The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, June 5, 1931 Page: 3 of 8
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CARROLLTON CHRONICLE
CThe Kitchen
Cabinet
(©. 19J1, Weatern Newspaper Union.)
Failure la In a sense, the high-
way to success, Inasmuch as every
discovery of the false leads us to
seek earnestly after what Is true,
and every fresh experience points
.out some form of error which we
shall afterward carefully avoid.—
John Feats.
WHAT TO EAT
When making gravy without
browned flour, add the flour to the
' fat and stir until
well hlonded, then
add the liquid and
a teaspoonful of
caramel to give the
gravy a little more
brown color.
Molasses Biscuit
—Mix and sift two
and one-half cupfuls of pastry Horn
with one-half teaspoonful each of soda
and salt, one-eighth teuspoonful each
of ginger and cinnamon, a grating ol
nutmeg, three tablespoonfuls of short-
ening are now added, and when well
mixed add three-eighths of a cupful of
buttermilk and three tablespoonfuls of
molasses. Pat half an inch thick and
cut with a small cutter. Bake in a
hot oven ten minutes. These are
served with butter and marmalade.
Lemon Tarts.—Make a rich pastry
and bake in fancy-shaped tins about
two inches deep. Crimp the edges of
the crust and fill with the following:
Mix four tablespoonfuls of cornstarch
with one-half cupful of cold water ami
add to one and one-half cupfuls of
boiling water, stir and cook until
thick. Beat the yolks of four eggs,
add two cupfuls of sugar, one table-
spoonful of butter, the juice of three
lemons and the grated rind of one.
Cook over water until smooth and
thick enough to stand up In points
when stirred with a spoon. Fill the
shells and cover with the egg white
beaten stiff with five tablespoonfuls of
sugar added. Bake in a moderate
oven until a delicate, crisp brown.
Mock Duck.—Take a two-pound
steak two Inches thick and split to
hold the dressing. Season well on the
Inside with salt and pepper. For the
dressing take two cupfuls of toasted
crumbs, two slices of diced cooked ba-
con, one-half teaspoonful of salt and
pepper to taste, add one egg slightly
beaten, two chopped onions, a half
teaspoonful of sugar, a bit of garlic
and one-half cupful of water or any
good broth. Stuff the steak and tie
securely with a string. Sear all over
until brown. Cook in a dutch oven
slowly until tender.
HAWAIIAN LEIS BASIC THEME
FOR LOVELY FLOWER TRIMMING
IT IS a charming custom which the
* music-loving, flower-loving, roman-
tic people of far-away Hawaii follow
of garlanding those whom they wish
to honor and to welcome to their
shores with “leis” made either of flow-
ers or of colored papers. It is this
graceful gesture which has proved in-
spirational to certain of our style cre-
ators who are making the picturesque
Hawaiian lois the basic theme for
many a lovely flower trimming. Even
the furrier has borrowed the Idea, the
very latest effects in fur neckwear be-
ing in garland design.
The winsome lint and flower garni-
ture pictured to the. right in the illus-
tration carries the lois idea out In an
Here’s hoping that the tour of the
style-seeking pilgrim through the fab-
ric realm will lead to a discovery
of the very new and attractive prints
which pencil and stencil a single color
against a dark or light background.
“Pencil Prints” Popular.
They are the “last word.” these
prints which delineate In clean-cut
pencil strokes together with solid sten-
cil. striking black, navy, red. brown,
green or yellow on white, gray «>r
pastel-tinted backgrounds or vice versa.
It is one of these prints, which are
something very new, which fashioned
the charming frock which Roberta
(•ale of Radio Pictures clmse to wear
when she posed for the photograph
Lizard Teaches Lesson
Ohuckwallas are gentle and easily
handled, and make interesting pets if
captured and kept in comfortable
quarters with a satisfactory food sup-
ply. We know too little of the hab-
its of even our common wild neigh-
bors, and these dwellers in the desert
could teach us many things that we
do not undefstand, says Nature Maga-
zine. For instance, if we could elimi-
nate the waste of our bodies by
means of dry uric acid instead of by
drinking quantities of water, it would
be very convenient at times, and we
might go for months without drinking
water. Apparently none of the cold-
blooded reptiles suffer from the heat,
and many thrive in the hottest parts
of our low desert valleys, basking on
rocks so hot that one can hardly bear
to touch them with the naked hand.
