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FOOD . . . . ? - - emergency
The Pilgrims were hard put to it
for food, more than once. That is
why they established | Thanksgiving
Day, to celebrate the first year in
which they had enough to eat. But
out of their necessity they developed
a variety of foods, which have become
American staples.
The Indians taught them how to
get sugar from the maple trees, and
how to cook the swamp cranberries.
It must have been one of the pilgrim
mothers who first made Jelly out of
the beach plums that grow so pro
fusely on the sandy shores of Cape
Cod Bay. Certainly the Airtarican
taste for clams, in chowder or on the
half shell, harks back to Plymouth
Colony, as well as our national taste
for salt codfish. I know few foods so
palatable as properly made codfish
cake, but maybe that's just my Yan
kee upbringing. Indian corn was new
to the Pilgrims, but out of it they
evolved Johnnycake ? which is as dif
ferent from cornbread as chalk from
cheese ? and its improvement, blue
berry johnnycake.
But I wish I knew who Invented
that supreme dessert, Rhode Island
Pandowdy. I'd try to get his ? or her
? statue into the Hall of Fame.
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BEER evaporated
One thing the Pilgrims yearned for
and couldn't make was beer. They
wrote back to their patrons in Eng
land asking them to please send some
beer by the next ship.
A tragic -comic episode in history
over which I have often smiled, was
the fate of that beer, as recorded by
Governor Bradford. The beer was
shipped, all right ? many hogsheads of
it. But it was a long and stormy and
apparently ? thirsty voyage. For when
the ship reached Plymouth all the
beer barrels were empty. The captain
thought the beer must have evaporat
ed!
Not until trade began with the West
Indies and rum and molasses began
to be imported did the New England
settlers get anything they thought fit
to drink.
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LIFE Russian law
I've just been reading the most il
luminating book about Russia that I
have yet seen It is Walter Duranty's
"I Write As I Please." I got new light
on the Socialist experiment in Rus
sia .
What strikes me most forcibly in
his revelations is the supreme indif
ference to life, not only on the part
of the ruling minority, who apply the
death penalty ruthlessly for any sort
of insubordination, but among the
Russian people themselves.
The main reason why Communism
can't succeed in America, it seems to
me, is that we set a high value on
(human lives. At this ?tage In the
world's development radically new
ideals of government cannot be suc
cessfully implanted without killing off
those who don't like them and are
bold enough to resist them.
THANKSGIVING ... and fliin's
Around this time of the year my
New England heritage begins to as
sert itself. I'd like to sit down again
to an old - fashioned Thanksgiving
dinner, with all the relations, gathered
around the long table, stuffing our
selves with turkey and all the flx
in's ? including, of course, three or
four kinds of pie.
One of my most vivid recollections
of childhood Is a Thanksgiving din
ner at my grandmother's house in
Maine, sixty years ago. Twenty-eight
of her sons and daughters and their
husbands and wives and children sat
around the table. We all wejjt to
church l^rst ? for Thanksgiving Day
was a religious feast-day, even more
important than Christmas.
Thanksgiving is America's own hol
iday. I hope Its spirit never dies out.
It Is a good day for everybody to give
a little serious thought to the roots
from which we sprang.
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PILGRIMS ...... and rtow
I get annoyed at times at people
who persist in referring to the Pil
grims .of the .Plymouth Colony .as
"puritans."' The Puritans came along
later and settled Massachusetts Bay
Colony. They were a different sort of
folk, religiously and otherwise, from
the Pilgrims and the gallant fight
ces, for "one thing. ?
When I think of the courage of
the Pilgrims and the gallant flgst
they made against almost overwhelm
ing odds, I wonder how much of that
spirit of independence still persists.
I find it hard to imagine any group
of young men and women of today
cutting loose form all their old ties
and associations and facing starv
ation and terrific hardships merely
because they felt that their right to
act and believe as they thought right
was belflg infringed by authority.
I wonder if life hasn't become so
easy for us In America that we lose
sight of its real values. Tve never
been able to believe that dollars can
compensate for the sacrifice of inde
pendence and convictions.
THE FAMILY
DOCTOR
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IF YOU ARE HEALTHY
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The fox being chased, or the hunted hare, runs in circles, if left to his own
instinct. The big planets above our heads move in circular orbits. It seems
to me the human mind also performs in a similar manner ? in circles ? as I
watch the developments of years. Many of us are coming out at the same door
where in we went, like the old poet, Omar.
Time was when we lifted hands in holy horror, at a diet of fat meat.
Today, our calm Judgment is, that fat meats, and well-nourished bodies are
the best fortification against tuberculosis! I have heard meats, cheese, eggs,
and other dependable foods condemned solemnly, even for healthy people!
If you had a greasy skin, you were ordered off substantial diet immediately.
We know better now. Lean meat is not only desirable, it is essential to life
and strength!
