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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C.
LAWN MOWER WITH SELF-EJECTING . . .
Minneapolis Lady Asks About Waltzing Mouse
. . . BLADES PRESENTS NEW PROBLEMS
By H. I. PHILLIPS
'ANSWER MAN'
Q.—Miss Sapho Hosley, Cos Cob,
Conn., writes in to find out if there
is such a thing as a lawn mower
with self-ejecting extra blades,
and, if so, where she should throw
the old ones.
A.—An engineer in Cleveland
Ohio, is said to have invented a
look-sharp-feel-sharp-be-sharp lawn
mower with a pack of 10 blades. We
forget his last name, but his first
name is Esau. Old lawn mower
blades should be thrown off a
bridge, never put in a medicine
cabinet
Q.—Edgar Woofbaum of Dela
ware Water Gap asks, “How many
hairs are there on the back of a
bee, and is it true a bee likes them
parted in the middle?”
THE MtV WAV
N OW that the Christ is risen.
Now with the darkness gone.
The road lies out before us,
y, . Upward, and on and on.
11' There are His sandal footprints.
There is His form ahead.
Straight and Strong and compelling,
'' ^ The Christ that they left as dead.
Nothing can dim His glory.
Nothing can Stay His feet.
And countless are they who follow
Him down eac. lane and Street;
And I would be one among them.
Along the Glory Way;
I would arise and follow
The risen Christ today.
Grace Noll Crowell
A.—There are said to be 234,-
582 hairs on the back of an
adult bee, provided it has never
had dandruff. Drones part their
hair in the middle. Busy bees
have no time to bother about
such things.
« • •
Q.—A lady in Minneapolis asks:
"How many turns does a waltzing
mouse make per minute, and is
food a factor?"
A. — According to the last
quarterly report of the Waltzing
Mice Research Bureau, these crea
tures average three turns per sec
ond. This is sometimes slowed
down by mice cutting in during
the waltz. A pastry diet is bad, too.
Q.—A mother in Hoboken, N.J.,
asks: “Is it true that tattooed
women are barred from Miss
America contests?”
A.—No, but there seems to be
no demand for them. The rules
are, however, very broad. A woman
in Derby, Conn., dyed her skin red,
white and blue, and only lost the
victory in a Miss Barber Pole of
1948 contest by three lengths.
Q.—A seamstress from Tallahas
see, Fla., writes to ask: “Can corn-
silk be used to stuff a sofa?”
A.—Yes, comsilk can be used,
and it is good fun, too. Short lengths
of comsilk make it more exciting.
Golden Bantam corn is best. Some
people have done wonders stuffing
sofas with lint collected from black
pants.
• • •
Q.—A man in Baltimore, Md.,
asks: “Will a halibut live in cap
tivity, and where can halibut bowls
be bought?”
A.—A man named Krossshle-
movitczosky in Butte, Mont.,
once kept a male halibut in the
bathtub of his home for seven
months nnder the impression it
was a salmon. The barracuda
is preferred as a house pet if
what you want is adventure.
Q.—A young woman in Houston,
Tex., wants to know who invented
the clamrake?
A.—I’m glad she asked that
question. The curator of the Inter
national Clamrake Museum and
Oyster Fork Institute says it was
designed by an Englishman named
Zilch, patented by two Frenchmen
and built by a Canadian clam trap
per. This makes it a Russian in
vention.
(Send in your question to our
answer man and get the impor
tant facts of life cleared up so
you can go on about your
duties.)
UNREST ON CRUSOE'S ISLAND
(“Unrest is reported sweeping
Robinson Crusoe's island in the
South Pacific.”—News item.)
Crusoe—Friday, you don’t seem
co-operative today. What’s wrong?
Friday—I’ve been Friday long
enough. I wanna be Thursday.
Crusoe—Why?
Friday—It shortens’ the week.
Crusoe—Come, come, you must
be joking.
Friday—Not at all. I may even
want to make it seem shorter by
having my name changed to
Wednesday.
Crusoe—We’re the only two men
on this island. We’ve been getting
along famously. You’ve been my
right-hand man.
Friday—Yes, but I feel a pull to
the left.
Crusoe — Not here, surely.
We’ve been very happy togeth
er, have we not?
Friday—There must be a
capitalistic plot behind it some
how. I’m so happy it must be
wrong, one way or another.
• • •
Crusoe—Now run along and fetch
me some coconuts.
Friday—There you go exploiting
me!
Crusoe—Look, we are both in the
same boat. How could one exploit
the other?