Queer-Looking Crocodiles
Some of the queerest-looking croco-
diles in the world have been received
at the British zoo. They are of the
kind known as gharials, and came
from Borneo. They are most fantas-
tic in appearance, as their alarming-
looking, wejl-armed jaws are drawn
out into long, narrow snouts, swell-
ing at the tips. They are the giants
of tjie family, often growing to be well
over 20 feet in length. They have the
true crocodile teeth, these being set
In a straight line and interlocking, the
fourth tooth on either side of the low-
er jaw meeting a notch in- the upper
jaw.
Highlights of Chase House
The Chase house at Annapolis, Md.,
was built in 1770 by Edward Lloyd. A
three-story, boxlike exterior in Flem-
ish bond, It contains a monumental
stair hall lighted by a Palladiun win-
dow on the first landing. The carved
Interior detail is lavish and beauti-
fully executed. There is a very lovely
marble mantel in the parlor. It is now
the Chase home for the aged.
Exploding Toad Legend
Dr. Leonhard Stejneger of the Smith-
sonian institution says that toads for
the purposes of hibernation dig holes
in the ground or crawl into Assures of
rocks. Occasionally such specimens
are found after blasting operations,
and the conclusion is hastily drawn
that the toad had been living inside
the solid rock.
Glad to Leave High Office
There Is proof that Jefferson was
not reluctant to relinquish the office
of President. On this subject he wrote
to his friend, Dupont de Nemours:
“Never did a prisoner, released from
his chains, feel such relief ns I shall
on shaking off the shackles of power.”
Two Form* of Happinecs
As obtaining the love of valuable
men is the happiest end of tills life
•o the next felicity is to get rid of
fools and scoundrels.—Pone.
Syrian ieeitcs
Roof of “Straight" Street in Damascus.
A 11
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Examples of Use of Flower Trimming.
effective manner. This pretty flower
“set” and similar types are the fore-
runners of a summer program which
will make a feature of this attractive
fashion.
Flower trimmings which outline
deep cape collars and scarf ends as
shown in this group also bespeak
a new trend which is rich in promise
for the future. The movement is not
at all confined to the evening mode
for some of the prettiest daytime
frocks are embellished with these al-
luring floral effects.
A popular idea is the cape collar
of white mousseline or georgette which
is bordered with large roses hand-
made of self fabric. The fashion em-
whieh we here reproduce. A graceful
cape-collar and tiered skirt are inter-
esting dressmaker details.
Designers are also combining prints
of this character with materials in
solid tone. The color scheme may be
worked out in either of two ways
as suits one’s fancy. That is, the
color of the plain fabric repeats
either the tone of the background
or that of the design of the print.
The print-with-solid-color idea is
pecially successful as it is worked for
the modish redingote costumes. The
print is used for the frock and the
linings and fncings which enliven the
long separate coat, the latter being
fashioned of either silk crepe or
Charming Print Frock.
phaslzes the vogue of the dress with
a light top, which for some time has
been a popular theme in the style
realm. An afternoon frock of dark
crepe topped with a flower border
draped hertlia collar as shown at the
top to tlie left is worth considering
for summer wear.
Below in the picture the Wide scarf
ends are trimmed with flowers made
of the self-same satin which fashions
the dress. The corsage at the shoul-
der is made of matching flowers.
Artificial flowers are as much in use
for trimming as are those which are
hand-made. The two rows which out-
line the bertha collar for the flowered
chiffon dress pictured to the right are
formed of wee-gay velvet posies.
sheer woolen, in navy, black, brown
or whatever the choice.
