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f / ' 1 > * ** ' „ - * ' • - - l^!!w!0rW*% i.i -• jt Thursday, February 16,1940 f f * ' • -'"V -">J V'^1*T'V l " > r " (f • ' • * . * * " • i • • * ? . ' * • flfefknl •OT ^Zr^PupM P<* h Teacher's Tof * - « • A~ " 'v-?» . / • • s i 'k->"' i &•:•: -- ' •V ^ - • H J Ha! Fooled You That Time Make New Bed for Sacramento River An electric shovel and a fleet of dump trucks are completing the excavation for a temporary diversion chauiel along the east bank of the Sacramento river. This view is looking upstream through the area of the future spillway apron. After high water subsides next spring the river will be moved into the channel to permit excavation (or .the foundation to be completed in the existing river bed._ m Humoro RING THAT BELL Caught by father of fourth grade child in Grand Rapnds, Mich., iv .;> ^school, opossum "Pinkie" tries to find out what Gerald Stratton is learn- ? W, ing about him in that book. Teaeher Leone Bookey permits animal to , f-iroam about classroom. The feat of Jockey C. Spares is something to be wondered at, but hi* "peek-a-boo" steed, Chios, seems to be the only one who really sees the humor of the situation. Chios is peeking over the hurdle that his jeekey took while the horse stayed on the other side, daring the running el a steeplechase at Cheltenham, England. An Italian who was working on a railway in Florida had been told to beware of rattlesnakes, but was assured that they would always give the warning rattle before striking. Gne day he was sitting on a pine log eating his dinner when he. saw a big snake coiled a few feet in front <>f him. Keeping an eye on the reptile, he began to raise his feet from the ground, and as he did so the snake's fangs hit the bark beneath him, no warning having been given. "Son of a gun!" yelled the Italian. "Why you no ringa da bell?" Original--to Her "He's a most original man and told me things I never , heard from any other man." "Did he ask you to become his Esther Poor Jud^ ': ' tartly--I want a bottle of aspirins," six lemdtts, and a tin of bath mustard. N Druggist--Thank you, madam. 4a everybody at home well? wpp"*f Zunis Practice % 'Share Wealth' ..j )• Real Pin Money "Your wife says she only asks tqr pin money?" "Yes, but the first pin she wanted had 12 diamonds in it." A NATURAL ERROR License Clerk -- Maybe I can change your license number for yon. What's the matter with the one yon have? Henry Carr--The number I have now is 1898 and my friend* are always mistaking it for the date of my car. A Little Too Loud A Topeka business man employs two Negroes to work on his gardens, which he personally oversees. One morning Sam did not appear. "Where is Sam, George?" he asked. "In de hospital, sah." « "In the hospital? Why, how did that happen?" "Well, Sam he been a-tellin' me ev'ry mornin* foh 10 days he gwine to lick his wife, 'cause o' her naggin'." "Well?" "Well, yestiddy she done ovehheah him, dat's all." I MODERN TREND TO - MORE WINDOWS PUTS STRESS ON QOALITf A radial bay of casement windows so popular today. An angle bay popular for breakfast rooms. A multiple bank ®f double windows, often used at the end of the living room. Windows and More Window^ Is Trend New Homes Today No matter bow yott look at windoup you're going to see more and more of then in new homes. Light, airy rooms mean jt»s» one thing--more windows--and that is deft nitely tl>e trend in home construction today And the more windows you have in you new home, the more you've got to watd quality construction in the windows yoti buy. Windows can add much to the enjoy ment of your new home if they're good windows, and if they're poor ones, they'll adc jfcnty of headaches. Window Tains'* Gone battling, sticking, leaking windows are a thing of the past with the complete factory fitted window units as manufactured today. Maybe that is why architects and contractors the country over are favoring more windows because, at last, the "pain" has "fUta taken out of them. New Featvoi. Such features as inside double glazing, screens that are removed from the inside, oondensation controls, and hinges that allow both sides of the glass to be washed from the inside, are part of modern casement windows today. Similar improvements have been made in the popular double hung windows. Double action weatherstrip, noiseless pulleys, and flat weights that allow for narrow modern lines are-a few of the outstanding innovations. - , N Nice Wives First Husband--My wife is so tender- hearted she won't whip cream. Second Husband--That's nothing. My wife absolutely refuses to beat nigs, and tears come to her eyes every time she has to skin an onion. Snappy Comeback He (trying to be clever)--If an.