People have looked at me slant-ways when I have told them that gravy
was better for their "kids" than cod-liver -oil ? and I've been telling 'em that
for nearly a half century. /
I knew a family who, all of them, were swept away by tuberculosis of the
lungs ? all but one, the last little daughter. She consulted me a few days after
my graduation in Medicine ? about her lungs! Her three sisters and a brother
had died of it. She naturally felt that she was doomed.
"Fanny," I said, "you go home and learn to live on fat meats, rich milk and
eggs. See that you do that, as many times a day as you sit down to the table."
I made it as impressive as I knew how. She promised strict obedience.
Today, Fanny is getting a little old ? but she weighs 175, and still enjoys
her fat bacon!
If our dietitians would tell us how to avoid the human hog, we would be
happier and healthier
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EZRA'S RETURN
International Sunday School Lesson
For December 1, 1935
GOLDEN TEXT: "The hand of
our God is upon all them that seek
him, for good." Ezra 8:22.
(Lesson Text: Ezra 7:6-10; 8:21-23;
31, 32.)
The first return of the Jews from
their captivity in Babylon occurred
in the year 538 B. C., while Cyrus
was King of Persia. Zerubbabel was
the leader of this group of exiles and
upon their arrival in Jerusalem they
rebuilt a temple upon the old site of
Solomon's temple.
Eighty years passed before the Per
sian King Artaxerxes granted per
mission to Ezra to lead another great
movement of Jews to Jerusalem.
Many important events had taken
place during the interval between the
first and second return, among which
were the battles of Marathon and Sal
amis, by which the Greeks prevented
the further westward extension of the
great Persian empire.
Ezra is described to us as a "ready
scribe." This indicates that he was
something over thirty years of age,
that he was not only versed in the
everyday language of the Jewish ex
iles ,the Aramaic, but also Old He
brew, the language in which the re
ligious literature was written. As a
scribe, Ezra was sufficiently learned
in the scriptures of his day to ex
pound them to those about him.
Prom what we know about Ezra, he
seems to have enjoyed a position of
some Importance at the Persian court,
which is indicated, among other
things, by the support given him by
the king in his place to lead a migra
tion of Jews back to Jerusalem. The
king not only supported this move
ment with funds but also made Ezra
ruler over the Jews in Palestine with
full power over them. Ezra is general
ly regarded as the authority of the
Book of Chronicles, as well as that
of Ezra, and seems to have been an
enthusiastic historian.
Ezra's determination to lead in an
effort to Tdpopulate Jerusalem wps
probably caused by alarming reports
of the demoralization of the Jews
what had returned at the time of Zer
ubbabel. These seemed to have failed
in keeping separate from their heath
en neighbors and the religion of Je
hovah was in danger of contamina
tion from its contact with heathen
practices. We are told that Ezra set
his heart to understand the law of
Jehovah and to practice it in life,
then he realized his mission was to
teach the statutes and ordinances to
Israel.
The Journey from Babylon to Jer
usalem was 500 miles in a direct way
but on account of the intervening
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desert a wide detour was necessarj
which added nearly 400 additional
miles of drive. Ezra gives us a list
of the leaders of the clans and wt
are told 1,500 men were in his party
They gathered near the river Ahava
close to Babylon, and spent three
days there fasting and praying, anc
in persuading thirty-nine Levites tc
make the Journey with them to Jer
usalem. It is estimated that the val
ue of gold and silver carried by this
party to Jerusalem amounted to near
ly $5,000,000.
An interesting problem arose which
tested the faith of Ezra and his com
panions. In making the request ol
the king that they be allowed to re
turn to Jerusalem these Jews had
boasted of the power and protection
of God. Now, when they were about
to begin a dangerous journey across
the vast area of land, there were
some who feared attacks by maraud
ers while en route. Ezra frankly ad
mits that he was ashamed to ask the
king to provide them with soldiers foi
an escort, but resolved to place hfc
trust entirely In God.
The party made a successful jour
ney to Jerusalem, where Ezra became
the religious leader of his people. He
caused many religious reforms to be
undertaken, the most drastic ol
which was the requirement that those
Jews who had Intermarried with their
neighbors divorce their Idolatrous
wives. This harsh and severe require
ment was insisted upon by Ezra be
cause he believed it was necessary to
preserve the religious purity of the
Jews.
Railroads Help To
Educate Children
The American railroads contribute
more than half a million dollars a
day during the average school year
to public education, according to a
statement issued today by the Norfolk
and Western Railway, which declares
that government ownership of the
ownership of the rail carriers would
"jeopardize the entire educational
structure of the country."
Pointing out that "government
owned and operated Industries pay no
taxes," the staement sets forth that
railway taxes pay for the schooling
each year of 1,641,000 boys and girls.
"If, and when, the government takes
over the country's rail carriers," the
announcement continues, "either ev
ery public school budget In the na
tion will have to cut to the bone or ?
you will have to help bear an addi
tional tax burden of at least 150 mil
lions of dollars a year."
