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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C. BROADWAY AND MAIN STREET So Wilson Held Up the War For Fast Shorthand Lesson -By BILLY ROSE- During the closing days of World War I, I took the President of the United States out of play for 15 minutes. I did it with my little shorthand pencil. At the time. I was working for the War Industries Board in Wash ington as a stenographer, and running out to get chocolate sodas for Mr. Baruch, its chairman. A few days before the Armistice, a Board executive handed me a let ter and told me to deliver it to the proper party. The proper party was Woodrow Wilson. The White House that day was a Jumble of senators. Cabinet mem bers, ambassadors and important brass. News of the Armistice was expected any hour, and the tension was like the last few seconds of the Dempsey-Firpo fight. I handed the letter to one of Mr. Wilson’s secretaries, and was asked to wait in case of a reply. A few minutes later the secretary re turned, looking puzzled. “The President would like to see you,” he said. I got trembly In side. I was pushing 18 at the time— fresh out of the East Side, and also plain fresh. But my Billy Bose dealings with Pres idents had been limited to the one I had seen on dollar bills. Mr. Wilson smiled when he saw me. "I understand you’re quite a shorthand writer,” was his greet ing. • • • MY TREMBLES vanished. I knew the President was a shorthand writer of sorts—the tachygraphy magazines were always bragging about it. “I hear you’re pretty good yourself. Mr. President,” I blurted out. Mr. Wilson blushed prettily. "I don’t get much chance to practice these days,” he said, like a fisherman apologizing for a six-inch trout. "Mr. Baruch tells me yoss can write 200 words a minute. I wonder if yos/d give me a little demonstration." He handed me a pad and a pen cil, and picked up a New York newspaper on his desk. Then, in his clipped, precise speech, he read one of the editorials at about 150 words a minute. When he had finished, the President said, “Now let’s hear you read it back.” Well, as every stenographer knows, it’s the reading back that counts. I shot the editorial back at him a good deal faster than he had dictated it. And then I started at the bottom of the page and read the editorial backwards. Wilson chuckled. He asked me questions about Gregg shorthand— he was a Pitman writer. By this time, I was patronizing him a lit tle—the caddie who shoots a 61 isn’t self-conscious when he dis cusses mashie shots with a Rocke feller. • • • * 1 PICKED UP the New York pa per and handed the pad and pencil to Mr. Wilson. “I wonder if you’d mind writing for me, Mr. Presi dent,” I said. Wilson rubbed his glasses on his sleeve. “Don’t go too fast,” he warned. I read the editorial at abosst one hundred words a minute, and then asked him to read it TO A CONVALESCENT I AM praying for you, friend, while you are waiting The long hour through for strength to come again. God grant you patience that you may wait bravely; God grant you courage for these days, and when The healing comes, as come it will, I pray. Health may be yours for many a useful day. In the meantime, rest, and know the everlasting Arms art close about you, that they will Sustain you, and a gentle voice commands you "Know that I am God, be still, be still.’’ And heeding him, his healing touch will mend Your weary heart and mind. God bless you, friend. — GRACE NOLL CROWELL back. When I told him he had made no mistakes, the President sighed like a kid who has just finished playing The Elves’ Walts? for Paderewski. I picked up his notes. "If you don’t mind, sir,” I said, “I'd like to keep them.” Woodrow Wilson reached for my shorthand notes. “We’ll exchange,” he said. I walked out of the White House and floated back to my office via the rooftops. The Fiction Corner BAYING IN! MOON By Richard H. Wilkinson T T HE ALPHA, Alpha, Alpha. Alpha fraternity at Boynton univer- sity is responsible for the fate of Percival Oakes. It happened this way. During his freshman year the AAAA’s pledged Percy to member ship, and initiated him into the mystic three R’s. (Rites, Rituals and Regulations.) Percy took it like a man. When or- 3 . dered to imitate ■ Minute a dog howling at Fletion moon he did his level best. The result was as tonishingly successful. Percy sur prised even himself. The brother AAAA’s cheered loudly and clamored for encores. Percy obliged a second time and a third. He was immensely pleased with the applause and at the atten tion he attracted. The next day, en route to class. Percy was stopped by a grave-faced sophomore and asked to give his imitation of a dog howling at the moon. For a moment he hesitated, conscious of a circle of grinning faces that had silently formed about him, faintly resentful of the fact that the brothers of the AAAA had made public the discovery of his hidden genius. He glanced once more into the grave face of the youth who had accosted him and then threw back his head and bayed lustily. A mighty roar of applause greeted the rendition. There were cries of "More!” “More!” Percival obliged a second time and then once