«x> tremely handsome man should ask you for a kiss, what would you tell me? She--I'd tell you to go away and leave us alone. Ready for Anything Maud--You can't believe everything you hear. Gladys--Not but "that 'makes no difference with me. Let me hear what you were going to tell me. BELL OR BELLE "Joe, I wantcha to meet me girl, Belie." „ "Ha, ha, does she ring?" \ "No Sap, she's only a dumb bell!" Second Best for Him "The best thing for you," said the doctor, "is to give up drinking and smoking, go to bed early eveiy night, and get up early in the morning." "Doctor," replied the patient, solemnly, "I don't feel somehow that I deserve the bpst; what # Jthfuaeeond best?" . •/ * . Alaskan Beauty Shop Fresh indication of Alaska's rapid fa-ogress and development was given when Mrs. Karl Mitzkeit and daughter, Dorothy Fay, left California for Sitka to open a beauty parlor. •'# • Tefetfslon Barriers At the wave lengths now allocated to television every spark plug in every one of the 25,000,000 American automobiles creates interference in its immediate vicinity. SLOCUM'S LAKE Culture Featured by Entire Absence qf Forms (I y Direct Aggression. fcEW YORK. -- A "sharethe wealth" custom is practiced by the Zuni Indians of New Mexico, a peace-loving tribe numbering about 2,000, according to Dr. Ruth R. Bunzel of the department of anthropology of Columbia university, in a reports of a recent study of the Indians. Zuni culture, Dr. Bunzel says, is featured by the complete absence of forms of direct aggression such as war, murder, and rape. The Zuni pueblo near Santa Fe has no police or jail, arid no organized means of exerting force. An agrarian culture without an unemployment problem, their civilization contains no evidence of a class struggle. An Indian acfcumulating more wealth than his neighbor distributes his surplus through feasts and ceremonies. "Drinking, brawling, and indeed nearly every form of open conflict are seldom found in the tribe," declares Dr. Bunzel, who at intervals during the past 14 years has lived . with the Zuni.. "There has never been a murder committed within . the memory of any of the Indians questioned. They Share the Surplus. "There is little chance for one member of the tribe to accumulate wealth at the expense of others because of well-developed institutions for sharing any surplus. Neither do the Indians hesitate to distribute any excess goods or food. They are more than anxious to receive the intangible advantages of prestige, security and religious blessing which accompany the act. Consequently the Zuni live in a culture offering a basis of security that is lacking in more competitive civilizations." Seeking the basis for the nonaggressiveness of the Zuni, Dr. Bunzel studied the methods of child training followed by the tribe. Children, she found, are taught to obey rules for the sake of society rather than in recognition of parental authority. Family life exists on a large scale, and close bonds of affection between children and parents are present. "The Zuni are extremely indulgent toward their very young. The children, on the other hand, seldom misbehave to any noticeable extent. Contrary to the usual conception of the Indian as an aloof, unbending personality, the Zuni give their children all the affection they need. The child is seldom thwarted and conse- • jjacnily frsws up in an fiuiio^pnere as nearly free of frustration as possible. "Children are never whipped or scolded among the Zuni. They are completely free from any form of harsh discipline. "Among white families a great deal of importance is attached to teaching children to obey. The Zuni, on the other hand, do not find it necessary to stress obedience. They show the child that there are some things which must be done for the good of everyone concerned, and by the same token they teach children that there are certain things they cannot do without making trouble. No Threats for Kids. "The Indian children have complete security in their relationship with parents and with the tribe. No one would ever think of threatening a child with the withdrawal of parental affection by saying 'mother won't love you if you are naughty.', Instead the child is told that 'people will think you are foolish if you act in such-and-such a manner.' Nor does the child ever have to fear being disowned or turned out. "Although on occasion the child is threatened with sanctions, the source of the punishment is always shown to come from outside the family. "Another factor in the Indian culture that differs with the conditions usually present among the whites is the prevalence of large families. Asingle Indian couple seldom has many children. However, since the: families of brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, and indeed very often several generations of adults, live under the same roof, family life exists on a large scale. Children under this arrangement are constantly associated with a comparatively large number of adults. Thus the fundamentals of community life are learned early in the child's ex-, istence, he becomes attached to adults other than his parents., and rivalry between children is cushioned." . i Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Esping spent Saturday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. LaDoyt! Matthews at Oak Park. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wagner entertained a number of friends at their home here last Tuesday evening. The women played bunco while the men played cards. Winners in bunco were Mrs. Albert Wagner of Wauconda, Mrs. John M. Wagner of Round Lake and Mrs. Herman Brown of Volo. Delicious refreshments were served at the close of a pleasant evening. