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The President and the Crisis (Thit it one place where there it el wayt a critit just around the corner. I think every week will be leu hectic, but the next week it elwayt a little more to."? President Truman.J When I arise each morning I heave a sigh and sag, "Things cannot be so hectic As they were yesterday." I think the worst is over ? To trouble I say, "Scram!" Bat very, very quickly I see how wrong I am. I sip my glass of fruit Juice And hope I may relax But when I reach my coffee My optimism cracks: The telephone starts ringing? Complaints begin to pour And there stands Old Man Trouble Directly in the door! _ 'Til noon I keep my chin up, And to each issue say, "Now be a nice, good crisis And take yourself away!" But lunehtime finds me reeling, And when the clock strikes one It's clear to me my troubles Have only Just begun. By three o'clock I'm groggy, But still I sort of hope My burdens soon will lighten, But hear a cry "No soap!" A brand new P.M. crisis Comes roaring round the block And soon is in the White House It never stops to knock! But I am philosophic, My poise I must not drop; If I'm to keep my balance And never blow my top; So welcome, hourly crisis. The old ones and the new ? It's Just a little matter Of getting used to you. ? ? ? The Clam as a Pet A Boys Club annual pet show is featured this year by something never encountered at such a show before. It is a round clam, en tered by a seven-year-old lad, and it has caused considerable eyebrow lifting. However, we stand firmly behind the kid. A clam makes a pretty wonderful pet. It is untem peramental, its habits are never an noying, it never climbs onto the de luxe sofas and nobody has to get up at 6:30 to let it out. ? You know right away that clam will never bring any man his slip pers or sit up and beg. You realize at once that it will not chase a ball across the living room. So you don't bother. All a clam asks is to be let alone. We are a clam breeder and fan cier. Our clam kennels are the home of such outstanding clams as Muddy Bank Boy, by Indian River Prin cess?Charles Island King. We also own the blue ribbon winner Pull-In Your-Neck by Savin Rock Charm er?Fire Island Roustabout. This summer, we are going in for prize oysters, starting our kennel with the famous Clampdown Belle, Queen of Welch's Point, Duke of Grand Cen tral Oyster Bar and Housatonic Gus. ? ? ? MAXIM REVISED All work And no play Make "Jack" And that ain't hay. ?B. Shallett ? ? ? Marshal Homma insists he is real ly a sensitive kindly person, by na ture a poet in the minds of Gilbert and Sullivan: When a warlord's not engaged In his employment Of perfecting his repulsive ter ror plans His capacity for innocent enjoy ment Is just as gTeat as any other man's. ? ? ? The OPA has lifted all ceilings on Christmas cards, beginning next De cember. Every little while Wash ington permits a note of cheer like this to seep out. ? ? ? "DOOMED to be an old maid; unless somebody finds an apart ment for me and my ex-air force lieutenant. Newark vicinity. F.C.C. Box 361 News 0000." ? Newark News. ? Come, come, you're getting pan icky. ? ? ? The New York Yankees are train ing in Panama Canal Zone. They may henceforth be known as ball players who came direct from the sand "locks." ? ? ? Larry Singers toys, "The war mutt be really over: My laundry returned my thirtt today with earboardt inside." e e a FAINT PRAISE A fellow that I like to cat Says, "Yes he is A nice gay, BUT. . . ." ?W. H. Cist ? ? ? The New York telegraph strike is over, but neither side has sent the other a singing telegram. Woman's World Pert, Pretty Pinafores May Be Remodelled from Old Shirts ^ ?rtta J4a(ey Q UR little boys have always worn make-overs from Daddy's shirts, but have you ever thought of using these shirts for dressing up daughter? The beautiful fabrics and interesting weaves of men's shirts make excellent material for spright ly little pinafores and blouses. Most of you mothers know the high cost of those frilly blouses for sister to wear with her jumpers. Or you know how quickly she grows out of pinafores. Yet the cost of converting Dad's old shirt into one of these items is frequently only the price of a spool or two of thread to match. If the shirts are worn or torn around the armholes, this need be no problem in making the pinafore, because this material is not neces sary. Only the back and front of the shirt need be in good condi tion. Worn sleeves will not spoil the plans at hand. Catting the Pinafore. The back of the shirt is used for the front part of the pinafore, as this takes the greatest amount of solid material. Since the pinafore is open in the back, the front part of the shirt may be used for that. To get the most material from a shirt, wash it carefully, then press and rip, being careful not to tear any