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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C. WOMAN'S WORLD Radiant P lating Use Valuable to Farmers Its Advantages Outweigh Initial Expensive Costs Radiant heating, one ot the new est developments in construction of farm buildings, has many advan tages which outweigh its high ini tial cost, according to a publication dealing with building methods, ma terials and techniques. As an example of a successful radiant heating system, the publi cation describes the installation of This double quonset turkey house, measuring 60 by 220 feet, has radiant heating to maintain a temperature between 50 and 70 degrees in winter. The house holds about 3,500 breeder hens, or 20,000 poults. «uch a system in a turkey house on the farm of W. E. Wright in Mitch ell county, Iowa. This house, a double quonset measuring 60 by 220 feet, is heated by hot water which circulates through copper tubing imbedded in concrete Toor slabs. The radiant heated floor is di- ing the temperature of each zone to be reg ulated independently. The tempera ture usually is kept between 50 and 70 degrees in the winter. About 3,500 breeder hens, or 20,000 poults can be housed in the building and can be cared for by three men. Water for the system is heated by an oil burner in a room on the south side of the structure. Supple mentary unit heaters are used when required during extremely cold weather. The story of the radiant heating system used in the turkey house described was carried in the Amer ican Builder magazine. Whether your farm loses two or 20 tons of topsoil per acre yearly due to erosion, depends on how you handle the water that falls on slo ping fields. Making rain work for instead of against you, is largely a matter of good soil management Agrono mists have found that soils high in organic matter soak up more water quickly and store it for grow ing crops. Water “walks” instead of runs off well-managed land that has the benefit of soil-building rotations, deep-rooted legumes, plenty of fer tilizer and conservation tillage methods. Water makes a quick get away on naked, overcropped land that has been mined of its organic matter and plant nutrients. Tractor Wheels Need Regular Servicing Th front wheels of farm tractors work under dusty conditions and unless they are serviced and ad justed regularly they will need re pairs. Replacement of front wheel bear ings will cost approximately $37 per bearing, and there are four of them in the front wheels, tays S. L. Vogel, assistant farm engi neer of the North Dakota agri cultural extension service. Two methods of lubricating front wheel bearings are used on modem tractors. Vogel said. One is the hand packed method The wheels should oe removed at least once a year, cleaned, and bearings rena'-ked with wheel bearing grease. Feedlot Meat Tonnage Increased During Year More meat tonnage produced in feedlots this fall and winter as a result of a generally favorable feed ing ratio will provide consumers with a more adequate meat supply in the months ahead, according to H. M Conway, livestock market analyst. A near-record 1949 com crop, added to the heavy carry-over from 1948. plus a generally plentiful sup ply of roughage helped supplies. Bridal Gowns Show Less Fullness Of Skirt, More Trim Waistlines B7 Ertta Haley G IRLS WHO THINK they’d pre fer to be June brides instead of January brides simply because the dresses look prettier, should take a look at some of the bridal fash ions now being featured! They may find that there’s nothing left to be desired in the new gowns, and the fabrics probably have more splen dor than summery ones. If she’s found the man of her dreams, planned the little home of her dreams, a girl wants the dress of her dreams, be she a winter bride or a summer one. Today’s bride Just like those of yesteryear pictures herself in creamy white satin with a train. Designers are well aware of this desire, and they have indeed used their best tricks to create gowns to match those of the dream world. White satin, is of course, the traditional fabric for the girl being married for the first time, but other fabrics vie with it in fashion importance. Even though you may have your heart on the satin, take a look at some of the other luxur ious fabrics and their styles if you want to choose the dress of your dreams. The other materials include white velvet which is soft and shimmering because it’s transpar ent and very queenly. Then there’s white brocade for real dramatic beauty. You might even choose pastel satin which is shown most ly in blush pink and ice blue. Many of the lovely bridal gowns this season combine satin with lace, much of the latter being im- Bridal gowns show new slenderness.. ported and comparable in exquisite ness with great grandmother's wedding veil. One fabric may look better on you than the one you’ve imagined. The best way to tell