more. Returning to college in the fall, Percy had completely put from his mind the cause and fact of his last year’s popularity. There were other and more important things to oc cupy his interest. He was now a sophomore, with all the rights and liberties and sensations of impor tance that are synonymous with that lofty position. Best of all, he He looked at the moon and from his throat there came . . . rich tones of a baying honnd. was now unhampered by the 30- odd freshmen rules that had last year cramped his activities. One sophomore caused Percy’s brain to swim. Here was loveliness and intelligence and femininity all combined. Unhappily, it took him a fortnight to negotiate an introduc tion. Her name was Delia Winter, and she was as popular as she was beautiful. This was discouraging and disheartening. Percy could of fer nothing; she had her pick of the college. F T WAS one of the Saturday night informal dances at the college gym. They had been dancing to gether for perhaps 60 seconds when Delia looked up at him and said: “Aren’t you the boy who can im itate a dog howling at the moon?” Her eyes twinkled. Percy reddened to the ears. He felt a chill, a horrible apprehension. "No,” he bleated. “No! Whoever told you that is crazy!” Delia didn't press the subject, but Percy knew he was sunk. He let a month slip by before he could con jure enough courage to ask tea a date, felt pitifully grateful when she assented. Within the following month he kept five dates with Delia, bnt it was always the same; the “thing” was always there between them. He thought she most think him rldicnlons. She pitied him. During the intermission at the Dartmouth victory dance, Percy and Delia strolled out onto the now dry ice-skating rink and sat down on the bulwark and looked up at the moon. Because of his great and hopeless love Percy was moody, unhappy, thoughtful. Suddenly he was startled by the petulant tone of his beloved. “I think it must be wonderful,” she said. “What must?” asked Percival. “To be able to imitate things. I mean, anyone can play football, or learn to skate, or dance well, but it takes genius to be able to imitate things.” “Do—you mean that?" "Why, of course I do! I’ve always admired people who—have creative ability. Genius. Of course I mean it!" She looked squarely at him, and the last trace of doubt vanished from Percy’s soul like mist from a river bed before a rising sun. He stood up, he threw back his head, he looked at the moon and from his throat there came the clear, deep, rich tones of a baying hound. mm mile LAST WEEK'S ANSWER ACROSS 1. Secure 5. Title of king of Persia •. Kingdom, SWAsia 10. Republic (So. Am.) 11. Trap 12. Greek letter (last) 14. Belonging to him 15. Therefore 16. Weep IT. Part of "to be” 18. Falls short 21. Principles of right conduct 23. Live tem porarily. as in a tent 27. River (Fr.) 28. A Christmas song 29. Woody perennial 30. Roof of the mouth 81. A tea cake (Scot.) S3. Hypothetical force 34. Warp-yarn 37. Aloft 38. Unit of work 39. Per to a tooth 41 Sturdy, low-built cart 43. Impolite 44. Goddess of discord (Gk.) 45. Headland 46. Trial DOWN Evil Macaws Distant Piece out Bobbin Garment border God of war (Gk.) French writer Most timid Jewish month Little girl Money payments Tor offenses 19. Highest card 20. Climb 22. Hasten 24. Constella tion 25. One who habitually motors 26. A guaranty 28. Is able 30. Small explosion 32. Restores health 34. Part of "to be” 3b. Nee 36. Color 38. A shield 40. Advertise ments 41. Wager 42. Coin (Swed.) N*. « i , 2 3 A i & 4 7 3 1 /yzs 9 v/A '/// lO •» i IZ 14 1 i 14 *7 V//, vyy? >0 •9 « ZO I 1 I Zi zz zs 24 ZS 24 Z7 i 2A 20 Yf/< 30 1 1 1 & 3Z Yf/< 33 S4 34 34 I V I b 33 3* AO 44 42 43 m 44 4S 44 I had no sooner gotten to my desk than the phone rang. “Mr. Baruch wants to see you.” said his secretary. “Pretty good for Delancey street” I said to myself as I walked down the hall. “Woodrow Wilson and Bemie Baruch in one hour." The girl in Mr. Baruch’s office looked up as I bounced in. "The boss wants you to get him a chocolate soda,” she said. iE-^SCREI BY INEZ GEBHARD W HEN DEAN MARTIN and Jer ry Lewis CNBC Friday eve nings,) teamed up for the first time, at an Atlantic City night club, they were so unfunny that the manager warned them they’d better pick up fast or they’d be out of work. Jerry says they used the old formula—“All you gotta do to get a laugh is kill yourself.” While Dean sang, Jerry rattled MARTIN AND LEWIS dishes, threw food, took up collec tions among the audience. They in sulted the patrons, who howled with laughter and begged for more. That routine paid off; they have clicked in pictures (“My Friend Irma,”) on the air and at night clubs, now make about $10,000 a week. Betsy Blair decided, when she married Gene Kelly, that her mar riage was going to be more im portant than her career. She was well set on Broadway, but she gave up the stage to be with him in Hollywood. So she’s very happy over being signed for an important role in “Mystery Street,” at the studio where he works. His next musical is “Summer Stock.” Haide Goransen, the Swedish model whose picture was on the cover of a recent copy of “Life,” has been