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Page Four. EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE REGISTERGUARD AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER (Published every evenlni and Sundayl EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Alton I. BiEet MANAGING EDITOR WlUUm M. Tugm.n NEWS SERVICE .... - AiBOCIated Press, United Press MEMBER Audit Bureau of Circulations Entered at the Pott Office at Eune Oreeon second clasa matter. The Rfgiilrr-Guard's policy Is the complete and Impartial publication In 1U news pages ol all news and statements on news. (v this page, the editors ol The Register-Guard oiler their opinions on events ol the day and matters of importance to the community, endeavoring to be candid but fair and helpful In the development of constructive com munity policy. "A NEWSPAPER IS A CITIZEN OF ITS COMMUNITY" THE GOOSE STEP PARADE Men in uniform! These are the men of tomorrow. This is the "modern spirit of the time." At least so says Hans Schwartz, who is head of the "Uniformed Group" of the Ger man National Tailors' Guild as it met at Weimar. (By an odd coincidence, Weimar is the city in which the constitution of the German Republic was framed. Yes, there was a German Republic, once.) "Nearly a third ot all German men now are in uniform," exulted Schwartz. "The German style has shaken off false concep tions and incorporated the modern spirit of the time." If the triumphant Schwartz is correct, and for his part of the world he certainly is, then so much the worse for the time. Who can consider the wearing of uniform dress a matter of progress? It is a mere step backward toward ant-civilization, to ward the robotization of human beings. The tyranny of uniformity of dress is too great as it is. Women, all rushing to get Princess Eugenie hats at the same time, men insisting on wearing hot coats in summer because it is "the thing," these uniformities are things we are gradually trying to fight clear of. The best that can be said for uniforms is that they are democratic. Regardless of his circumstances, each man wears the same thing. (Yet even Dr. Goering has been known to vary the dead monotony of uni forms with nifty little innovations of his own.) But isn't life, in Brummel's name, dull enough? Is there not enough routine, what with the daily job, the daily grind, the daily routine, that it must be still further dead ened and leveled by always the same clothes? In certain cases, like the military serv ices, it seems necessary that uniforms be worn. But to place gradually, by creeping slow degree, a whole population in the straitjacket of uniform dress, is certainly to stretch a blanket over an existence that has little enough color and variety to start with. FARM HANDS AT SCHOOL Now Uncle Sam is sponsoring a school for farm hands. This newest idea in vocational education will be an interesting tiling to watch. Many city people may think that a farm hand requires no training, that anybody with a strong back and a not too active mind will do. That's wrong. Ask any farmer who has tried desperately to get help at harvest time, and could find nobody but some sullen city-bred fellow who didn't know a gang plow from a manure-spreader. He knows the answer. This school is co-operatively undertaken by the National Youth Administration, the State Department of Education, and the State Teachers' College of Arizona. Near Temple, 67 boys are setting up buildings, Al ready some have become so proficient at this that they want to take up the building trades instead. Many of the "students" will come from farm families, but from those situated so that they never had a chance to learn any thing but Cotton-picking or .similar low-paid seasonal labor. To teach them something of farm work in general may well fit them for better jobs. GANDHI AND STOCK MARKETS It was rather amusing to read that the Bombay stock exchange and cotton markets were closed recently because a skiny old man in a remote province decided not to eat any more meals. Of course, Mohandas K. Gandhi is no ordinary old man. There are many people even in lands far away from India who think of him reverently. He may be utterly impractical and lie may even be the humbug some of his enemies say he is. But here again we have a man who demon strates that millions can be commanded by the force of ideas. Trouble with Gandhi seems to be that his power is mainly nega tive. His methods may suffice against British satraps but they might not work at all in our western world. Then