LIBERTY SONG
8
By THAYER WALDO
© by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
WNU Service.
HE man in the officer's chair lit
a fresh cigar and angrily flung
the match aside,
“Cockeyed, idiotic business!” he
snarled.
“A whole production tied up while
we sit here waiting for some wop bum
to be dragged In off the streets. It's
the damnedest thing I ever heard of!"
Stuart Booth eyed him contemptu-
ously and said nothing.
Fiberg made a gesture
ation,
“Now listen, Nick,” he begged; "be
reasonable a little, couldn't you? Aln't
the only chance we got worth anyhow
atry?®™
“Yes; I should think, Hormell,”
Booth put In coldly, “that after all the
fuming you've done over this part, you
might see how my suggestion works
out before you start crabbing.”
The director twisted swiftly around
in the chalr to face him, snapping:
“Look here, Stuart; I never agreed
to this wild notion of yours, and I
won't pretend to now. ‘Here we have
a scene that needs an operatic star,
and you talk 'em into going after a
dago banana peddler you've heard
yodeling behind his pusheart. If I'm
expected to enthuse over that—well,
it's a laugh, that's all.”
“All right; now we'll just add the
rest of It: you want an Italian tenor,
yet you can't afford anyone big for
such a small role. There's no forelgn
language singer available on the lot,
so where are you? Stuck. And then
when I offer the one idea that may
solve your problem, you beef!”
“Well,” Hormell grumbled, “it slm-
ply doesn’t sound sensible. If he was
going into a chorus. 3ut the
man's got to do a solo, and"
“Hey, look!” Fiberg had turned te-
ward the sound stage entrance,
“Is that him?’
The others swung around.
Just inside the door stood a little
round man in baggy trousers and a
gay lavender shirt,
His great mop of black curls was
uncovered and the olive moon face
beneath showed gentle perplexity.
Stuart Booth went forward, calling:
“Hello, Pletro! Come right over
here.”
The Latin’s teeth gleamed In a wide
glow smile.
“Ah, Signor Boot’!
me, si? Dey no tell me—Jjoost say,
‘You Pletro Pasquale? Come to da
studio.” I don't know what ees, but
here I am.”
Hormell had approached and was
staring critically at the Italian,
Before Booth could speak again, he
said curtly:
“All right,
sing.”
The small dark man gazed up with
polite incomprehension and replied:
“Excuse, plees; da name she's
Pletro, an’ I don't know Joost what
you talk. Maybe you joke, si?’
“Keep still a minute,” Booth said
sharply to the director; “give me a
chance to explain to im. .
Listen, old timer; we're in a fix here;
you can help us out and, incidentally,
make yourself fifty dollars for a cou-
ple of hours’ work—just singing."
The fellow made a quick little bow
and sald:
“Sure. sure; she's made me very
happy to do somet'eengs for you"
The set across the stage, however,
had caught his eye and he started to
wander off toward it.
The actor grasped his arm as Hor-
mell let out a snort of exasperation
and demanded:
“Well, are we going through with
the farce, or is this gentleman just
a sightseer?”
“That's what I'm saying”
agreed.
“He acts like he was
favor. What's the big
Pietro met the
with grave dignity.
“Excuse, plees,” he corrected; “she's
only for Signor Boot’ 1 do eet”
Fiberg gaped incredulously a mo-
ment; then:
“Say, what's the matter from you?"
he yelped.
“Nobody's asking you should do any-
thing gratis. Fifty smackers you get
for just one song—even If you don't
sing very good, maybe!"
Again that broad calm smile spread
over the swart features,
“That ees all right,
love to seeng, anyhows.™
Once more he commenced to stroll
away. Stuart Booth cried:
“But, Pletro! It has to be done this
afternoon—-right now I”
The Italian halted at once, a mildly
shocked surprise entering his expres-
sion,
“Obh--sl? Excuse, plees; I'm not un-
derstan’™
A savage groan from Hormell
“Listen, Booth,” he bawled; “either
you get that spaghettl gobbler war-
bling in the next two minutes, or I
quit. Savvy?
The actor glared sourly at him and
turned again to Pletro, explaining:
“You see, there's an Itallan se-
quence in the picture we're making.
Several of us are traveling along a
mountain road and we come to a small
inn. The proprietor's sitting on the
piazza, carrying wood and singing
some air from an opera. Now that's
what we want you for! Can you do
of conclli-
You send for
Tony—let's hear you
Fiberg
doing us a
idea?
producer's scowl
signor, I'm
Pletro laughed—a full and carefree
soynd with no hint of scorn In It
“Why, sure!” he exclaimed buoy-
antly.
“You mean like dees?”