Then, too. the dress with a light
top, which is so popular this season,
is especially effective using smart
pencil print together with white flat
crepe for the deep yoke and sleeves.
Another costume which bespeaks the
very essence of chic is tlie two-piece
model, consisting of a Jacket and one-
piece dress, the Jacket repeating the
key-color of tlie print. Since brown
witli white is being so widely exploit-
ed, the print for the frock stencils a
brown patterning on white, the hip-
length jacket being in monotone brown.
Red with white is also outstanding.
CHERIE NICHOLAS.
1&S1. Western Newspaper Union.)
'repared by the National Geographic
Society. Washington. D. C.)
TRAIL rich in history and dotted
with ruin and living cities that
have played important roles
in world affairs is being trav-
ersed by the Trans-Asia expedition
which recently left Beyrouth (Beirut),
Syria, by motor caravan for a journey
of more than 5.000 miles to Peiping
(Peking), over the mountains and des-
erts of the world’s greatest continent.
The expedition, with which tlie Na-
tional Geographic society is co-operat-
ing, Is traveling in seven especially de-
signed tractor-cars, capable of nego-
tiating the most difficult terrain. Its
personnel of specialists lias the latest
apparatus to aid in the collection of
scientific data. This equipment in-
cludes motion picture and sound-re-
cording mechanisms, a photographic
laboratory, a mobile radio station, and
facilities for the collection and pres-
ervation of botanical, zoological and
geological specimens.
Leaving Beyrouth (Beirut), the
chief port of Syria, the expedition first
traversed that French mandated terri-
tory, passing through Damascus and
on Into Iraq, stopping at Bagdad.
Syria, at the eastern end of the
Mediterranean, finds itself wedged be-
tween Turkey and Palestine and with
its back against Iraq and desert Ara-
bia. Heavier rains give agriculture a
better chance in Syria than in Pales-
tine, so Improved political conditions
should see an increase in such stand-
ard crops as licorice to flavor Ameri-
can chewing tobacco, olives, cotton,
tobacco and wheat.
The Republic of Syria appeared sev-
en years after the establishment by
France of the first, republic in her
Syrian mandate, that of the Lebanese
republic which incloses the famous
mountains of Liban or Lebanon and
runs down to the Mediterranean shore.
This later republic, with its capital at
the ancient Moslem center of Damas-
cus, includes by no means all of the
area of the mandate. In addition to
omitting the Lebanese republic it also
excludes the state of the Alouites, and
the state of Djebel Druze, mountain
home of the fiery Druze tribesmen,
the Unitarians of Islam.
Four Religions, Many Creeds.
Religion draws the political bound-
aries in the Syrian mandate. Not only
Is the independence of the Alouites
and the Druzes recognized for reli-
gious reasons, but also the new Syrian
republic and the Lebanese republic
represent. a Moslem republic and a
Christian republic respectively.
Four religious states in an area no
larger than Georgia still leave many
creeds out in the political cold. To
recognize them all would require cut-
ting Syria up into more pieces than
Blue Beard ever chopped his wives.
Syria’s creeds and peoples are wov-
en of many odds and ends. Three-
fourths of the population of 2,000,000
are Mohammedans, but part of them
are Sunnites and part Shiites, and
as different in point of view as Cath-
olics and Protestants. Then there are
the Alouites whose secret religion is
believed to he halfway between Mo-
hammedanism and Christianity, and
the Druzes who usually attend the
Unitarian church when they emigrate
to the United States, and tlie hereti-
cal Ismailis, who were the original
Assassins of Crusader times.
The country hopes to regain its an-
cient privileges and perquisites as
doorkeeper to Asia. The vast trade
of both Persia and Iraq with Europe
and the New World that now goes
clear around the Arabian peninsula
could find a short cut across Syria if
only the Berlin to Bagdad railroad
could be finished. Recent completion
of the last link In the Asia Minor rail-
line which makes possible through
service from Cairo to Calais has al-
ready brought Syria into a more fa-
vorable position.
