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Show THE WEEKLY NEWS EXPRESS, LAYTON, UTAH Facts About Nuts Peanuts and pecans are native products grown in our Southern states, while Brazil nuts, filberts, cashews and pistachios are imported from foreign lands. Part of the confectioners supply of walnuts is imthis ported and the rest is grown in from come country. English walnuts France and California, while black walnuts are raised in the United States. Almonds, although found in five continents, come chiefly from Spain and Italy. California also pro duces almonds, and Italy and Turcome key supply filberts. Cashews from India. Kamltiff the Cocker Spaniel The Cocker Spaniel was highly prized as long ago as 1803, when popular books on dogs spoke of the breed as possessing "remarkable sagacity," "fidelity, "gratitude," etc. "Unwearied as a shooting dog, this type was also extolled as the paragon of house dogs. The origin From t)ld China ot his name is not difficult to trace. She Wore Boys Clothes As the woodcock was commonly referred to as "cock" and the sport The Long Farewell of shooting his bird was called Runt-iDungerous Gold, in it Is easy to see how A roar comes from the great "cocking," the Cocker spaniel got Its name, Chinese dragon, the 400000,000 as the breed was extensively used that live, labor, in this form of hunting. die and are exploited. The Chi THIS WEEK a nese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Sheattached to the ancient Chinese belief that right is so powerful that it does not require to be supported or Arthur by might," is arrested by his mutinous troops de- manding an immediate declara- n un-ba- ed tion of war against Japan; recovery of all Chinese territory, includ- Earliest Paints It is unknown who first mixed and used paints since paint has been employed from a very early period. White lead was mentioned by Theophrastus, Pliny and Vitruvius, who described its manufacture from lead and vinegar. Yellow ochre was used by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. Pots of it were found in Pompeii. Naples yellow has been found in the yellow enamel of Babylonian bricks. Verdigris was familiar to the Romans. Indigo has been employed by the East Indians and Egyptians from an ancient time. Largest National Park National park, in the Province of Alberta, with an area of 4,200 square miles, is the largest national park of its kind In the world. It Is noted for its great number of mountain peaks, many of which are over 10,000 feet in altitude, and the most famous of which is Mt. Edth Cavell, over 11,000 feet commemorating the memory of the brave British nurse, who died in '., Helen Coberly said she never, the Great war. liked girl's clothes, wanted to be a First Cheese Factory boy. The first cheese factory in AmeriMillions of other girls have said that. Helen lived up to it, put on ca was built at Rome, N. Y., in 1850, boys clothes, went through the by Jesse Williams. Previous to that boys high school to the senior class, time all cheese was made by indiearning her way "digging ditches, vidual farmers in their own homes. So renowned did Americarl cheese mending fences. beKnown to be a girl, expelled from made in the Williams factory were of it the class, she weeps. Some intelli- come that large quantities and the gent young man with blue eyes and exported to England sixties. the in early Coa kind heart, marrying Helen berly, might some day be the Area Drained by Amazon ther of a great American. The area drained by the Amazon and its tributaries is more than The Former King Edward has bid 2,970,000 square miles, largely unfarewell to England, and England tamed tropical forests. The volume and the rest of the world bid of water discharged Into the sea anwell to the young man, who told his nually is probably five times that of Vessels of small people: I have found It impossible to carry the heavy burden of draft can ascend the Amazon proper without the help and for more than 3,600 miles. support of the woman I love. A good many men might say that Dolly Varden Set a Style who do not realize it. Dolly Varden was the coquette In Whoever wrote, or helped to write Dickens' "Bamaby Rudge. The authat broadcast, it was a sincere, thors description of her dress touching farewell to the worlds highest position, and well done. There is no dqubt that the young King Inspired it. ing Manchuria. This outbreak worries Tokyo, and it might, if China had a few fighting leaders, with enough airplanes and good pilots. China now is like Niagara Falls before the turbines were put in, much power going to waste. .What could military genius and modern weapons accomplish, backed by a nation of 400,000,000? Jasper . A typical scene in the days when Mr. and Mrs. American Citizen called at the White House for the annual New i By ELMO SCOTT WATSON fjVTOWIIERE else . in the United States is New Year's day celebrated more in g Accordance with tradition than in the nation's capital. Time was when the people of virtually