of the fabric. If You Hove 4 Man'i Shirt. .. If the sleeves are in fairly usable condition, cut tie-strings from them, and perhaps a ruffle to substitute for sleeves and a pocket or two. A belt is desirable, too, and there should be a big, perky bow in the back to make the pinafore look crisp and dainty. If, however, the material is short, use a slim belt that ties in the front. Trimming Is Important. One of the little touches that makes a pinafore is, very often, the trimming. This may be as simple as ric rac around the sleeves or pockets, or a thin edging of lace around the neckline or bow. The delicate shirt fabrics are best for the frilly, dressy pinafores. White shirts can be made gay with red touches of trimming, or navy blue or Playtime Togs A casual dress that is ideal for sports or casual outings is this one made of raw silk. Its new fea tures are the eap sleeves, slash pockets and leather - lined belt. Bounded shoulders give freedom of movement. Make a Pretty Pinafore. gray can be brightened with green, red or white. For the more sturdy pinafores, use a minimum of trimming and de pend upon tailoring and detail to put the pinafore across. A feather stitch around the pockets may be all that you will need, provided this is in an attractive, contrasting color thread. Making a Blouse. If yqjir daughter is a little too tall for a pinafore made from Daddy's shirt, try a blouse. Blouses can be made short for the youngsters and there will be ample material in the shirt for such a project. As in the case of the pinafore, the back of the shirt is used for the front, if the blouse is buttoned all the way down the back. If, however, you are making a shirtwaist style, use the back of the shirt for the blouse and the two front pieces of the shirt cut down to make the front. Very often the tiny buttons on the shirt will go very well with the blouse. The sleeves of the shirt will pro vide ample material for a little round collar and puffed sleeves. These may be trimmed with lace or crocheting, or even bright-colored piping. Whenever you are working with this type of remodeling, it's best to keep ironing board and iron handy. Seams should be pressed often to make them easier to stitch. Basting takes time, too, but the more exact work resulting from it is a gratify ing reward. Both of these precau tions are essential in making small sized blouses and pinafores. Patching Pointers For tears in children's play clothes, use a double-stitched patch for its durability. If you have a perfect figure, settle on satin for your best dress. Its shiny surface reflects light in such a way as to point up your best qualities. The good portions of a worn out dress may be used to line a wearable jacket, for making a blouse or jerkin, or -cutting off the bodice and making a sepa rate skirt. In darning fabrics with a dis tinct pattern, study the pattern carefully, and match as closely ' when darning. This is known as reweaving, and when carefully done, the darn can be almost in visible. If a skirt is too short to hem, a facing may be placed in it. Stitch the facing, which should be of material fairly similar to the Skirt, to the bottom. Press the seam before turning facing to wrong side, and baste. Turn up material and hem to place. Before you wear a dress even once, protect the underarms from fading or wearing out with a pair of dress shields. Sew or pin them in, and remember, they must be washed frequently. Shields such as these will save cleaner's bills and often prevent the dress from becoming ruined. A plain, drab dress can often be made wearable and even quite gay by an applique around the shoulder, on the pockets, around the belt or even to the side on the skirt. Choose a simple flower design and trace the outline on contrasting fabric or cut the de sign from a scrap of gay print. Or, use old, leftover yarn to em broider a bouquet. You can completely disguise an unsightly tear or burn by cover ing it with a decorative patch. These patches are especially suit able for youngster's clothing, sports clothes and casual lingerie. Use an applique made of con trasting colored material from an illustration or a transfer pat tern. Be sure that the design is large enough to cover the dam aged place. Felt appliques are ef fective on many rayon fabrics; cotton prints are good against cotton; and silks may be used for silk or woolen material. Hem close to the edge, using a fine needle and matching thread. Fashion Notes If you are making a dark suit with a plaid trim, it's smart to have three - quarter dolman sleeves, cuffed in the plaid trim used for the rest of the ensemble. Cape stole suits are popular in the checked fabrics for spring. A new note is added by pleating the jacket softly, and making the belt stand out by putting ? silver buckle on it Interesting effects with scarves are popular. They may be worn