Much to Attract Visitors.
But at present the country Is living
on hope and America. Thousands of
Syrians have come to both North and
South America. Whole villages In the
Lebanon have been abandoned for
fruit stands In the New World. Some-
times the ex-Syrians send back money;
sometimes they go back with their
money and live like lords, and in
honor of the source of their wealth re-
name their streets. One town now has
a Brazil street named so by returned
and retired emigrants.
Stabilization of the governments of
the Syrian mandate will undoubtedly
bring a higher tide of tourist travel
because Syria, although eclipsed in
European interest by the Holy Land to
the south, holds some treasures worth
going miles to see. Baalbek’s ruins
are second only to Athens’ Acropolis.
Palestine bolds no surviving Crusader
castle to equal Kalat el Husn into
whose banquet halls, keeps and bat-
tlemented towers tlie Arabs have
moved like hermit crabs. Damascus,
an overgrown oasis on tlie edge of
the desert, still lives and breathes the
atmosphere of tlie Arabian Nights,
while not far to tlie west a new sum-
mer colony develops on tlie cool
heights under the shade of the cedars
of Lebanon. American visitors are
always interested in Beyrouth because
the college on tlie promontory over-
looking the Mediterranean that has
educated many of the modern Near
East leaders of every creed is an
American college.
Syria still has the lure of the un-
known ; unknown religions, undiscov-
ered cities of the past, unexplored
Crusader castles, unexcavated for-
tresses, secret societies, and little-
known races.
Damascus, where the expedition
stopped for several days en route to
Bagdad, is located in southwestern
Syria. It was old in the days of Abra-
ham. When Babylon and Nineveh
were hamlets, Damascus was a queen
city of the East. It is still a city of
importance, but the advent of the rail
way has crippled the caravan trade.
Steamships on tlie Red sea transport
Mecca pilgrims as far as Jidda whence
they can easily reach Mecca. For
North African Moslems this obviates
the overland voyage from which
Damascus was the-starting point, and
the city suffers a consequent loss in
pilgrim trade.
The bazaars of Damascus, more cel-
ebrated even than those of Cairo or
Algiers, reflect the change brought by
modern transportation. Prints from
Manchester, machinery from Birming-
ham and talking machines from the
United States now crowd the market.
In Damascus each street is devoted to
some special trade and all the shops
on that thoroughfare sell one type of
article.
Bazaars of Damascus.
The silk bazaar has a wide scope
In its merchandise, as its products
run from lengths of silk and harem
veils to kaffiyehs, the flowing head-
dress of the Bedouins. Tlie shoe ba-
zaar has boots of goatskin dyed red
and yellow with heels of camelhide.
Wooden sandals are inlaid with
mother of pearl for wealthy women
customers. , Curiously enough the
famed Damascus blades are found in
the Greek bazaar. They are a rarity
now, and it is fitting that they should
be found in a bazaar devoted to an-
tiquities. However, the Damascene Is
a wily merchant and gullible tourists
sometimes purchase “antiques” im
ported from Germany, and "oriental
art” from Birmingham.
The old clothes bazaar is also
known as the louse market and this
appellation reveals its consequent neg-
lect by tourists. It is always a center
of activity for tlie people of Damascus
and Arab and Jew haggle over the
comparative worth of hand-me-down
burnooses and kaffiyehs and occidental
business suits.
The venders of food and drink are
not limited to one bazaar. They stroll
through the streets crying their wares.
One may buy Turkish Delight, a fa-
mous sweetmeat, lemonade, raisin wa-
ter, pistachio nuts, pomegranates and
licorice water. The venders cry to
heaven that Allah will bless their cus-
tomers. A sweetmeat vender declares
that his wares will make young wom-
en beautiful. A drink-seller avows
that, his lemonade will cl^eer a down-
cast heart. Other claims equally ex-
travagant are assigned their wares
by the itinerant merchants. Most fre-
quently Is heard tlie cry, "Ya rezzak !,”
which Is translated, “Oh God, send to
me a customer.”
