Illinois Valley News. Thursday. February 5. 1948
NEEDLEWORK PATTERNS
FICTION
Corner
Pretty Bunny Ball to Crochet
IT’S THE LAW
B y C L A R IS S A L O R E N Z
SEWING CIRCLE NEEDLEWORK
12* Mission St., S in Francisco, Calif.
Enclose 20 centa for pattern.
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No______________
Nam e
H E A D was In the clouds th a t
w a rm day In A p r il d riv in g up
B roadw ay. The ra d io in m y ja lo p y
was tuned in on Tom O 'N e ill, m y
fa v o rite voice of the year. I was lis ­
tening to The Songshop H o u r when
the sharp blast o f a w h istle b ro u g h t
me down to th is too, too solid e a rth .
I'd d riv e n s tra ig h t through a red
lig h t.
As a big, b u rly tra ffic cop sw ag­
gered o ve r to m y battered coupe,
m y knees shook. I had a deep re ­
spect to r la w and order.
"W h a t’s the big idea, s is te r? ” he
bellowed.
" I ’ m s o rry , office r, I said m eekly.
“ I was late fo r sch o o l."
" B e tte r be late than s o rr y ," he
said in an alto g eth e r d iffe re n t voice
as he caught O 'N e ill's lush re n d itio n
o f " Irr e s is tib le Y o u ." He je rk e d his
head and sm iled at the rad io . "Y o u
know, th a t g u y's not bad.”
—
A ddi ess
Methods Suggested
For Treating Lice
Second Application Is
Generally Necessary
Get Well
^ Q U IC K E R
From Four Couch
/d
D u « to • C o ld
C A I r V 'C
lu L L I O
The p o u ltry g ro w e r has a choice of
several effe ctive m ethods fo r tr e a t­
in g lice. W hich one he uses w ill de­
pend on his preference o r the a v a il­
a b ility of rem edies, a cco rd in g to
W ashington State college. W hatever
m ethod is used, b ird s should be
exam ined 10 days to tw o weeks a fte r
tre a tm e n t to see if any lic e s till are
present.
Louse eggs are n o t alw ays de­
stroyed by the tre a tm e n t used, and
these w ill hatch la te r. A second
H o n e y * Tar
Cough Compound
TAKE LAXATIVES ?
7ry 7%/? Ynsfeaeh
jo s r
"H e 's s im p ly s u p e r," I gurgled.
te /v io N
"H e m akes m e a ll g o o se-pim ply.”
The blue eyes o f the la w flicke re d ,
then fe ll on the volum e o f P o p u la r
M elodies on the seat beside me. ,
"M u s ic ! W hat do you do fo r a
“ B ut don’t le t it happen again. R em em ber,
liv in g ? "
I 'm keeping m y eye on y o u .”
"P ia n o te a c h e r," I re p lie d , " a t I
I J A B Y w ill have lo ts o f fu n w ith
N e xt m o rn in g I w ore m y new s h irt, w h ich read, "T h e Singing
M iss Follens D ay School.” I gave '
th is gay bunny b a ll. I t ’s c ro ­
E a ste r bonnet, a pink, flya w a y con­ Cop " "N o b o d y knows about it e x­
h im a wan sm ile.
cheted o f s tu rd y cotton w ith the
fection. On m y ra d io O ’N e ill was cept the gang here. I to ld ’em i t had
cute fe a tu re s e m b ro id e re d in s im ­
He pushed back his cap and w iped i
F /R S r
the m oist, blond rin g le ts plastered | g iv in g d e lirio u s ly w ith " T im e W aits to be th a t w ay, o r else. I f the boys
ple stitches — ears a re croch eted
fo r No O n e ." M y h e a rt went boomp down a t the sta tio n knew I was a
r ig h t onto the head. E a sy to m ake
to his brow. “ E v e r do any ra d io ,
as I approached the crossing on croo n in g ca n a ry, life w o u ld n 't be
in a m in im u m o f tim e .
w o rk ? ”
ON
B ro a d w a y. T here stood m y nice w o rth liv in ’ .”
• 0 *
T ha t m ade me wince. “ I ju s t w ish g ia n t in a shaft o f su n lig h t. I drove
A R / 5 '^
I To obtain com plete crocheting in stru c­
I
sat
s
till,
lo
o
kin
g
s
lig
h
tly
ga-ga.
tions. stitch illustrations, em broidering
I had a d o lla r fo r e ve ry a u d itio n s tra ig h t th ro u g h the red lig h t. A t the
directions and finishing inform ation for
"S a y ,” he said, his eyes tw in k lin g ,
I ’ ve had.”