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Esping spent last Wednesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dowell. Willard Darrell, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Esping and John and Frank Guearo of1 Island Lake were supper guests of Robert Matthews last Wednesday in honor of his thirteenth birthday anniversary at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews. Mrs. Marlett Henry and son, Marlett, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bennett in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. John Blomgren spent last Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lusk at Maple Park. They were accompanied home by Mrs. Lusk and daughter, Betty Lou, who remained here- until Monday. Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Burnett visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Litwiler at Round Lake last Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Wright of Lake Defiance spent last Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G.* J. Burnett Miss Frances Davis and Martin Bauer spent last Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Converse. Mrs. C. H. Hansen of Island Lake Road was an afternoon and supper guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Burnett one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews and sons, Robert and Lyle, and Willard Darrell were Sunday dinner and supper guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eiarl Kane at Diamond Lake. Mr. and Mrs. John Passfield of Volo spent last Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dowell. Mr. and Mrs. George Lundgren of Wauconda and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stegin* and John Nelson of Muncie, Ind., and Mrs. Raymond Lusk and daughter, Betty Lou, of Maple Park were Sunday dinner and afternoon pruests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Blomgren. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hellier of Barrington were callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Burnett last Saturday. Misses Jennie and Ethel Dowell were callers at Crystal Lake Saturday evening. Willard Darrell sDent last Thursday and Friday nights at the home CONGRESSIONAL VIEWS by Congressman Chauncey W. Reed Andrew Jackson's Wife Though 111 years have elapsed since the death of Rachel Jackson, wife of President Andrew Jackson, an effort is now being made to secure Senate authorization to permit the hanging of a portrait of Mrs. Jackson in the Whijte House Gallery which contains •he pictures of the First Ladies of the Land. A Tennessee Womens' Federation is urging this belated recognition which has been denied Mrs. Jackson's memory for over a century. Rachel Jackson died in December, 1828, shortly after the PVesidential campaign of that year and before Jackson assumed the Presidency in 1829. According to historians her death was greatly hastened by the terrific strain that she had been placed under during the Presidential campaign. During those turbulent times political campaign orators made her and Jackson the target of constant abuse and ridicule. Andrew Jackson was her second husband, she having been previously married to a Captain Robards. She had divorced Rcbards in 1791 but the divorce was under a cloud of suspicion. This suspicion increased when Robards secured a divorce from her subsequent to her marriage to Jackson. After this occurence, Jackson and Rachel had another marriage ceremony performed in 1794. These double narriages and divorces were the subjects of political comment during the Jackson Presidential campaign and the strain thus caused was too severe for Rachel to bear and she died shortly after the campaign was over. Jackson was deeply affected by Rachel's death and many believed that it * was the memory of her trials and tribulations that caused him to later uphold the cause of pretty Peggy O'Neale Eaton, the inn keeper's daughter whose marriage to Senator John Eaton rocked Washington society and caused a volcanic eruption in Jackson's political family circle. Republican Prospects At a dinner given In his honor by the Secretaries of the Republican Members of Con cress. Minority Leader Joseph W. Martin of Massachusetts pave his listeners some very interesting statistics which we believe will be appreciated by the readers of this column. Congressman Martin, who will be the Speaker of the next House if it is Republican controlled, disclosed that 43 Republican candidates for the House in 1938 election coiled more than 37 per cent of the total votes cast for Reoresentative in Congress in their District, and 22 others polled between 45 and 47 p»r cent of the vote cast and that the Republicans can elect 65 additional memports will have on the economy drive ^ now in progress in the Congress hard to predict at this time. The free !'