you think of Hit ler and his 10,000 bombers, and well A Baltimore magistrate ruled that an onion could be considered as fruit. A de cision which was not in odor. When a traffic officer in an Ohio town noticed 10 showgirls riding in a bus, he or dered the driver to take out more liability insurance. The show should be worth seeing. March 21 WASHINGTON LETTER By BRUCE CATTON Register-Guard Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, March 22. You know about foreign treaties, of course, and about ambassadors and secretaries of state and such. But did you ever hear of skippets? Skippets are gadgets which once upon a time dressed up foreign treaties in rare dignity. They are out of date now, but the National Archives building here still has a collection of them, and they arc charming little doodads. A skippet is a metal box for the protection of a wax government seal. It is made of either gold or silver, it looks somewhat like a chafing dish minus its legs, and it is attached to a treaty by a flossy cord. The box contains the wax and the lid has the seal embossed on its under side. Fill the box, press the lid on, and you have the seal imprinted on the wax. Treaties used to be dressed up handsomely often in a velvet-covered book set off with gold thread, or in an ornate leather binding. Nowadays, though, a treaty is just typed out on thick vellum and tied up with ribbons. The last treaty the United States got with a skippet attached was one of the Bryan arbitration treaties, signed with Great Britain in 1914. Most State Department officials now don't even know what a skippet is; ask about skippets and they think you're kidding them and get very unpleasant. ISattlrship.s for Bananas An ingenious shipper down south recently achieved the unheard of by finding a commercial use for out-of-date navy destroyers. When de stroyers become totally obsolete thr navy sells them, usually for junk. This man bought a couple the Warden and Whipple and made them into banana boats; has them in service on a run be tween Cuba and Jacksonville, Fla. Navy Department folks say there's really no reason why the boats wouldn't make good car riers although they never heard of it being done before. The magazine space, a good part of the crew space and much of the fuel space (on a short run like Cuba-Jacksonville) could be used for cargo, they point out. And the shipper would have one of the speediest freighters ever seen. e Quite a number of high officials here like to collect cartoons in which they are lampooned. Sec retary Hopkins has a lot of them ornamenting the walls of his den at home. So has Senator Borah. Senator Nye puts his In his office. And Secretary Ickes hangs his in his bathroom. Speaking: or Lifts There is a private elevator in the Labor De partment building, reserved for the exclusive use of the secretary; but Miss Perkins, who figures such a device is altogether too flossy for any earthly use, has never been In it. Nobody has ever used it since the building was built, in fact, as far as Labor Department people know except Secretary of Commerce Hopkins. It seems Hopkins came over to the Labor De partment once and got into the private elevator by mistake. It decanted him into an ante-room off Miss Perkins' office, and he didn't know where he was until a clerk discovered him and explained things. An elevator in the capitol stopped at the House floor the other day. Three or four congressmen got out; half a dozen newspapermen stayed on board to ride up to the press gallery. One of the departing congressmen was Charles Gilford of Massachusetts. Taking a leisurely backward glance as he stepped nut, he remarked thoughtfully: "Here is where the scribes stay on and the Pharisees de part." That Red Tape Red tape isn't Just a figure of speech. The government actually docs use it. The procurement division of the Treasury Department has just put in an order for some 1311-odd miles of it for requi sition by various government departments during the coming year. It's cheap cotton tape about one-eighth of an inch wide; it's used for tying up bundles and fold ers of papers, and so on. Blue and white tape are also used. (Copyright, lD.lfl. NBA Service, Inc.) WEDNESDAY BUSY; MU PHI EPSILON TEA OF Other Events Arranged For Afternoon AN EDITORIAL ON HEALTH By MARIAN LOWRY QF special interest among Wed nesday's events will be the sil ver tea for which members of the Mu Phi Epsilon Patronesses asso ciation are to entertain in the aft ernoon in Geiiinger hall from three until five o'clock. Invitation has been extended to all women's groups in the city and to friends of the organization. During the afternoon, the Mu Phi Epsilon trio, including Misses Madge Conaway, Alice Holmback, and Charlotte Plummer, will play. Two chapters of P. E. O. meet Wednesday, Chapter AM with Mrs. A. F. Barnett and Chapter AY with Mrs. L. J. Temple. The regular all-day meeting of St. Mary's guild of St. Mary's Epis copal church will be held Wednes day at the parish house. Another of the Whiteakcr P.