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Show . . . . . . . . ihe: veekia . xtys C laytoni : . UTAir. - ' fins JVn Old Slw The r 'WEEK C.twna Io 4.!il!i;i l itrvu 11 llatiprnm GM, in Ku-jA roar nmifi from the grrat ' .i Chines! ttragv'i', the 400,000.004 that Jive, labor, ; the ancient Chi supported or en by might, is arrest rd by his mutinous troops demanding "an immediate dect.ua forced i 1 : I recovinclud- lion cf war against Japan; ery of nil Chinese territory, ing Manchuria, This outbreak worries Tokyo, tin! it might, if China had a few fight ' ing leaders, with enough Birplane like ? ' u it A;. Largest National Iark National p;.k. 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 it! great number of mountain peaks, many of which are over 10,000 feet in altitude, and the most famous of which is Mt. Edth Cavcll, over 11,000 feet commemorating the memory of the brave British muse, who died in the Great war. ' Jasper t t nation of 400,0110,000'. fi. ir Helen Ctberly laid ihe "nevcf liked girl' clothes, wanted to be a , A typical scene in the days when Mr; and Mrs. American Citizen called it the White House for the annual New Vear's Day reception, py ELMO SCOTT WATSON Nowhere in the is New else (Year's day celebrated more in kccordance with tradition than in the nations Capital. Time was when the people of virtually every Amerlong-standi- ng ican city observed the custom of !'keeping open house' .on January 1 arid paying ..New gears calls. But modern days '(and especially the whoopee a era) changed all that. After riotous New Years Eve, celebration, the average celebrant (didnt feel much like making the rounds for formal calls the next day. So this custom, like so many others, of the . gradually good old days, Went into the discard, ; However,' in Washington, where 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 Cliff Dwellers (old residents) it has been kept alive in much the same form as in the past.' Perhaps one reason why it has been so little changed is that so-call- ed . the annual New Years Day reception at the White House has 'served as a model for other Established as a open houses ' symbol of the fact that there is Do barrier between the sovereign people and their elected leaders, this custom of throwing open the doors of the Executive Mansion ' to Die public on New Years Day ' was observed by almost every President from Washington down to Hoover. By that time it became apparent that, praise- worthy 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 ' Executive and when President Roosevelt entered the White House the custom was regret- fully but very wisely abandoned. Began in New York. It began in New York when that city was the seat of government. 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 e 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 members' of the diplomatic eorps but his fellow:Washingtonians 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 served. It refreshments 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 iiberty 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 Revolu; . tion. 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 wan plenty of snow on the ground. Then he placed the cheese in a sleigh and drove it himself to Washington. Of its reception there a contemporary newspaper account said: . ' with his compliments. When . James Madison became President his vivacious, wife, Dolly Madison, did a great deal of- entertaining' and theif. New Years reception- 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 gbod 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 , . - The Mammoth Cbeei. Washington (Federal City), December Yeaterday the great cheese arrived In a wagon drawn by six horse, hand omely decorated with ribbons. This wonderful piece of curd la a present from the Republican ladies of Cheshire, In Massachusetts, to Thomas Jefferson, the Republican President of America I It measures 4 feet 6 Inches diameter, la 1 foot 6 inches thick and weighs 1.250 30. pound. We understand that the President means. In a few daya. to tnvlte all the members of both house, of both parties, to partake of thla American cheese, ac 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 He a contemporary chronicler. stood in the center of the center room and most pathetically shook hands the whole time. In. the ladies comer 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. Jackson When Old Hickory became President, the riotous scenes at his inaugural and the reception afterwards were indie ative of what would likely take place when the public was invited to the White House on New Year's Day. But King Mob seems to have behaved pretty well at those affairs, for there is no record of any unusually disorderly scenes to mar the receptions. Perhaps the presence at these January 1 functions of Jacksons favorite cabinet minister, Martin Van Buren, secretary cf state, who was a fine gentleand extremely formal, man 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 