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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 In this place
5 Biblical
name
9 Metallic
rocks
10 Keep
11 Musical
instruments
12 A barrel
strip
14 Public notice
15 Biblical name
17 Marshy
meadow
18 Jewel
20 To howl
23 Right side
(abbr.) i
24 Hidden
obstacle
26 Baby’s shoe
28 Leather from
a young beast
30 Conjunction
31 Antenna
(Insects)
34 Insect
37 Farm animal
38 Praise
40 Compensate
41 Devoured
43 Unit of work
45 Exist
46 Canters
49 Verbal ex
aminations
51 Plexus
52 Weathercock
53 A set of
i players
54 Send forth,
as rays
DOWN
1 A bold,
rude girl
2 Blunder
3 Marsh grass
4 Literary
composition
5 Donkey
6 Cushion
7 Elliptical
8 Stern
11 Loiters
13 Comfort
16 Head
(Humorous)
19 Manufacture
21 Gained
22 Come into
view
25 A measure
27 Journey
29 A size Of coal
31 Young horse
32 To wrest
by force
33 Regret
No. 28
35 Writing pad
36 Organs of
sight
39 Collection of
animals
42 Fencing
sword
44 Unit of
weight
47 Greek letter
48 Seminary
(abbr.)
50 Keel-billed
cuckoo
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Must Women Worry?
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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. They are
letter-perfect, and they would laugh
at the idea that households need
the spirit as well as the letter. The
letter, says the wisest book in the
world, killeth. But in the spirit is
eternal life.
What might reach Rose’s impreg
nable fortress of perfection is the
hint of the other woman, in Jim’s
letter. The other woman, in his
branch office in a neighboring
town. The woman who is simple
and cheerful and philosophicaL
Grief and change already have
struck at this woman. She is one
of hundreds who were widowed in
the war years. She bad a child to
protect. She had her living to make.
And still she is happy and self-
reliant and free from the swarms
at mosquito cares that beset the
more fortunate Rose.
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Will remove dust from candles
without lessening their original
luster.
—•—
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cloths by using a medium size
cork dipped in scouring powder
for polishing paring knives or cut-
iery. ^ .
Darkened or discolored alumi
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of cream of tartar (2 teaspoons
of cream of tartar to one quart
of water) in them for several min
utes. a ’
Flower holders or frogs will not
slip if a little melted paraffin is
placed in the bottom of the holder,
—•—
Wrap left-over food in waxed
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moist and flavorful.
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A few lemon peel dropped into
the wash boUer where dish towels
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