4 Versions Explain
Valentines' Origin
Kansas City, (U.R) You can
take your choice of four versions
of the orisin of Valentines.
The ancient custom nf exchann
ing love notes on February 14.
according to Jcanette Lee of the
Hallmark Greeting Card com
pany, has been traced to (1)
the old Roman feast of Luper
calia, (2) a naturalisls's discov
ery that birds begin to mate
about the middle of February.
(3) "Galantin's Day." a Norman
holiday in the Middle Ages, and
(43 Valentine, a third-century
saint. i
No less than three St. Val
entines are mentioned in church
calendars. Miss Lee noted. One
was martyred on Feb 14, 270
A. D., and left a note for the
jailer's small daughter signed.
Motorless Cars Now
Foreseen By Science
Cambridge, Mass (U.R) The
work of a Massachusetts Institute
of Technology professor mi.y
take the motor out of the motor
car.
Dr. A. R. Von Hippel says a
chemical crystal the size of an
overnight case can be used to
store up to 100.000 volts of elec
tricity which can be used to pow
er an automobile.
U-e of stored electric power
would eliminate gear shifting
and slash the cost of cars with
Involved conventional engines, I Thursday. February 23, 1950
he clnm-i:;!. I " "
Crystals made of barium titan-1 10,000 times more electricity
ite. a material that looks like than conventional condenser,
ordinary porcelain, can store ' Von Hippel said.
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"Your Valentine."
Whatever the origin of the
day, Valentines are the oldest
known greeting cards, Miss Lee
said. They even antedate Christ
mas cards.
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COMFORTS WOUNDED Reaching out to comfort a wounded
Chinese Nationalist soldier Madame Chiang Kai-Shek makes her
first public appearance since her return to Formosa. The Madame
visited more than 600 patients during her first day'i tour. She plana
to make a "front-line" visit to Nationalist soldiers on Klngmen Is
land, separated from Communist-held Amoy on the Chinese main
land by a narrow strip of water. Photo by AcmeNEA staff corre
spondent Richard C. Ferguson. EXCLUSIVE
A Nichols' Worth of-
Comment On This and That
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
United Preu eelura Writer
Washington, Feb. 23 -(U.R)
To Hattie Williams, presidents,
vice presidents, big shots, and
people are an
the same.
They all
leave a ring
around the
bathtub, tow
els, on the
floor, and lug
away bathmats
and ash trays
as souvenirs.
Hattie ought
to know. She
has been a
maid at the
Mayflower
Uarman Nichola hotel since it
opened on Feb. 18, 1925. She
was pretty ho-humish about it
last night when the folks down
stairs were fishing through the
turkey and fish with the 14
karat service as the famed hotel
observed its 25th anniversary of
the "cocktail center of the
world."
Hattie has cleaned up after
every president since and in
cluding Calvin Coolidge, who
once left part of his fishing gear
behind.
"You don't know who you're
cleaning up after, really," Hat
tie said. "But I'll tell you this
they all leave a mess."
Well, Hattie is as much a part
of the Mayflower as Conrad Hil
ton. More so, maybe, since Hil
ton has owned the place only
three years.
Watched Place Grow
Hattie watched the place grow
from the first turn of the spade
at ground breaking. Hilton nev
er saw the hotel until he put the
long green on the line.
Last night's elaboration was in
sharp contrast to the opening.
There was. at the time, a big
dinner in the main dining room
for a few hundred people and
then a big dance in the ball
room.
Press notices from the early
days say that Charles G. Dawes,
Coolidge's vice president, was a
little backward about accepting
an invitation. He finally did
and, history records "he was
one of the last to leave."
Last night, it was a "6 to 8"
deal. But that didn't mean that
the folks didn't get something
to eat. There was buffet table
in the main dining room. It was
loaded with all sorts of good
things. For color there was a
sunken garden with azaleas
blooming.
Gold Service Used
The gold service, much of it
of great historical value, was in
use.
"We trust our guests," said
Bab Lincoln, the public rela
tions lady for the hotel.
"We hardly ever lose any. I
don't know how many plain
clothesmcn we have looking on."
The expensive service stuff is
a copy of the fine things Dolly
Madison had when she was in
the White House.
- Where as the hotel in 1925
I opened with a fabulous banquet,1
all they had last night were tid
bits like:
Chicken Livers
Chicken livers on toothpicks
in chafing dish. Hot snacks. Can
apes moscovite, saltincs surprise.
Chicken a la king in chafing
dish, served on wheat cakes with
grilled tomatoes Louisianaise.
Lobster, crabflakes, and shrimp
Newburg with cherry in chafing
dish with risotto au safran. Old
fashioned suckling pig with
apple renette, i
Not to mention the turkey,!
frozen eggnog in bulk on ice;
with strawberry sauce, and cnoc-
olate mousse in bulk on ice with
chocolate sauce.
Hattie looked down on it all !
from the mezzanine and said:
"Looks like a pretty nice
party, sir."
Finishes Phone Call
Before Killing Snake
Wyalong, Australia, (U.R)
James Lett, garage man, finished
a long-distance telephone call be
fore killing a poisonous, four
foot malee snake which slithered
into his living room.
Lett was on the telephone
when he heard a hissing noise at
the door. He yelled for his wife
when he saw a snake crawling
towards his small baby, told her
to remove the baby and close
the door.
The call was Important, so
Lett finished the conversation,
then killed the snake.
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