Show I ij The Boys 1 f L Column S 4 p H HERY ERY ERY FIRST STAR WHEN I was a a. little girL girt how large the world was then What marvelous countries lay beyond be ond what races of ot strange men above our house The Ibe very ery trees the leaves that weighed each bough whispered a hundred secrets forgotten now I have A lake late lay shallow on a shore which spread from east to west and often otten we ve would watch to see which star came earliest earll t Upon that star our wishes hung when once the charm was was' said Star light star bright very first star I I Before we went to bed O 0 evening star In a green sky t very first star of at night now how many children murmuring r I wish I may I might Have had their evening wishes come true some later day day day- Or have you too forgotten I the charms we used to say Elizabeth Elizabeth Elizabeth Coatsworth I O O O REMIND REMIND YOU FLOWERS HAVE characteristics of ot certain people you YO know If It you but butI I study them a bit Fall flowers especially seem to remind us of at human traits I Ir distinctive e qualities There Is the zinnia r F that makes its own way aay without pam pam- pampering pampering demands little care remains strong Is old fashioned and has no hidden charm It Is a very straight straight- straightforward straightforward forward sort of flower Whatever breed breed- breeders ers to fringe quill or twist Its petals to change it it is still stUl the zinnia It It Itt t is 13 generous with its bloom and in a bowl of ot mixed blossoms It needs no apologies Goldenrod blue chicory purple Iron- Iron Ironweed ironweed Ironweed weed and the firemen's red of sumac sumac I cover the fields They brighten neglected spots make lowly places Into royal I I sights with their presence Dependable they will bear a or two even I after the leaves are arc rusted and brown Fall asters lend daintiness to a time lush with of at hardier stock of fattening grapes and plump apples While insects make haste the asters nod their assurance that there Is such as serene and calm We are the little people in mans man's world arid flowers are the little people of ot the vegetable kingdom O O O OUT OF ORDER OnDER MR TRUMAN VOICES AND typesetting machines have ha been assailing the President since his statement that the Marine Corps has a propaganda machine that Is al almost al- al almost almost most equal to Stalin's What branch of the services of ot government of at private private private ate organizations does does' not have some sort of machine that spreads doctrines and md principles both religious r e Ii 11 g i f o a u sand s and secular If It the President was Irritated by maneuverings within the government that he vented upon the Marines then he merle made m e a grave mistake He Is not Ignorant of American traditions and Institutions and the Marine Corps is honored by the people of ot this land as asan asi asas i an as American institution It has been difficult for many to have the Marines named the Navys Navy's police force a 1 branch of ot the fighting forces that has haslet haslet haslet let its fighting speak for foi itself from the days of the American Revolution The Marines may well be proud of ot them them- themselves themselves selves es as we are of ot them From the sands of ot Iwo Jima to the shores of ot Tripoli the devil dogs have spread ad their propaganda or doctrine by givIng givS j S log Ing their their lives for tor it President Truman's apology to the Ma lne Corps is In order and accepted But his letter had far better been un un- unwritten Unwritten written and what Truman put Into the mall mail box is going to have an effect on or orthe the ballot box A A A z v v v A HEADACHE D. ron FOR DOCTORS IN OMAHA O a doctor received an I average of ot a day for taking X-rays X for Army Induction In Milwaukee aukee a 1 doctor netted 1125 a day for the same service As the Army had disposed of ot Its own equipment for this purpose as surplus stock at the end of ot the war It H now depends on doctors In private I Practice The government sets the rates or accepts the bids of the doctors so I the expensive result Is their fault But the medical profession Is these days and are arc fighting against social socialized socialized 1 hod medicine The AMA spends a fund collected Collect to show Its evils to sell the Public the Idea that doctors arent aren't Profiteering proUt ering Well this business of I and 1125 a B day profit Isn't going to help the doctors doctor's cause V V V PLEASE ILE PASS PAbS Tin TIIE SODA I A LABOR strike In chemical fac fao- factories i tories which make soda ash for glass causes c uses a scarcity of ot both glass and soda I Usually there is enough cracked glass glass' needed to melt down for additional glass manufacture but not today So as a result some cities titles are collecting broken bottles Just as happened during war- war 3 time AS for the soda we could use It for an upset stomach caused by thinking c of the Increasing ever-Increasing power of labor 1 unions to control our well Their influence works against as well as forua for forus u us ua but the strike medium Is la not always I as w clear as glass In Its purpose We take take I much Ouch of this with a pinch of salt and t follow tollow up with a dose do e of ot soda O O O OA I A NATION SAnO AT WORK THE TIIE CLOSE of August found the employment ment level In the U. U S. S high rising to Jobs It wasn't over overlive live five years cars ago that the optimists dreamed of arriving at 60 million Jobs Of 01 1 course the Korean war has already Increased that level about one million I Today we are near per cent capacity