• X - vl spenders will probably be clamoring for another spending" spree to inject new life into business before the November elections. •THANKS FOR MY WIFfT ' , 15NTEKS SECOND WEEK AT SELWYN THEATRE "Thanks For My Wife," which has been accepted by Chicago theatregoers as one of the most hilarious •••£ comedies to be presented in the Loop _ . in years, enters its second week in the V Selwyn Theatre this Sunday with bers, enough to secure House control of Mr and Mrs- H. *I^w,is at D^lOilh. Vy «• fontjnewasp in th# On Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis. Mr. Johnson ,*and Mr. Darrell attended a meeting and banquet of the Alliance conceding that the House will be Life Insurance Co..'at Peoria. Mr. Republican in 1941. It is the historv Darrell returned home Saturday noon. Republican vote. This appears to be a certainty. Alreadv th«» Democrats Harry Matthews, in company with Earl Kane. Lewis Mills, Paul Allison and Lee Kane of Diamond Lake atof American politics that once a nartv begins to slip it continues until rlu opposing political party is swept into power. According to reports from all tended the annual meeting- of the Pro- over the country, the Democratic Par duction Credit association at St. | ty is slipping and slipping fast. Mary's gymnasium, Woodstock, last Mobile' Port Earnings Reach All-Time High MOBILE, ALA. -- Mobile's sra trade is doing all right. Highest earnings and heaviest tonnage in history have been tepoiitJ for the last fiscal year for the Alabama staie docks here Gross earnings of $1,099,418, net .operating revenue of $525,927 and net tonnage of 1,742,377 were reported by C. E. Sauls in his annual report to Gov. Frank M. Dixon. The report showed the increase was made in face of loss of business due to war in Europe. Sauls also reported a total of $53,- 344.83 was spent during the fiscal *ye$r for additions and expansion of facilities. * ODTLTUIt the, Thursday. & Mrs. Harry Mattn^ws attended a card party and lunch at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Brouprhton at Wauconda. last Wednesday afternoon. Anelent Ostrieh The ostrich is the oldest living form of bird. t Business Lull in Offing It is reported that the President is somewhat perturbed by some of the reports that have been given to him bv soirip of his government economists relative to the business situation. Apparently a spring business lull is #>xoectinjr a steadv rise in the business barometer Is disappointed over the prospects. Just what affect these kr$- tlv. & every indication that this play will keep its principal players from the films for a long period. Heralded as the most popular and competent cast of Hollywood stars and feature play- - ers ever recruited for a legitimate play it is noteworthy that all of the principals had national reputations as stage stars before they entered the movies and many are former Chicago favorites. Alan Dinehart, co-starring with Glenda Farrell and co-author with Joseph Carole of this farce comedy, has been a citizen of the theatre for many years. He made his first pro- . fessional appearance in Chicago and r. then went on to New York to greater :,? triumphs. Nine years ago he appealed in the Loop in Frank Craven's' - "That's Gratitude" and previously established a long run record in "Applesauce." Since that time he has appeared in eighty pictures. Glenda Farrell's dramatic history is centered m New York's rial to with twenty hit plays and later nearly forty Hollywood movies to her credit. Lyle Talbot is making his first stage - appearance since signing a Hollywood contract, and also his first Chicago legitimate appearance although he f toured in leading stock companies throughout the Middle-West for sev-^ eral years. Sheila Bromley, who has the second feminine lead, left the New York stage for Hollywood featured „ roles and is making her first Chicago stage bow. Austin Fairman is well known to local theatregoers because of his roles in support of many first"* line actresses. Jack Smart, missed Chicago in his stage tours, but his face is known through screen comedy roles and his voice because of guest star radio appearances. Archie Rob- ; bins will be remembered as one of the Yacht Club Boys from the Colony } Club before disappearing in Hollywood and Madora Keene is from the New York staee. Producers Bobby Craw-' ford and Wililam Friedlander both are ' native Chicagoans with international •. reputations, so that this engagement ' V1 ' ij of "Thanks For My Wife" has a local f interest far exceeding the prenaiara o| * f 5 a new stage comedy. nnii: No Fop noiues r It took 350 umpires to figure out the scores at Uncle Sam's last war games at Plattsburg N Y. !i - Horses, $3.00; Cows, $4.00; Dead, Down and Crippled HORSES and CATTLE Dead Hogs and Sheep removed free! MIDWEST REMOVAL 00. Tel. Woodstock 1624 M1 or Dundee 10--Reverse Charges CHEVROLET US: SEE US FOR THE BEST USED CAR BUYS IN TOWN ( i l ' * ° u • *,*$°»ut ?out usto tout en«*- Tout Pi*"1 • •election • of values * beet a** 0* town. • ' • - • o rf»etbo*»- . 4 * ;,h •ed* 9,262,068 «•<! car* and kmcI track* fraai Cfcavralat dealer* during the last tlx year*. GENEROUS ALLOWANCE on your old car! § MASONS WHY TOU WILL SAVi •v wnn NOW1 SAVE A l l used cars priced toaellfast in order to make room for move trade-ins. 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