The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 9, 1930 Page: 3 of 10
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Crowned Queen of the Baby Contest
SKIMMER,THE DRAGON FLY
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THE ALTO HERALD, A I .TO, TEXAS
For the third consecutive year, Gloria, six-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Airs. Sherman Matthews of Lukewood, N. J., won the annual baby contest
at Asbury Park. Before more than 100,000 spectators Queen Gloria rode In
a float representing "Byrd at the South Pole With Little Miss America."
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T^GWN In Mexico City two sisters
fought a duel over a man.
Their names are Pominga and An-
gela Ayala and they literally fought a
duel with knives, wounding each other
so severely that they had to be taken
to a hospital, where thej are lying in
adjoining beds. Let us hope that when
their wounds heal and they regain
their strength there wllJ be nothing
around their beds that might serve as
a weapon!
But to go baek to the story; the
duel followed a party at the home of
Angela's sweetheart, whom Domlnga
also loved. Up to that time she had
coneealed her emotions, but took oc-
casion during the festivities to voice
them—whereupon her sister chal-
lenged her, the victor to get the man.
The sisters went into the kitchen
of the house, we learn, and fought
desperately with knives until both
SUPERSTITIOUS
SHE HA8 HEARD THAT—
If, whila the parson is tying tha
knot, tha famlly'cat can ba persuaded
to occupy a reserved seat to witness
the ceremony—oh, oh, purr for Joy—
It is a good omen that catastrophes
will dodge your home.
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fell, tunny times wounded. But ac-
cording lo tile news dispatches, the
question of who will set the man Is
still unsettled.
I'robnbly neither will get him. It
was siiJy of those sisters to imagine
that two women fighting over u man
could decide which one should have
him. After all the man has some say
In the mutter.
And it's In such terribly poor taste.
To say nothing of the fact that it will
probably make the man feel too Im-
portant, so that whoever gets him is
unlikely to have much Joy out of him.
Indeed those women ought to he
ashamed of themselves. It should he
pointed out that you don't see broth-
ers cutting each other up over a wom-
an. No Indeed. You hear of such
things as men lighting over u woman,
of course, but they are usually stran-
gers, fighting, say, in a brawl. But
brothers—or Indeed even friends, don't
let a mere woman break their friend-
ship, to say nothing of cutting each
other up!
No, there's very little that can be
said for those two sisters In Mexico
City.
((c). 1930. Dell Syndicate.)
The t^bb^ Corner £ ■IOIIOI1IY CitMOVDN
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Skimmer, the Dragon-fly, could
never tell just how It happened. For
a long time she had been an ugly
black bug crawling over the mud at
the bottom of the brook. She had no
beautiful wings then, only six legs, a
long body, and a big head. Back and
forth over the mud she crawled.
"Dear me," thought she, "I would
love to live in the sunshine and have
wings. Why must I stay always In
the mud in this ugly black suit?"
Snappy, the Turtle, heard her. "You
should be like me." said he, "I can
live In the sunshine in the world
above, and 1 can live in the water,
too. You, poor thing, would die In
the world of air and sunlight.*'
"You are wonderful," said the
Dragon-fly, "but not so wonderful aft
those lovely creatures who have
wings."
Snappy was cross. "I wouldn't fly
if I could," said he, "and you couldn't
fly If you could. Good-by, silly thing."
The Dragon-fly did not answer.
Many days passed and she did not
see Snappy.
Then, one day she climbed a tall
rush that grew in the brook. "1 am
going to see _ this beautiful world
above," said she. "If I die In the air
It Is better than staying In this stupid
place."
Soon she came to the top of the
water and slowly she crept far out
upon the rush into the sunshine. How
It dazzled her, how warm it was—and
bright!
Suddenly she felt her skin crack
down her back. This did not surprise
her, for It had done so before under
the water when she had outgrown it.
All the while' the world looked
more beautiful. She could see tin-
green trees, the flowers of many col-
ors, the birds and butterflies, and the
sky all blue and gold.
"I will never go back to the black
mud," said she. "Even if I must die.
I will not go back. No, never, never
And aa she said this to herself alv '
treml'!< i| in the sunshine. "I must be
dreaming," Hjl0 thought. "How silly
I am t.> think there are wings on my
back."
ii' iabling from the top of her head
'o tin* tips of her six little feet, she
suddenly discovered that she was not
dreaming, she really did have wings.