just as a scarf, or planned as part of the dress, sleeves or skirt. Plaid ginghams are going old fasioned with bustle and backdrop treatments for afternoon and eve ning wear. Dust ruffles, big bow sashes and deep-rounded necklines from picturesque bygone days are back in fashion again. Released to Wtfttni Newspaper Union. UNIQUE IRRIGATION PLAN FOR MISSOURI THERE ARE SEVERAL PLANS being considered lor controlling the Missouri river, end to utilise its wa ters for irrigation, navigation and the production of electric energy. I do not find in any of them a simple program a resident of North Dakota explained to me early in this cen tury. We were crossing the state, and, as an enthusiastic citizen, he was expounding on a means of turning the dry, and largely barren, fields into prolific food producers. "The water flow in North Dakota, between the Missouri and the Red river of the North valley, is from northwest to southeast," he said. "At the eastern border of the state the flow changes to from south to north through the Red river, and the waters enter the Canadian lakes north of Winnipeg." He pointed out to me many de pressions, ranging in extent from a few acres to those that were miles in circumference. In the dim past those depressions were, in all prob ability, fresh water lakes. "Give this state a supply of water, such as it could have, and it would become a garden spot. Turn those depressions into lakes and the evaporation would produce rainfall, and pro vide the water we need without the necessity of the canals and ditches of an irrigation system," he explained. To accomplish that is a simple, and compara tively inexpensive problem. A dam across the Missouri near the Montana border would turn the flood waters of the river Into that series of depressions, and North Dakota would have a chain of more than 106 fresh water lakes, draining southeast ward into the Red river. "Such a project would make the farms of this state as productive as those of any other of the states; it would solve much of the flood problem further south; it would make of North Dakota a summer playground and a duck hunter's paradise, and it could again make the Red river navigable for small steamers, such as those Jim Hill at one time operated as far south as Fargo." As the North Dakota man told it the idea sounded practical and easily feasible. The state could do nothing about it be cause of the interstate water rights involved, and the pas sible effect on the so-called navigation of the Missouri riv er. Its very simplicity and in expenslveness, If nothing else, would bar it from consideration. Any scheme to attract congres sional attention must have many complexities and cost hundreds of millions or bil lions of dollars. An expenditure of a mere 11 or 12 million would not be worth thinking about ea the part of congress. That North Dakotan's dream will net come true. It will not even be considered, as I, for one, wish It might be. The man who told me of that idea was in no sense an engineer. He was but a practical minded farm er, who was interested in his own \ acres, and in the welfare of his "state. ? MM LITTLE REDUCTIONS ON FEDERAL PAYROLLS ALMOST AS IMPOSSIBLE u that Biblical task of passing a came] through the eye of a needle, is that of detaching a bureaucrat from the government feed trough. Senator Byrd of Virginia reported to the senate recently as to the results of his efforts on that problem. De spite the end of the war, the clos ing, or practical closing, of a large percentage of the war created bu reaus, the number of civilian, full time employees of ^the federal gov ernment has been reduced by only a meager 445,000 from the peak point of 3,690,000. The 3,215,000 civilian employees still feeding at the fed eral trough is a long way upward from the 500,000 of 1932, or the 861,000 of 1936. By getting back to the 1938 figure we might save enough to be able to balance the fed eral budget. ? ? ? A THREE DOLLAR SHIRT U bet ter than no shirt, but OPA says no. IF WE CONTINUE to take our liberties for granted we may soma day find they have disappeared. ? ? ? NOW THAT THE SHOOTING la over in Europe the occupants of the Pentagon building in Washington might be willing to take over that army job in Germany. ? ? ? IT MIGHT BE WELL to in vite Uncle Joe Stalin, wtth as many sf his commissars as be cares to bring along, to wit ness the atomic bomb shew In the PaeUe. Should It prove as devastatlngly effective as is anticipated. It should do much to convince the Rus sian big shots that they should stop, look and listen when America blows the whistle. " *\ ,V\.