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1 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oreowi, Thursday, January 8, 1939 Met's Leading Bachelor Tired of Kissing Hands Br GAY PAULEY TJPI Women's Editor New York-fUPD-Cesare Siepi Is one of those eligible men a girl dreams of meeting. He's 35, tall, dark and handsome, has a good sense of hu mor, his own hair, and a steady job at the "Met." But the girl who nabs him will carry her Gay Pan ley own packages, open her own doors. Mr. Siepi is fed to his perfect set of teeth with the woman who insists on such , "superficial signs." "Women are all alike," said Siepi, with an expressive wave of his arms. 'I can i tf't i -ftrnj', Ni'ii'iinf i Phoenix Thimble Club Names New Officers; Meeting Set Tonight Phoenix-Election of offic ers was held at the last meet ing of Oak Circle Thimble club, held at the home of Mrs. Bertha Cobleigh Janu ary 2. Elected were Mrs. Cobleigh, president; Mrs. Lil lian Coleman, vice-president; Mrs. Delbert Cook, secretary; Mrs. George Drake, treasur er; Mrs. Hay Claflin, report er. ' Mesdames George Bourne, Mervin Hixson and W. M. Caldwell were elected to the finance committee. Mrs. Enid Caster was in stalling officer. Oak Circle, Neighbors of Woodcraft, will meet tonight at the Grange hall. Mesdames Dorothy Thompson and Ruth Williams are to be hostesses. Movie Planned In Griffin Creek By Mothers' Club Griffin C r e e k Mother's club will sponsor a movie in the school gymnasium Satur day, January 10, from 1 to 3 pjn. Shown will be an Abbott end Costello picture entitled "Meet the Mummy" and a car toon will also be shown. Any child six years or older may attend, the club states. Pre-school age children may attend if accompanied by a parent. A charge of 19 cents admission is made to help cov er the cost of the films. Foreign Student To Be Speaker For PTA Unit . Dusan Pasic, Yugoslavian student attending Southern Oregon college, will speak for a meeting of Lincoln Parent Teacher association this week. It will be held Friday, Janu ary 9 at 2:30 pjn. in - the school gymnasium. ' Mothers of children in the third grade will serve refresh ments. Child care will be provided by Girl Scouts. - Installation Set In Central Point Central Point - Bethel 38 of Central Point will hold instal lation of officers Saturday, January 10, at 7:30 pjn. in the Central Masonic hall. ' The retiring queen, Miss Linda Warren, will serve as the installing officer, and Miss Donna Burnett will be instal- led as the new honored queen. All parents, members and friends are invited to attend. have my hands full of bun dles like so. She can be car rying nothing. But she stands there in front of the door, not making a move until I open it for her. "She will sit in the car, completely helpless. Oh sure, I go around and open the door. You have to get her out of the car some way." Siepi pronounced see-eh-pee- sang this sad refrain about womanhood when I ask ed him what trait of ours par ticularly annoyed him. Not Hard To PUase "It is," he said, "that wom an is so insecure in feeling cherished by man that she in sists on these superficial signs; that we take off our hats in elevators . . . kiss their hands when we meet. "I am introduced to an at tractive woman at a party and up comes that hand automati cally. When this happens, I do not see her the second time." Otherwise, the Met's num ber one bachelor-and in the opinion of many critics, num ber one basso-isn t hard to please. He affably described the girl he will marry as being fairly intelligent; attractive but not necessarily a raving beauty; preferably not rich; "I am kind of a plain living fellow ... I prefer a girl without the difficulties of money"; and "not necessarily a fan of mine." Siepi hopes she will like music, because not to "is like being blind or deaf," but not be "fanatically attached to opera." Born in Milan "I have seen some opera wives more interested in hub by's career than he is," he said. ... Siepi was born in Milan, Italy, the home of the La Scala Opera company. His singing career began when he was 18 and won a singing competition in Florence. Dur ing World War II, he lived in Switzerland; his only broth er was counted among the missing in Russia during the war. After the war ended, Siepi returned to Milan and La Scala hired him. He came to the Metropolitan Opera in 1950 and since has made sev eral concert tours in this coun try. He . has starred at the Edinburgh and Salzburg mu sic festivals and his "Don Giovanni" has been filmed and will be shown to Ameri can audiences later this year. Siepi has black hair, brown eyes, is 6 feet 1 inch tall, and weighs 185 pounds-kept at that . figure by fencing in winter, swimming in summer. "I used to ski," he laughed, "but not since the Met. I can't risk breaking a leg in a busy winter season." Herb Guide East Lansing, Mich. -UPD-Herbs can "spruce up" vege tables, says Anita Dean, ex tension specialist at