T"' meadows aud the green fields
called t. her and the south wind
whispered, "try them." Skimmer, the
Dragon-fly, rose from the tall rush and
floated off across the brook like a tiny
airplane. Hack and forth she darted
and skimmed and glided. Suddenly
she thought of Snappy.
'He wouldn't believe, of course,"
said she. Then she skimmed across
the brook to the tall rush and there,
' l'n itig to it, was her old suit of skin
lust us she had left It.
A way she started to the flat rock In
the middle of the brook. Snappy was
""'i'1 taking his sun-bath with a num-
ber of others.
"Hello, Snappy," she whispered.
"Do you know me?"
Snappy opened his mouth and
brought it together with a quick snap.
"Of course I know you. You are just
-■■anther Darning Needle!"
I came to tell you that your old
li'iend, the ugly black bug, has grown
•vin^s. See them," cried Skimmer the
Dragon-fly, "two pairs of them!"
"You don't expect me to believe
that, do you?" asked Snappy,
ing himself until he almost
from the flat rock.
"(!o hack to the tall rush by the
edge of the brook and you will see
t"i' yourself," replied Skimmer. "My
••Id skin suit is still clinging there.
You said I would die above the water
as the fish die, but I found that I had
stretch-
fell off
wings," and she fluttered them in the
sunshine.
Snappy opened his mouth to say
something but an old turtle interrupt-
ed him. "Remember, Snappy, you are
too young to know everything. I have
seeu Dragon-flies come out from their
skins. It Is all quite true."
Just then a swarm of mosquitoes
danced by and Skimmer darted after
them.
"Skimmer's a friend to man—she
kills mosquitoes that would sting the
children," piped the old turtle.
Snappy tumbled olt from the flat
rock, without saying another word.
Perhaps he was going to find the tall
rush by the edge of the brook. At
any rate he swam away In that dl.
rection.
—Mrs. Mae Norton Morris.
A MAZE PUZZLE
To find the picture that Is hidden
here In this maze of lines, you must
take your pencil and blacken out al/
the spaces from one to fifty-six.
—llarvey Peake.
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imjaiMiiini
THE OBJECT PUZZLE
In each of these squares is an ob-
ject, the name of which, when written
out, will contain the name of a well-
known tree. See if you can And then?
all.
—Harvey Peake.
Some Delightful Cheese Dishes
By NELLIE MAXWELL
french bread, then saute in butter until
a delicute brown. Serve af once.
'TIh always the morning somewhere,
And above the awakening continents,
From shore to Bhore,
Somewhere the birds are singing ever
more.
—Longfellow.
CIIERSE of almost every variety
may be bought in the markets
now. One is hard to suit who cannot
find some chcese that Is agreeable to
the taste. And it will be found very
nourishing.
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Sauted Sandwiches.
Cut tread into rather thin slices
and spread with softened butter, then
with a layer of cream cheese and then
with grttpe jelly. Beat an eg)?, add
milk to mix well, season with salt and
a half teaspoonful of sugar and dip
the sandwiches on both sides as for
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;; When Animals Were Tried by'Law for Offenses |
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IN OLDEN time animals were often
tried by law for certain Infractions
which constituted them a nuisance to
society. A Jewish law inid down In
the Old Testament, Kxodus 21:28.
reads: "If an ox gore n man or a
woman that they die, then the ox
shall be surely stoned, and his llesh
shall not be eaten; but the owner of
the ox shall he quit." There are oth-
er similar allusions In the Old Testa-
ment.
lu the Middle ages, from the Tenth
to the Twelfth century, there were
trials for noxious animals, conducted
with all the solemnity of the law. An
advocate was always assigned to de-
fend the animals. As many as 02 such
legal cases were tried In the courts of
France from 1120 to 1741. Domestic
animals were tried in the common
criminal courts, and their punishment
on conviction was death; wild ani-
mals of a noxious type, such as rats,
locusts, caterpillars and the like, were
tried in the ecclesiastical courts. In
Fails In the year of 1120 the bishop
of Lnon pronounced an Injunction
against the caterpillars and Held mice
on account of the ravages they made
on the crops.
Spain and Italy were two other
countries where the lower animals
were held subject to the laws of the
countries. A Spanish cannonlst snys
that ruts when exorcised were ordered
to depart for foreign countries; the
law abiding animals would according
1/ march down In large bodlei to the
•euioust and set olT by swimming lo
search of desert Islands, where they
could live nnd enjoy themselves with-
out nniioynnco to man.