-T. A. bridge benefits will be given Wednesday afternoon, at the home of Mrs. V. J. Gillespie. a COMMITTEES MEETING The local branch of the Amer ican Association of University Wo men is to sponsor the motion pic ture, "Moonlight Serenade," at the McDonald theatre, starting April 2 as a benefit. To make plans for the ticket sale, committees in charge are meeting Tuesday eve ning at the home of Mrs. C. L. Sehwering, A. A. U. W. president. The group gets a percentage on all tickets sold before April 2. a CLUB MEETS The Eastside Neighborhood club held its meeting Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Margaret Cushman, thirteen members and one guest, Mrs. Dorothy Cushman Rosewall, attending. The group sang Irish songs, Mrs. Carl New bill gave two solos, and Mrs. Sig vald Skavlan read a paper on Ire land. The next meeting is to be with Mrs. Carrie A. Day. VISIT IN COUNTRY Miss Delona George entertained Miss Florence Skellenger and Miss Shirley Rose at her country home the past week. a MOTHERS MEETING Delta Upsilon Mothers' club will meet Wednesday at two o'clock with Mrs. Frank Price, Hanson Lane. CANDLELIGHT EVENT A candlelight service to honor new members was a feature of the meeting of the Loyal Friends class at the First Christian church Mon day evening. Mrs. Walter Myers, teacher of the class, gave the wel coming speech. The musical pro gram included a duet by Mr. and Mrs. Roy Myers, and numbers of the men's quartet, members of which are Victor Hershiser, Clar ence Sargent, Wayne Gibson and Recipe Ideas (By NEA Service) VOUNGSTERS dashing in from school like a luncheon with a dash of interest to it. Buttered Egg Noodles with Creole Sauce (Serves 4 to 6) One 8-ounce package egg noo j dies, 3 tomatoes, 1 large sweet Spanish onion chopped, 14 clove garlic, 2 small green peppers shredded, 'j cup whole kernel ; corn, 4 tablespoons butter, 1 ta blespoon olive oil. Cook the noodles in boiling : salted water until tender,- drain. I Combine with 2 tablespoons of j the butter and put in serving dish. Creole Sauce Heat 2 tablespoons butter and 1 tablespoon olive oil in frying pan. Add onion, garlic and green pep per. Saute for 5 minutes. Then add corn and tomatoes. Add to mato juice or water if needed. Season to taste. Simmer 20 min utes, stirring frequently. Serve in large bowl, with the noodles. Spinach Pancakes (Serves 4 to 6) Try these spinach novelties for luncheon. One tablespoon flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder. 3 eggs, 1 cup cook ed or canned spinach, pinch of salt. Sift flour, baking powder and salt together. Add eggs, beaten. Ad.d spinach, well drained. Heat butter in skillet and bake mix ture like small pancakes. Turn carefully to brown lightly on either side. If desired, finely chopped bacon may be added. New Officers And Members Elected By Pi Lambda Theta JJEW officers were elected at the meeting of Kappa chapter of Pi Lambda Theta, women's na tional education honorary, Mon day evening at the home of Miss Miriam Yoder. The following members were elected to serve as the new of ficers: President, Miss Mary Magers: vice-president, Miss M a r c i a Steinhauser; recording secretary; Miss Harriet Harper; corresponding secretary; Miss Frances Douglas, treasurer, Mrs. John Saul, and keeper of the rec ords. Miss Ruth Hillman. Another important item of busi ness was the election of new members. The following were elected to membership: Miss Winifred Putnam. Miss Elizabeth Ireland, Mrs. Elizabeth Phelps, Miss Margaret Ilammerbacher, Miss Mary K. Booth, Miss Don na Staehling, Miss Elizabeth De Busk, and Miss Helen Rands. Mrs. Genevieve Turnipseed, a charter member of Theta chap ter ;tt the State University of Iowa, gave a talk on "Propa ganda and Women's Place." Refreshments were served by the hostess, assisted by Ola Mc- j Dermott. (Radiators Hold 'Dinner, Party Monday Evening ; CjBOUT fifty attended the dinner ! and entertainment sponsored by the Eugene Radiators for mem- ! bers, their wives and guests. The party was given at the Osburn i hotel. George