Michigan State University; To compliment tomatoes, try basil, marjoram, oregano and sage. Nutmeg adds pep to aspara gus, carrots, acorn squash and sweet potatoes. Or try sage with onions, succotash, cream ed corn, and pork and beans. Use herbs in sparing amounts 13 to 14 tea spoon for every four servings. If doors drag, tighten screws that hold hinges in place. Or fill screw holes with plastic wood and try again when dry. Annual Meeting Of Camp Fire Council Planned The annual meeting of Rogue Camp Fire Girls coun cil will be held Sunday, Jan uary 11 at 7 p.m. at Rogue Valley Country club. Dessert and coffee will be served. Austin F. Hamer, superin tendent of conservation edu cation ofthe Oregon State Game commission, will be the guest speaker. Election of offi cers of the Rogue council and the board of directors will be held. Committee chairman will give progress reports for the year. , A cordial invitation is ex tended to all Camp Fire "al umni," that is any adult who has ever been a Camp Fire Girl, or who has been a lead er or sponsor, and to anyone who is interested in the Camp Fire program. Husbands and wives are invited. There will be a charge of 75 cents to cover the cost of the dessert. - Valley Students On Honor Roll Corvallis - Sixteen students from the Medford area are listed on the fall term scholas tic honor roll released by Ore gon State college. Medford students listed are Gordon P. Ashby, Sandra K. Buxton, George R. Ditsworth, Karen Johnson, Meredith F. Martin, Edward D. Nienow, Ailene D. Weber, Edward : . Vilas and Gerald L. Young. Others listed from the area are Sally J. Elden and Rich ard L. Purdy, Central Point; Kay L. McCorkle, Eagle Point; Grace A. Gail, Gold Hill; Clarence O. Neville, Prospect; Stephen E. Hoag, Trail; and George K. Bayne, Phoenix'. To be eligible for honor roll listing, students must make at least a B plus aver age for the term. ; Miss Buxton, Young, and Miss McCorkle were singled out for special recognition as three of only 81 students mak ing straight-A grades. . 1 .. Graduation Party Announced For -Square Dancers A graduation party for a class in square dancing will be held at the Upper Apple gate Grange hall starting at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, January 10. Members of the class have completed 12 weeks of in struction. " Byron (Buzz) Dibble, Med ford, instructor, and guest callers will call. Potluck re freshments will be served and all square dancers are invited. An intermediate course will start at the Grange hall Mon day, January 12, and continue for six weeks, Mr. Dibble said. "4 Gold Hill Group To Hold Meeting Gold Hill-Woman's Society of the Gold Hill Community Methodist church will meet Friday, January 9, at 1 pjn., at the home of Mrs. Wilmer Bailey, Fifth avenue, in Gold Hill. Co-hostesses will be Mrs. Nina Dusenberry and Mrs. Dale Smith. Mrs. Thomas Z. Smith will be in charge of the program for the afternoon. The topic will be on the Middle East. To Install Pocahontas lodge will hold installation of officers Fri day, January 9, at 8 p.m. m Redman hall, Apple street Members are " asked to take pies. JANUARY An PAULINE'S FASHIONS 337 PINE STREET CENTRAL POINT, ORE. VSL gowns $1" 20 Discount Women's $4)49 n Children's Dresses, FLANNEL GOWNS . Coats and Sweaters! " - . CAR COATS Weather RAIN COATS Quilted Lining $10?8 With Matehin3 CaP $1 098 Reg. $17.98 ......... A few left. Reg. 17.98 I A. ONE RACK DRESSES Value to 12.9S NOW 3.99 Maternity Smocks 20 Discount With Matching Skirts Blouses Your Choice U Cesare Siepi just doesn't meet the right women. Mr, Siepi, says a story from New York City, doesn't like to open doors for women, doesn't believe he should have to remove his hat in the elevator if women are present, and is tired of kissing women's hands. This disgruntled male, described as tall, dark, handsome and 35, is the Metropolitan Opera company's No. 1 bachelor, and a leading basso. In an interview with Gay Pauley of UPI, Mr. Siepi com plained that women insist on these superficial signs - door opening and hand-kissing - because they feel insecure. "I am introduced to an attractive woman at a party and up comes that hand automatically. When this happens, I do not see her the second time." We repeat, Mr. Siepi just doesn't meet the right women. The opera star says the girl he will rrlarry must be "fairly intelligent, attractive but not necessarily a raving beauty and preferably not rich." He hopes she will like music; for not to like music "is like being blind and deaf." The west is filled with young women who could meet these specifica tions and if their hands "came up" when introduced to Mr. Siepi, it would be because the woman extended it for a friendly, warm harfdshake - not to be kissed. After this when we need some research done, we'll just mention it in this column. A few days ago we wrote ab6ut "cockles" and said our quick dip into Webster had been unsatisfactory and that more