THE GOLD HILL NEWS. THURSDAY. JUNE 2, 1932 Pa«e 2 LIGHTS OF NEW YORK An explore« tells a story wblcb be wishes you to believe Is true. He says he received a message from a wealthy woman who was a stranger to him. saying that under certain con- titlona she «as willing to contribute to a proposed expedition, and asking him to come to see her. As expedi tions always need financing, the ex plorer hastened to keep the appoint ment. The women asked whether he really was going a considerable dis tance from civilization. He told her he warn She then wanted to know whether. If she made a substantial contribution, the could name an ad dition to the party. The explorer told her It might be arranged and asked for the name of the proposed mem ber. “It ’s my husband." said the woman. “I f you keep him away a year. I will subscribe S2\<W . If you are away two years I will double It." "1 came away from there." said the explorer. "1 was afraid that If she raised the ante much more. 1 would Bud myself guaranteeing that he would be a permanent absentee." • • • Senator George H. Moses says that the finest definition of the word “an toblogrnphy'’ ever given Is “a United States senator making a speech." • • • Every time 1 pass the corner of Fifth avenue and Eorty-foarth street. I think of the old Pelmonk-o’s. That was a great place, with the room up stairs where Charley Murphy used to hold conferences with his political lieutenants and the cafe downstairs where yon always were likely to find some one yon knew. The Iste Har vey Hendricks who gave so much WAY TO CURE HIM Grandmother— Does rom still talk tbont bis mother’s cooking? M rs Newwed— Not since I Invited her to come snd spend a week with us and let her dc the cooking. Traveler« Ride Train» Free in F iji Islands Washington.—Train passengers ride without paying fares In the FIJI is lands the Commerce department has been Informed There are no com merclal railways In the colony of FIJI. By agreement between the government ind the Colonial Sugar Itefinlng com pany. a limited, but regular, service of passenger trains Is o[»erated from Rarawai (Ba) to Kavsnsasau (Colo West), a distance of approximately 90 miles, over the company's narrow gauge light railway. money to various actentific projects bad a house almoat across the street. He did not live (here. He lived In an apartment oa Bark aveous hut there were a half dozen old servants In the house and every once In so oft en Mr. Hendricks would go (here and eat dinner. Just to keep them satis fied. • • • The lady of the house was looking over the morning paper and lingered over the sports pages Finally she said wistfully: “I certainly would Hike to make some bets on the races." “My heavens woman I" exclaimed her husband. “Isn’t the country In bad enough shape now?“ • • • At first there were only apple sell ers but now there are street venders who offer almost every sort of re freshment As the traffic signal stopped the cars at a Fifth avenue corner, a man stepped np to a taxi and spoke to the occupant. “Buy a bar of chocolate. lady?" he said. “Certainly not." said his prospec- W ALTER T R U M B U L L | Communistic Colony on Crusoe's Island live customer, severely. “1 am diet ing." • • • Many New York department stores now employ experts who give Instruc tion and lecture on contract bridge. In moat of three same stores there are places where mother can check the baby while she takes a* bridge course. Through the aisles of one store, an employee dressed as an Italian girl rolls a little push cart filled with small bunchee of flowers She does quite a business <©, IZZS B»ll »»sdli-at«.»—WXl) Svrvlcs Valparaiso, Utile.