J. Wilhelm, presi dent of the Radiators, presided : and greeted the visitors. I Dr. L. L. Baker and Earl S. Beeson from the committee ar ranging the party introduced the entertainers. Charles Granzer played several harp solos. George Saunders of the university sang several songs, accompanied by Miss Zoe Brassey. John L. Casteel, professor of speech at the univer sity, gave a reading. Dick Necly and Kenneth Murphy, young speech students of Mrs. W. E. Cof fee, gave a dialogue and each a reading. Concluding the program was a stunt by Dr. Baker, P. Waldo Davis, and two members of the American Legion drum corps, Dr. Baker giving a harmonica solo first, playing his own accompani ment, and then playing a harmon ica number with Mr. Davis at the I piano and the snare and bass drums for accompaniment, the ! quartet concluding with Dr. Baker playing the fife. Following the program, cards were played in the tearoom, hon ' ors ging to Mrs. Norwald Nelson and Mrs. Clarence V. Simon for the ladies, and Darwin E. Yoran and J. W. Silva for the men. Mrs. Earl S. Beeson was in charge of the card room. Attending the dinner and party were Mr. and Mrs. George J. Wil helm, Mr. and Mrs. Darwin E. Yoran, Mr. and Mrs. Earl S. Bee son, Dr. and Mrs. L. L. Baker, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hodes, Robert C. Merrill, Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Sherman, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Pet erson, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Jurgens, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Wright, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Reid, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Dillon, Mrs. Clarence V. Simon, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hamlin, Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Fischer, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Norwald Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Silva, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Jessen, and the entertainers, ' Mr. Casteel, Mr. Saunders, Miss I Brassey, Mrs. Coffee, Charles Granzer, 1 Mr. Davis, Dick Neely ! and Kenneth Murphy. CALENDAR INTERESl SEE SOCIETY PAGE 12 Inventions Wanted Leave your I plione numhor or address at Ore gon Hotel for J. T. Anderson. HOLD BASKET SOCIAL COBURG, March 21. (Spccal) The basket social which the West Point Order of Odd Fellows and Diamond Rcbekah lodge sponsored last, cleared approxi mately $26. A number of attrac tive baskets were sold. First prize for the ladies was awarded to Mrs. John Knott and second prize to Mrs. P. Rltthaler; first prize for the men went to Ben Adair, who made the highest bid on a basket and second highest went to P. Rltthaler, Following the auction aarinff. n sncinl hour was enioved i with the refreshments of the bas kets. Tuesda) 6 p. m. Progressive dinner of I mo Ruyle circle of First Baptist church. 6:15 p. m. Dial club meet ing, St. Mary's Episcopal church parish hall. 6:30 p. m. Potluck dinner of Helmetta temple of Pythian Sisters at Knights of Pythias hall. Tuesday evening Benefit dance of Women of Moose at Moose hall. 8 p. m. Benefit bridge party of Job's Daughters at McKenzie River Masonic temple. 9 p. m. Kotillion club dance, at The Holland. Wednesday All-day meeting of Women's Council at First Christian church. All-day meeting of St. Mary's guild, St. Mary's pa rish hall. 12 noon Weekly golf day for women at Country club. 1 p. m. Helmetta club luncheon with Mrs. L. J. Man nel. 1 p. m. Meeting of Chap ter AM of P. E. O. Sisterhood at the home of Mrs. A. F. Barnett. 1 p. m. Meeting of Chap ter AY of P. E. O., at the home of Mrs. L. J. Temple. 1:30 p. m. Coterie club meeting at the home of Mrs. Frank Agule. 1:30 p. m. Whiteaker P. T. A. bridge benefit, at the home of Mrs. V. G. Gillespie. 2 p. m. Martha Needle club meets with Mrs. Cora Kaufman. 2 p. m. Central W.C.T.U. meets with Mrs. M. Y. War ner. 2 p. m Delta Upsilon Mothers' club meets with Mrs. Frank Price. 2 p m. Wednesday Bridge club meeting at the home of Mrs. Frank N. McAlister. 3-5 p. m. Mu Phi Epsilon Patronesses association tea, Gerlinger hall. 6:30 p. m. Potluck dinner of Eugene lodge, No. 11, A. F. & A. M., Evangeline chap ter. O. E. S and Willamette Court of the Amaranth at the Masonic temple. 7 p. m. Theta Rho Girls meet in I. O. O. F. temple. 7:30 p. m. D. U. V. meets at the armory. 