Bunny Bali (P a tte rn No. 5667) send 20
b la st o f th a t tin w h istle I ja m m e d on “ th a t's a fine reception, co n sid e rin g
cents in coin, your nam e, address and pat- |
" P u ll o v e r,” he ordered.
the brake. He sauntered over, t w ir l­ th a t I fin a g le d you a ra d io jo b .”
L E M O N IN W ATE R
tern num ber.
I obeyed w ith a la c rity . A t the cu rb in g his sh in y toy.
Due to an unusually larg e dem and and I
IS G O O D F O R Y O U
"Y
o
u
did?”
I
gasped.
"
B
u
t
M
r.
cu rren t conditions, slightly m ore tim e is |
I became voluble. A n y th in g to stave
"W e ll, s is te r.” he said ste rn ly, “ if
Try it 10 days- S u n k i s t
required in filling orders for a few of the .
off a tic k e t. I told h im th a t ra d io yo u ’re gonna m ake i t a ha b it, I have B u rn h a m said—”
. m ost popular p atterns.
He waved his b ig hand a t me. " I
was a snare and delusion fo r any to take steps. L e t's see yo u r l i ­
know . When I heard about M iss
a m b itio u s young g irl. I'd got no­ cense.”
Mass of body-louse eggs at-
where, "S o rry , we have our own
I looked at h im in sheer dism ay. M ile s, I asked h im to g ive you a t r y ­
ta< hod to feathers.
sta ff accom panist. . . . S orry, noth­ O 'N e ill w ent croo n in g on, but m y o u t.” He looked up a t the clock.
ing r ig h t now, b u t if y o u 'll leave tr a ffic cop seemed d e a f th is m o rn ­ "O ka y, b e a u tifu l. L e t’ s tr y th a t old
tre a tm e n t usually is necessary and
thats a job for Caw/fr 'and Af/nty”
y o u r nam e— ’ ’
ing. "M a k e it s n a p p y ." So I fu m b le d n u m b e r, 'W hy D on’ t You F a ll in
should be applied about tw o weeks
He grinned, and it was lik e a in m y im ita tio n a llig a to r bag and Love W ith M e ? ’ ”
a fte r the firs t tre a tm e n t.
b u rst of sunshine. He leaned against fished out the license fo ld e r. " B e r y l
I obeyed m e ch a n ica lly. As I said
One m ethod is to fu m ig a te w ith a
m y car, looking at m e as i f I w ere a T h o m p so n ," he read, and took down before, I have a deep respect fo r
40 per cent n ico tin e s u lfa te solution.
crossw ord puzzle. "Say, how about the nu m b e r, nam e and address,
la w and order.
I In this case d ire c tio n s o f the m anu-
d in n e r to n ig h t? "
handed it to me. "H e re you a re .”
I fa c tu re r should be follow ed.
You could have knocked me o ve r
"Y o u conceited goon,” I to ld m y ­
L ic e pow der also is e ffective.
w ith a feather. "W h y, I don’t be­ s e lf h o tly, w a tch in g his broad back.
These m a y be DDT, n ico tin e sulfate
lie v e - " I began p rim ly . “ You s e e -"
“ Serves you rig h t.”
o r c o m m e rc ia l sodium flu o rid e or
I f he thought I was a g ir l who could
The low c e ilin g depression th a t
sodium flu o silica te . These m ay be
be picked up, even by a p o lice ­ hung o ve r me a ll th a t day was lifte d
applied by the pinch m ethod. I t con-
m an . .
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a t 5:35 when I got back to m y room
i sists of p la c in g on the skin o f each
"O kay, s is te r,” he grunted. " I get and found a message to c a ll M r.
fow
l
about
10
pinches,
ru
b
b
in
g
in
to
I t . " Then his voice became o ffic ia l B u rn h a m at the ra d io station. I flew
ienta gently help soothe tender hp
j the breast, each th ig h , below the
skin, quickly revive driod o u t “ th irsty ”
again. "W e ll, I ' l l le t you o ff this to the h a ll phone.
skin
cells, help them retain needed
vent, on each side o f the back, on
tim e ."
• When biting raw winds cu t lips, m oisture.
“ Be at the studio to m o rro w n ig h t
Soon sm arting pain leaves,
WHEN YOU ADMIRE YOU
the neck and head and on the u n d er­
leave them dry and cracked and so
"T h a n k you, o ffic e r," I said
at 6:30 s h a rp ,” he said over the
painful it even h u rts to smile— quick! your lips feel softer, sm oother—you
side o f each outspread w ing. The
ARE
IIAPPY.
smile
again.
Get M entholatum today.
phone.
" B u t d o n 't le t it happen again.
call for M entholatum , containing com­
• • •
j fo w ls also m a y be dusted, sprayed
ALSO RELIEVES HEAD COLD STUFFINESS.
forting Cam phor and m inty M enthol.