every American city observed the custom of keeping open house on January 1 and paying New Year's calls. Hut modern days and especially the whoopee era) changed all that. After a riotous New Years Eve celebration, the average celebrant didn't feel much like making the rounds for formal calls the next day. So this custom, like so many others of the good old days gradually Went into the discard. in Washington, However, vher precedent is a fetish and tradition .a vital force in everyday life, this custom has sur- -' vived longer. It has been modified somewhat, of course, but among some Washingtonians, especially the ClilT Dwellers" (old residents) it has been kept alive in much the same form as fn the1 past, long-standin- . so-call- ed . Perhaps one reason why ft has been so little changed is that the annual New Years Day reception at the White House has served as a model for other open houses. Established as a symbol of the fact that there is Xio barrier between the sovereign people and their elected leaders, this custom of throwing open the doors of the Executive Mansion to the public on New Years Day ' was observed by almost every President from Washington down to Hoover. By that time it became apparent that, praiseworthy though its intent might be, this reception, which imposed upon the President the ordeal of shaking hands with thousands of people within a few hours, was . too great a strain upon the Chief and when President .. Executive entered the White . Roosevelt House the custom was regretfully but very wisely abandoned. Began in New York. It began in New York when that city was the seat of govern- inent. George Washington was accustomed to receive prominent government officials during the day and Mrs. Washington presided over a levee in the evening. The custom was continued in Philadelphia with the levees attended by both men and women who enjoyed the refreshments provided by the President and his wife, However, there was little handshaking and at the close of the affair the President Usually gave a short speech appropriate to the occasion. The first New Years reception held in the White House in Washington was that of President John Adams and since the Presidents House or Palace, as it was then called, was still unfinished, it was held on the second floor, In the oval room. Although the public was invited to this affair, the same formality, which had characterized the levees held by George and Martha Washington, prevailed. With the elevation of Thomas Jefferson to the Presidency the formal nature of the New Years Day receptions changed radically. Although a member of the Virginia aristocracy, Jefferson was an extremely democratic gentleman, so much that he con- - stantly shocked not only mem- with his compliments. bers of the diplomatic cor&s but When James Madison became his as well. Unusual Refreshments. In fact one of the most unusual New Years Day receptions in American history was held during his administration and it was unusual because of the refreshments served, It came about in this way: When Jefferson was a candidate for President one of his most ardent supporters was the Rev. John Leland, a Baptist minister, long a resident of Virginia but at that time living in Cheshire, Mass. He knew what Jefferson had done for religious liberty in the Old Dominion and to show his appreciation he determined to aid Jeffersons election in any way he could. One Sunday he announced from the pulpit that every person who owned one or more cows was invited to bring one days supply of milk to a cider mill owned by Capt. John Brown, a veteran of the Revolution. As a result a great quantity of milk was brought to the mill and Leland announced that a huge cheese was to be made from it. When this was done, the minister mounted a block, led his people In singing a hymn and then announced that he was dedicating this cheese, the greatest the world had ever seen, to Jefferson to whom it was to be presented. Then the question arose as to how this huge cheese was to be transported over the 500 miles which separated Cheshire and Washington. But Leland was equal to that task. He waited until there waa plenty of snow on the ground. Then he placpd the cheese in a sleigh and drove it himself to Washington. Of its reception there a contemporary newspaper account said: fellow-Washingtonia- ns . ' 1 v ici. f wr a- - S&r' L' ts N THOMAS JEFFERSON by the political situation of the times. At one of these levees Mr. Adams was pushed about for more than two hours,! says The first of January, 1812, la passed, never to return, and I am nearly to going oft with lb I never (elt so tired In all my life as I am this evening, standing up tor two hours and shaking handa with I don't know how many thousands - well-behav- ed w. ol people. Such big fists as some ot the people bud. and such hard shake as they gave my poor little hand, too! One great, hearty countrman gave me clutch and a shAke that I almost expired under. But , couldn't help laughing when Fletcher v