A commercial center of Damascus
Is the Derb-el-Mustnkim, the Street
Called Straight, made famous by Saul
of Tarsus. Here in former days
walked emirs of Araby, khans from
Bokhara and Tunisian beys. Along its
sides are Arabian cafes of which the
city possesses the most numerous and
largest in the East. Tlie Damascene
“man in the street” may he found
puffing Iiis narghile and sipping cof-
fee or cimyimon in the cafe. He will
sit cross-legged on a bench playing
backgammon or listening for hours to
a professional story toiler.
Despite modern improvements and
transportation methods, Damascus ii
still an Intrinsically oriental city.
"Bacon and Coffee
always
UPSET MY STOMACH41
TJACON and coffee—what a deiightini
XJ combination—but they often cause
heartburn, indigestion, gas—that “uneasy
feeling.” Most everyone has some favorite
foods that disagree. Here’s a pleasant new
way for quick relief. Just eat Turns, the
delicious new Antacid mints that neutral-
ize acid conditions—sweeten breath—end
heartburn, 6our 6tomach, gas, acid indi-
gestion. Munch a few Turns after meals
and stop trouble before it starts. Get ai
handy roll today. At all druggists. Only 10c.
"TUMSjfkak Tummy
AGENTS. Good liou~e-to-liouse Holler an4
repoater. 100 % profit. Write today. hL
Geigen, G53H N. Maplewood, Chicago. F1L
Worms expelled promptly from the lurmaoi
system with Dr. Peery's Vermifuge "Dead
Shot.” One single dose does the trick. Ete.
All Druggists.
.Dr: Peery’s
_ Vermifuge
At druggists or 372 Pearl Street, Now York City
Citizens’ Kindly Deed
New incentive to live was of-
fered Joseph Northcliffe, twenty-
four, at Menominee, Mich., after a
friendly community had ruised more
than $450 to provide him artificial
feet, clothing and a ticket to bhi
home in Coarsegold, Calif. The
youth’s feet were frozen by exposure
while hiking across the country. Ilia
relatives were unable to assist him
and physicians reported that his re-
covery was being retarded by de-
spondency.
THE
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I SAJVJ SELLING
Meets pURE
Government ASPIRIN
Standard IN THE
WORLD
• FOR 10c
St.Joseph's
GENUINE
PURE ASPIRIN
»2 TABLETS 10c
16 TABLETS 25c 100 TABLETS 60t
A Real Boon
Mr. Splittz—I thought you recom-
mended Doctor Howler as a good
dentist. I went to him and he hurt
me frightfully.
Mr. Flutter—Oh, I recommended
him because lie never duns anybody
for any money due him.
“I COMPLAINED
—all the time. I knew it was hard
on my family but I couldn’t help it.
I was tired and run-down and I suf-
fered from pain continually. I had
just about given up hope when I
tried G.F.P. This splendid tonic
helped me right from the start and
now my pains are gone .and I am.
Strong and healthy again.”
St. Joseph’s
G.F.P,’
tJhe^oinm'A Vonlc
Noted Baron
Newsholtne — When you were
abroad I suppose you saw the great
tracts of barren waste?
Newrich—Yes; hasn’t he a won-
derful estate?—Pearson’s.
Sport, manship
Standards of sport are tlie highest
we have—much higher than stand-
ards in business and public life.—
American Magazine.
CLEANSIN
LAXATIVE
"For fully 30 years
I have, by using it,
known Black-Draught
to bo a great medi-
cine," eays Mr. A. L.
Cone, of Perktnston,
Miss. "I found it so satis-
factory, I haven't seen any
need to change. When I get
constipated, I feel all out of
sorts, and tired and sluggish.
I take a few doses of Black-
Draught. It regulates my
bowels and I get all right It ”
will cleanse the system and
help you, if you use it as
we have.” n.»
BLACK-DRAUGHT
IN USE NEARLY IOO YEARS
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