It was said that a swallow deflled
the head of Ekbert, bishop of Treves,
when he was performing mass at the
altar of St. Peter's church, at Rome,
upon which he laid a curse upon the
whole tribe, that If any such bird en-
tered the church It should Immedi-
ately die.
((E). }030. Western Newspaper Itnlon.)
GIRLIGAGk^
Cheese With Tuna Sandwiches.
Arrange thin slices of cheese on
rather thick slices of bread. Place a
layer of tuna on top of the clawe.
Lay a thick slice of tomato over the
fish and sprinkle with salt, pepper und
curry powder. Place a strip of bacon
on each sandwich. Broil until the
bacon Is crisp and well done and the
cheese melted. Serve hot.
Cheese Tea Dainties.
Take two cakes of cream cheese nnd
one-half pound of sweet fresh butter,
work In two cupfuls of Hour, then chill
in the ice chest for several hours. Itoll
out thin on a silgjitly floured board
nnd spread with' Jelly and chopped
nuts. Roll like a Jelly roll nnd cut into
one-fourth Inch slices. Place cut-side
down on n greased pan nnd bake In a
hot oven ten minutes or until brown.
Escalloped Cabbage.
A very pretty dish which may he
served as the main dish Is prepared
by removing the hard center from a
cabbage and boiling It whole In lightly
sailed water. Drain and place on a
largo chop plate, cut Into pie-shaped
pieces, keeping the dish as attractive
as possible, pour over:
Cheese Sauce.
Melt two tnblespoonfuls of butter,
add two tnblespoonfuls of flour and
when well mixed one nnd one-half
cupfuls of rich milk or thin cream;
cook until smooth, adding salt and
white pepper, add to the hot mixture
one cupful of grated cheese and serve
with the cabbage. More sauce may
be needed, depending upon the size of
the cabbage.
Hominy and Cheese.
Take two cupfuls of cooked hominy,
one cupful of rich milk, seasoning of
salt, pepper nnd a bit of onion Juice
If liked nnd one cupful of grated
cheese. Bake in n well greased baking
dish until the cheese Is melted.
((c). 1830. Western N.wapaper Union.)
Immortal Writer of T«le.
Hans Christian Andersen was bora
in 1S05 and died In 1875. He was
thirty yenrs old und had written plays
and novels before he began lo set
down his fairy tales. He had'been 111
the habit of entertaining groups of
children with them, nnd as adults
Jblned the groups he adapted them to
the understanding ot both.
JUST A WORLD
GF FRIENDS
ooo ooooooooooooooooooooo
By Douglas Malloch.
0-000-00-00000000000000000000
1HAVE a friend who has a friend,
another friend of his,
for that's the way It Is with friends—
how wonderful It Is!
If I should meet that other man I'd
pass without a sign,
Although, if he's a friend of his, then
he's a friend of mine.
I'm sure of this, I shouldn't hate, I
mustn't If I can,
For he may be a friend of friends of
mine, that other man.
I cannot hurt another man, I cannot
make him fall,
For 1 may hurt some friend of mine
I'd hate to hurt at all.
Yes,
the
even If we aren't friends,
strangers on the street,
They may be friends of friends of
mine, although we never meet.
I guess they all are friends of ours,
the way that God Intends—
Although we push, although we crowd
we're Just a world of friends.
(©. 1930, Douglas Malloch.)
This Age of Speed
An old timer is one who can remem-
ber when lightning was considered
fast.—Akron Deacon-Journal.
| U. S. CRUISER LOUISVILLE IS LAUNCHED AT BREMERTON YARDS |
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"A beauty specialist," says Frivo-
lous Flo, "It like faith, ths evidence
of things hoped for."
(Oopyrlshtt
Whrn Ignomnc* Is Beat
Be Ignorance thy choice, when
knowledge lead* to woe.—beat tie.
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Plan to Control
English Sparrow
Nest Destruction on Com-
munity Scale Is Most
Effective Means.
/Prepared by the United .States Department
of Agriculture.)
If Knglish sparrows are overabun-
dant It may be the result of careless-
ness. The sparrows are canny for-
agers and flock to a locality offering
abundant feed. There they multiply
at an alarming rate. Carelessness in
feeding poultry, a knot-hole in the
granary lloor, open doors and windows
In farm buildings, or openings at the
eaves create conditions that attract
sparrows, Block the entries to their
favored nesting places, and the birds
are less likely to be troublesome.