is to try on different types, and then decide. Slimness of Line Is Main Feature The main impression which the new bridal gowns give is that of slimness. This does not mean that and beauty of line. yardage has been sacrificed. You’ll be thrilled with the luxury of the gowns, with their opulence of fab ric, but the over-all effect will be that of trim lines. The effect of slimness is achieved partly by keeping the hipline smooth and giving the skirt re strained fullness with wide un pressed pleats. Another way in which this is done, is to point or Be Smart! Drama with sleeves, drama without sleeves. At the right shantung issued for a casual classic of distinguished design. Note how pocket flaps and close-fitting cuffs repeat the unusual collar design. The pointed cuffs likewise are used to give emphasis to the new bloused sleeve with flowing fullness below the elbow. -At the left, is a look into the re sort collections that are just around the fashion corner, a handsome checked linen, played on the diagonal to ac cent the magnificent clean-cut lines of the design. Even the absence of sleeves seems to add importance to the impres sion at line For the girl being married this season, nothing could be lovelier than this white trans parent velvet dress with a pearl beaded yolk by a New York designer. The elegant bodice features a tiny collar and buttons run down the back. Buckram stiffening at the hips shapes the graceful skirt. elongate the bodice into the skirt. In either event, the waistline remains small looking, which should make all the girls happy, even those who have naturally small waist measurements. The effect is frequently emphasized with a yoked off-shoulder neckline and bertha collars of either fabric or lace. Some necklines are demurely high, and are finished with little round or rolled collars which are flattering to so many faces. On some princess style gowns, you’ll find what is called a Puritan shaped collar, with a snug bodice buttoned to below the waistline, and the skirt pocketed on each side at the hips. Both the collar and pointed flaps of the pockets are richly embroidered. Sleeves on the dresses carry out the theme of over-all slenderness. They are long, slender and pointed at the wrists, and help to give the bride a willowy grace she desires when she glides down the aisle. In one dress seen recently, the white satin is overlaid with deli cate white lace in tunic effect, and the sleeves are entirely of lace. In another semi-formal style, a two-piece floor length dress of white brocade has a short jacket top with tight sleeves stopping be. low the elbows. Choose Veil to Fit With Wedding Gown A question which frequently arises when one chooses a wedding gown Is whether the veil or the gown is chosen first. It seems much simpler to pick out a gown first, then to choose the veil. It is not that the gown is more Important than the veil, but it is much easier to choose a veil to go with the gown, than vice-versa. You may have to try on as many veils as you do gowns before you fid one that fits with the gown. Should you fail to find a veil which fits both your face and gown, the veil and head dress can be made much more simply than the gown. If you do not trust your own taste in the choice of a head piece, be sure to seek advice. In general, these tips will help. The round faced girl should select a veil which comes to a point, rather than one which gives a round halo effect that merely emphasizes her round contours. Those with pointed or angular faces will probably do best to choose a veil and head piece which will help give a gentle roundness to the face. What length should the veil be? With a train on the dress, an elbow length veil is proper, but a long one may be worn, if the wedding is extremely formal. With a short er wedding gown, the veil may be long with a train, but not neces sarily so, if the wedding is to be simple. Attendant’s Dresses Designed for Later Wear As every bride knows, her at tendants pay for their own dresses. However, this would be an im practical arrangement if the dresses could not be worn for an other occasion. For this reason, those which have been currently designed, are especially planned so they can be worn for formal din ners or dances. Leading fabrics for attendants’ dresses are satin and taffeta in rich, brilliant colors such as emer ald, American beauty and flame red. If you can have several at tendants, plan several different types, so that the different colors can be represented for best effect. Some of these dresses are ankle length, while others are floor length. No matter which type is chosen, the dress has possibilities for wear later KATHLCCN NORMS Why College? D O GIRLS, OR BOYS for that matter, learn anything at col lege, and if they do not, is it im portant? My answer to both these questions would be “No.” By “learn anything" I mean, of course, from courses and