WHO’S NEWS THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F. PARTON EW YORK.—There is an Anthony Edenish flavor about the way Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles denounces Germany in the absence of Our Welles No go rotary Hull, Flop in Poll of and there is an Best Dressers Edenish flavor about our Mr. Welles himself. He is tall. He is lean. He has a wee, precise mustache, and why nobody has picked him in a best-dressed poll is a mystery. His long, big nose is perfectly cut, too, and not a hair is out of place in the thinning pompadour that roaches back from a domed forehead. This is not, however, to hint that the undersecretary is any. thing less than 100 per cent American. He was born in New York City 46 years or so ago. President Roosevelt's own Gro- ton and Harvard shaped him, and he is at home in four or five clubs that insist on looking up candidates in the Doomsday book of the Revolution of ’76, His church, naturally, is the Episcopal church, and his home now is understandably in histor- ic Maryland, where two sons are no doubt also preparing for Groton, The diplomatic gauntlet that he ran to reach his present post ex- tends back to 1915 and Tokyo. Be- times he has been much in South America. He has been first assist- ant since 1937 to Secretary Hull. a... (ONE of Carl Sandburg’'s songs runs: “Il have led a quiet youth, careful of my morals; I shall have an old age full of vice . and quarrels.” Youth in Peace go, ; goes with And Quiet; Now Walter Bren- In Rum and Riot "2", making a distinguished film career playing likable old rep- robates. Hollywood pegs him as the successor to Will Rogers, and four Rogers pictures are being readied for him. He is a personable young man of 40, but, in “Barbary Coast,” “Kentucky,”” and such earlier films as “Smilin’ Guns” and “The Lariat Kid,” he came through handsomely as a tough old-timer, and now that’s his ticket. He likes it, and, living these roles, becomes a sage, homespun old codger given to offhand, David Harum apho- risms. I have heard of similar occupational trends in Holly- + wood. He says he is growing old happily. He first upped himself as an old- ster by lying about his age to get in the war. Gassed in France, he lost all his teeth and got a rasp in his voice, which also helped. He raised pineapples in Guatemala, made money, lost it in Los Angeles real estate, and then crashed the films. Born and reared in Swamp- scott, Mass., he is a master of the quaint western and southwestern idiom. —P en HEN this writer was doing a short turn helping build the Panama canal, he fell in with a | | Gunga Din of a squad of Parai- 80 swampers, F.J.Taylor Has Jamaica Boy's Idea of Canal Who was wor- ried about the canal being too narrow. In the quaint lingo of the British-taught island Negroes, he used to say: “Yes bahs, ships grow hugely in coming years and if some is fizhting ship it must go swiftly and not fear other passing great ship. Axing parding sir, we Jamaica boys say canal need great enlarging.” Frank J. Taylor, president of the American Merchant marine, returns from the canal to New York with the same idea. He says congress should spend $300,000,000 to widen the canal for both commercial and national defense reasons. Mr, Tay- lor's career is Brooklyn's favorite “boy who made good” story—from $1 a day to $35,000 a year, which is the possibly vulgar epitome of such careers in this day and age. He was an orphan lad in a Manhattan slum, at work at 12 as an apprentice at Robbins dry dock in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn. He rose in politics, in the state assembly for 12 terms, sheriff, commissioner of records, welfare commissioner and comptroller of New York City. Retiring from the last office in 1037, he went to Florida, but the steamship owners tracked him down and burdened him with this $35,000 job. He fights government intrusion on private enterprise, but says the shipping interests will co-operate ef- fectively with the United States maritime commission. © Consolidated News Features. out a chic new suit? It just isn't being done nowadays. All fashiondom has gone wildly, deliri- ously suit-mad this spring—which is your cue as to ‘what to wear’ at this immediate moment. The fact that fashion is in a mood to suit you as you have never been | suited before should count a lot in | your planning this spring. The | thing that plays big in the glorifica- tion of the new suits is the superbly colorful and intriguingly textured wool fabrics that challenge design- ers to turn out a pageantry of suits ] that in the matter of variety and | chic and charm outrivals all pre- | vious showings so far as we of the present generation are concerned. The new tweeds are captivating, especially the soft coarse meshy kind that are so eminently patrician in their now-so-stylish neutral oat- meal tones, and in the smart honey- in subtle grays that so appeal to discriminating taste. makes them even more alluring. It's a stroke of genius to buy a new | threesome ensemble which includes | a skirt, jacket and long topcoat for this many-piece interchangeable combination, together with a collec- tion of blouses, measures up to clothes requirements for almost any Then, too, later on the coat can be worn as a wrap over dainty summer frocks. We are illustrating just such a threesome (see the figure seated). This outfit is beautifully tailored of an imported tweed in soft heather mixture. It has a straight skirt and unusual shoulder detail. The shoul- ders and lapels of the topcoat dupli- cate those of the suit. The suit jacket is a one button type. The sailor hat is in a deep purple veiled to bespeak the femininity of the | present mode. As to the new plaids, stripes and checks they