Friday—If I had a copy of the
Daily Worker I could tell you. This
island is so remote I don’t even get
Pravda.
BY INEZ GERHARD
A LTHOUGH she now has three
network programs on the air,
(“Kate Smith Sings," “Kate Smith
Speaks,” both on Mutual, and her
two-hour “Kate Smith’s Music
Room” on ABC,) Miss Smith can
sit down and talk with you as if
she were just a comfortable,
homey woman who knew a lot
about cooking and housekeeping.
KATE SMITH
tJnlike many of radio’s women
stars, she is not so obsessed by her
own career that an absent-minded
look comes into her eyes whenever
anything else is mentioned. Per
haps it is that warm, human quality
that makes her the most listened-
to woman on the air.
When selecting "The Ten Out
standing Voices in the World” the
National Academy of Vocal Arts
named Ben Grauer’s as the “Most
Authoritative” and Dan Seymour’s
as the “Friendliest,” because of
Its warmth and complete natural
ness.”
Production halted momentarily
When Jean Dean walked onto the
“Angels in Disguise” set at Mono
gram for her featured role in this
latest of the Bowery Boys series.
Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall and the
crew could hardly take their eyes
off the gorgeous red-head, who was
the original Varga girl model.
Formerly under contract at MGM,
she plays the feminine lead in
“Angels."
Realizing during their travels
that the traffic situation is becom
ing worse everywhere, the March
of Time editors decided to do some
thing about it They consulted ex
perts, got solutions and recom
mendations and “Stop—Heavy Traf
fic” is the result. It shows how bad
traffic car. be, and the methods
used by some towns to work out
tha problem.
The
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MAN ★ ★ "
Richard H. Wilkinson
I F PROFESSOR AARON CHES-
wick was famous he was not
aware of this fact. He was too busy
with his experiments in the field of
chemistry, with teaching the under
graduates of Mapleridge College
the rudiments of
elementary
science, with
writing papers
and books in
which he set
forth (in an almost apologetic style)
the results of his experiments, and
with reading avidly the works of
such great scientists as Mons. Oli
ver Davillier and Senor Alfredo Valle
Indan, both of whom had long ago
won his respect and admiration.
He was an unpretentious looking
little man, this Professor Cheswick,
with pale blue eyes and horn
rimmed glasses and a pasty com
plexion. He wasn’t one to attract
attention or to assert himself. He
went about with a perpetual far
away look in his eyes.
There came a time when a prob
lem presented itself that challenged
his skill and knowledge. He labored
over it for days. The days became
weeks and the weeks months. At
last, worn and haggard, the little
man was ready to admit defeat.
Time after time be returned
to it, only to find himself de
feated. He visited every library
within miles, read every book
by Davillier and Indan, as well
as other great scientists that
was available, but without find
ing the answer.
In the end Profesor Cheswick
had an idea. It was summer. He
needed a vacation. Why not take
a month off, visit Europe and per
haps call on Davillier and Indan
and ask them personally to clear up
the matter that so burdened his
mind?
A week later Professor Cheswick
sailed for France. The little school
teacher was a lonely figure. He
struck up a few acquaintances. He
wasn’t the type to attract people.
But he enjoyed the trip. This was
something he had never done be
fore.
He was glad when the boat
docked. Eagerly he looked ahead to
his meeting with Mons. Davillier.
But alar! The next day Professor
Cheswick learned that Mons. Davil
lier had gone to America for his
summer holiday and was not ex
pected to return for another month.
The little scientist was depressed
and disappointed. His time was
short. Madrid, where lived Senor
Indan was a long way off. Yet it
could be reached, he thought sud
denly and excitedly, by plane in a
very short while.
H E WAS DELIGHTED to learn
that Senor Indan was in Madrid.
Yes, it was difficult to obtain an
interview with the great man. He
was constantly being pressed for in
terviews. What was it the American
wanted to see him about? A prob
lem? Ah, yes, Senor Indan was re
quested to solve so many problems.
It was very, very doubtful if he
would grant an interview for such
a slight matter. However, if the
American would care to take his
chances, Senor Indan was to appear
at a reception on Tuesday night.
Possibly there would be an oppor
tunity to ask his question . . .
Professor Cheswick attended the
reception. He stood in line for
hours, a quiet, unassuming, unim
portant looking little man, waiting
for his chance to speak to the
great Senor Indan. It came at last.
At last the Mapleridge school
teacher and scientist stood before
the man he respected more than
anyone else in the world.
He was so overcome by awe
that for a moment he just
stared. Senor Indan frowned
impatiently and Professor Ches
wick found his voice. He stated
his question. The Senor’s brows
arched in surprise.