ebster whispered to me when taken to be wetl shaken." Eventually the crowds became an to he to of a storm of rm - And partake of this American cheese they did at the New Years reception, after the Rev. Leland had presented it in person to Jefferson who made an appropriate speech in reply. He then cut off a piece, which he asked the minister to take back to the good people of Cheshire found it necessary to have extra detail of police on hand handle the people. However, was luckier in their reaction this innovation than was one were lavish displays of hospitality. The same was true of the Monroes and their receptions were especially happy affairs because this was the era of good feeling. Adams is Pushed Around." But the receptions given by John Quincy Adams were not such happy affairs at least, not for that rather prim New Englander who was much harassed companied with abundance of American biscuit and American porter. This wlU be Indeed "the feast of reason and the flow of soul." "We are all Federalists wa are all Republicans 1" Washington (Federal City), December SO. Yesterday the great cheese arrived tn a wagon drawn by six horses, hand-- ' somely decorated with ribbons. This Wonderful piece of curd IS a present from the Republican Indies of Cheshire, In Massachusetts, to Thomas Jefferson, the Republican President of America) It measures 4 feet 8 Inches diameter. Is 1 foot 6 inches thick amt .weighs 1.230 pounds. We understand that the President means. In a few days, to Invite all the members of both houses, of both parties, to partake of this American cheese, ac great and so unruly during this administration that Tyler Years reception ABRAHAM LINCOLN The Mammoth Cheeae. so President his vivacious wife, Dolly Madison, did a great deal of entertaining and their New a contemporary chronicler. . lie stood In the center of the center-rooand most pathetically shook, hands the whole time. In . the ladies c6rner .it was all chat, flutter and graceful, bowing. ' In the hall- a band was planted to keep' the nerves of the company in the proper degree of agitation. There was talking, squealing, promenading, bowing, drinking coffee and sipping liquors' When Old Hickory. Jackson became President, the riotous-sceneat his .inaugural and the reception afterwards were indicative of what would likely take place when the. public Was invited to the White House on New Years Day. But- King Mob seems to' have behaved pretty well af those affairs,, for there is no record, of any unusually disorderly scenes to mar the receptions.-Tcrhaps-thpresence at these January 1 functions of Jacksons favorite cabinet minister, Martin Van Buren, secretary of state, who was a fine gentleman and extremely, formal, toned them down. Certainly when Van Buren became President the formality and decorous behaviour upon which- he Insisted gave the receptions a new dignity. They Were Well Shaken. But though the ' public may have become when they visited the Executive Mansion, these receptions were still something of a trial to the President and his family, as witness this plaintive letter written of President John Tylers daughter-in-la- ' Years Day reception. t s his successors. Later was directed against protest James Buchanan because of the gantlet of policemen who surrounded the White House for his reception. There was good reason for having the officers there, however, for it is recorded that in the crush at least one pocket was picked and other disorders marred the occasion. The Day of the Proclamation One of the most important New Years Day receptions ever held in the White House was that of January 1, 1863 and it was significant because of a momentous event which took place immediately afterwards. Abraham Lincoln had drawn up his Emanch pation Proclamation, had read it to his cabinet and had won their approval of this document which would commit the government irrevocably to the destruction of slavery. At noon William .IL Seward, secretary of state, brought the proclamation to Lincoln for his signature. I have been shaking hands since 9 o'clock this morning and my right hand Is almost paralyzed Lincoln told him. If my pame ever goes into history it will be for this act, and my whole, soul Is in it. If my hand trembles when I sign, all who examine the document hereafter will say He hesitated.' Saying that he who look those but signed upon .the signature on that historic document now say that it was written as boldly, as firmly and as unfalteringly as any ever signed A Lincoln." . Like Buchanan, Ulysses- S. Grant was also severely criti-- . cized by the public in regard to the New Years reception but for a different reason. Because of the death of Mrs. Belknap,, wife of his secretary of war, he cancelled the function. Thereupon Washington gossips declared it Was a bad breach of international good manners for the President to slight the foreign diplomats, who desired to pay their respects to the head of the American nation, simply because of an unfortunate tragedy, even