8 p. m. N. O. W. meets at Moose hall. 8 p. m. Ladies' Auxiliary to the Fraternal Order of Eagles meets at Eagles' hall. County Groim Plans Meeting For Friday pRESIDENTups J 'ne Countv FederU 1 Women's Clubs will :on I Skinner Butt p j Ihe regular quarterly I dish luncheon of, he COVtl Friday of this week .fEfJ thirty o'clock. tWel The president or a renr. J Ive from every membe? ,11 invited, All countv board " J bers and heads f standing l mittces are expected ,1 Tlis is the fi'mee, gt the new board. "1 . CARD PARTY HEIn JUNCTION" CITY, S ,.l (Speclal)-Mrs. Genevleve jil entertained the Laf-A-Lot rfSl the home of Mrs. Vilijam bi ' 31 recently. Three tables in Play. Mrs. Sena HickTcl Ferrol and Clara Jen GJ guests. Mrs. Brown won J score and Mrs. Sena Hicks conl lation. ""1 lou can whip our cream J ou can't beat our mill-. t",1 low Dairy. Ph. 2935-j;.Ad"l Reindeer meat iTTsuJe fl of Northlanders. 1 The value of a toad is $24, ac cording to estimates of the United States government. Every bird has feet particularly adapted to its needs. AUTO LOANS YOUR PAYMENT PLAN; I Cash Loans quickly made, without "red tape" or pub licity, with your car as se curity. Our plan sets the payment terms to meet YOUR income needs. That! makes for vastly easier pay-l ments with your continued I enjoyment of free use of yourl car. Come in and have a talk. I 'Eugene's Largest Home-Ounel Finance Company" Continuing Our 37 th ANNIVERSARY By DR. MORRIS F1SIIBKIN Editor, Journal of the American Medical Associ ation, and of Ilygeia, trie Health Magazine A survey of all that medical science has found OUt about the effects of tobacco smoking on di gestion indicates that little has been done that is I really scientific to determine exactly what happens 1 in many cases. Doctors sometimes record Instances In which people with ulcers of the stomach or with dis- turbanccs of the bowel improve tremendously when they stop smoking. People themselves frequently report that sleep- j lessness, irritability or similar symptoms disappear 1 when they stop smoking. But these are subjective 1 Impressions differing greatly from the scientific studies that are necessary to be certain. It occurred, therefore, to physiologists Schnc dorl and Ivy of Northwestern University Medical School n Chicago to study the effect, of tobacco smoking on IS chronic smokers and five non smokers. They found that smoking stimulates the flow of saliva, due to irritation of the lining of the cheeks by the smoke. Apparently the nicotine that is absorbed from two Or three cigarets is not significant In relationship to the flow of sa- ! Uva, Some smokers do not have an extra flow of 1 saliva when they smoke because apparently thev have become so used to it that they arc insensitive a When human being is hungry, his stomach contracts, and these contractions are called "hunger . pains." The experts found that thr contractions of the stomach due to hunger cease after the tint I few puffs of smoke. Indeed they will stop after the smoking of one cigaret and may not occur again for from 15 minutes to an hour afterward, j Women who have been dieting know about this effect ot cigaret smoking and frequently utilize II to help them avoid eating when they arc trying to reduce. The Investigators also studied Ihe effects on the secretion of digestive Juices by the stomach and Intestines of smoking from four to seven cigarets I over a period of two hours. They found that the Smoking of an ordinary number of cigarets seldom j Increases the amount of acid put out by the ! stomach and that the total amount ot increase was : so slight as to be of little serious significance. I a Smoking also failed to have much effect on the ; secretion of bile, In some cases, however, pa- i lictits with ulcers of the duodenum fainted after -smoking two or more cigarets. Obviously anyone noting BUCh an effect on the heart and circulation i OUghl not to smoke. In certain people who seem I to be especially sensitive to tobacco and tobacco products, smoking is followed bv changes in the circulation Of the blood in the small blood vessels I near the surfaet Of the body. For such people, of course, Smoking must be considered in an entirely different way from the effects of smoking on People who are not thus sensitive. The investigators found also that the person who smokes develops all sorts ot habits in rela tionship to the smoking. For instance, some persons 1 develop the habit ot smoking regularly in relation- i ship to the regulation of bowel action. Since such regulation is largely a matter of habit, the two practices soon become closely associated and de pendent upon each oUier. 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