R em em ber, I'm keeping m y eye on
The next day I was on hand long
1 lies« famous M entholatum ingred- CHEST-COLO TIGHTNESS. NASAL IRRITATION
A m an who was m y frie n d is w ith d u s tin g m a te ria l o r dipped in a
y o u .”
before six. " I t ’s a tra n s c rip tio n pro­
solution. In some pa rts o f the coun­
g ra m ,”
M r. B u rn h am explained. gone. He was a m an everyone
I looked at m y w atch. 8:45. I'd
tr y louse o in tm e n ts are w id e ly used.
"M is s M iles, the stu d io accom pa­ loved. He could go in to any co m ­
never m ake it by nine. N ot when I
had to p ic k up th a t d a lly cargo of nist, Is out sick, and her su b stitute 's pany and inside o f five m in ute s w in j
e v e ry person in th a t com pany as his
seven s q u irm in g kid s and convoy h a vin g a b a b y ."
them to the red b ric k b u ild in g th a t
"W h a t's the p ro g ra m , M r. B u rn ­ frie n d . H is genius was the genius
fo r e xpressing his w a rm and frie n d -I
was m y prison five days a week. I h a m ? "
ly p e rso n a lity.
sighed. A r t is long and life Is short,
"T h e Songshop Hour. Studio B.
L a s t n ig h t when I was th in k in g
M a n y th in g s are re q u ire d to pro-
and d id n 't I know it. I'd p ro b a b ly go H ere's the m usic. Y o u 'll have ple n ty
on teaching sassy b ra ts five -fin g e r o f tim e to run through It before o v e r our frie n d s h ip fo r each o th e r duce 100 bushels o f corn per acre,
and tr y in g to analyze to see i f I The g ro w in g crop m ust have plenty
exercises u n til the grave yawned. O 'N e ill gets h e re ."
E s p e c ia lly now th a t C h a rlie had
" O 'N e ill'’
B ut
he
broadcasts could d isco ve r the tru e secret of his of n itro g e n , phosphate, potash and
g ift, 1 h it upon som ething th a t o th e r p la n t n u trie n ts . A shortage of
gone In te rn a tio n a l on me. C o rp o ra l m ornings, doesn't he?"
C harles B rent, No. 1 heel! When I
"H e records at 6 the n ig h t be­ h a d n ’ t ever o c cu rre d to me before, any w ill hold down y ie ld s and low er
H is genius was the genius of the q u a lity and feeding va lu e of the
got his bom bshell of a le tte r tw o fo re ."
Dick W ad, prefer, P .». in a pip, and
k n o w in g how to a d m ire .
crop. So the use o f fe rtiliz e r is v ita l.
m onths ago. te llin g me cooly he'd
■in Fnchm likes P.g. tor m a k in s ' cigar.ttm
fa lle n fo r one of those Aussies, I
A S T H F greenbaiz ze door of Studio
I ’ ve never know n anyone who was F o r h ig h co rn yie ld s, the so il m ust
— but both agree —
4 1 j j closed soundh
kissed a ll hope goodbye o f e ve ry
undlessly behind me, so fille d w ith a d m ira tio n and enthu­ store w a te r fo r d ro u th periods. The
"You can't beat Prince Albert (nr
m a rry in g an a rtis t. C h a rlie played
I fe lt lik e tu rn in g ca rtw h e e ls A little sia sm fo r e v e ry th in g in the wide a c c o m p a n y in g c h a rt shows how
rani smoking joy!”
the bassoon before the A rm y m ade before 6:30 a fa m ilia r voice broke w o rld as he was. A bout things th a t m uch o f these it takes to produce
100
bushels
o
f
corn.
O
rg
a
n
ic
m
a
tte
r
h im p la y the bazooka.
up m y p ra c tic in g . "H e llo , s is te r"
you and I take fo r granted, he went
is e s p e c ia lly im p o rta n t. W hile not a
1 looked up. and m y fingers began in to raptures.
U n til today I thought he'd broken
crimp c u r
m y heart. B u t th a t n ig h t in bed, to p ric k le T here was m y tra ffic cop,
In the lo w lie s t and m eanest of
when I trie d to p ic tu re h im , a ll I bareheaded and in shirtsleeves. liv e s he saw q u a litie s to praise Yes,
PRINCE ALBERT
-» i
could
were a p a ir o f sky-blue "P a rd o n the a ttir e ," he said w ith I 'm sure his genius was the genius
a GREAT PIPE
eyes, strong w h ite teeth, and m oist, m ock politeness. " I ’ m not supposed ; fo r a d m ira tio n and th a t th a t was
■
blond rin g le ts under a p o lice m a n 's to w ear m y coat o il d u ty .”