research was indicated. Well, in no time at all we reaped a harvest of information. Pal Peg's dictionary yielded, under cockles of the heart, "a phrase (in which cockles if of uncertain meaning) denot ing the depths of the heart, as, to delight, rejoice, cheer, warm, etc., the cockles of one's heart." Next came a card initialed NMC which said that Thorn-dike-Barnhart also listed cockles of one heart as "the inner most part of one's heart or feelings." Opal Carter, secretary to City Attorney Joel Reeder, also took dictionary and encyclopedia in hand and came up with a contribution. Her dictionary said cockle meant "any of various mollusks, especially an edible European species with two heart-shaped, fluted shells . . . in plural the innermost part of the heart; hence, feelings. Universal Encyclopedia furnished "It is also the name of a marine bivalve that lives in sand or mud. One variety of the cockle is used as a food in England. The Order of the Cockle is that of St. Michael, the knights of which wore the scallop as their badge. This order was instituted by Louis XI of France." Mrs. Carter added "So, in general use, we have always thought of it as being the valves (or feelings!) of the heart. But I suppose it could be used in referring to the use of food - especially to promote friendship." (All this was started because Potpqurri received a Christmas present of some food and a note which said it was to warm "the cockles of your stomach." . ' Our friend, Frances Bulkin, up at Shady Cove, who loves to do research, went into high gear and came up with a couple of pages of material. "Because I am your research assistant, I thought I'd try to lend you a hand, on the romantic word of cockle. To begin, though probably we can't prove it, anyone who lacks cockles of the heart and throat and .stomach which can be warmed, surely is lacking something, even if they are only imaginery. Off hand, my idea of cockles of the throat, heart and stomach was something to do with appendages, small appendages, really. Maybe I'm right, who knows, for in the research, I got off into the bi-valve family as the result of unabridged Webster. "It has been happy hunting and because Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, without which life hardly would be worth living, seldom lets me down, I went to it. Anyway, cockles of the heart have been known to exist since possibly the late 1500's. At least Miguel de Cervantes, who lived 1547 to 1616, wrote in Don Quixote, "Rejoice the cockles of my heart." The English philologist, who lived 1812 to 1888, wrote that the most probable explanation of cockles of the heart lies in the likeness of the heart to the cockle shell, the base, of the former being compared to the hinge of the latter; and in the zoological name of cockle and its congeners, cardium . (heart). "A contemporary explanation (1936) is the comparison of the cockle, or fire chamber, of the furnace with the cham bers, ventricles and auricles of the heart, hence, to warm the cockles of the. heart. In the dictionary I found that cockle is a small testaceous shell, rather a genus of shells, the cardium. Under cardium I learn that the word is Latin from the Greek, kardia. The word kardia to the Greeks meant heart. So as you might know, the Greeks had a word for it, and they must have connected cockle and heart and we have added the throat and stomach. Another explanation is that cockle also means to wrinkle. I don't know that hearts have wrinkles, but necks and stomachs do. ' "The cockle of a furnace contains the fire and is from the English. Whatever the reason for cockles which we can warm, I'm sure I'd not want to be without them." So, this is the way a language grows. Ada Knackstedt called in with a word of praise for an unknown truck driver. Mrs. K. related that December 31 she and her husband, driving to Etna, Calif., were trapped high in the Siskiyous in the thickest fog either could re member. Cars were finding it impossible to keep to the road and wandered dangerously close to the edge where a car could easily plunge down the mountain side. As several cars crawled along, at a snail's pace, a huge truck came up. The driver moved up ahead and the cars fell in behind. "He led us down the mountain like a mama duck leading her ducklings,". Mrs. K. reported. "Not only that, but when we came out of the fog in the valley, the driver pulled to' the side of the road and let us all hurry on our way. Orchids to the kind trucker." - O.S. New Peanut Butter Said Not All Made of Peanuts By LOUIS CASSELS , United Press International Washington - (UPD - W h e n mother was a girl, peanut but ter was made by grinding up peanuts and adding a little salt. When it stood for a while, the oil came to the top, and you had to stir it up good be fore spreading it on bread. It was a little messy, but it was pure, honest-to-gosh, unadul terated peanut butter. About 20 years ago, manu facturers bepan "improving" peanut butter. First they add ed a little glycerin to retard oil separation, and a little glucose or honey for sweeten ing. Later they learned to ex tract some of the peanut oil, convert it into solid form through the "hydrogenation" process, and then mix it back in. The smooth product that re sulted from this tinkering was a far cry from the sticky spread of yesteryear. But it was still essentially peanut butter. Now there's a new gimmick in peanut butter manufactur ing. And. Commissioner George P. Larrick, of the U.S Luncheon Given At Gorden Home In Central Point -j Central Point-Members of the Central Point Sewing cir cle were guests recently at a luncheon given by Mrs. L. C. Gorden, Freeman road. Decorations .included .a large wreath made entirely of cones and seed pods, a mantle ar rangement of gold cones, grapes and foliage, and a pine cone tree which Mrs. Gorden had made from a large sugar pine cone-and decorated with small fir cones and seed pods. Attending were Mrs. Har ry Elden, Mrs. Don Patter son, Mrs. Bert Caster, Mrs. Alvin Setness, Mrs. Roger Dew, Mrs. Steve Benstori, Mrs. William Anhorn, Mrs. Bud VanHoy, all Central Point; Mrs. Lloyd Morris, Mrs. Doyle Stockton and Mrs. Kenneth Hulburt, Med ford. "... - - - .- Central Point Families Guests for Wedding Central Point-Mr. and Mrs. Frank Josephson and Joyce and Gary of Central Point visited over the ' holidays at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cullimore, Klamath Falls. Mrs. Josephson and Mrs. Cullimore are sisters. The women's brother and his family, Mr. and Mrs. Budd Smith and son, Jim., Whittier, Calif, were also visiting there. The families attended -the wedding of the Smith's daugh ter, Miss Janet Smith of Kla math Falls to Martin Clark also of Klamath Falls. The wedding took place on Saturday, December 27 at the Latter Day Saints church in that city. . Cheese Consumption Said Growing Yearly Champaign, 111. -(OPD-Amer-icans are eating more and more cheese every year, says R. W. Bartlett, dairy market ing specialist at the Universi ty of Illinois. Since 1940, Bartlett said, our cheese consumption has increased 40 per cent, and in the past 10 years, consump tion per person has risen more than 15 per cent. Bartlett said American cheddar makes up nearly two thirds of al cheese consumed in the United States. In 1957, American cheddar accounted for 5.2 pounds of the 7.9 pounds of cheese consumed per person. Other than cheddar, per capita consumption is highest for Italian, Swiss, cream and brick cheeses; -; i. ' -, ' Sandwich Tips Chicago -(UPD- These handy hints for sandwich - making mothers of school children were dispensed by a home freezer manufacturer. Stock up on the sandwiches when you have a few hours of leisure. Pack lunches while , still frozen. Allow two hours for thawing. Use butter or margarine as a spread for sandwich bread. Pure mayonnaise separates at freezer temperatures. Butter-Nui Sauce East Lansing, Mich. (DPD Try almond butter sauce to dress up vegetables, suggests Anita Dean, food specialist at Michigan State university. Melt Yz cup butter in a heavy saucepan and heat until gold en.brown. Add Vz cup toasted, slivered almonds and 3 table spoons fresh lemon juice. Pour sauce over cooked broccolli or cauliflower. Eerves 4. 4 To get perfect halves of English walnuts for garnish ing place the walnut on its flat end. Hold it by the seam and strike with a hammer on the pointed end. Use a sharp but bouncing blow. Economist Shares Views On Money-Saving Shopping Corvallis Learn to recog nize a good buy, shop sales, and be willing to forfeit con venience on certain items, and you can save money this year. Mrs. Elvera Horrell, exten sion economist at Oregon State ; college, reports that most families found that the prices they paid for goods and services last year climbed faster than incomes. How ever, families can pare spend ing with lessons from the past year when . they recognize where the dollar has the greatest spending power. In October 1958, it cost a Portland shopper $1.02 for the same amount of ' goods and services that $1 would buy a year earlier. Transpor tation costs climbed the most. It cost 8 cents more to buy $1 worth of transportation, 3.7 cents more for reading and recreation, 3 cents more for food, 1.8 cents more for personal care, and 1.2 cents more for medical care. How ever, in October- it requied ever, in October it required only 99.4 cents to buy' the same amount of clothing that a dollar bought a year earlier. In the year ahead, Mrs. Horrell says it looks as though shoppers might receive a few "breaks" even -though rents may climb, and prices on maintenance and repair jobs may be higher. Clothing prices will probably stay about the same, food prices should" be a little less, and household equipment may rise only slightly, if at all, in 1959. Here are. money-saving tips based on these reports from college specialists. ood. Learn as much as