On The Side
By E. V. DURUNG
(DiWributed by Kintf Future
Svnicate. Inc.X
Deparkin from Paris I suc
cessfully supervised the progress
of our tggage from tne hotel
George V to trie boat train at
Gare St. Lazare. .After checking
and double checking the number
ui piccca4diiu iiiiumg u correct,
1 sat down in the compartment
to sign a lew ;ghs of reliel. 1
was then suddenly confronted
with a tragic scene a horrible
spectacle that made a series of
snuuder shake my frail frame.
Into tli compartment came a
poor wretch supervising the .
progress of 19 pieces of baggage,
wife and a Great Dane dog.
Noting signs of indignation on
the faces of some of the travel
ers already occupying the com
partment, the lady said, '"Our
dog has hfs own ticket." The dog
looked veiv deiected. The har
assed husband .began trying to
et 19' pieces o,f baggage in a
space .hardly large encu&h for
six.: Finally the .poor devil re
belled. He explained: "Either we
get a compartment for ourselves,
our baggage.and the dog or 1 am
not going.'' The wife said; '"But,
dear . ." The 'husband scream
ed. "You heard me!" How' right
Dryden .was when, he said, '"Be
ware the fury of a patient man."
Anyway, the conductor was sum
moned nd arrangements were
made fur an. entire compartment
for this heavily laden couple
and their dog.
To Boat
The trip to the dock at Le
Havre wnere the good ship
United State awaited us was
without further incident. At Le
Havre ail angel in disguise wear
ing the imiform of the United
States line said to all passengers,
"Just leave your baggage where
it is. Don't bother or worry about
it further. We will transfer it to
your cabin." Shortly "after I saw
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m sicwmu icaiMus wit
Dane dog toward the ship. The
dog was now in a good mood. He
stepped gingerly along wagging
his tail vigorously, incidentally,
20 dogs of various sizes and
breads were among the passen
gers on the United States, which
has unusually well equipped
kennels for pets. "
Sold Out '
4'h United States for this sail
ing was sold out weeks ago. And
this ) the off season. No ques
tion about it. That beautiful ship
is one of the most popular
passenger vessels ever "to travel
the Atlantic. We p mbarked the
night before sailing. That is we
went aboard about nine p.m. and
the stop sailed shortly after mid
nit, Shopping
One of the first things-1 did
after dining on the ship, the first
. night was to buy an elegant
Havana cigar. Price, JO cents for
a cigar that .costs 60 cents in
aris. Ne.tt to the tobacco de
partment was a shop. Featuring
a variety bf articles. .Lined up
before the counter four-deep
were eager female shoppers.
Thev were buying perfume at
French retail prices. Perfume is,
as you'proba'aly" know, cheaper
in Paris than in New York. It
is a "duty" free" proposition. As
I have aforementioned, Havana
cigars are three times as ex
pensive in Pari? as in New York.
Why is U ttiat we cigar smokers
always-get the worst-of it?
' - .
First Trip
The first trip to the United
States made "together by Grace
Kelly and her Prince was on the
steamship United States. I note
princess Grace, who expects a
jchild in February, is certain it
will be a boy. She has had the
horoscope of the expected infant
airaacty read. When I get back
-to New York I will check as to
what the stargazers say as to
children bora in February and
report same in detail. As you
inow a chUd born in February
. 1 I . . 1 Ua
iciiif ue uuiu emit! unuci
,sign of Aquarius or Pisces.
" Lattery
Would like to clear up a few
ilems cqllected in Europe before
reporting the details of the
transatlantic trip. In France
there is a weekly national lot
tery vith a first prize of S115,
000. The winner usually retires
for-life Of buys a. bistro. There
3 3Jtvci wti.i kwiiii.kti,u
ith tUe classic horse race the
-7rix De L'Arc De Tr'iomphe.
First prize ioe this is--S280,000.
Winner of this usually retires or
fjuys a shop on the Rua Fauborg
St.3 Honore that eaters to the
tourist trade.
