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Southern Oregon News Review, Thursday, August 18, 1949 FIRST LADY OF THE GARDEN HOSE Oh, Can You See by the Lawn's Early Blight? BATTLES FOR TH E TH IR STY BLADES By H. I. PHILLIPS MISS PRIDGETT'S LAWN the tiniest yellow patch. TN AN Y PROLONGED d ry spell * there is in every com m unity the man and woman who find an out* let fo r a fu ll expression of th e ir sense of sa crifice in all-out so lici tude for the lawn. Here they make the ultim ate e ffort, the grand fight, the supreme battle. T he ir heart bleeds fo r every blade of grass. They are shaken to the depths by In our neighborhood Miss Ara bella P ridgett is easily tops as the great lawn lover. In any m oderately dry spell she can go to extremes, but In a real drought, when the reservoirs are low and the w ater supply c ritic a l, she is a study in devo tion to the eause of the ever- dam p lawn. Then she becomes 7Z, s ,o f G y» rs. ^ G T ln >' w i t b ess r For S V ° n tiy y a n d f A o ,.-. th ^ S t h , 6 il" C ° d in I •' £«n>al R - " « a ie n t. rs ? eo t * n’ 'n ( t r a , ls « « i t tv ,, j 11 r ' n d Cr .. , ls ^orj) - F or 71,31 b ,v ‘m 1 * OüId m k y o n d * !. y V is io t* s o r I see tb a *> C tA C e " O Z i Her lawn is an astoundingly v iv id green when everything else in hollyhock heights is sere and drab. You can see her busy about it m orning, noon and night, every fib e r of her being a s tir over the thought one little blade m ay be th irs ty . She is haunted by a fe ar of d ry patch. One hose is not enough. Miss P rid g e tt has two. And her second love is the sp rinkle r. She likes the wide, full-throated, fast-revolving type. When not w atering the law n she goes w in dow shopping fo r new autom atic s p rin k le r models. • • • A grand canal mood m arks her premises. “ I t A in 't Gonna Rain No M ore” is her theme song. She shoots the w aterw orks not only on d ry hot days but even when it rains. H er fa ith in Providence and the elements is shaky. L et it ra in all n ig ht and she is out there w ith the hose in the m orning. M iss P rid g e tt’s slogan is “ The HOSE m ust go o n !” • • • Yoo hoo, move the la rg e r s p rin k le r over a foot, la d y! There’s a I blade there that seems undrenched • • • H itle r's yacht A in 't so hacht; So w hacht! In a v is it to the G rille , once the yacht of der fuehrer, we are sure we should im agine that great nautical figure, that w onderful ex ponent of a ll fine sea traditions, rollin g and p itching in a te rrific storm and bellow ing “ AU ls lost! The m icrophone has been swept a w a y l" • • • I go Io t b t movies, ami u b a l Jo I Romane« an J romane«, an J m o rt ol il y«l. I turn on lb« raJio, I go Io a show— Mor« mushing between a Jam« a tc b m o i, I pick up a p u lp or I p ,ck „p shek— Again it’s a rooster (basing a chick. It's m ost revolting; it makes me ill__ Cause I'm a Jack w ith ou t a Jill — T o m W eatherly • • • The A m e rican association of uni versity professors upholds the rig h t of all teachers to be comm unists provided they keep it out of the classrooms. This is lik e saying it is all rig h t to c a rry lighted m atch es in a hay lo ft provided only good w ill is shown tow ard the barn. We liked B ill Vaughan's crack in his K.C. Star colum n: “ The woman scorned is now surpassed in fu ry by the babe who never even m et the guy, but shoots h im anyw ay.“ to the H ousew ife Frosting Cakes -------------- a firs t lady of the garden hose, a duchess of the sp rinkle r. The lawn Is her fir s t thought a l dawn and her last at night. • • • Famous battlers for great human causes have shown less energy. Fighters to ease the p light of un dernourished peoples have shown no greater energy. Yes, a w ater fam ine is threatened, fa m ilies are urged to go easy, orphan asylums and hospitals have been cautioned to watch the outlets, but w ith Miss P ridg ett her grass ls a “ m ust, w ith top p rio rity . Lincoln showed no greater concern fo r the slaves. Clara Barton was no m ore zealous fo r the sick and wounded. • • • She was m arked. Her m other was frightened by a bare patch in a green hall runner or something. She has a bare-patch complex. Were she w ith Noah In the flood, she would have come aboard the ark w ith two lengths of hose and two sprinklers. Item s o f Interest AROUND >h. HOUSE Ink Spots I f you c a n 't get to an in k spot im m e d ia te ly , m ix up a w o rk a b le paste o f m ilk and c o rn m ea l. C ove r the spot lib e r a lly w ith the paste and le t it s ta y 12 h ou rs— at le a s t o v e r n ig h t- b e fo r e sw eeping it up. F o r Rainy Days In ra in y