- ^ Retarding Sprout Growth in Storage Loss With Root Crops Eliminated by Process By Ora Smith Cornell University All who have stored any of the root crops such as beets, carrots, turnips and rutabagas know that two of the most important stor age difficulties with these crops are sprouting and shriveling. The high er the humidity of the storage air, the lesser the amount of shriveling. However, if at high humidities the temperature also is much above 40 degrees F., the foot and top growth will be excessive, often resulting in decay of the stored product. By a very simple procedure, it is now possible to prevent or greatly retard root and top growth of these root crops in storage. Methyl ester of alpha naphthalene acetic acid, which prevents or retards sprout growth in potatoes also will retard root and top growth in the root Treating turnip* to prevent ipiont spoilage has proved effective. Lett, treated; right, untreated turnips. crops. This results in less decay and better keeping qualities. Probably the best method of ap plication of this chemical is to spread a small amount of it im pregnated in shredded or confet tied paper or in an inert dust in the container, bin, pile or pit where they are stored. The paper or dust con taining the chemical should be dis tributed fairly evenly throughout the bin or pit of root crops at the rate of about 10 pounds of paper or 25 pounds of dust to each 100 bushels of root crop. The use of (his chemical should be of value especially for the home storage of root crops as well as to market gardener and truck grow er who stores in outdoor pits and cellars, and also to the canners and dehydrators. Effective Use of DDT In the Poultry House While ODT offers little encourage ment for the control of the common cnicaen mile, it nas proven effective in the control of other < insects that infest | the poultry house. | When 3 per cent 1 DDT is added to rci usciic anu jjuuii ed on the roosts it is effective in ' controlling bed bugs. New Jersey station found the 3 per cent dust combination effectiva when applied to nests. When sprayed over the roosts and droppings it has proven effective against maggots. For the control of flies and mos > quitoes, a 5 per cent solution should be used during the height of the sea son. At other times a 2Vi per cent solution will prove satisfactory. A 2 per cent suspension or dust with 5 per cent DDT powder will 1 rid poultry of blue bugs. 1 1 Improved Machinery Rototiller Instead of turning the ground over as the plow does, the Rototiller churns and thoroughly crumbles the soil with steel claws which rotate i rapidly in paddlewheel fashion. The depth of pillage is adjustable. This new rototiller is produced by Graham-Paige Motors at Willow Run, Mich. Carrots Keep Better With Foliage Removed Carrots placed in storage will keep considerably better if the tops are removed first, according to re sults ascertained at Cornell univer sity. There are other advantages, saving in space and in shipping and handling cost'when the carrots are marketed. | By removing the tops, the mois ture is conserved for the roots. The | saving in moisture it reported at about 40 per cent. SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS Cover-All Apron From One Yard A Youthful, Attractive Two-Piecer Bib Apron YOU'LL want to make up sev- 1 eral of these pretty and practi cal bib aprons?it just takes one J yard of material in the smaller 1 sizes. Choose gay, cheerful fab rics in checks or floral prints. A wonderful gift idea for bazaars and showers. ? ? ? Pattern No. 8977 comes In sizes 32. M. 38. 38. 40. 42. 44 and 48. Size 3ft takes one yard of 38- or 38-inch material; 2U yards binding to trim. Two-Piece Fnck A LEADER in the fashion pa ? a rade for spring is the atfcno ive two-piece frock. This naait ind wed fitting version ban a routhful U-shaped neckline, ties it the waist for a trim. neat look, ind a simple skirt. If yen like, lave the blouse in a light mate rial, the skirt dark, for a r hangs ? ? ? Pattern No. mm is rteiagnrd far Mks 12. 14. It. It, M; M and 42. Skae M take* yards erf 3ft- or M-taeh nkiM. sewing cnas pattsm mfl 1119 stxsk Aw. New T?ft, K. T. patten drilled Patten ?*. Mm Name Addr? I ANOTHER I The Question* 1. How long is the Panama canal? 2. What philosopher said: "I think, therefore I am"? 3. Death Valley is how many feet below sea level? 4. What man was "Father of the Atlantic Cable"? 5. Billingsgate is London's what? 6. How many books has the Li brary of Congress in Washing ton, D. C.? 7. For whom is the Smithsonian institution in Washington, D. C., named? 8. There is a lake 8 miles long, 4 miles wide in the crater of a volcano. It is 6,000 feet above sea level, yet never freezes. What is it called? 9. How often would a bi-monthly booklet be issued? 10. What is the difference between a mile of railroad and a mile of track? The Answers 1. It is 50.4 miles long. 2. Descartes. 3. It is 276 feet below sea leveL 4. Cyrus W. Field. 5. Fish market. Billingsgate is the fish market in London. 6. More than 6,000,000. 7. 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