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For Washington's Birthday.
EBRUARY 22 would not be
completely celebrated if cher-
ries were not featured in some
way during the day. It is true
that the story of the cherry tree
and George Washington is more
closely connected in the memory
of many of us than his great
prowess as the Father of our Coun-
try. We seem to take for granted
his ability as a leader and talk
about the cherry tree episode of
his youth.
This recipe for cherry pie is
made to use the entire contents
of a No. 2 can of cherries, which
holds 2% cupfuls.
Cherry Pie.
1 No. 2 can Pitted 2 tablespoons corn-
Red Sour Cherries starch
8 tablespoons sugar 15 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon butter
Line an 8-inch pie pan with
pastry. Drain the cherries from
the juice and place them in the
pastry shell. Mix together sugar,
cornstarch and salt and sprinkle
over the cherries. Pour on the
juice; dot with butter and cover
with a thin top crust or with strips
of pastry. Bake in a hot oven
(475 degrees) for 12 minutes; re-
duce temperature to 425 degrees
and continue baking for 45 minutes,
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HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES
OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF!
“The Creek Bed Horror”
By FLOYD GIBBONS
Famous Headline Hunter
ELLO EVERYBODY:
You know, boys and girls, I've often said you can get
into more adventures in your own back yard than you can in the
whole of darkest Africa. And here comes Houston Norris of
Yonkers, N. Y., with a story that backs up my theory. Houston's
back yard was a pretty big one, though. It was a farm in Sussex
county, Virginia, where he lived when he was a kid.
This happened back in 1920, when Houston was just thirteen years
old. On a hot August day, he set out to change the cows from one
grazing ground to another where they would be in the shade for the
afternoon. He had a shotgun—as a lot of kids do in the country—and he
took that off the rack. He carried that gun most everywhere he went,
on the chance he'd get a shot at a crow, or a chicken hawk. There was a
state bounty on those birds and that just about kept him in ammunition.
And incidentally, it's a doggone good thing he did take that
gun along with him, For, although he didn't know it, he was
heading straight for an adventure, and that shootin’ iron was des-
tined to come in mighty handy.
Caught in the Fox Trap.
lay a brook, the bed of which was dry during
That creek bed was always full of snakes that hid in
so Houston started to cross on
He noticed, as he
Ahead of him
summer months,
the brush which grew along the bottom,
been playing and left it there, But that was the big mistake of his life.
Houston stepped on the log—and something snapped. He felt a sharp
pain in his leg, and knew how foolish he had been. That moss hadn’t been
put there by the neighboring farmer's kids. It had been put there by
the farmer himself to conceal a fox trap—and Houston had stepped
right ins it.
The chain on that trap was only six inches long, and Houston
He lost his balance—fell forward.
's step
His gun fell to the
He Had Stepped Right Into the Trap.
ground and then, as he landed, he heard another click—felt another stab
of pain—this time in his left hand. There had been two fox traps on that
had fallen into both of them.
The pain in his hand and leg made him wince,
teeth. He was caught fast—unable to get himself out. But getting out of
those traps didn't worry Houston so much. He was only a short dis-
tance from home. A few shouts would bring someone to his assistance.
Then Came the Rattler.
He drew a deep breath—was all ready to let out a yell for
help—when something stopped him. To his ears came a peculiar
buzzing sound and a familiar rustling of leaves directly under
the log on which he lay. His eyes dropped to the spot, and the
hair began rising on the top of his head. A HUGE RATTLE-
SNAKE was crawling out from beneath the log!
“lI was frightened then for the first time.” he “And for the
first time in all my life I felt completely helpless gun was four
feet away from the log, and I didn't dare call for help lest I anger the
snake and cause him to strike at me.
“I hoped—as I never hoped before—that that snake would crawl
away and leave me alone. But that hope vanished when it brought its
huge body into a coil and settled down by the log to watch me
“My trapped hand and foot began to pain me terribly. My back
was cramped and began to ache, but I had to keep it tense for fear that
I would roll off the log and fall on top of the snake. I wondered what
would happen when I got too tired to hold that position any longer. Then,
suddenly, something happened that brought the situation to a quick
climax."
and he gritted his
Says.
My
Got the Gun Just in Time.
What happened was this. Three shotgun shell
selves loose from their holder at Houston's belt. They rolled from the
log and lit, almost simultaneously on the back and head of the rattler.
In an instant the snake threw its head up to the level of the log. Its
beady eyes glittered as it looked Houston over carefully.
The reptile seemed to sense that it had him at its merey—that
there was no need for haste. Slowly it drew back its head to strike.
“Then,” says Houston, “I had to do something. In desperation
I started to reach for my gun. I rolled my free foot over the ground,
| making a desperate and painful effort to make my step as wide and
as far from the log and the snake as possible. Then I dropped my right
knee and struggled with my right hand to get at the gun.
“My fingers could barely touch the gun's muzzle, but by stretching
the chains of the traps that held me, I managed to get a grip on it and
pull it my way. Desperately, I drew it alongside my body with its muzzle
pointing toward the center of the log, until my trembling fingers could
reach the trigger.
“The rattler was moving forward—angered by the movements I had
made. Its head was a bare three inches from my left leg. Then I
drew back the hammer and pulled the trigger. There was a roar—and
when the smoke cleared away, that once deadly snake was scattered in
bits along the creek bed.”
And after that, it was just a matter of a few good lusty yells, and
help came and Houston was out of his traps.
Copyright. —-WNU Service.