“An unusual question, Senor,”
he said. “Frankly, I cannot answer
it. There is only one man in the
world with enough knowledge and
learning to find the answer. He is
one of your own countrymen. My
good friend Mons. Davillier is at
this moment in America seeking an
interview with this wizard whom
the whole scientific world respects
and admires, yet who is so ab
sorbed in his work that it is diffi
cult to persuade him to appear in
public. I refer to Professor Aaron
Cheswick of Mapleridge college.”
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PUZZLE NO. •
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Flatter Summer Meals
With Properly Cooked,
Attractive Vegetables
W HEN the thermometer speeds
into the nineties, every home
maker worries about meals and
family appetites. Even though ap
petites appear robust on picnics,
they are apt to seem on the slim
side for a meal in the family dining
room.
Is there a certain remedy for the
waning appetite amidst the wilting
heat of hot sum-
J1 {<5 mer days? Yes,
^certainly, there
are several sure
fire ways of
coaxing the fam
ily into eating
what they
_ _ _ should. One of
the best ways is to serve attractive
vegetables which are so plentiful
for they add zip, in the form of
vitamins and minerals, into a
scanty diet.
Vegetables add color, and con
sequent interest, too, to the family
dinner table with their glorious
greens, reds and orange yellows.
Who could ask for a better artist’s
palette with which to decorate the
mealtime scene?
Serve vegetables fresh, when
ever possible since this saves food
value. When they are cooked, how
ever, use only a small amount of
water, season carefully, but not
heavily, and cook until tender.
Vegetables are best if they have
some of their natural crisp texture,
kven though cooked.
Seasonings should be mild so that
you don’t mask the delicious natural
flavors and thus jade the appetite
further. You may add some of the
nice sauces for variety, however,
and thus create interest that might
not otherwise be present.
...
Y OU CAN’T BEAT a salad bowl
of summer vegetables, espe-
daily when
there’s a tasty
dressing to go
along with it.
Here’s a sugges
tion with a de
lightful dressing
seasoned with
blue cheese and
anchovies:
'Summer Salad Bowl
(Serves 6-8)
t cups fresh spinach leaves
1 small head lettuce
2 cups shredded green cabbage
1 bunch watercress
Fresh diU
Tarragon
1 cup diced celery and tops
H cup green pepper rings
I cup crumbled blue cheese
% cup French dressing
1 2-ounce can anchovy fillets
Rub salad bowl with cut clove
of garlic. Break spinach and let
tuce into bite-sized pieces in the
salad bowl. Add cabbage and water
cress; sprinkle with the -herbs,
fresh dill and tarragon. Add celery
and green pepper. Sprinkle with
cheese. Chill. Just before serving,
add French dressing and anchovy
fillets. Toss lightly.
Chinese Salad
(Serves 4-6)
2 cups canned bean sprouts,
drained
H cup diced celery
1 medium cucumber, sliced thin
1 green pepper, minced
2 tomatoes, cut In small cubes
French dressing
Minced chives
Combine all vegetables and toss
Treat fresh vegetables kindly
and you’ll be well rewarded for
their acceptance at meals.
New potatoes, quick cooked in
their skins, are tender and de
licious when teamed with
cheese-crusted tomatoes and
plump, green asparagus spears
with a nippy sauce.
LYNN SAYS:
Keep Meals Cool
When Thermometer Soars
Refreshing fruit platters come in
for a big bid during summer.
Place cherries and grapes in the
center of your largest, coolest plat
ter. Surround with a mound of each
of the following: peach halves with
a cluster of blueberries in the cen
ter; cantaloupe edges, pineapple
chunks mixed with halved straw
berries, honeydew melon wedges
and watermelon triangles.
■.’•XwK-WclSSxii’Si
Vegetables, cooked or fresh,
chilled and seasoned, arranged
attractively on a salad platter
add appetite appeal to the main
course. Arrange mounds of the
small vegetables like corn ker
nels, green lima beans or peas
with strips of carrots, aspara
gus or celery on lettuce and
pass with a tangy dressing.
LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENU
Leftover Roast Beef
with Barbecue Sauce
Baked Potatoes
•Summer Salad Bowl
Toasted Rolls
Butter Beverage
Blueberry Pie
•Recipe Given.
with French dressing, to which may
have been added one teaspoon of
soy sauce, if desired. Refrigerate
the salad Ingredients for one hour.
Drain off extra dressing and serve
with mayonnaise. Sprinkle top with
minced chives before serving.