deluged with movie offers as a result. Producers Robert Smith and Robert Briskin made plans for her to take a screen test in Stockholm; Fox and Uni versal executives also approached her. She says she’d like to come to Hollywood, but it must be on her honeymoon. Don MacLaughlin, “Dr. Jim Brent" on “Road of Life,” wonders how he dared do it— his first audition was also his first appearance in a studio and his first broadcast. And It was “live,” heard by several thousand radio listeners. Betty Clark, ABC’s 13-year-old blind soprano, has been the sub ject of more than a dozen maga zine articles this past year, and has managed to mention her sing ing idol in almost every interview. He’s Vic Damone, once a Brook lyn neighbor of Betty’s. Vic and Betty are close friends and never miss a chance to boost each otlh er’s talents. By JIM RHODY1 Save Your Game! If you want to prevent waste on that hunting trip of yours this autumn, it would be wise to follow these directions issued by the U. S. forestry service: GO PREPARED—Take at least a hunting knife, belt-axe, 30 feet of %-inch rope, some twine, sev eral pieces of clean wiping cloth, red flagging and four muslin sacks —each large enough to hold a quarter of the animal you hope to get. A small meat saw and some black pepper will also come in handy. DRESSING OUT K/LL—Tag ani mal as soon as it is killed and do not destroy evidence of sex. Open carcass from crotch to throat. Turn animal downhill so it will bleed freely. Be careful not to puncture the intestines or the paunch. In all operations prevent hair from com- D«n’t make a target out of yourself by carrying an ex posed hide or antlers. ing in contact with meat. Open chest cavity by spreading with a stick. Drain off blood and wipe with clean cloth. Do not wash with water. If the animal must be taken out of the woods before cooling and quartering, leave the liver and heart in the body cavity. COOLING—Because the animal’s body heat causes rapid spoilage, your kill should be completely cooled as soon as possible, prefer ably by hanging in a shady place. QUARTERING — If state laws permit, it is best to quarter the animal before moving. The hide is worth saving and should be re moved in one piece if possible. Place quarters in clean muslin bags and hang in shade. In warm weather, hang out only at night and wrap meat up during the day. ALWAYS KEEP THE MEAT COOL. TRANSPORTATION — Don't make a target of yourself by car rying an exposed hide or antlers! Don’t transport the animal on an automobile fender next to a heated motor. Transportation is, of course, easier if it is possible to pack the animal from the woods in quarters on a horse or in a pack sack. STORAGE—Always unpack meat as soon as possible and store in a dry place. If weather permits, it should be allowed to “cure” for about a week or 10 days before storage. AAA No value in dollars and cents cars be attributed to the recreational values of the sport of fishing and bunting. The fact that }0,000 fishermen and 70,000 hunters annually take to the field with rod or gun is proof, how ever, that this type of recreation it considered valstable to a large teg. messt of our population. AAA Picking Pheasants According to experts on the sub ject, many people who skin pheas ants are destroying the fine fla vor of this game bird. Because of its tender skin, the pheasant is. difficult to pick once it has become cold after shooting. They may be picked very easily without breaking the skin, however, by brushing off the feathers im mediately after the bird has been killed. In warm weather, the bird should be rough dressed in the field, and the cavity stuffed with coarse grass, cornhusks or news papers to help the cooling-out pro cess. After picking and dressing, the birds should be dropped into indi vidual paper sacks before being placed in the hunting coat. Head and feet should always be left at tached in the field for identification. AAA Under a new law, effective July 1, New York state game protectors alone may issue butsting licenses to minors under 17 seeking their first licenses and then only after the pro tector has schooled the applicant in the proper handling of firearms. AAA Adirondack Deer Deer hunting prospects for the fall of 1949 will be better in the Adirondacks than they were last year. In the Catskills there will be little change, with some counties improving, others declining. In the western counties where bucks and does were legal last fall, the deer population is sub stantial!: lass than a year ago, but in the other counties of the region a general increase in nun* ber of deer will be evident. AAA MIRROR Of Your MIND 'T/e That Binds? I ■ ■ Can't Show Force By Lawrence Gould Does living together Answer: That depends on wheth er they are doing so because they want to or because they feel they have to. Under normal circum stances, people who ae willing to adjust themselves to one another become more and more attached, the more experiences and interests they share. For the more you see of anyone, the more strongly you’ll be apt either to like or to dislike him. But whatever you are forced to do tends to become repugnant, and there are no