—T w * Gag mans who were In the crew of the German cruiser Dresden, sunk off Juan Fernandez Islands eerly In the World war by an English squadron, plan Io estab lish a communistic sort of col ony with recruits from all over the world. This has been revealed by a former governess who was here en route to the former abode of Kotdnson Crusoe, where the mod ern Cnizoee expect to live In quiet, peace and happiness far from the hurry sud worry of life elsewhere. Dies, Yet Lives After the banana plant has borne a single crop of fruit, the plant slow ly dies A new plant then develops from a shoot at the base of the stem of the old plant. Like Sunlight Yellow, gold and pule orange cur tains make a room look lighter snd sunnier than II really Is H o w I t S ta rte d JVgy / r a n JVrsazfon “BA D FORM" MAN'S seating himself at tabls before alb (he women present have taken (heir places la distinctly bad fo rm ; end to aay of anything (hat It la had form la to brand It as be havior that Is not In accordance with etiquette. It la a long distance that the phrase "had form" has traveled front Its orig inal application. For "bad form" In Its present-day nsage as Indicated Is a meloplior de rived from the racing stable, where It was an allusion to the horae which did noi perform with perfect smooth ness, regularity and co-ordination as a racer should. From racing the term was applied to athletics and sports generally and finally In the sense previously dis cussed. A <e Hall Syndic«!«. I- - W N U Svrvlos. Olympic Park Ready for Athletes of World ooœoooogooooooooooçoooooo CThe Kitchen Cabinet 00>?CO<XXJOCOOOOOOOOOCCOOOO easy during warm weather to I T find IS plenty of salad materials. The crisp green ones are those most en joyed. When string beans are plentiful use them freely—“eat what you can and can what you can't." Fresh beans prepared as for the table put to cook Io salted water, us ing enough to make them salty to the taste and enough so that when reheat ed with cream, milk or butter there will he no need for more, cook until half done, then can and seal In per fectly sterile Jars, new tops and rub bers. When you want a dish of beans, there they are. with a turn of the wrist and a dash of creatu and butter, a delicious hoi vegetable. Use less water in cooking vegeta bles and save It all. Use It for gravies Instead of water or milk, or If there Is too much, chill It and give It to those who need it most as a drink. Teeth and bones nre built up from the vegetable minerals which we con sume. Baked Corn and Tomatoes— Ar- range sliced peeled tomatoes and fresh corn cut from the cob In layers in s battered baking dish. Season with salt, pepper and generously with but ter. Cover with buttered crumbs and bake thirty minutes In a moderate oven. Green Onlone In Cream Sauce.— Some time pull a few of the tender green onions and cook them, stems and all. until tender. Serve on toast with a rich cream sauce. They are every bit as good as asparagus for a change. Don't forget to add a half teaapoon- ful or more of sugar to peas, corn, or In fact any vegetable while cooking; Cheerio Chapters •p cades These sre made of twigs or A CORKING DAY matches depending upon the depth of your pan. anchored to the bot Every house has plenty ot corks tom and in place by means of small bidden away, or of not, many can stones or lead sinkers tied to the be saved from now on. or they can ends, and standing high enough ont be brought very cheaply In the five of the water so as to form a bar and ten cent store. There are many rleade through which the corks Io Interesting things one can do with ptay must pass. When you have them to wile away rainy day built your barricade (If you wish boars or make pleasant pastimes to. a hit of plasticine at the end for holidays One Is a game, ra ile d : nf the twig with a stone Inside to weigh It will be serviceable to hold The Game of Corks. The diagram shown here shows the twig In place), each player puts the surface of a pan of water his five men or corks In one sec wblcb Is the first thing yoo need. tion marked off. The object of the Four players can participate. Each game Is to gel each of these men shoald start with five corks of through the barricades and back equal size and colored differently Into one's own section having been from one's opporents. The dots In t i l around the pan without touch- the diagram represent the barrl- Ing a single bar. nor other player’s MOTHER GOOSE HO wrote the famous "Mother .loose Nursery Khymee" we w ill never know. Some of them such as •’Bids a Cock Horae Io Banbury <>000.