H
ERE’S an excellent way to pro
pare and serve asparagus:
Asparagus
with Sour Cream Sauce
(Serves 6)
2 pounds asparagus spears
H cup thick sour cream
H cup drained horseradish
% teaspoon salt
% teaspoon paprika
Cook asparagus In • small
amount of boiling, salted water
until tender, about 25 minutes;
drain. Meanwhile, make sauce by
beating the sour cream slightly,
add rema.ning ingredients and
blend thoroughly. Serve with cooked
asparagus spears.
Broiled Tomatoes
(Serves 6)
3 medium tomatoes, cut in
halves
1 teaspoon salt
H teaspoon pepper
H cup buttered bread
crumbs
K cup grated American
cheese
Season each tomato half with salt
and pepper. Blend crumbs and
cheese and sprinkle on each toma
to half. Arrange in a baking pan
and bake in a moderate (375°) oven
for 15 minutes,
or broil 8-10 min
utes under low
heat.
A GOOD main
dish to serve
at home or to
tote to a picnic
uses com and
tomatoes, sea
soned beautiful
ly with bacon,
green pepper
a cheese topping.
and
Corn-Tomato Casserole
(Serves 6)
4 strips bacon, diced
34 cup chopped onion
34 cup minced green pepper
234 cups chopped tomatoes
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt
34 teaspoon pepper
234 cups com, cut from cob,
or canned corn
34 cups dry bread crumbs
34 cup grated cheese
FiY bacon in a skillet until crisp.
Place in a 134 quart casserole. Add
onion and green pepper to bacon
fat and cook until tender. Add
tomatoes, sugar and seasonings.
Simmer for 15 minutes. Stir in
com. Cook for eight minutes, if
using uncooked com. Place all
mixture from skillet into the cas
serole. Top with bread crumbs,
then with cheese, and bake, uncov
ered, in a moderate (350°) oven
for 30 minutes.
Don’t discard cold, fried trout.
Serve it on a bed of watercress or
lettuce and pass with sour cream
in which are floating thin slices
of cucumber. Serve with a lemon
wedge.
Lamb chops take well to barbe
cue sauce and broil quickly to keep
your kitchen cooL Serve with a
fruit garnish of pineapple, banana
half and grapefruit segments.
Chilled soups are ideal for start
ing off the meal with proper spirit.
You might try jellied consomma
or icy cold cream viehyssoisa.
Safety Alarm
Marbles can be used as a safety
alarm to keep from burning the
bottom out of a double boiler.
Keep two or three in the pot all the
two or three in the pot all the
time; when the water gets danger
ously low, the marbles will dance
up and down making a fearful
racket to warn you that more
water is needed.
Onion Odor
To eliminate the odor from a
kitchen knife that’s been used to
cut up cnions, hold the blade over
the flame of a match. Don’t hold
it too long, though, and don’t hold
it over a gas flame because pro
longed intense heat will spoil the
temper of the blade.
—•—
Opening Cans
When you have trouble opening
a tin can, you’ll be able to get a
tighter grip on it if you remove
the paper label.
—•—
Towel Rack
A handy rack for your kitchen
5 ASK MS ?
ANOTHER r \
\ A General Quiz * |
ft. (N. (W CV. (t. <v. <\. (N. <V. (k. ft. ft. <1. (t.
The Questions
1. What was the Normandie re-
christened when commandeered
by the U.S. Navy?
2. What is the meaning of “Der
Fuehrer”?
3. What is the largest island
south of India?
4. When did World War II
start?
5. W h o wrote “The Faery
Queen”?
The Answers
1. The Lafayette.
2. The leader.
3. Ceylon.
4. September 1, 1939,
Germany invaded Poland.
5. Edmund Spenser.
towels can be made by tacking a
pinch-type clothespin to the wall
near the sink. Or use a small
spring mousetrap.
Pot Holders
Make your own pot holders by
cutting squares from the unworn
parts of discarded turkish towels;
set two squares together to male*
one good pot holder.
Polishing Steve
Before blackening or polishing
a stove — especially if rust is
present—go over it with sand- I
paper or emery cloth. If grease
is on the stove, rub it first with
raw onion and then with
paper.
Defrosting Refrigerator
To speed up the defrosting
cess in your refrigerator, remc
the ice from the trays, fill
with boiling water and put
back in the freezing compartme
Would Reach Far
Enough ice was produced in the
United States last year to load a
train six times as long as the dis
tance between New York and San
Francisco, made up of two million
cars, each car carrying 25 tons.
Charm for a Home
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