classes, professors and instructors, and books. I mean learn anything of science, political economy, modern business methods, languages, lit erature and the cultural arts gen erally. Of course they don’t. They don’t go to college to learn anything like that. Sometimes, in a third or fourth year—which less than half the en rolled students reach, a boy will suddenly awake to the value of a genuine business course, or a girl will discover her coming profession in an advanced course in child psychology. Why College? But most youngsters go to col lege because of the charm and freedom of it, the delightful stretch ing of young wings, the golden op portunity of meeting friends of their own and the opposite sex. It is all too good to be true; no home restrictions, a smart new ward robe, the campus, the stadium, the glorious library where they sit dreaming over notebooks they will not only not open next week or in the years to come, but never again in their lives. After high school—what? Idling about home, wishing something would happen? Taking a kinder garten or nursing course? Not for any girl or boy who can coax Mother and Dad into putting up the required cost of college—prefer ably a far-away college. If they are living in New Jersey, why not go to California? If they live in Ore gon, then it must be Penn or Mass. College provides four glorious years, and after living myself with in a stone’s-throw of a great col- idling about home . . .” lege, in the very shadow of its im memorial oaks, I think it is a good thing for both boys and girls. Girls who are weak morally and boys who are naturally idle wastrels don’t get much out of decent friend ships, freedom, sports, picnics and week-end theatricals and dances, but then they wouldn’t anyway, no matter where they were. They would be the village scandals if they stayed at home. These thoughts are brought to me by an earnest article in a re cent issue of Harpers Magazine, whose author is Dr. Mirra Koma rovsky, associate professor of so ciology at Barnard college. The article is entitled “What Should Colleges Teach Women?” and she quotes a certain convention of edu cators who recently accused col leges of deprecating marriage as an absorbing vocation. She also quotes Dr. Mildred Hor ton, retiring president of Wellesley as “attacking" women’s colleges for treating their students as “men in disguise.” And she quotes Dr. Lynn White, of Mills College, as lightly suggesting that a “beginning course” in food preparation might be as “exciting as a course in post- Kantian philosophy.” Learn at Home The truth behind all this agita tion being, of course, that girls from good homes don’t come to college to learn that cooking and home-making and ^nild-care are all-important matters, and compose the probably temporary destiny of about nine-tenths of their number. They have to learn that at home. Temporary. And glorious while it lasts; the beginnings of wife hood and motherhood, the kitchen, with all its scientific clean white short-cuts to cooking and washing and drying, the nursery with its small tenants paying, and over paying a thousand times every hour, every care, every anxiety spent upon it. If a girl doesn’t know this, or feel it instinctively deep and perhaps unanalyzed in her heart, then she is not going to learn it in any classroom. Any girl with even an average intelligence knows that while she is distracted, busy, tiring herself in nursery and kitchen, her partner in life is having an equally tedious time in his office; taking snubs and failures. Thex are both working toward that better time when the harvest of business success, home happi ness, fine children, smoother do mestic machinery arrives. College women disenchanted with home life, dishes and babies and brooms? Well, the fact that something like 90 per cent of them take chances on these delights doesn’t indicate that. And another fact seems to me important in this connection. What proportion of successful business women and professional women are also married women? SCRIPTURE: Acts 1; I Peter 2:9-10. DEVOTIONAL READING: John 14:12- 10. Praying into Tomorrow Lesson for January 1, 1950 Dr. Foreman Beginner-Easy! HOUSEHOLD Xj n F OR THE BENEFIT of those who may not be familiar with this column, and perhaps of some who are, a little explanation may be helpful. This column is not ex pected to take the place of Bible study, nor to be a substitute for the quarterlies and other helps which are furnished by the various denom inations. All this column can do is to offer some thoughts which the lesson Scripture has suggested to the writer. Reading this column will not make a Bible stu dent out of you; only the direct study of the Scriptures can do that. Forty denominations cooperate in this feature. If it helps the reader, we shall all be glad. Limitations of space keep this from pretending to be anything like a complete analysis of the les