though it was in the Presidents official family. ' World War Aftermath. In 1903, during the administra: tion of Theodore Roosevelt,, the public was especially eager to attend the reception .because the White House had been extensively remodelled and the crowds which turned out to See the new decorations were among the largest in history. During President Wilsons administration the traditional functions on January 1 were discontinued but they were resumed In 1922 by President Harding. The reception that year was notable for the fact that it was the first public function since the war at which German and Austrian diplomats were present. During the Harding, Cooiidge and Hoover regimes the crowds, which lined up on the White House grounds on New Years Day for the chance to shake hands with the President and the First Lady of the Land, often numbered as many as 6.000 persons. Because of the fact that greeting such a large number imposed a useless strain upon the man who carries the heaviest burden in our nation the annual reception was again omitted by the present administration. . Writers Newspaper Vnioa. Con-tine- . ' Playing Cards The early packs of cards were painted by hand and very expensive. The accounts of the French king, Charles VI, for the year 1392 show the payment to a painter of a sum equivalent to $500 for three packs of cards in gold and various colors ornamented with various designs. Between 1420 and 1430 engraving was applied to the manufacture 4 Iland-Palnte- cards. d , ' Animals' Horns either have bony cores inside the horns, like cows and goats, or have solid horns, like deer and 'moose. The solidhorned animals shed their horns ones once a year, the never shed them. The pronghorn, alone of all horned creatures, has horns that grow over bony cores and yet sheds them every year, All horned animals core-home- d , Vanderbilt University The university at Nashville, Tertn. was founded by Cornelius Vanderbilt, who in 1873 made a donation ot $500,000, afterward increased to $1, 000,000, The" cha.rter of the university was taken out in 1872 in the name of Central university. In 1873 the name was changed to Vanderbilt university. McKinley, Natural Sotdiet-QhioWilliam McKinley, who gained attention as a fighter in the Civil war before he began his rise to the presidency, .started out early to show his military leadership. He drilled a group of mock soldiers daily after school hour's. s MORE and MORE Russia's production of gold Increases rapidly,. with 144 gold fields active; the total production not less than $200,000,000 a year, and according to some estimates nearly $500,000,000. pt Diamond in Natural State diamond in its natural state Is a dull, rounded pebble like a pellet of melted glass. It has no more brilliance than Is found in tens of thousands of pebbles on the seashore. The finished diamond flashes brilmultiliantly colored light from a the of secret The facets. tude of scintillations is having the variouj faces cut in the right position and having the correct angular relations to the other faces. A HOUSEWIVES . . Russia already surpasses Canada and the United States in gold production, and expects soon to 'surpass the British South African gold fields, and all the gold goes to Prospectors and miners get. praise.? This gold, production does not meah greater poweT for bolshevism; Quite the other way, it may be the worst thing that could happen to the Karl theory.As nations and individuals rich .they become conserva. tive. . . n ARE SAYING: - be-Go- There is still reverence for English- kings in democratic . Amer-.icIn New Ybrk clubs. of aristocratic" membership all rose when' the broadcast began, and not one Sat down while the King was speaking. In England they sat down, they are use.d to kings there. Mrs. C. H. Wilson of Columbia, S. C., went farther; her house was on fire, she fold firemen, let me know if you think the roof will fall, and Went on listening to Prince Edward, while the house burned. It takes a long time to breed out of human beings that which is into them through ages; hence the persijtence of our various su- a. . in-br- perstition. . . .. , Intelligent Dr. Craster, health ofr of Newark. N. J., starts a neeted campaign against kissing baUes, suggesting the use of bibs embroidered with these words: . "I don't want to be sick do not kiss me. flee; . He says': A kiss can be more dangerous than a bomb." Consumption begins in infancy; babies usually get it from tubercular mothers who kiss them on the mouth. . . Congress resumes work soon; what will it do, and try to do? How will it interpret the 46 to 2 vote, all present except Maine and Vermont; how will the unwieldy Democratic majority deal with its problems? It will probably try to do whatever President Roosevelt tells it to do; that last election seemed to intimate that the President hdS the public's permission to do as he pleases.' And that makes the situation extremely difficult for the President. 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