w e a th e r, la y a large- size desk b lo tte r Just in sid e the fro n t d oo r so th a t w et overshoes and galoshes can be put on it. When the ra in stops, the b lo tte r can be ro lle d up and ke pt in the h a ll closet. E D D IE CANTOR behind a glass screen, seen but not heard. Cantor, used to theatre crowds, brought them into the open, then developed the pre-program show, to get the crowd into the rig h t mood before the show went on the a ir. F o rm a t of “ Take I t or Leave I t ” rem ains the same, w ith those $64 questions. B ill Goodwin, playing a m ovie producer in W arners’ “ I t ’s a G reat Feeling,” lies and lies and lies—in an oversized double bed, in a pullm an berth, in a law n swing and on a chaise lounge. He’s supposed to be ex hausted fro m being harassed by Dennis M organ’s and Jack Car- son’s e fforts to try to make an actress out of D oris Day, cast as a studio waitress. “ Where Men Are Men” m arks Chester C onklin’s 310th picture in n e a rly 37 years; he’d have made m ore i f he hadn’ t re tire d fo r eight. Then he came back strong. You w ill see h im in the h ilarious “ M y F rie n d Ir m a ” soon. P u b lic ity tie-ups are queer things. S hirley M ay France, 16-year-old m iss who aim s to sw im the Eng lish channel, w ill do it as an am phibious press agent fo r Edw ard S m a ll’ s h isto rica l opus, “ B lack M a g ic.” A country-w ide personal appearance to u r is scheduled after she comes home, plus some radio appearances, then she’ll be groomed fo r a screen career. Koo¿-#¿rf MAKES \o B\G.COVO M ailin g Candy, Nuts C andy and n uts sent th ro u g h the m a ils can be k e p t fre sh and w hole if th e y 're packed in m ason ja rs . O r. open an o rd in a ry tin can a lm o s t a ll the w ay. e m p ty it a.id wash th o ro u g h ly ; then lin e the in- in s id e w ith w axed p a p e r, f ill it w ith nuts and ca nd y and secure the lid w ith a dhesive tape. STEARNS ILICTRIC ss RAT & ROACH PASTE tofelLS. a n d Simple Lines M ake r w Dress Easy Sewini J ONE would have believed N ’O ‘ R ay Sharon capable of strata they were a h a lf hour on the road. “ We’d better take the old road through the woods,” he said. “ I t w ill shorten the journey by five m ile s.” Sheila thought this would be a good idea. They le ft the m ain high way and cut through the woods. But neither anticipated that the storm would reach such propor tions. Two m iles from the highway they got stuck. Ray d id n ’t m ince m atters. He confronted the situation squarely. The chances were even that both would perish. A t any rate, he had something he wanted to ask Sheila in case he did n ’t get a chance later on. He asked it. Sheila thought of m any things, among them w hat a ninny she’d been. Ray was the man she loved, the only R H E U M A T IS M ? [ HERE'S G O O D N E W S ',----- 1 LAST A / Crazy W ater C ry tu lt givr almuti miraculout benefit $ to sufferers from rheuma tism, a r th ritis , n e u ritis , a n d s to m a c h disorders caused or ag g rava ted by poor elimination Money- back gu aran tee If your d ru g g is t d o esn 't stock, send Si. 25 for I-lb. boa. C ra zy W a te r C om pany, M im r il W e l l s , l» « .t C R AZ How You Y^TALS SLEEP Tomorrow Night —w ithout being awakened I f you ro forced up nightly berauae of urgau, do thio: Start taking FO LE Y P IL L S for Hluggiah Kid nay a. Tnay purge kidneys of waetee. they soothe those irritations causing those urges. Also allay backaches, leg pains, painful passages from kidney inaction. Unleaa y ”ut«i‘* P Bl1 n‘f ht ‘«morrow night D O U B L E V o iJ It M O N E Y HACK. A t your druggist. Wilkinson man she could ever love. W ith death sta rin g her in the face she realized this to be a fact. She put her a rm s around Ray’s neck and told him e xactly how she felt. An hour la te r Sheila dropped off into a doze. When she awoke she was ly in g on a couch before a blaz ing fire . Ray was feeding her hot soup. No one could have believed Ray Sharon capable of stratagem . He was too d e fin ite ly catalogued. Which is why not even Sheila sus pected that he had planned it a ll; that he knew about the camp, had stocked it w ith firew ood and pro visions, had stalled his car on pur< pose, had rem oved most of the fuel. I t had required a courage which he had never suspected he pos sessed to cash In on his assets. gem. One look at h im and you would have catalogued h im in the reserved, conservative class of young men who adhered to the ac cepted patterns dictated by pro p rie ty and con vention. He was a good looking b o y w ith soft brown eyes and a sensitive mouth. He w orked as a clerk in the South- p ort T ru st