WeU 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. well-behav- ABRAHAM LINCOLN companled with abundance of American biscuit and American porter. This will be indeed "the feast of reason and the flow of souL We are all Federalists Republicans!" we are an 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 family.' World War Aftermath. In 1903, during the administration 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 Wilson's 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, Coolidge 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 Because of the fact that greeting such a large number imppsed a useless 6train upon the man who parries the heaviest burden in our nation the annual reception was again omitted by the present administration. ed The first of January, 1842. Is passed, never to return, and 1 am nearly to going off wltb It I never felt so tired in all my life as I am this evening, standing up for two hours and shaking hands with I don't know how many thousands of people. Such b'.g fists as some of the people hod, and such hard shakes as they gave my poor little hand, tool On great, hearty countryman gave me a clutch and a shake that 1 almost expired under. But , couldn't help laughing when Fletcher Webster whispered to me. "when taken to be well shaken." Eventually the crowds became lirst Cheese Factory The first cheese factory in America was built at Rome, N. Y., in 1858, by Jesse Williams. Previous to that time all cheese was made by Individual farmers in their own homes. So renowned did American cheese made in the Williams factory become that large quantities of it were exported to England and the Continent In the early sixties. ,. so great and so unruly during boy's clothes, went through the this administration that Tyler boys high school to the senior class, found it necessary to have an her way ditches, earning extra detail of police on hand to' mending fences. "digging handle the people. However, he Known to be a girl, expelled from was luckier in their reaction to the class, she Weeps. Some intellithis innovation than was one of gent young man with blue, eyes and his successors. Later a storm of ' a kind heart, marrying Helen Co was directed against protest faJames Buchanan because of the berly, might some day be the a of American. ther great who surof gantlet policemen rounded 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 (he Proclamation ' One of the most important New Year's Day receptions ever held in the White House was that of January 1, 18G3 and it was significant because of n momentous event which took place immediately afterwards. Abraham Lin- -' coin .had drawn up hi3 Emancipation Proclamation, bad read it jto his cabinet and had won their approval' of this document whiqli w.ould commit the government irrevocably to the destruction of slavery, At. noon William II. of state, Sewardj . secretary brought the proclamation to Lincoln for his signature. I have been shaking hands since 9 oclock this morning and my. right hand is almost paralyzed Lincoln told him. "If my name-ever- ' goes into .history it will be for this act,. and my whole soul is in it. If m.y hand trembles when I sign, all who examine the document hereafter will say' .'He hesitated. Saying that he ' but' those who look 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 criticized 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 Ike foreign diplomats, who desired to pay their respects to the head of the American nation, simply because of an unfortunate tragedy, even though t was in the Presidents official per-sons- I Wtttera NcpP Unioa. Area Drained by Amazon The area drained by the Amazon and its tributaries is more than 2,970,000 square miles, largely untamed tropical forests. The volume of water discharged Into the sea annually is probably five times that of .the Mississippi. Vessels' of small draft can ascend the Amazon proper for more than 3,600 miles, . Tbe Former King Edward has bid farewell to England, and England and the rest of the world bid farewell to. the young man, who told his people: I have found It Impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility without the help and support of the woman I love. A' good many men might say that .' who do not realize it. Whoever wrot. or helped to Write that broadcast, it was a sincere, touching farewell to the worlds highest position, and well done. There is ho doubt that the young ,. King inspired it. . -- Diamond in Natural Stale diamond in its natural state U a dull, rounded pebble like a pellet of melted glass. It has no more brilliance than is found In tens of thousands of pebble on the seashofe. The finished diamond flashes bril. liantly colored light from a multi-tud- e of facets. The secret of the scintillations is having the various faces cut in the right position and having the correct angular relations to the other faces. A Flaying Card The early packs of cards wer 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 cl cards. lland-Falnte- d . Animals Horn ' All horned animals 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 homed creatures, has horns that grow over bony cores and yet sheds them every year . . . Millions of other girls have said that. Helen lived up to it, put on . . lit-ti- 1 .boy. . . employed from a very early period. White load was mentioned by Theophrastus. Pliny anil Vitruvius, who described its manufacture from lead and vinegar. Yellow ochre was used by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Homans. Pots of It were found in Pompeii. Naples yellow has been found in the yellow enamel of Babylonian bricks. Verdigris was familiar to the Homans. Indigo has been employed by the Past Indians and Egyptians from an ancient time. genius plish, ' Facts About Nu( 9 Feifnuts and pecarfs 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 imported and the rest is grown In this country, English w.alnyts.come from France and California, while black walnuts are raised in the United States. Almonds, although found in five continents, come chiefly from Spain end Italy. California also produces almonds, and Italy and Turkey supply filberts. Ca?bews come from India. It Is unknown who first mixed and used paints since paint has been turbines H . Earliest Paints . nose belief that ' right is so power ful that it docs not "require to be !i . I .'aniKiir'lhe Cooke Spahiel Cickep Spaniel .was highly i'riyd . bsiy ah as 1803, when ) popular tiKks n dog? spoke of the treed s possessing rerfiarkable 'gratitude, sagacity. 'fidelity,' etc. 'Unwearied'' as a shooting dog, also extolled as the th.is type via paragon f house dogs. The origin t his name is not difficult to trace. As the woodcock was commonly re erred to as 'cock and the sport f shooting his bird was called 'cocking, it is easy to see how lire Cocker spaniel got its name, as the breed was extensively used in this form of hunting. plotted. The Chi nose Generalisst mo Chians Kai Slick, attached to i f ' are rx ie ami :rV Tia BRISBANE Day in the Nations Capital .... 9 -- o em-kiss- , .. ft . I q . ' Style Dolly Vardeni Set Dolly Vardo'n was the coquette In . Dickens "Carnaby nudge.' The author's description of her dress core-home- d V Vanderbilt .University The university at Nashville, Tenn., was founded by Cornelius Vanderbilt, who In 1873 made a donation of $500,000, afterward Increased to $1, The charter of the univer000,000, sity was taken out In 1872 in the name of Central university. In 1873 the name was changed to Vander- bilt university. ' McKinley, Natural Soldier Ohio's William 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 echoed hours. MORE and MORE Russia's production of gold Increases rapidly, with 144 gold fields active; the total production not less than' $2dO,OOO.QOO a year, and. according to tome estimates nearly HOUSEWIVES $500,000,000. 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 the government. Prospectors and miners get ''praise. This gold production does not mean greater power for bolshevism.-Quitthe other way, it may be the worst thing that could happen to the Karl theory, As nations and individuals bet coma rich they become conserva tive.. ARE SAYING: V . Marx-Lenin-Stali- n . There Is still reverence' for English kings in democratic; America." In New York clubs of "aristocratic. membership all rose when the broadcast began, and not one sat down while the King was speaking. In England they aat down, they are used to kings there. Mrs. C. II. Wilson of Columbia, S. C., went farther; her house was on fire, she told 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 persistence of our various superstitious. - . adyou use an Electric Range you have the service, on our combination rates, vantage of a which permits you to enjoy all the advantages of Automatic Electric Cooking at no increase above the cost of old fashioned . low-co- st in-br- methods. Intelligent Dr. Craster, health officer of Newark, N. J., starts a neei-ecampaign 8gainst kissing babies, suggesting the use of bibs embroidered with these words: I dont want to be sick do not kiss me;" 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 Demo-craUmajority deal with its problems? It will probably try to do whatever President Roosevelt jells it to do; that last election seemed to intimate that the President has the publics permission to do as he pleases. And that makes the situation extremely difficult for the President There is such a thing as TOO MUCH approval, too much POWER. In addition, you save hours of time each week when you cook Electrically, You save money, too, through less food shrinkage, less evaporation of food moisture, and no wasted . heat. There are many other reasons why many home dwellers in this territory enjoy Electric Cooking. For instance, Electric Cooking is the fastest of Permit us to personally all cooking methods. tell you about, other reasons for its great popularity. i - See ( Your Dealer c t Kin Feature Syndicate, loo. WNU Service. or Utah Power-& Light Co. 7Y' |