“ " M ills Jack Horner." and "Lssdow Bridge la Falling Down." are obviously of English folk origin; others huve been borrowed from a fa mous collection of French folk tales called “Tales of My Mother the Goose." edited In IIM7 hy Charles I ’er- raull. It Is nevertheless a fact that our owu country can claim a real Mother Goose, through whom three Indispensable nonsense dllllea were first Introduced to the children of America. Mother Vergoose. her grandchlhlr»» called her. Her mime was Elizabeth Vergoose, and the mails her horns with her daughter snd son In law, Thoms« Fleet. In Boston, esrly In lbs Eighteenth reniury. Like many grand mothers she held active. If doling sway In the Flee! nursery, and sang her charges to sleep nightly with the well- known rhymes. Thomas Fleet was a printer by trade, snd Important as the editor of Boston's first newspaper, the Boston News Letter llecogntstng the value of Mother Vergoose's rhymes, he wrote them down and In I7U> pub lished a printed copy which sold, «nit sold well, sl two coppers each. Elisabeth Vergoose must be give» credll ss collector, not as originator of these pnrsiz But In spirit she wso a real Mother (loose, "—whose mel odies shall never die, while nurses sing snd babies cry." W RO BIN A D A IR W h a t's th is d u ll to w n to m e f R o b in '« not h « r« t W h o In 'l I w is h e d to ••< ? R o b in A d n lr! HUS wrote the love-lorn Lady Car oline Keppel about the famous English watering plncv. Bath, to which she had been banished by her father In the vain hope that “out of sight" might prove "out of mind." For young llohln Adair, however well he may sound as the hero of Lady Caroline's ballad, was as a real person no great match for an earl's daughter. Adair wus a young medical student who after some youthful scraps, left bis native Dublin to walk penniless to lxtndon and was on the way run down and Injured hy a coach belonging Io a London society woman. 8h* took him home with her. superintended his re covery. establlnhed him In society and Introduced him Io Lady Carollue. Ret to an old Irish air. Lady Caro line's little poem became Immediately popular, much to the chagrin of her father. Since, however. It failed to soften hls heart, she took advantage of s prerogative of her generation, went Into a "decline" and thus won her point In s recent Mmdon auction there was put up for sale so exquisite miniature of Robin Adslr. Lady Caro line and their three children. T Air view of the completed Olympic park In lx»a Angeles, where the tenth Olympic games will begin July SO In the center Is the great stadium for track and field events; lower left, the swimming stadium; upper left, the fine arts building; upper right, the fencing pavilion. all will be Improved with sugar, ex cept those which contain plenty of their own. Beal medicine may he pulled daily from your little back yard garden. Eat your vegetables raw as much as possible. Grated raw carrots, finely shredded beets snd cabbage are all wholesome and easily digested. (A by W M icro N rw apoorr U nion.! A society girl's temper Is probably made of belle metaL eft. Fun for All the Children E d ite d M. Comttoch dorothy edmonds M y 'N eig h b o r ▼ ▼ Says: «• •» B A K ED tart shells kept on hand can be used for quickly made ties serts. Bits of fresh or stewed fruit or creamed fillings can be served In them and a dessert made on short no tice. • • • Keep the small child open-minded toward new foods by Introducing them In small amounts, well prepared and inviting to the eye. • • • Sugar for fried cakes shoald be dis solved In milk to keep the rakes from absorbing grease while frying. • • • Before peeling oranges cover them with boiling water and let stand five minutes. The bitter white covering will come off easily. Texas Supplies Sulphur Needs of United States Austin.—Texas for two years has been the only part of the United Stales producing sulphur. As no Im ports ot sulphur were made during 1031. the ttale'a production supplied the entire country. The production, the United Sjates Department of Commerce reports, was 2.12S.1CI0 long Iona That Is a decrease of 17 per cenl from the 2.1K5S. 1)81 Ions of the preceding year. The supply of sulphur came from six mines. BECOMING CIVILIZED V ( 6 b y H i« A » « < i « i« d N .w « p a p « r a ) IW M U S«r»l<-«l Restores Sight to Man Blinded by Alcohol man. He moves his men by means of one quick shove In the direction be Is going. Only one push Is al lowed at a turn. If this Is arcom pllshed without touching anything the player then has another turn, and so on until he has to stop be cause of touching something Touching the sides of the pan or one's own men also counts against each player. The one who gets all his men around first wins. Montreal.