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Hats Off to Fall September brings chilly America personified, celebrate Make-a-Hat fall winds in the northern wears a top hat Day. Plum out of ideas Out to Lunch: hemisphere and bright decorated with great for this holiday? Chompies hot sun in the southern. white stars on a blue September 15 is also September 2 This makes September background. Of course, Felt Hat Day, so grab the perfect month to don if you choose to wear a some shears and start No a hat, either to keep top hat, it needn’t be so cutting felt for a fedora, a Transportation warm or to protect you patriotic. If you happen cloche, or even a tall September 5 from sunburn. Short on to find yourself south of gnome cap. ideas about what kind of the border in Mexico on hat to wear during Hat September 16, Mexican continued on pg. 4 Labor Day Celebration Month? Opportunities Independence Day, you abound for wearing hats will likely find many September 5 of all different styles. people wearing wide-

brimmed sombreros and continued from pg. 1 Starbucks In America, September yelling, “¡Viva Mexico!” September Birthdays Hats Off to Fall September 7 13 is Uncle Sam Day. In astrology, those born between September History buffs can also get into the fun. In “Honey” Bee That stern-faced, white- If you’re the crafty type,

1 and 22 are Virgos. Virgos are observant, America, September 16 is Mayflower Day, the Social bearded, finger-pointing ditch the sombrero on independent, reliable, and intellectual. Virgos day in 1620 that the Pilgrims set sail from gentleman, a symbol of September 15 and September 8 require a sharply organized mind and will England for the New World. What is more

analyze points in an attempt to bring order to symbolic of the Pilgrims than their capotains, Ladies Club chaos. Those born between September 23 those tall black hats with big buckles in the September 12 One-Hit Wonderful and 30 balance the scales of Libra. Libras center? If you’re going for historical accuracy, seek equality, justice, and harmony. Eager to There is no surer path to record sold over four Taco, 1991’s “Walking in however, forget the buckle. It was a fanciful celebrity and then back million copies, making it Memphis” by Marc cooperate, Libras are charming diplomats. addition by artists of the 19th century. If Hat Day to obscurity than the perhaps the most Cohn, and 2006’s fanciful hats are more to your liking, don a September 15 Martha B…..…9/03 Joyce L….…..9/19 one-hit wonder. successful one-hit “Listen to Your Heart” by Saralee B……..9/13 Frances G.…..9/20 pirate’s hat on September 19, Talk Like a September 25 is One-Hit wonder of all time. D.H.T. If you don’t recall Pirate Day. Or even better, on September 26, Western Day Anneliese L.….9/13 John G….…...9/21 Wonder Day, a day to any of these songs, LaVon U……..9/14 Dorris L.…….9/24 Johnny Appleseed Day, take after that September 22 remember all those Every decade has had you’re not alone, but that

Jane F…….…..9/15 Ken D….……9/25 American folk hero and wear a tin pot on your forgotten musicians. its fair share of one-hit doesn’t bother Steven head. Legend states that he wandered Men’s Club Helen H……....9/16 Cecile K……..9/27 wonders: 1963’s Greenberg, who in 1980 Julia P………...9/17 Ben W……….9/27 barefoot eating out of his hat, wearing naught Outing Perhaps one of the best- “Wipeout” by the wrote the song but a coffee sack. Opt for the hat, but leave the Adele W……....9/17 September 28 known one-hit wonders Surfaris, 1977’s “You “Funkytown.” When sack at home. Such a getup would likely be is “Earth Angel,” that Light Up My Life” by asked about his sole hit, drafty during the brisk days of autumn. 1955 doo-wop classic by Debby Boone, 1983’s Greenberg says, “I call it Coffee Social September 29 the Penguins. The “Puttin’ on the Ritz” by ‘one-hit wonderful.’”