Is had worked them-
Trout Favored by Fishermen
Great strength and a fighting
heart in a small body make the
trout a favorite of fishermen. No
fish as small fights so long when
hooked. It protects itself by chang-
ing color to blend with that of the
bottom of a stream. It is some-
thing of a weather prophet. too.
Eight or nine hours before a fresh-
et, caused by rains miles away,
floods its home stream, a trout stops
feeding.
Lobsters Are Scavengers
Lobsters eat anything they find,
either fresh or stale. They are
scavengers, but not to the exclusion
of fresh food, which they prefer and
makes up the bulk of their diet.
They devour many slow-moving
creatures that habitate the ocean
floor, and can crack mussel shells
with their powerful mandibles. The
young, spidery lobsters exist mostly
= plankton, minute floating organ-
8.
Pol, Native Hawaiian Dish
Hawaiians, in their native dish or
poi, discovered the real source of
good teeth and bones long before
modern science. Research into the
dental superiority of Hawaiians re-
veals that poi, which has long been
a leading native dish in the islands,
A ais an unusually large quantity
of calcium and phosphorus. This
coupled with the sunshine of the is-
lands, which furnished the neces
gary vitamin D element, resulted in
the fine teeth and bones of the island
race.
Cacti in Coat of Arms
Cacti are used in the coat of arms
in Mexico. Wise men in the early
Fourteenth century told the Aztecs
to build their cities where they would
find the cacti, the eagle and the
snake, In 1312 the Aztecs reached a
point where Mexico City is now lo-
cated. One of the myths of the pe-
riod was, that, if an image of a per-
son who was to be punished was
made of clay and jabbed with cacti
needles by the tribal voodoo doctor,
that person would be afflicted with
serious illness or would die.
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An Interesting Border for a Braided Rag Rug.
N OLD house sitting in the | pairs of scrolls are sewn together
midst of old fields against a | and also to the edge of the rug as
background of piney woods not so | indicated here at the lower right.
far from where the Pilgrims land- This kind of rug has infinite pos-
ed. The present occupant is just | sibilities for color schemes. One
as interested in handwork and just | seen had a blue center, a band
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uotations
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War was the frequent, if not con.
stant, occupation of the savage
tribes. It seems no less constant
among the so-called civilized races,
—Dr, Eric F. MacKenzie,
Every generation gets
nurses its own private
Stringfellow Barr.
In these days sin is looked on by
the world as a mere indiscretion, a
trifling breach of social etiquette, —
Rev. Theodore Stout.
Universities are a gilt coach in
which our brains take a short ride
and then get out.—H. CG. Wells.
When there is no authority, liberty
develops into anarchy.—A. Maurois.
fost and
BEONY
There is more real kindness in the
world than selfishness.—Opie Read.
of mixed color and then a wide
band of red. The pairs of scrolls
alternated red and blue.
Full instructions for making the
chair seat covers shown in this
sketch are in the book offered
herewith.
Every homemaker should have
a copy of Mrs. Spears’ new book
SEWING. Forty-eight pages of
step-by-step directions for making
slipcovers and dressing tables;
curtains for every type of room:
lampshades, rugs, ottomans ad
other useful articles for the home.
Readers wishing a copy should
send name and address, enclosing
25 cents (coins preferred) to Mrs,
Spears, 210 South Desplaines St.,
Chicago.
land ancestors who have preceded
her there. She still makes braided |
rag rugs from discarded gar-
ments and they harmonize per-
fectly with her lovely old furni- |
ture. One that she showed me |
was different than any ac ever |
as thrifty as all of her New Eng- |
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an eth waking it in case ” heen
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long and 16 inches wide with 4.
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The s¢ iol] § are made JAITS | 00nd should be used for basting
from braided marking
four h ‘mime & markin
long. rhe se strips are
tight so they are not more than
5% inch wide. The center of eacl
strip is marked as shown here at
A and the ends then sewn
around and around
ward
an uncov-
strips rales h i eaaiod
; veivet dresses 10 avoid
braided 5% &
Scenting Linens.—Persons who
aps and like scent-
obtain the latter
the unwrapped
- soap in the linen drawer or closet
the center as at he : * 4
Salad.
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lengths, arrange
the desk, con on bec : Wwauce Garnish with
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trary to the man's statement
One of his coat lapels is turned the
Tong way
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Cutting Fruit C ake, ~T0
| fruit cake from
slicing, dip the
walter
no bandle.
prevent
while
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nected
of date and
frequently.
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reach
Tacks on seat of chair
Penholder lacks a point
Dollar bills in waste basket
Desk faces wrong way
Handles on drawers are unlike
Desk legs are different
Statue labeled “'Lincoin™
coin
Copyright
Beat Whites of Eggs Once. Aft.
er the whites of eggs have been
beaten do not beat again when
adding to cake mixture. If beaten
| a second time the air that has al- |
| ready been beaten into eggs in or-
is not Lin-
—~WNU Service,
der to mak
beaten ¢
whites in.
Chamois Sking,
used for cleaning
the like,
n water
wily in the
Washing
Chamois skins
hould be washed in wi
and soap, then dried slic
open air, but neve
The iland of Bali
You'll Find Like That
you travel to the island of
ali, Dutch East Indies, you wi
ir men on
ders. Th at } , the men carr
on their ond ig
That water buffaloes, ready at
all times to attack a tiger, will
stand rough a Bali-
nese boy.
That some people have finger-
nails four inches long to show that
they do not have to work.
their sh
oul-
y loads
That boats have eye 0 as w
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luster of your teeth become hidden by
masking surface-stains . . , just as the
sun is often hidden behind clouds
These unsightly, masking surface-
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