son. For those are not at all fa miliar with the Bible, it is hoped that this column may arouse in terest so that the reader will go and see for himself what the Bible says. What are Sunday school les sons for? In the words of the 77-year-old International Sun day School Lesson committee, the “ultimate end sought is the acceptance of the Bible as the very Word of God.” Practical ly, ibis means Bible study which “will help growing per sons (you have not stopped growing, we hope?) increasing ly to know Its content and to understand its message in the light of their own experiences and relationships.” The writer of these lines shares in this purpose and this hope, and wishes you a Happy New Yearl * • • The Early Church Faced Its World F EW PERSONS in their right minds would want to go back down into their babyhood, yet the first years, indeed the first months, of any one’s life are immensely im po riant. So it is with the Christain church Few sensible people would want to return to the days of the church’s infancy in the first few months and years after Christ’s resurrection And yet that was a vital era. For the Sundays between now and Easter we shall be looking at the early Christain church. Very early, that is; so early that the name “Christian” was quite new, and even the word “church” was not often used. We shall find that as those un tried Christians faced their world, they met with many problems similar to those with which the church of today has to grapple. How they did it, how they suc ceeded and how they sometimes failed, is not a mere story of the long-ago, but is valuable as we think about our own times. • * * Praying Into Tomorrow rpHE TEN DAYS between Jesus’ ^ ascension' and the great event of Pentecost were among the most fateful in all Christian history. The church, if we can cal] by that name the little group of a few dozen friends of Jesus who lingered together in Jerusalem, did not pro fess to read the future. But during those ten days of suspense they did three things; they waited, they pre pared, they prayed. They waited because Jesus had told them to wait . . . wait for power, he said. What the power might be like they did not yet know. No doubt some of them had business of one sort or another back in Galilee; but Jesus said, Wait—and so they waited. They also prepared, by set ting apart a witness to take the place of Judas. And above ail, they prayed. Tomorrow for them was darkly uncertain, Jesus had dropped hints abont persecution; they were not naturally supermen. Yet in the midst of vague fears, and facing a tomorrow which was one large question-mark, those early Christiana—much less well- informed and “worldly-wise” than we—did the wisest thing they could hwve done; they spent their time in prayer. A praying church is on the way to power So as we begin a new year, the best thing Christians can do is not to make all the noise they can, but quietly to wait in God’s presence (Copyright by the International coun ot Religious Education on behalf of 4T Protestant denominations. Released I* WNU Featuret.. i „ Let Salads Add Color to Meals (See Recipe Below) Accent on Salads J UST ABOUT THIS TIME of year, many homemakers get into a rut about their salads. Their excuse is that there aren’t enough ingredi ents to give them any salad inspir ation. To prove they’re wrong, and, too, that salads can be colorful and attractive in winter as in summer, here are some excellent recipes that not only are tops in taste ap peal but also in appearance. Now’s the time to bring out those interesting molds to see what magical qualities they can yield to mealtime. Now, too, is the time to raid the canning cupboard to see what you can do with summer canning efforts to make menus interesting. • • • H ERE ARE TWO RED salads with frosty white trimmings which will glorify the table and stimulate jaded appetites as well as giving the family their vitamins and minerals the easy way: ■Molded Tomato Salad (Serves 6-8) 2 enps tomato juice 2 small bay leaves % teaspoon salt 2 teaspoon lemon juice 1 tablespoon unflavored gela tin K cup cold water 1 enp diced cucumber H cup sliced, stuffed olives 2 enps cole slaw Simmer tomato juice with bay leaves for 15 minutes. Remove bay leaves, add seasoning and lemon juice. Add gelatin which has been softened in cold water and stir until gelatin dissolves. Chill mix ture until it begins to set, then add cucumber and olives. Fill ring mold and let chill until firm. Un mold on lettuce leaves and fill center with cole slaw. Snow Cap Vegetable Salad (Serves 4) 1 3-ounce package cream cheese 3 tablespoons light cream 1 tablespoon chopped parsley 1 envelope plain gelatine 1 12-ounce can mixed vegeta ble juices Vs cup chopped green pepper H cup chopped onion Combine cheese and cream well, mix in parsley. Put in one large or four small greased salad molds. Place in refrigerator to chill. Soak gela tine in y« cup