you can about wise food buy ing. Buy foods in-season. Make a general menu plan before you shop and reduce "im pulse" buying. Watch prices when you shop so you know whether advertised price is really a "special." Figure food prices on a price per serving basis and plan accordingly to family likes and dislikes. About a third of the food doller goes for meat, including poultry, so use less expensive cuts fre quently. Buy whole chicken and save 4-10 cents a pound by cutting it up yourself. Make sandwiches from sliced cold roasts and poultry. They're less expensive per pound than packaged cold cuts. Use meat supplements such as fish, cottage cheese and other cheeses, and eggs often. Clothing. Take advantage of seasonal buying. January and August are usual "white" sale months. Check workman ship, washability and quality features on all clothes before you buy. Stick to basic styles instead of fad or high fashion clothes. Women who sew may find it cheaper to make some of their better dresses at home and buy others, such as cotton housedresses. Transportation. Walk to work instead of ride. Form transportation pools for rides to work, downtown, or for re creation purposes. Recreation Cut down on the number of "admission" activities you attend. Read magazines and books at the li brary instead of buying them. Little Symphony Plans Rehearsal Ashland - Southern Oregon Little Symphony orchestra will begin rehearsals for its second concert of the season Monday evening, January 12. The rehearsals will be held in Room 207, Churchill hall, and will begin at 7:30 pjn. According to Pr. Robert Cecil, the director of the group, there is need for addi tional players of string instru ments. If there are persons in the Rogue Valley area who would like to play in the orchestra, they are cordially invited to come to the rehears al on Monday evening, Dr. Cecil said. Borrov records from the li brary lending service. Personal Care and Services Curb your desire for lux uries. Ration amount of "pa per" conveniences such as pa per plates, cups, towels and tissues used. Buy economy size toothpastes, lotions, shav ing creams and soaps. Redeem coupons attached to these for money. Learn to do simple re pair jobs yourself. Don't ask for "rush" service. Exchange baby-sitting services with your neighbors. BUY THE LEADER Buy MAGNAVOX! Fint on the M a r k t with Stereophonic Sound from records at PURUCKER'S Food and Drug Administra tion, doesn't like it. Larrick said he is "sur prised" to find on the market "a product identified as pea nut butter" which contains "a material percentage of hydro genated cottonseed or soy bean oil, plus artificial flav or." , Hydrogenated cotton seed oil or soy bean oil, as most housewives know, is usually marketed as vegetable short ening, wnen sold under its own name, it is considerably cheaper than peanut butter. "We are faced with a situa tion than can readily mislead the consumer to his detri ment," Larrick said. ' ; Need Safeguard "If manufacturers are to be permitted to substitute 20 or 25 per cent cheaper vegetable oils for more expensive pea nuts, and call the product peanut butter, then the house wife needs safeguards." The kind of safeguards that Larrick has in mind are fed eral standards spelling out what can be included in a product labeled peanut but ter. The Food and Dnis Arl- ! ministration already enforces. such standards on a wide variety of foods, including bread, preserves, canned fruits and vegetables. Under the pure food law, it has au thority to fix standards when ever it feels such action is needed to "promote honesty and fair dealing in the inter est of consumers." Larrick is giving the indus try a grace period to see whether it will propose a puri ty standard for peanut butter. Meanwhile, no mother need fear that junior will be pois oned if he eats a peanut but ter sandwich that - is one quarter shortening. But he will be getting more fat and less protein than he would get from pure peanut butter. There's still plenty of real peanut butter to be found in grocery stores if you read the labels carefully. THE DANMOORE HOTEL 1217 SW Morrison St. PORTLAND, OREGON All transient guests. 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Out they go. 22 South Central The Fashionette LADIES' READY-TO-WEAR Across From Craterian 3 D3(f It's hard to be sure you're getting a bargain when you can't look inside to "see what makes it tick". So why gamble? Best way to avoid buying mistakes is to use the basic rule of sound buy ing: A good brand is your best guarantee. Whatever you buy, you know the maker stands behind a good brand. You can't go wrong. The more good brands you know the surer you are. Get to know them in this newspaper. They'll help you cut buying mistakes, get more for your money. BRAND NAMES FOUNDATION laorpont.4 A Non-Profit Educational Foundation 87 West 57th Street, New York 19, New York MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