Destroy Nests.
The next step in sparrow control
recommended by the bureau of bio-
logical survey, United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture, includes the de-
struction of sparrow nests. Because
the birds are active breeders it is nec-
essary to make the rounds and de-
stroy the nests every ten or twelve
days throughout the breeding season.
Nest destruction on a community-wide
scale Is more effective than on isolated
farms.
Insects for Young.
Nestling sparrows help the farmer
for a few days. Before the birds be-
gin to ily the parents supply them
with many worms und insects. But
once they are well grown they fall in-
to the habits of the adults and become
vegetarians with keen appetites for
irrains and garden products.as well as
for weed seeds. If the grains are
housed carefully the sparrows are
likely to he less numerous nnd will
eat more weed seeds, and In this way
may even prove helpful to the farmer.
Skim Milk Useful to
Cheapen Cost of Eggs
Skim milk in the poultry ration has
/educed the cost of producing eggs
5 cents per dozen for five Shackel-
ford county (Texas) poultry demon-
strators. The milk permitted a cheap-
er grain ration and resulted In a feed
cost of 7.7 cents per dozen for eggs
from these flocks as compared to an
average cost of 12 cents per dozen
In five other demonstration flocks
where no milk was used.
It Is pointed out by A. C. Ma gee,
county agent, that 100 hens will con-
sume with profit about three gallon.?
of skim milk daily, and that when this
amount Is available, the expensive
protein feeds In the inash may largely
be omitted. If cows are good, 100
hens to each dairy cow Is a good bal-
ance to maintain between the dairy
and poultry brunches of the farm
business, he says.
An aerial view of the U. S. S. Louisville slipping out of her drydock after the recent launching ceremonies at
* *e^5 °UnC* nav^ yar(® Bremerton, Wash. This Is the lirst eruher constructed at the Bremerton yard, At A cost
of $8,000,000, or |2,000,000 less than the lowest private bid offered for its construction.
Culling Low Producers
Reduces Big Feed Bill
While only 2 per cent of the dairy
cows in New York state belong to
member! of dairy herd Improvement
associations, these cows produce 81)
per cent more milk than the typical
New York state cow, says G. W.
Tnllby of the New York State College
of Agriculture. The typical cow Is
gaining, for in 1022 the uveruge was
5,000 pounds of milk for each cow and
In 1028 the figure was 5,534 pounds
for each cow. The cows In the Dairy
Improvement association average 7,707
pounds. The return for a cow giving
5,500 pounds Is about $70 above feed
cost; for the 7,700 pound cow It is
$120, while for a 10,(XK) pound cow the
return above feed cost Is $158. The
big return above feed cost Is Uie best
argument In fuvor of culling out low
producing cows, says Mr. Tallby.
Determine Proper Time
for Cutting Soy Beans
The Missouri station reports re-
sults of investigations to determine
proper time of cutting soy beans for
hay to obtain maximum yield. The
development of the bean pods, togeth-
er with the degree to which they have
been tilled, serves as the best Index
for obtaining maximum yields of soy
bean luiy. When the pods are well
formed nnd are approximately one-
third to one-half 111 led Is the best
time for harvesting. Cutting at this
time also results in a maximum of
protein in the hay as leaves and min-
imum us woody stalks.
Keep Hog Flu Out
Attacks of hog llu on brood sows
and fattening shoots, feared and
drended more than cholera by many
live stock men, take a heavy toll every
year with the coming of cold and
stormy weather. Unlike cholera In-
vestigations, studies of flu In hogs
have not yet revealed the exact cause
of the disease. Veterinarians and
live slock specialists find from observa-
tion and experience, however, that
certnlrt precautions In caring for the
herd will greatly lessen the danger of
sickness and death.
Making Silage
A method of making silage, known
lis the llonnlng method, lias come Into
use In the Inst few years and Is con-
sidered the easiest known method of
making silage. The standing corn Is
harvested and cut Into proper lengths
for the silo by n machine drawn and
operated by a tractor. The cut corn
Is delivered to a wagon box drawn
alongside. It Is then hauled to the
silo and pushed off Into a blower
which elevates It Into the silo.
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Weimar, F. L. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 9, 1930, newspaper, October 9, 1930; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth214567/m1/3/: accessed May 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.