Back went his head, a breath was
taken, and suddenly there poured forth
a rich torrent of golden melody as he
began an arla from “I Paglinccl"”
It rose and swelled and filled the
great room with glorious muslie.
In a moment people from all over
the stage had gathered round.
Not a note in all that song was less
than perfection.
Loong before he had finished, Fiberg
and the director were huddled togeth-
er, whispering excitedly.
Even Stuart Booth was astonished.
At last it ended and the little Ital-
ian gazed about him, a trifle startled.
Then Hormell and the producer were
rushing forward In a dual fever of
ingratiation.
“Say, that's the finest thing I ever
gave a listen to!" Fiberg chattered.
And the director:
“Marvelous! Where have you been
hiding all these years?’
In a quick aside to Booth, he
breathed: “My G—d, man—why didn't
you tell me about this sooner? He's
the greatest find I've ever run across!”
Fiberg, an arm about the singer's
shoulders, was talking rapidly:
“Now, Mr. Pasquale, here's the way
I'm figuring it. You'll want to do a
couple of small parts and then we
star you. How about a six months’
contract with options, at—well, say
two hundred and fifty a week?"
The three studio men walted, thelr
eyes upon the Latin's face.
For an Instant bewilderment was
there; then slowly he looked from one
to the other with something very like
disbelief,
“Joost a meenute,” he sald finally;
“Maybe I'm don't understan’ again,
You want that I come here every day
and seeng for da peectures, si?”
They nodded.
Pletro Pasquale made a queer small
noise in his throat and stepped back,
shaking free of the producer's
brace.
“Excuse, plees!™
ringing firmness,
you—but, no!"
“You—you mean you're refusing the
contract?”
“Si, signor.”
em-
He spoke with a
“She's very kind of
Palpably he was In dead earnest
“Listen, plees: When I am a boy
een Mllano, always | seeng, Joost for
happiness, Den day somebody
she’s hear me an’ say, You mus’ study
for da career! I am young fool, so
I do eet. Five, six year I keep on,
at las’ get een La Scala opera an’ pret’
soon have da name een llizhts,
bravo!
one
Bravo,
jut all da joy she's gone when
each night I have to seeng so much,
80 jong. So now I have geeve all dat
up an’ come here where I can poosh
da cart to make enough for Rosita
an’ da bambinos an' me. Seeng?
Signor, 1 do eet for gladness, but she's
not enough money een all da world
to buy from Pletro a song ever again!”
Nevada Marsh Yields
Rich Sodium Sulphate
Sodium sulphate, once a plentiful by-
product of nitric and hydrochloric acid
manufacture, has relatively
scarce in this country because of re-
cent changes in the manufacturing
processes of those acids, writes P, C
Rich ino Chemical
Engineering. Just when It began to
appear that the United States would
have to depend on imports for its so-
dium sulphate, an Isolated desert
marsh began to yield this chemical in
practically pure form. This strange
deposit, where sodium sulphate, or a
“glaubers salt™ ean be scooped up by
steam shovel Is known as Rhodes
Marsh and Is located In Mineral coun-
ty, Nevada.
A few years ago, P. 8. Williams, a
chemical engineer at one time associ
ated with a concern producing sodium
sulphate from Carrizo lake, California,
came across an old report of Prof.
Joseph lLeConte, geology professor at
the University of California, In which
mention was made of an enormous de
posit of glanbers salt at Rhodes. In
1028 he was able to interest a group
of San Francisco men who spent con
siderable time prospecting the deposit,
surveying the markets, and Investigat-
hecome
and Metallurgical
phate,
1080. With the experience thus gained
as a basis, a program of improvement
was Initiated late In 1032,
Rhodes Marsh 1s roughly circular in
shape. The mineralized section Is
about 200 acres In area and covered
with 6 inches to 2 feet of silt. On the
south half of the deposit, a 15-foot Iay-
er of glaubers salt is found Immedi-
ately under the overburden; in places
it has been found to be present at a
depth of 80 feet.
Mother at Seven
A case of a child born to a seven
year-old girl, reported by Dr. Hilda
Keane, of Victoria Zenana hospital,
Delhi, is mentioned in the British Med-
teal Journal, An unmarried Moham-
medan girl was admitted to hospital
on March 18, 1882." says Doctor Keane,
Her age, as given by her father, was
seven, Her general development was
good, and she had fair Intelligence.
Her height was only 3 feet 11 Inches,
and her weight only 48 pounds. She
still had her milk teeth, A living fe
male child was born weighing 4 pounds
8 ounces, Beyond suffering from’ fright
for the first three days, the mother
made a perfect recovery and was able
to nurse her child for nine months,
Economy
Son-You sure are a lucky man,
father, i
Dad—-Why so? '
Son—Because you won't have to buy
me any school books next year, |
didn't pass.