vegetable juices. Add pepper and onion t o remaining vegetable juices and bring to a boil. Add gel atin; cool. Pour vegetable juice mixture in mold on top of cheese. Chill in refrigerator four hours or until firm. Molded Cranberry Salad (Serves 6) I package lemon flavored gelatin dessert I-% cups boiling water 2 cups cranberries H orange H cup sugar Hi teaspoon salt Hi cup fruit juice (drained from ground fruit) Dissolve gelatin dessert in boil- LVNN SAYS: Novel Food Ideas Make Cooking Exciting Cider shirbet goes nicely as an appetizer with meals during this season. Make like any other sher bet. substituting apple cider for juices in the recipe. Try mashed squash in a cas serole with a meringue topping if you want to dress up a humble vegetable. To 2 beaten egg whites, add 1 teaspoon sugar, salt and pep per to taste and Vi teaspoon pap rika LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENU Creamed Ham and Turkey on Biscuits •Molded Tomato Salad Olives Celery Curls Carrot Sticks Pear Pie Beverage •Recipe Given ing water. Cool. Grind cranberries and orange, including rind, using fine knife of food chopper. Drain off juice. Add sugar and salt to cranberry mixture. Combine all ii» gredients and pour into individual molds. Chill in refrigerator until firm. Buffet Salad (Serves 8-10) l-'A cups diced cooked veal 1-14 cups diced cooked ham 2 cups cooked elbow maca roni l-H cups chopped celery 3 hard-cooked eggs, chopped 1-14 teaspoons salt 14 teaspoon paprika 3 tablespoons minced pars- le.- % cup chopped sweet pickles 2 teaspoons prepared must ard 9i cup mayonnaise or salad dressing 1 tablespoon lemon juice Combine diced veal and ham. Rinse macaroni with cold water, drain thorough ly and add to meat. Add all other ingredi ents. mixing lemon juice with mayonnaise be fore adding. Mix well but lightly. Chill and serve in in dividual lettuce cups. Garnish with pimiento cut in strips. Molded Winter Salad (Serves 6) 1 cup seedless raisins 1 package lemon-flavored gel atin 2 cups hot water 2 tablespoons finely cut green chili pepper 14 cup finely sliced celery 3 slices canned pineapple Lettuce Mayonnaise Rinse and drain raisins. Dissolve gelatin in hot water. Stir in raisins and chill until thick but not firm. Fold in chili pepper, celery and cubed pineapple. Pour into six in dividual molds and chill until firm. Unmold on lettuce and garnish with mayonnaise. Fruited Gelatin (Serves 6) 1 tablespoon gelatin 14 cup cold water 1 cup boiling water 14 cup lemon juice 2 tablespoons sugar 14 teaspoon salt 2 oranges, diced 2 bananas, sliced I cup seedless grapes Lettuce Mayonnaise Soak together for five minutes the gelatin and cold water. Dis solve in boiling water. Then add lemon juice, sugar and salt. Chill gelatin mixture until it begins to thicken. Then add oranges, ba nanas, and grapes. Rinse mold with cold water. Pour salad into molds and continue to chill until firmly set. Serve on lettuce with mayonnaise. Folks who like kidneys will like them placed on skewers alternated with whole mushroom caps and squares of bacon. Grill and serve with shoe-string potatoes. If you add some leftover black coffee to your next baked bean dishes you’ll have folks wondering whatever gave the beans such • good flavor! You won’t find this on a reduc ing diet, but it’s good: mix some coconut with vanilla ice and serve scoops of it with a rich chocolate sauce. E IGHT-to-the-inch cross-stitche» make quick work even for be ginners. A little girl can do theml • • • Cross-stitch and other easy embroidery for kitchen towels! Pattern 690; transfer 6 motifs 5 3 /ax7 inches. * • * Send 20 cents in coin, your name, ad dress and pattern number to Sewing Circle Needleeraft Dept. P. O. Box 5740, Chicago 80, 111. er P. O. Box 162. Old Chelsea Statlea, New York 11, N. Y. Enclose 20 cents for pattern. No. Save Money On This Home Mixet Cough Syrup Big Saving. No Cooking. So Easy. You'll be surprised how quickly and easily you can relieve coughs due to colds, when you try this splendid recipe. It gives you about four times as much cough medicine for your money, and you’ll find it truly wonderful (or real relie(. Make a syrup with 2 cups of granulated sugar and one eup of water. No cookii needed. (Or you can use corn syrup or liqu honey, instead of sugar syrup.) Then put 2t4 ounces of Pinex (obtained from druggist) in a pint bottle, and fill up ' your ayrup. This makes a full pint of medi* cine that will please you by its quick action. It never spoils, and tastes fine—childrMS love it. This simple mittur* takes right hold of • cough. It loosens the phlegm, soothes th. irriuted membranes, quickly eases aoram and difficult breathing. Pinex is ■ special compound of prov Ingredients, in concentrated form, weil- known for its quick action in coughs an bronchial irriutiona. Money refunded if il doesn't please you in every way. 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