkins, what was that you said?" “I said if you haven’t a delivery boy I’ll wait for the three o’clock bus, but I’m anxious to get back as soon as I can.” He looked again at Dr. Price’s cramped handwriting. “Oh, I’ll de liver it, Mrs. Tompkins. I’m sorry to learn Mr. Tompkins isn’t well.” “I told him it’s just his bad dis position coming out. I told Dr. Price I certainly hated to drag him 3 - Millllte out in weather like Cietinn 0113 l ust for a Fiction stomach ache. Doctor says he’ll be all right in a day or two.” Mr. Diggles took the handker chief from the pocket of his grey alpaca coat and wiped his forehead. •The moment he used to dream of years ago, was here at last. This would cost Dr. Price his practice. The pity was. Dr. Price would never know he could have saved himself, if he hadn’t made it so clear that a man who mixed pre scriptions wasn’t supposed to know about diagnosis. Dr. Price would never know what he’d done to him self when he told Mrs. White she might as well give the 'Iwins a chocolate soda as Diggles’ Own Whooping Cough Mixture. Because of Dr. Price’s new ways of doing things, no one bought Diggles’ Ready Rheumatism Reliever now. Shots, it was, the doctor was giv ing for everything. Not prescrip tions. Manslaughter, they called it. He wet his lips. Well, no one could expect Mr. Diggles to In terfere with Dr. Price’s pre scriptions again. Not a second time. Though it was so many years ago, he could feel the flush of anger that flooded his face remembering the day he’d called Dr. Price up, and suggested that maybe the heart medicine he ordered for Mr. Ven ables was too strong. “I know what I’m doing. Just mind your own business, Diggles, and I can mind mine.” He looked again at the prescrip tion. There was no mistaking the symbol and he’d fill it as it stood. He reached for the bottle and re moved the cork. Carefully, he meas ured out the prescribed dose. M R. DIGGLES straightened sud denly, staring at the partly filled mortar. A feeling of nausea swept through him as he snatched it up and flung the contents into the sink. His hand, replacing the bot tle on the shall, trembled. Outside, the wind howled and flakes of ice made a cold noise beating the window pane. ' Slowly, he walked toward the telephone. After all, just as many people swore by Dr. Price as trusted Diggles. As he waited, listening to Dr. Price’s telephone bell ringing, the shop door opened. Mr. Diggles put down the receiver and went to the front. Dr. Price was on the mat, stamping the snow from his feet. "Diggles, will you let me see the prescription Mrs. Tompkins just brought ip?” “I was just trying to call you about it. Dr. Price. I felt there was some little inaccuracy.” Dr. Price nodded. “Something told me. But I wasn’t really wor ried. I knew you’d catch a mistake if there was one. It’s a great com fort to me to know that a substan tial man like you is checking up on me, Diggles.” “I have to do what I can. A man has to do his duty.” He smiled and stood up. “That’s right, doctor. I guess duty becomes a habit if you do it long enough.” The wind screamed into the shop as Dr. Price opened the door and went out. IF was a bleak, bitter day, but in Mr. Dig gles’ heart it was suddenly sum mer. 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As every county agent will point out, it is profitable to the farmer to know how to choose and use pesticides properly. There are many well known and many relatively new chemicals for controlling pests. Their strong points and their weak points should be compared before making a choice. “It is important,” the agents em phasize, “to be familiar with your pest problems and to recognize and follow reliable recommendations rather than mere reports and sug gestions of untrained persons. , “Study the problems that may follow use of certain materials, such as residues and off-flavors. Consider timing of applications, dosages, methods of removing residues, etc., as a means of overcoming sec ondary problems. Be sure products you buy comply with all regula tions. "Accuracy of dosage is one of the fundamentals in the use of modern chemicals. Read labels and ac companying directions carefully. Check Fire Equipment, Fanners Are Advised Farmers are urged by county agents to check fire extinguishers to be certain they are approved. These warnings are based on re ports from Fire Protection Insti tute, a national fire safety organi sation, that many “unapproved’ extinguishers have been made available during the past few years. It was pointed out that an unde pendable extinguisher is about as useful as a counterfeit dollar. KATHLEEN NORRIS y Must Women Worry? x Bell Syndicate—WNU Features By KATHLEEN NORRIS W ORRYING is a fault and a habit. It is also stupid. But of this faulty,# stupid habit, many women make a virtue. They are proud of their worrying. It nearly drives everyone mad; but they are meekly, resignedly proud of it. Take the wife of the man who writes the following letter. He, Jim, Is 40; his wife is 36. These are wonderful ages, the very cream of life. But for Rose the cream is curdled. "The girls and I love Mama," writes Jim, or rather typewrites, paper that shows he is the head o* a wood and coal business. “We’ve got everything we want— a nice home, friends—and we’re all normal people, no sickness of body or mind. So what can keep a sensible woman like Rose fretting and worrying, nagging and com plaining is more than I can see. She says her mother was a great worrier, and says it as if it were something' rather fine. Others Don’t Fnss “But what she doesn’t know," Jim adds, “is that a man is apt to meet other women who don't make such a darned fuss about every thing. My agent in a near-by town is a young war widow, and is just a streak of sunshine. Nothing wor ries her. “She’ll fix a little meal up in the office; she’ll laugh if anything goes wrong; she’s sure this’ll come out right and that’ll all clear up, and it’s a pleasure to be with her. She’s got a boy of five and the way she handles that little fellow is a pleasure to see. They laugh to gether like a couple of kids. “At home Rose begins nagging when I arrive and doesn’t stop un til I leave the next morning. Our girls are only nine and five, but already they are beginning to ig nore her criticisms. Their clothes, ", . . tbt cream is curdled . . " their health, our financial status, the weather, the people she sees and doesn’t want to see, and the ones she wants to see who don’t come, my manners if I’m too cor- diaL my manners if I’m too cool, my family’s treatment of her when she was a bride 12 years ago— there’s no end to it. If I get in a helper, the girl wastes everything and isn’t clean; if I don't get her anyone, she’s half dead with work. “And all the time she’s capable and hardworking and economical, and would die for any one of us,” the letter continues. “But she sure does make life a burden for her self and everyone else. Criticizes His Driving “Then there’s my driving. She leans over from the back seat and watches the road like a cat, and there isn’t a chicken or a red light or a truck that she doesn’t see ’way ahead. It gets a man nervous. The whole thing gets you down.” » • » This Rose of Jimmy’s sounds to me like a too-well known type. There isn’t any advice or sugges tion that will reach such a woman. She is too entrenched in her own conviction and righteousness. Her defense would be that Jim my is careless, that there are many accideqts, that someone has to watch the family safety and san ity, that people would be wasting money and getting sick and spot ting their clothes and leaving lights burning and running into traffic if she wasn’t on guard. She would argue that she kept a perfect house, never rested day or night, had to assume responsibility be cause no one else would, and al together considered herself pretty nearly the perfect wife and mother. No, you can’t reach the worriers, complainers and naggers with even the gentlest criticism. 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