—An operation whereby the sight of a patient blinded by drink Ing poisoned alcohol was restored without treatment of the eyes. Is re ported at the Montreal General hos pital. Dr. O. 11. Mathewson performed a lumbar puncture near the hose of the patient's splnnl column and withdrew part of the splnnl fluid once a day for four days. After the second removal the man could see snd after the fourth Ids eyesight was normal. U n ite d S ta te « B o u n d a rie s Boundaries of the continental Unit ed States, both land and water, total almost 18,000 miles. * Missionary— Are the natives becoia Ing civilized? Chief— Gradually. Eighteen of the chiefs played a game of baseball last week and only four umpires were killed. World’s Oldest Map? Harvnrd authorities believe that a crude little map unearthed by the Semitic snd Fogg museums' expedition at the site of ancient Nuxl, In Iraq, 200 miles north of Babylon, Is the old est map In the world. They cellmate that the map, a clay tablet that may be held In the hollow of the hand, dates hack more than forty centuries. A CORK DOLL Whole families ran be made, for all size children. Here is the frol icsome Sambo. Have you some flex ible picture wire? Your corks are strung on this for arms and legs and then fastened to the body por tlon by making a slight honk In the end of the wire, or by first running the whole plsce for both arms and both legs through the body and stringing the corks on afterward, making a hook In the ends to hold them In place. Hands and feet are mads with colored wire held In place by a pin stuck up Into the soft cork, and the head Is Joined on by wire also. Eyes and other features as well as but tons and belts and clothes can be painted on with -rayons or paints Be sure and save your corks, so that the next rainy day may be In stead a “corking" day. ( A 1*11 W ««t»re N ew so epor t ’ sloB. I e Clock Marvel of Ingenuity T i l l s marvelous cluck. recently completed for the Paris observa tory, will tell the time whenever a telephone ta ll Is made on the ob servutory, s robot voice making the announcement. It gives the ex act time every ten seconds. The building of the clock took many months. e e LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY ivian buunktt in au prota- blllty was sever guilty of wearing • short-trousered, black velvet suit with a big white cellar, sod surely he del sated long curls snd wide brimmed bats with streamers as much ss sny of the numerous seven year olds who did wear there. Nevertheless. It was Vivian Burnett who was responsible for this amazing Juvenile fzzhlnn some years ago. For II was he who In spired hls mother. Frances Hodgson Burnett, to write the hook that set this style, “Little l-ord Fsuntleroy." and the quaint ways, the sweetly candid eyes, the friendly, kind little heart that endeared Its email hero to all renders, were Vivian's. Mr. Burnett tells the story In hls own book, “The llomantlc Ijidy," a biography of hls famous mother “I shall write a hook about an Ameri can boy with arlstiM-rntlc English connections,” Mrs. Burnett exclaimed one day. “and Vlvlnn shall be he. Little Lord Hornet hlng or other IVhat a pretty title I Little Lord —, what Lord — whsl?” A day later she had written on n slip of pn;>er still preserved, “Little Lot*d Fsuntleroy" ten times In a column, ns though test ing out Its nppearance and sound. Nobody knows Just why she chose Fauntleroy, though It Is a common enough English name. Indeed, shortly after the book was published one mnn. quite unknown to her, wrote Mrs Bur nett asking Just why she had chosen hls name! I© 1*31 W ««l»rn N »w«p«p«r U nion.! H is to ric B ook P late « Book plates i.re ancient tome of ths siRnll tHhleta found In Assyrian li braries must have heen hook plates. Japan had them In the Tenth century. Modern book plates are nearly contem poraneous wllh printing. The earliest actually known Is a hand colored her aldic wood cut nf nhoul LISO. C o u n try W a ll N am ed Not more than one fourth of let« land Is Inhabitable. The rest of the country Is composed of eleva.ed des erts, lava streams and glaciers It was for thia reason, undoubtedly, that the land was rolled Icelnnd.