Company. There was a future there fo r him . I t occurred not even to Ray that the fine reputation he had could be used as an asset, cashed in on. Not, that is, u n til P hil C la irm o n t came to town. C lairm o nt had been born in Southport. A t 18 he had gone o ff to college and not returned. He had been a football hero, an A ll-A m e r m S S W O H D P IIH IE ican quarterback. A fte r graduation he had sold bonds and coached football teams and w ritte n m aga zine a rticles on g rid iro n tactics and given a series of lectures over ACROSS DOW N 19. Steal the radio. He had made quite i 1. Abraham 's 1. Noticeable 20. Claw success. w ife (Bib.) 2. Eager 22. B iblical Two w inters la te r P h il re 5. A cavern 3. Im prudent c ity turned to his home town fo r the 9. C ulture 4. Rugged 23. An aro C hristm as holidays. The folks medium m ountain m atic herb gave h im quite a reception. 10. Below crest 26. Tablet They held parties fo r h im and (naut.) 5. C ry 28. P erforin 11. F ail asked him to ta lk a t this of a 29. T errible to win function and that. He stayed crow 30. R ive r 12. C arry on, 6. A w ing through New Y e a r’s, which iB e lg .) as w ar 7. Fashion 32. Cut. as was longer than he intended. 13. Ten times 8. Pitchers grass The reason that he stayed was eight 13. 34. F olio Sheila F arnsw orth, who taught 19. Canton (abbr.) the seventh grade. (Sw itz.) 14. 39. O f the Sheila was a native of Southport. 17. Presiding co un try She had wheat-colored h a ir and Elder 16. 36., Eat away blue eyes. She had knewn Ray (abbr.) 37. Eog Sharon a ll her life. She like d him . 18. N ot When they grew up and Ray be flippant gan ta king her around, she was 21. Burden quite happy. 24. E x tin c t bird p H I L C LA IR M O N T m et her at (N . Z.) 29. A s trip of * one of the m any parties that leather were held in his honor. He rem em 27. Hen bered who she was and was quite 31. Herd o f surprised th a t she had grown up whales and blossomed into something that 33. G irl's name was easy to look at. 34. L ib e rty Sheila was, a fte r all, only a nor 38. Music note m al g irl. P h il C la irm o n t was 39. Belonging famous. When P h il took an Interest to us in her she was flattered. I t gave 40. Less her a recognition th a t most any g irl cold would have delighted in. No one 43. Caeser’s blamed her. No one condemned her capital fo r it. I f anyone fe lt about it at 46. Top of b uilding a ll i t was a sensation of envy. A 47. Jewish few wondered about Ray Sharon. m onth A sm aller few fe lt so rry fo r him . 48. Borneo Occasionally she saw Ray and Philippine thus It happened that one w in try sea n ig ht Ray and Sheila set out in the 49. River (Sib.) fo rm e r’s coupe fo r the distant town 90. Back o f of M erkdale to attend a banker’s the foot ball there. I t began to snow before P U Z Z L E NO. 13 a H. from r i> dh afc dssh + By Richard a a » » w [ s u f f e r in g • • • There’s good news in the eco nom ic picture. A sligh t slump is reported in the slight slump. RAY CASHES IN BRAND IM I i LM.H r a t s • • • The active head of a yacht club Is called a commodore. A commodore is a cross between a hum idor and a m atador. He has to be kept dam p like a hum idor and bull-throw ing like a m atador. Being a commodore entitles you to wear a m otorm an’s coat, white duck pants and a cap. Corner S Keeping Potatoes To keep potatoes fro m tu rn in g so ft befo re y o u ’ re rea dy to serve th e m , s to re th e m by sp re a d in g th e m out in a s h a llo w box so a ir can c irc u la te a ro u n d th e m . May Fiction O M ETH IN G NEW w ill be added to “ Take I t or Leave I t ” on Sept. 11 when Eddie Cantor takes over as quizm aster of the oldest of the jackpot quiz shows. Cantor has spelled P hil Baker on the show twice, in 1945, now steps in per m anently. He has been quite a pioneer in radio—when he came into it studio audiences were kept — e — Serving Left-O ver llr e t A q u ic k w uy to serve le ft-o v e r ro a s t beef w ith o u t re -h e a tin g It is to s lic e the m e u t, get the g ra v y p ip in g hot and pour the hot g ru v y o v e r tho cold m ea t. — e — The BY IN E Z GERH ARD Polish on Rug I f shoe p o lish gets on a ru g , tr y c le a n in g flu id . F o llo w it up w ith a re g u la r w ash ing soap and w u te r and a little a m m o n ia . You can p re v e n t fre s h fro s tin g fro m ru n n in g o il the top and dow n the sides o f cakes by d u s tin g flo u r across the cake us soon as the fro s tin g Is p u t on. N ot enough to a lte r th e taste o f the ic in g , but ju s t enough to m a k e it congeal. 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