I w h a t m ade h im lik e d and p o pular
tobacco — s o
cap. I fe lt a tw inge o f rem orse at
“ A re you Tom O’ N e ill? ”
and happy, fo r you know w hat I am
h a vin g snubbed h im What if he was
“ P ro fe ssio na lly speaking, yes.” j ! te llin g you, th a t he was a happy
RICH tasting and
Just a tra ffic cop’ M aybe som ething He came o ve r and began p o lish in g 1
' m an How could he be otherw ise
SO MILD AND
could s till be done about it.
w ith his hand the badge on his blue when he found a ll the w o rld and its
I contents in fin ite ly b e a u tifu l and ex-
EASY ON THE
j c itin g ?
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GLASS OF
WATEK
CHAPPED U P S ?
the MENTHOLATUM TWINS
'at-Uev
Quick MENTHOLATUM
Corn Production
the answer
is f?A. /
T ry To R e m e m b e rT
(«race Noll I rowe
of lb«
■ die
As I was th in k in g about h im last
n ig h t I co u ld n 't help co m p a rin g him
—co n tra s tin g h im ra th e r w ith an
o th e r frie n d In his frien d s this other
frie n d of m ine finds nothing to ad
m ire , a b solutely n o thing He attacks
e v e ry th in g The in s titu tio n s which
m en have founded are grounded on
s tu p id ity . The heads o f our govern­
m e n t are crooks. Is he happy? You
j kn o w he is not.
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I th in k it p ro b a b ly is easier to be
lik e the second m an I have told you
about than the firs t, fo r it seems to
be one o f the tr a its of hum an nature
to lik e to find fa u lt ra th e r than to
find th in g s th a t are good.
Y e t I am convinced that anyone,
w ith a little p ra c tic e and attention
to the Job, can a cq u ire p a rt of the
genius o f the m an I sta rte d te llin g
you about in th is lit t le a rtic le —the
m an who had the genius fo r a d m ira -
tio n .
Ju st as an e xp e rim e n t suppose fo r
one day only you do not c ritic iz e
a n y th in g or anybody
Look fo r
som ething to a d m ire and praise I f
Io
■d
to
d it, but if
t And It ri,
IT d o n 't say
rd of
st keep s till
et th
kin d
r Urns
>m 1 gave this
• ago said it
the su n lig h t a
-d room wher
w o rld as an
as a fa u lt ftn
hat an
II take j
nd not
ink it's
TONGUE
"There is no other tobacco like crimp
cut Prince A lbert for a grand-tasting
smoke w ith real pipe com fort,” says
D ic k Wade. P. A. smokes cool and
m ild, right down through the last puff.
N itro g e n , phosphate and potash
a re the m ost im p o rta n t p la n t nu­
trie n ts fo r g ro w in g corn.
$ /¿kilt, ait
p la n t food, it is essential to crop
pro d u ctio n .
O rg a n ic
m a tte r im ­
proves t ilt h and keeps the so il loose
and open I t is a sponge th a t soaks
ap w a te r re a d ily fo r crops to
" d r in k ” in d ry spells. It allow s a ir
to rea ch roots and soil b a c te ria O r­
ganic m a tte r can be b u ilt up by
g ro w in g deep-rooted legum es and
grasses fre q u e n tly in the ro ta tio n .
To get good stands, lim in g based on
soil tests and a generous feeding of
phosphate and potash are needed.
O rga n ic m a tte r can be replenished,
too, by re tu rn in g b a rn y a rd m anure,
s tra w and corn sta lks to the land.
When p la n t food, good tilth , o rg a n ic
m a tte r and o th er so il conservation
m easures are com bined into a team ,
m a x im u m corn p ro d u ctio n per aers j
is assured.
3S h
PRINCE ALBERT'S
CRIMP CUT IS GRAND
MA/ON'S'FOREASy-
TO-ROLL cigarettes
THAT ARE MILD
y
AND tasty
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' T r s been rolling my own cig-
»rettes w ith crim p cut Princo
Albert for a long tim e,” says B ill
Fischer, "and I don’t know of any
other tobacco that rolls up ao
feat It'a a cinch to get fu ll-
bodied, noat cigarette, with P A.”
Rice as Poultry Feed
Proves Satisfactory
W1
and groiund rice , ric e bran
and rice
ir e exce lle n t feeds
f. r « egg p ro d u ct: on and g ro w th in
when 0 tey are adequately
c h ic l
ented w i th v ita m in A and
reas orm I)ly free fro m ra n c id ity .
W1io le rough r ice proves to be a
satisTact c ry subsllitu te fo r whole yel-
low c o n l when 1ncluded to the ex­
tent o f 73 p e r cerit o f the g ra in feed
and g ri)und roi ig h ric e repla*
j «reuní
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PRINCE ALBERT
The Maiior&tJog Smoke
1
rung m a m aci « k a a r ra c a i a , o c , oewv-
U T v g tu T u t e r i on n. a e.