play havoc with any tradition that a suit or coat is sup- posed to be modest and conserva- tive, Suits of checked, striped or plaid- ed woolens have olutionized the mode in that they are a far de- parture from the classic navy or black monotones “t The fac that the plaid ski rev of yore rts are pleated also the spring “lock.” See the nifty plaid suit to the right in the illustration t typifies the new trend perfectly. It is of imported tweed in soft yellow with crossbar of brown (smart color combination this season). The pleated skirt stamps this suit with unmistakable chic. The pleats are stitched down around the hips for smooth slender- izing line. The single-breasted jack- et observes every rule of the game in matter of swank detail. Brown suede sports hat with a wide scoop brim and brown alligator bag be- speak utmost chic. As to the fetching little dressmak- numbers it would take an alert mind to keep tally of the number that pass a given moment at a given point, for the jacket suit is omni- present in the style parade. The new jacket twosomes play up color combinations in amazing variations Black wool crepe for the skirt topped with jacket in pale yellow with black piping describes the goodlooking model centered in the group. New details are the softly rolled collar, high pockets and out- side tucks around the waist. A wide brimmed Breton sailor with a quill across the crown is jaunty and very flattering to the wearer. © Western Newspaper Union. Veils and Veiling Are Omnipresent Veils and veiling are that omni- present in the millinery mode the eyes have to sight through yards and itself. To radiate the spirit of spring veils are the “last word in chic.” It’s the proper thing to match the color of your veil to your gloves and other accessories. You will like the new hats made all of veiling. They are appealingly feminine and in their exquisite colorings they tune to spring most charmingly. The all- veiling hat (most often a little sailor) is made of twisted strands of ends cf the veiling to tie and twirl with provocative grace. Navy Vogue Steps To Fashion Front Contrasting the flamboyant plaids and stripes and gay prints now so much in vogue is the navy vogue which has stepped to ths front. Suits with cunningly devised jackets, dresses with accompanying boleros and coats galore are neatly tailored of navy wools. The accessories may be either very colorful or follow the trend that calls for lingerie touches in immaculate white. Object of Admiration Resort visitors are telling their admiration for the rough straw sailor with a high perky bow of taffeta on its uptilted brim. Of Silk Shirting It's your play! And why not play in a sports dress of purple silk shirting striped in white, with self- color simulated reptile belt, as here pictured? Speaking of silk for sports frocks, here's another suggestion. If you select a dress of dull-surfaced nubby silk noil, in the new olive green and off-white color, you will be all set. Complement this with a separate lumber jacket top. I ADVENTUROUS AMERICANS By Elmo Scott Watson A Frontier Paul Revere famous editor of the New York | Courier and Enquirer who also had | a career as a politician and diplo- mat. But he deserves more honor for a daring exploit which he per- formed as a young man on the Ili- nois frontier. The scion of an old New York family, Webb ran away from home at the age of 17 and went to Washington where he persuaded John C. Calhoun, secretary of war, to give him a commission in the army. In October, 1821, young Lieuten- ant Webb was sent to join the garri- son at Fort Dearborn. In the mid. dle of the winter John Kinzie, the Indian agent at Chicago, reported to the commander that the Sioux and Foxe Indians were plotting to surprise and massacre the garrison at Fort Snelling the next spring. Colonel McNeil immediately called for volunteers to carry the news of the plot to Fort Armstrong (near Rock Island, Ill.) so that word could be sent up the river to Fort Snelling. Lieut. Webb offered to make the journey. Accompanied by a sergeant and a Pottawatomie guide, he set out early in February. He intended to go first to the post of a French trader on the tock river and there secure a Win- nebago guide. But when he reached the post he found the Winnebagoes holding war dances. So Webb and the sergeant cautiously circled around the camp and headed toward Fort Armstrong. The weather was bitterly cold and | the two men faced the danger of perishing in the raging blizzard. But in spite of this they reached Fort Armstrong in safety. As a result of their trip, the commander at Fort Snelling so reinforced his post that the Indians did not dare attack and a possible massacre was averted. * * * A Safety-Minded Adventurer TBE Colorado river was referred t a "mysterious monster" until Maj. J. W. Powell made the first authentic survey of its canyons in 1869. It lured many daring ad- venturers to their death both before and after his first expedition, Strangely enough, Powell was a scholar and not an adventurer by purpose. Even when he made his successful journey down the river, it was his methodical preciseness rather than engineering or navigat- ing ability that brought success. The Colorado descends an average of more than eight feet each mile and makes this drop by a series of rapids. It rages through canyons with perpendicular walls that often tower several thousand feet. Powell never ran into anything dangerous when he could avoid it. Being a geologist and not a naviga- tor, he beached his boat and sent men along the cataract walls to re- connoiter the rapids ahead before he attempted to descend them. Pow- ell's methods were so successful that he is one of only a few who ever made expeditions down the