Within a recent twelve-month per- <
lod more than four million dollars, or l
50 per cent of the total taxes of the 1
Norfolk and Western, was used for the 1
support of public schools along its
line, according to the statement. i
Declaring that "government owner
ship of railroads can be effected only
by Congressional action,'" the railway
says "the solution of this problem is
the responsibility of every citizen. If
you are opposed to it, you must vig
orously and repeatedly demand that
your representatives In Congress ac
tively oppose and vote against it, or
elect representatives who will recogn
ize the danger to public education In
government ownership and operation
of one of the nation's greatest in
dustries."
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LOSES 160 POUNDS
Los Angeles.? John Asen, 45, has
lost 160 pounds in the last six weeks
and is no longer able to make his
living? he was a 460-pound giant in a
side show. He measures eight feet,
eight inches tall.
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LAST CALL BEFORE
Thanksgiving
THERE ARE ONLY THREE MORE DAYS
UNTIL THANKSGIVING. COME IN TODAY
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THE HOLIDAYS AND THE MANY EVENTS
THAT USUALLY TAKE PLACE AROUND
THANKSGIVING TIME.
Phone Us For An Appointment
This Shop Will Remain Closed All Day Thurs
day, November 28, Thanksgiving Day.
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rHE STATUS OF MEDICINE
I N ETHIOPIA
Mussolini probably will not be con- ,
cerned from a humanitarian stand
point, if half his splendid army dies
of malignant diseases in Ethiopia;
though he would be greatly chagrined
If his plans of conquest should from
any cause whatever fail to materalize.
Doctor Joseph Sprague Maxwell, a
medical missionary, writes about his
experience while in Ethiopia. He says
that he was the only doctor within
a radius of 350 miles. In Ethiopia
there are twelve physicians, all white,
about half of whom are connected
with missions. Most of them are in
Addis Ababa, or In the outlying dis
tricts. The United Presbyterian mis
sion has a hospital near Addis Ababa.
The Sudan mission has a home for
lepers just outside the capital and a
hospital in the north and another In
the south.
Dr. Maxwell's office consisted of "a
n.ess of sticks stuck into a shallow
circular trench, daubed over with
mud and thatched with grass. Most
houses in Ethiopia are built In the
same way. It was not uncommon for
snake to drop Into the office from a
bove; also bats would work their way
through the thatch roof, which was
an Inch In thickness."
The Ethiopians suffer from many
diseases. Tape worm is very common.
At every meal raw meat is eaten. The
doctor states that at feasts he has
seen the highest dignitaries gulping
down beef so fresh that the muscles
quivered as they lifted It to their
mouths.
"The daily wage in Ethiopia is 12
cents, consequently the doctor does
not expect much compensation for
his services." Added to the small wage
many of the Ethiopians are sick a
great part of the time. Doctor Max
well relates that he visited a platin
um mine in the Birbir river valley.
"The overseer reported 100 of his 3,
000 workers sick, many of them dying
from what the British call malignant
malaria."
Trachoma, a horrible disease of the
eyes, is rampant among them, also
many other disorders which render
them useless and miserable. Dr. Max
well believes it is better for the pa
tient, as well as for the doctor, to
pay something for the medical service
he gets; and for that reason he al
ways insisted upon receiving some
sort of compensation from those who
could afford it. They used to bring
him coffee, eggs, spears, cattle, pipes
and tobacco.
"King Hojoli, ruler over a million
tribesmen," writes the doctor, "once
paid me for curing his prime min
ister of syphilis. His fee was two val
uable gold rings, said to have been
dug from the mines from which the
Queen of Sheba obtained her gold."
It is the reports of gold and oil being
found in Ethiopia that has drawn up
on the country the armies of Italy
Mussolini wants both in large amounts
and he hopes to And them there in
sufficient quantities to enable him to
conquer the world, and reestablish
the empire of Rome. Perhaps if he
is defeated it will be through disease.
Disease, and not the battlefield, may
decide the issue.
Find
Out
From Your Doctor
if the "Pain" Remedy
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Don't Entrust Your
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Well - Being to Unknown
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OEFORE you take any prepara
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neuralgia, ask your doctor what he
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We say this because, before the
discovery of Bayer Aspirin, most
so-called "pain" remedies were ad
vised against by physicians as being
bad for the stomach; or, often, for
the heart. And the discovery of
Bayer Aspirin largely changed
medical practice.
Countless thousands of people
who have taken Bayer Aspirin year
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Remember this: Genuine Bayer
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A LITTLE
EACH WEEK
Consistency is the success of the building and loan plan of
saving. A little each week or each month ? small amounts
you hardly miss. Piled on top of each other these small
deposits soon become quite large. You have a good-sized,
account before you realize it. And while you save you earn
splendid dividends
We now have a pew series of SERIAL SHARES open.
Start this week. Save for a home, college education for
children, an estate, to go into business or to provide a reg
ular dividend income. Save any amount you wish from 25c
a week up.
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