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Tough Luck Western Day Lore If you find the number 13 unlucky, Last Supper. In the painting, then September 13, Defy Judas—the apostle who betrayed The lore of the Old West—stories of gunslingers, tribal and territorial Superstition Day, may be just what Jesus—is depicted knocking over warfare, missing treasure—is undying. But are the historical records the doctor ordered. Superstitions the salt. Spilling salt has been to be believed? I interviewed W.C. Jameson, the famed treasure are beliefs that contradict rational associated with treachery and lies hunter, hardcore Texas cowboy, and author of over 90 books on Old thought. So why are so many ever since. Throwing salt over your West history—including Unsolved Mysteries of the Old West and people superstitious? Psychologist shoulder is thought to blind the devil the Beyond the Grave series. He tends to approach the official B.F. Skinner hypothesizes that lurking there. superstition stems from the concept record more like a single piece of evidence amongst a larger crime of reinforcement: that a person acts Perhaps the most prevalent scene. “I look for the clues that are there and chase them down,” he with expection of a reward. What superstition is to knock on wood to says. As a result, he’s drawn some conclusions of his own. makes superstitions unique is that promote good fortune. Many It's perhaps the most talked-about lost treasure in American history, people repeat an action even if the ancient pagan cultures worshipped but there seems to be more myth than fact surrounding the gold reward is not realized. For example, trees because they were believed found in Arizona by German immigrant Jacob Waltz. A party of someone may always throw salt to be inhabited by spirits. It was treasure hunters moved to the Superstition Mountains of Arizona in common to lay hands on trees and over their shoulder to ward off bad search of Waltz’s cache shortly after his death in 1891 and, still ask for favors or give thanks. Of luck even though there is no today, an estimated 8000 visitors travel to Lost Dutchman State Notable Notable immediate benefit or consequence. course, on September 13, defy all Quotable these superstitions by spilling salt Park each year in hopes of striking it rich. It was said that Waltz Quotable Why do we throw salt to ward off and not knocking on wood. While mined his claim in the Salt River Valley of Arizona every winter

bad luck? The salt superstition you’re at it, open an umbrella between 1868 and 1886, though the source of his ore was never “The better the “I had only one stems from Christianity, specifically, indoors, walk under a ladder, and found. friend, the less superstition. I Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of the break a mirror for good measure. cleaning you made sure to do before she touch all the comes over.” bases when I Homemade Gnocchi hit a home run.” Emma“Number, M. Nutt madPlease”e history on solution to hire young women, and ~ from Joys of It’s easy to make your own homemade Italian potato dumplings. All it takes is 3 September 1, 1878, when she he started by hiring Emma Nutt. Friendship, ~ Babe Ruth, became the first female telephone Emma’s cool, soothing voice large baking potatoes, 2 cups of flour, 1 egg, and some salt. Boil the potatoes published by baseball Hall of operator. The job previously had transformed the new industry, and for 35 minutes until they are soft, then peel and rice them. Let the potatoes cool, Hallmark Cards, Famer been filled by teenage boys. telephone operation became an then gather them into a mound with a well in the center. Sprinkle the flour over Inc. However, these youth proved exclusively female profession. the mound, drop the egg and salt into the well, and stir to combine all the impatient over the phone, played Indeed, women relished the ingredients. Knead it into a ball, cut off your tiny dumplings, and voila! Gnocchi! pranks on callers, and often used professional opportunity and would crude language. Alexander Graham man the telephones for almost the Bell himself came up with the next 100 years. Darling Dumplings In Argentina, the 29th of Gnocchi are a form of little in their larders, Penny Press Day every month is Gnocchi potato pasta originating perhaps just some On September 3, 1833, Benjamin Day began printing his daily newspaper Day, with families in Italy. When Italian potatoes and flour, the The Sun in New York City, for which he charged one penny per copy. For gathering together to immigrants came to key ingredients to this reason, September 3 is celebrated as Penny Press Day. Day’s small make and eat this Argentina in the 19th gnocchi. Families could paper was groundbreaking. First, it brought the news to the masses. delightful little dumpling. century, they brought whip up a quick, Working-class families and immigrants could at last afford to be well So this September 29, the recipe with them. In inexpensive, and filling informed. Also, it relied on advertising, not subscriptions, for revenue, why not try cooking up Argentina, payday was meal. Even today, which helped keep its cost so low. The invention of the steam engine also some gnocchi and on the first of the month, travelers to Argentina aided Day’s cause. By 1851, he was printing 18,000 copies an hour. Day gathering around the so by the 29th, most will find gnocchi on the also first hired reporters to follow stories. Thanks to his ingenuity, Day dinner table? families were left with menu every 29th day. became New York’s first great newspaper magnate.