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Is That So?
Know how to treat your home
grown flowers upon which you
have already lavished so much
work once you bring them into
your home? You can double and
even triple their life, you know.
For you who have written in
asking, here s how:
Asters: Cut them when in full
bloom, and if it is in the middle
of the day so' much the better.
Char the cut ends or plunge them
for a minute into boiling water.
Keep them in a sugar solution
say one teaspoon to every quart
of water. Recut the stems every
other day under this solution. If
they are woody, split them.
Because the foliage of asters
wilts before the flowers do, re
move the leaves from the upper
stems as they wilt, substituting
other appropriate foliage. That
way you'll get an extra week.
Prematurely wilted asters can
be revived by placing the stems
in warm-to-the-touch water.
Chrysanthemums: Mums are
among the best lasting of cut
flowers. If they are hard-stemmed
perennials, split the woody
stems from two flowers over
night in cold water to which one
half cup of sugar has been added
to every quart of water. As you
can see, they have a sweet tooth.
Roses: For best results cut
your roses when the buds begin
Achievement Nigh) j
Heldaf OakGrove
Achievement awards were pre
sented to members of the South
west Medford, Oak Grove school.
Pins and cards were awarded
by Elwood Hedberg, manager
of the Medford branch and vice
president of the First National
bank, and Gene McCurley, ag
ricultural fieldman of the First
National bank. '
First year pins were awarded
to Sheila Franklin. Tamara Jean
Smith, Wayne Brown, Steven
Clark, Martha Merriman and
Lorraine Davis.
Second year pins were award
ed to Mathew Rode, Carole Lee
Newland. Mary Kay Harris,
Candace Newland, Carol Depner,
Marcia Belknap and Boritie
Brantley.
Third year pins were awarded
to Heather Rode, Carol Mann,
Sandra Reich and Elizabeth
Clarke.
Fourth year pins were awarded
to Ray Nouguier, Keith Smith,
Donald Mann, Jeanette Noug
uier, Ann Darland, Jeanette
Robertson and Robert Allen.
Fifth year pins were award
ed to Bruce Boldenow, Ursula :
Bates, Mavis Strom, Sheila'
Couey and Thomas Turpin.
Sixth year pins were awarded
to-Donald Smith. Stephen Smith,
Judy Nelson and Carolee Brant
ley. Ann Darland also received a
style review pin as one of the
best dressed girls in the 4-H
program. Jeanette Nouguier also
received a county medal for
food preparation.
EUBEKA1 . .
Chicago - U.I) A political
dinner party.a was disrupted
when a woman newspaper re
porter announced she had" lost
a contact lens. A search was un
successful 'and the ..guests re
turned to their appetizers." They
wer interrupted by another
hout from the female reporter?
toiie found the missing lens in
her caviar.5
By EUGENE BURNS
Rjnger-Nlturalist
to show color and do it toward
the last hours of daylight. Al
ways use a sharp knife or, if
you have used a shears, recut
the stem with a sharp knife be
fore placing in the container. Cut
on a diagonal. Along with it,
split the stems. Using a razor
blade, you might even shave
down the side of the stems
but be sure it is all done below
the waterline and make al
lowances for plenty of evapora
tion. Condition the roses overnight
with stems in cold water reach
ing almost to the flower heads.
Commercial flower preservatives
are good. Change water daily.
Dahlias: If your dahlias are
babied overfed and overwater-
ed, as they often are, they will
fade quickly, regardless of what
you do. However, to every quart
of water add a pinch of potas
sium nitrate, obtained at a drug
store or garden shop. It will help
preserve their beauty.
Prematurely wilted dahlias re
vive quickly when the stems are
recut and placed in water as
warm as your hands can stand
and then left there until ar
ranged.
Dahlia leaves, although shape
ly, wilt easily so avoid them
in flower arrangements.
To show off your largest blo
oms, remove the below-water
foliage and immediately plunge
the stems in cold water for a
couple of hours. Then remove
them to a pan containing two
or three inches of boiling vater
the heat destroys air pockets
and speeds up the water intake.