of f production and consuming almost all of f this as aa we go along However In in achieving a high living level we must I i m meet t high the cost of ot war at the same level tevel sure we dont don't like It but in I 1 I II order to have your our cake and eat it It you ou 1 1 better bake two cakes O 0 00 O O 0 I I B D HOPE HOPEl l OR lt ALCOHOLICS FOR FOn GENERATIONS drunkards have been treated as criminals and pariahs not DO ae as 3 sick people In need of help Then 16 10 years ago the founder of Continued on Page Four The Boys Column I Continued from Pale Page One Alcoholics Anonymous discovered that an alcoholic could find the road back backby backby by belle believing two things 1 that there Is 18 a higher Power than himself and 2 that for some mysterious reason he cannot afford to take a as an alcoholic single drink drinkIn I Paul Paulde Paulde Paulde In the tho October Readers Reader's Digest de Krull Kruif reports that scientists think I differ differ- difference difference the they have at last discovered ence between social drinkers who I can drink or leave lea It alone and alcoholics who ho cannot That difference de de' Krull I says is 18 chemical While studying thousands of or alcoholics alcoholics alcoholics I brought to Bellevue Hospital Dr James J J. Smith noticed that the blood of ot patients In delirium tremens was dangerously thick their blood sugar I perilously low About to die they breathe extremely fast have ha a feeble super-rapid super pulse and a fc fever that may shoot up as high as It It dawned on Dr Smith de deKruif KnIt says that these ominous signs some some- somewhat someI somewhat I I what hat resembled the often fatal crisis crisle of ot Addison's disease In this disease there i Is 15 a failure of ot the adrenal glands Just justI I over the kidneys mysterious little hor hor- hormone horI factories absolutely essential to I mone mono I I human life ute Not so long ago victims I lived for only a short while But now I they can be kept In pretty fair health I by Injections of or from the I cortex or outer layer of the adrenal II IIII glands of ot slaughtered cattle Dr Smith tried ACE adrenal cortical II extract for DT victims about to die Their resurrection was little short of or off orI I f miraculous ACE Is 15 now used to soothe j I II hangover calm pre binge I tensions and eliminate the agony of the I out drying-out period I I Where does this new chemical i covery covers leave Alcoholics Anonymous I whose spiritual approach pas has so far I remained unchallenged As the title of ot his article Double Hope for I Alcoholics Implies de expects the two to go hand In hand ACE Injections i i I dont don't permit an alcoholic to drink They i simply clear the fog out of alcoholic brains so that the alcoholic can think think straight enough to seek the spiritual I Help neli that AA offers I I. I o o o FROM I LIFE IN THESE I UNITeD STATES i WHILE I was visiting my brother In Sherman Texas a taker census-taker told usi us' US of ot this experience Her territory Included I a slum section and as she walked down I Ii i the block one day the woman she had hadI hadI I done made a mistake lady she panted I give you my Insurance age 36 I got to give ghe the Government my that's 42 pension old age age that's I ASKED the priest In our Vermont mage If It during his early years In the tho priesthood he hadn't often regretted the restrictions placed on his relationship of ot his with the attractive young women congregation More often oHen than I care to remember ho he answered However vever when I view many of ot these same good women today II I am strongly reminded of Gods great wisdom and mercy WHEN THE last guest had gone after the wedding w of ot my youngest daughter I sat down In the living room and wept bitterly I felt relt utterly bereft For 25 years my three girls their girls their health ed ed- education education education clothes friends and pleasures had had completely absorbed my time energy and thought My husband whistling softly strolled in In Oh Tom I sobbed what am I going to do All three of or the children gonel gone I There was a a. moments moment's silence then my husband asked Has It ever occurred to you that you might try getting mar mar- married married married ried 4 RECENTLY one of ot the single girls In our office came In early one morning and began passing out cigars and candy both with blue ribbons Somewhat puzzled puzzled sled and more than a little surprised wo we asked the occasion Proudly she dis displayed dis- dis displayed played tho solitaire on her third finger left hand and announced Its a boy boY boY- six feet tall and pounds WHEN MISS Hazel a semi Invalid living In a downtown hotel suddenly began receiving recel a stream of telephone calls there was much curiosity among the personnel A strict rule forbade listening In on any guests conversation but when the manager paid his monthly call to collect the rent he risked an Inquiry about the recent activity of her telephone Yes Isn't It wonderful Miss Hazel said happily I got so tired sitting here day after atter day with no one to talk to that I had my sister stick one of ot these tiny labels onto a menu each time she ate In a restaurant So far Ive I've found that the s called oo-called wolf wol is pretty nice at heart The tiny label she handed the mana mana- manager manager manager ger read I Lonely Call Miss Hazel Main 2202 Room 42 I want a puppy puppy puppy-a. a fidgety sort of or puppy said the man to the shop pet-shop clerk A what sir One that will make the wife wile say For goodness ss' ss sake sakel Take that dog out I i for a walk |