Col- orado without losing a single life. He traveled the Colorado from the Green river in Wyoming to Virgin canyon below the Grand canyon, bringing back the first authentic in- formation about that natural wonder. Although he was a professor of geology at Illinois Wesleyan univer- sity and had had no navigating ex- as for Colorado river work. America's greatest adventurers. - . - ‘King’ Strang IN 1847 James Jesse Strang—and the first two names are in the Beaver islands just west of Trav- he ruled with an iron hand. He was a picturesque figure with his the kingly robe he wore. Not oniy aia he dispense his own cruel brand of justice to the people in his colony but he constantly made war on the Irish fishermen on the mainland and often pillaged their homes. Finally he became so bold that President Fillmore issued a warrant for his arrest on a charge of treason for setting up an inde- pendent government within the Unit. ed States. For some unknown rea- son he was not found guilty and re- turned to his "kingdom." But his downfall was not long in coming. He made a law that all women were to wear short skirts with baggy bloomers. When Mrs. Thomas Bedford refused, her hus- band was flogged for upholding her refusal. This was a fatal mistake. For Bedford and another man who had been flogged at the same time, waylaid their hated monarch and shot him. He was taken back to die of his wounds at Voree and the ple of his “kingdom were driven away from their island by the in- an habitants of the Michigan mainland. ® Western Newspaper Union. to put weight on their children to gain satisfactorily, or if his and to send adults away from If the child failed teeth were crowded and sub- or perhaps to have inherited the poor teeth of his maternal | grandmother. And if adults were chronically tired or suf- fered from ‘‘nerves,” that, too, was blamed on circum- stances that had nothing to | do with the diet. No one had ever heard of hid- den hunger! For nutritionists had | not vet startled the world by demon- strating that food may satisfy the ap- petite and yet fail | to feed that | the absence of mi- | nute amounts of minerals and vita- | mins may be re- sponsible for a long train of deficiency diseases which i or nuts, usually served at lunch or supper; two vegetables besides potatoes, hich be of the raw, two servings of fruit, and at least one serving of a whole By one of w should leafy variety: grain cereal. adherin this plan, help to you with the necess erals, vitamins foods may breadstuffs, other and the Common Errors in Menu Planning Con v nistakes ning i plan- wu of too tal and physical inefficiency. Planning Meals Scientifically Today know that lz ‘ exists between food | and activit mal indiv we a definite duals ca weight by wnt of fuel know that 5 play a pow- | main- as | » can ar We und teeth healthy nerves; build resistance to disease, defer old lengthen the choosing our food, not merel: its appetite appeal, but for the qualit } contrib- ute toward what nutritionists term a balanced i even } and The Balanced Diet y modern homemaker » owes it to her {; not random, but to | the science has ' t be essenti Is at seven | deter- | for top protein airing body | take into nsideration factors mined health These incl for building and rej tissue; carbohydrates to produce | quick heat and energy; fats, a more compact form of fuel; min- erals, which serve both as build- ers, and as regulators of body processes; vitamins A, B,C, D, E and G, which act as regulators, and help to prevent the various de- | ficiency diseases; water, which | serves as a vehicle by which food | is carried to the tissues, and cellu- lose or bulk, required for the nor- | mal functioning of the intestinal | tract. A Day's Food Plan | The various food essentials will | be supplied if the three daily | meals include a quart of milk for | every child, a pint for each adult, | which may be served as a bever- | age, with cereals, in soups, sauces | or made desserts; an egg | daily, least three or four | weekly; one serving of meat, fish | or chicken, usually at the main | meal of the day; a second protein | food, such as cheese, baked beans | into at or at protein, they be at separate as indicated by either of Ham- med Potatoes Salad served owing combinations: Crea Lett burger Steak, Beans, String uce Stewed Ton Custard Pie. fret menn Jeans, Salad, In the the beans, po- tatoes, corn and astry are all oes, Cabbage as reduce hydrate, serve a le to 1 it would i E & that eggs would other form dur- sumed, be giv both Since baked beans contain third menu, and in vitamin C— tomatoes, add a bulky raw vegetable by way of the salad. in the potatoes and That Counts more time or ef- nutritionally cor- rect meals than those which lack balance, nor is it more expen- sive. For elaborate meals can lack balance, if they are deficient in minerals, vitamins and bulk, while those composed of such simple foods as bread and milk, and stewed fruits may provide an abundance of the protective sub- stances which satisfy the hidden hunger of the body. My plea to homemakers is to give less thought to the prepara- tion of elaborate recipes, and more thought to supplying the food values that will create abundant health and vitality. In that way, I believe we shall take a real step forward in human progress ©-WNU CC, Houston Goudiss— 1939-87 It's Balance It requires no fort to prepare Pattern 6037 Here's your chance to add color to the kitchen in the simplest of stitchery. Do the large fruit in applique or outline stitch and let the cross-stitch (4 and 8-to-the- inch) give the finishing touch. Make them for the bride-to-be but here's fair warning, you'll want to keep them yourself! 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