The following suggestions and ad-
vice are from a recognized Amer.
fcan authority on the subjects dealt
with:
The column today 1s devoted to an-
swering questions which have been
asked by readers. Perhaps some of |
these questions have been In your |
mind, but not enough to urge you to |
take your pen in hand, Here is the
first:
“Which are better—broad noodles
or thin noodles, and what is the best
way to cook them?" The answer is
neither is better—some like one kind
and some like another. Probably the
thinly cut noodles are most popular
for soup. For noodles boiled or fried,
a medium size is usually chosen, al-
though one of the best dishes made
from the foundation, which I had the
other day, used the very thinnest
The boiled noodles were dressed with
almonds browned in butter and sprin-
kled with poppy This is a
dish of German origin, and Is really
food for a gourmet,
seeds,
Now, as to cooking noodles. They |
should be placed In boiling water
and cooked only until tender—five to
eight minutes Is the average time. |
Noodles need plenty of butter or
sauce with them, as they are rather |
bland in flavor. One good combina- |
tion is noodles, fried apples and but- |
téred fine breaderumbs ; grated cheese,
tomato sauce, stewed kidneys, sauted
chicken
for sauces. I am sure I have
tioned before the attractiveness of a
noodle ring as a setting for creamed
tered vegetables.
is set in hot water to heat, and are
then turned out on a hot platter
ready for the filling.
Another question: “Will you send
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me a recipe for chicken souffle?
What is the trick In keeping it from
falling?” The recipe is given today.
The “trick” is using a white sauce,
beaten eggs and minced chicken, and
getting the pan into hot water while
baking, for a rather long time (45
minutes in a modern oven). This
recipe can be varied by using other
kinds of meat, fish or vegetables, Be
sure plenty of seasoning is used for a
souffle, which otherwise may be too
bland to be interesting.
Another letter writer asks what is
the difference between brown betty
and scalloped apples.
dozen different ways of making this
dessert. 1 am going to give you my
favorite method today, You may pre.
fer brown, instead of white sugar,
and you may like to use soft crumbs
instead of the fried breadcrumbs,
Of course any other fruit may be
used in a recipe of this sort. 1 per
sonally like a mixture of sliced ba-
nanas and apples in this recipe. 1
like a combination of rhubarb
Hard sauce is usually
served with this dessert, but a thin
ner sauce, or plain cream, is very
As a reader has asked for a
for ice cream sauce I will in.
today In connection
which, by the way, may
or cold,
also
recipe
with
brown betty,
be served hot
fF
This
hot foods, although one of
is used. sauce belongs with
its
frosting,” 18 good on
are always at least cool
they are served,
Scalloped Apples,
cups read
tables ns butter
apples
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Cut bread Into dice and saute with
butter until brown. Peel apples and
cut very thin, Dredge with sugar
mixed with cinnamon. Cover bottom
of baking dish with the bread, then
add apples and remaining bread In
alternate layers, saving a few of the
crumbs to put on top. Bake one-half
hour, covered, and the last fifteen
minutes uncovered, In a moderate
oven, 375 degrees Fahrenheit,
Chicken Souffle,
3 tablespoons butter
8 tablespoons fiour
1 cup hot milk
3 eggs separated
1 cup minced chicken
14 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons onion juice
gradually, stirring constantly until
smooth, Pour gradually well
beaten yolks. Add minced chicken,
salt and onion juice,
taste, Cool. Fold in stiffly
whites, place In a well-buttered mold.
Set in a pan of hot water and bake
in a moderate oven (370
Fahrenheit) about forty-five minutes,
onto
Season to
degrees
ice Cream Sauce.
8 tablespoons butter
1 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 egg yolks
cup milk
3% cup cream, whipped
Cream the butter, add the
gradually, then the vanilla
beaten egg yolks.
cook hot
stantly until it thi
from the fire and fold in the whipped
and
over water stirring
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TO SHOW VITAL
NATIONAL FACTS
A good deal of the governmental,
business and social activities of any
community depends upon accurate
knowledge of the number of inhab-
{tants which co@pose it,
Buch vital information is seriously
lacking days. A leading life
insurance company discusses the sub-
Jeet In a bulletin under
the heading, “How Many Are We?”
Apparently no reliable in-
the population
of the country as a whole or of any
these
statistical
there is
formation regarding
The de-
is to blame. Formerly it
wis comparatively easy to make pop.
ulation estimates in the
tween the decennial
day it Is difficult to
approximate guess,
years be-
but to-
make even an
The simple and
then em-
to the
sha org
changes
Census,
usually reliable methods
ployed no longer sre suitable
sudden and
fundamental
s
few
have
the
fon during the last years,
pushed
tides of im-
and mil
conditions
down the birthrate,
migration have reversed,
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to be
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