more virulent hatreds than those between people who "can’t get away from one another.” draw relatives closer? symptoms are human and natural —they express the very impulses which our moral leaders recognize in us and urge us to controL The psychopath is essentially a person who has grown up with no con science. Most of us fall somewhere between him and a saint Is a “Psychopath” inhuman? Answer: No, writes Dr. Hulsey Cason, research psychologist in the U. S. Public Health Service. We sometimes feel that way be cause the cold-blooded crimes and treacheries characteristic of the psychopath are so foreign to what we like to belive are our own in clinations. But the fact is, all his Is your “mother tongne” ever forgotten? Answer: No, however “rusty” you may seem to be when you at tempt to speak it. A patient who claimed to have forgotten all the German he had spoken as a child began in the course of his analysis to recall events and feelings of the early years of his life. As his child ish fears were revived, he found himself speaking German, and un able to express his feeling ade quately in English. Again, many people who speak flawless English when feeling no strong emotion will unwittingly slip back into their parents’ “foreign accent” when ex cited. LOOKING AT RELIGION By DON MOORE -TO INSURE PRESERVATION IN THE EVENT OP AN ATOM WAR ! Msins. THEK’E ARE CHURCHES POP THE PEAF IN THIS COUNTRY CLUTHERAN). ‘SIGN LANGUAGE IS USEP FOR THE SERMONS. | KEEPING HEALTHY | Diet and Tooth Decay Are Related W By Dr. James W. Barton E ARE FAMILIAR with the Because there has been advertisement of a paint com pany which states that if you save the surface you save all. This is probably true of wood and paint, but it is not entirely true of teeth. Research dentists state that brushing the teeth with powder or paste regularly will preserve the enamel or outside covering of the teeth. It is through the enamel that most decay or caries of the teeth occurs. Particles of food left on the teeth gradually cause a small crack or tiny cavity in the enamel, and once the enamel is broken, harmful organisms cause decay of the underlying structures. Thus it is good teeth insurance to brush the teeth. However, all decay of teeth does not occur from the break in enamel or surface covering of the teeth; the teeth must be kept strong by good nourishing blood from good nourishing food. Thus several years ago, the Drs. Agnew, from experiments in the foreign mission field, were able to prevent decay of teeth by the use of “protective” foods, especially milk and other dairy products and fruit and green vegetables. some controversy as to the benefits of nourishing foods preventing tooth decay, some information comes from Dr. Genevieve Steams, State University of Iowa, in the Journal of Dental Research. These re search workers found that before the full benefit of a nourishing diet could be estimated the child should be well nourished. They believe that some of the nourishing diets to prevent decay are not apparently successful be cause the patient is in a run down, poorly nourished condition and often many months must elapse before the child becomes well nourished. At the State University, Iowa, keeping children under strictly controlled diets, complete stop of decay occurred with diets high in sugar and diets low in sugar but always with enough of the building foods, especially dairy products which are readily ab sorbed into the blood. In other words it is the state of nourishment of the body when the protective foods are given that is the important point as far as tooth decay is concerned. Speed and endurance become di minished after 60, but both mental and physical benefit may be ob tained by simple garner such as bowling and shuffleboard, and dancing to restore timing and co ordination. • • • With constant noise around us, we keep our bodies tensed and be come tired even if at rest. In some cases of stuffy nose, an operation must be performed on the septum or the bony growth— the turbinate bone. • • • Goiter may be the simple type which is not dangerous, or It may be severe. • • • Cancer of the skin and Up it easy to diagnose. How are you doing oft your Christmas gift list? You can taka care of lots of people on that list with the greatest of ease — and handsomely, tool Just check off the names of all your friends who smoke, either cigarettes or a pipe. In either case you have the gift that’s just right in their eyes! For the cigarette smoker — the gay, Christmas carton of Camels con tains 200 cool, mild, full-flavored Camels. And for the pipe smoker or the man who likes his “makin’s —the pound tin of Prince Albert Smoking Tobacco gives hours and hours of tongue-easy pipe joy. Both gifts are waiting for you ready- wrapped in colorful holiday dress. There’s even built-in space for your personal greeting. So, this season save yourself time and en ergy by giving mild, good-tasting Camels and Mellow Prince Albert Smoking Tobacco. —Adv. I'VE BIN OIUN'THINGS FER 50 YEARS WITH [3-iU-OHEli .GRAN'f* to* rttme*- m • , , CKJiP - 1 * NO SHULLS! iw #J NEVER FAILS TV FOP WHITE <*? 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