From there, place the stems in a
deep container of cold water in
a cool spot and let them remain
there overnight. By next morn
ing, they'll be ready for show.
Snapdragons: Gather them
when the spikes are half in flow
er. Remove all leaves at once
below the waterline and at least
two out of every three leaves
above. To condition them over
night, place the stems in hot
water up to 100 degrees to be
gin with. Then cooler. Use a
commercial preservative. As it
becomes necessary, pinch off
faded flowrets from lower stems.
Calls Lilies: Condition them by
submerging the foliage stems
and leaves in cold water for one
to four hours. Then before using
recut the stems. The foliage and
stems can be curved as desired
with warm hands. If a stem
splits, hold it together with a
rubber band. If you use a shal
low container, be sure to keep
the water supply adequate.
(Copyright, 1956,
by Eugene Burns)
(Released by McClure
Newspaper Syndicate)
F3P
y ten
Driver Joe Scolaro
Visits Drive Scolaro
Lincoln, Neb. (U.PJ Bus driv
er Joe Scolaro of Lincoln, Neb.,
went to visit bus driver Joe
Scolaro of Tampa, Fla.
Both have the same name.
type of work, and work for the
same bus company National
City Lines.
Lincoln's Scolaro began writ
ing his "twin" when the latter
won a recent national "Bus
Driver of the Month" award and
his' picture appeared on national
place cards.
'. The men are not related.
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Around
Hollywood
By ALINE MOSBY
United Presi Correspondent
Hollywood (U.PJ With Na
tional Cat Week over, Mrs. Pa
mela Mason has a confession:
The reputation
she and her
actor husband,
James have
for cats is all
a mistake.
The Masons,
true, have 11
cats in their
menage, and I
visited the
Aline Slosby four- footed
members of the family during
National Cat Week because the
Masons are Hollywood's most
famous cat-owners.
But Mrs. Mason, a brunette
dressed in pink from shoes to
earings, sighed that it's all a
fraud in a furry sort of way.
"We love cats, but! I 1 " She
sighed. "The idea is to have two
cats. It's all a tremendous mis
take." The great cat caper began
when Mason and Pamela met in
England. She owned a Siamese
and Mason was inspired to adopt
a stage door tabby. By the time
they were married they owned
two cats apiece.
"Then once we lost our white
cat, Whitey, on a train and it
caused a great to-do," Mrs. Mas
on said. "We found him 24 hours
later He had crawled under a
seat. The story got out because
James is an actor and from that
moment on we've never had a
moment's peace with cats.
"When we arrived in this coun
try eight years ago with five
cats, this same Whitey had ecz
ema. We put, a big collar around
his neck so he couldn't bite him
self. When the photographers
saw that, well!"
She added thoughtfully:
Whitey died last year of heart
failure. He had been on digitalis
for a year."
Some Hollywoodites adopted
the Masons as cat fanciers. Judy
Garland gave them a cat; other
critters arrived from fans and
friends. The Masons now are
owned by their 11 cats.
Their large home has to be
divided into three sections, with
various gates and rules, so that
the cats who get along with each
other will be separated from
those they fight with. Daughter
Portland's playroom was trans
formed into "our cat room"
where the 11 felines eat their
horse meat and codfish.
Though the Masons never
planned on turning their home
into a kennel, they enjoy being
cat experts. The actor's drawings
of cats cover the walls of the
house. So many fans have written
seeking advice on cat problems
that four years ago the couple
wro'.e a book on cat care, "Cats
in Our Lives."
Other fans have sent the Ma
sons their favorite cat stories,
and Mrs. Mason assembled them
in a book, "Favorite Cat Stories,"
for the recent National Cat
Week.
ALARM
Detroit OI.PJ Patrolman Wil
liam Waldecker shook the door
of a dime store to make sure it
was locked tight and set off a
burglar alarm that clanged
away for six hours while police
looked futilely for someone to
shut it off.
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