Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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( McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1936 BRISBANE THIS WEEK lightweight Lives Long Eyes, Also, Work Japan Will Oblige The Russian Letdown Gilbert K. Chesterton, dead at sixty- two, weighed more than two hundred * and fifty pounds. As every doctor will surmise, he died of heart dis ease. _ His weight explains the unnec- essarily early death. A pump breaks down if you overwork it; a six ty-two - year - old heart breaks down if you compel it to supply with blood —food, drink, oxy gen—too many bil lions of cells. Every cell in the body must have, from a laboring heart. Its supply of food and oxygen, pumped every second. The brain, alone, contains thirty thousand million separate cells, ac cording to Doctor Carrel. In his 100 surplus pounds, Chesterton carried aeores of billions of useless cells, each making an unnecesary demand on the heart Do not let yourself remain fat after forty If you would live to be old. To become thin and stay thin requires sdme effort of. the will, often more disagreeable than dying. Axtkmx BrUbana At one of the ultra-radical workers’- meetings In France, the red flag dis played and the communjstr ^’interna tional" hymn snag, there was radical t fttermlned talk. Monsieur Tho- told the meeting the factories of France would soon belong to the work- «rs. If the plan Is sent through some workers would discover that It takes more than a red flag and a hymn to run a factory and make it pay; if factories did not pay there would be no pay rolls. Brains count as well as hands. The eyes carry no load, but they di rect the feet and bands. South China thought she wanted a war with Japan, and will probably have It. Troops from a Japanese naval squadron land at Amoy, Fukien prov ince, accompanied by the usual con vincing flock of airplanes. .War with Japan Is the easiest thing to have, if you really want It. In Canton, South China’s big city, parades and mass meetings were or ganized to Increase and express hat red of Japan. The oatpouring recalls Voltaire’s de scription of a glass of English beer— "fsotli at the top, dregs at the bot tom." Bosnian sovietism came quickly, and might go quickly; signs of a break down are seen already. Those that do more and better work get special re wards ; engineers, chemists, scientists eecppy fine apartments compared with those of ordinary workmen. That is hardly “straight communism.** Now Bussla will have a constitution and house of parliament. Important steps in the direction of conservatism. Tell your little boy and girl to In clude In their prayers the following: “And please. Lord, do not send us any more wars.” Uncle Sam recently began deliver ing hundreds of millions of bonus bond dollars to 8,518,000 veterans of the war —many veterans and a big bonus, for a war in which we were not concerned until foolishness pushed us in. The French Premier Blum, first Jew ish prime minister in French history, la a man of unusual ability, combining common sense with the radicalism of his Socialist party. Mr. Birchall writes to the New York Times that there is fear of anti-Semitic outbreaks in France; observers “see a ground-swell of an anti-Semitic movement in the vicious attacks of the right against the new Jewish premier.’* French an ti-Semitism, according to Mr. Birchall, has survived the Dreyfus case, which should have ended it Our railroads find it hard to make money, but at least they are safe rail roads. W. Averell Harriman presented a gold safety medal from the fund es tablished in memory of his father, E. H. Harriman, to F. E. Williamson, president of the New York Central, which has not lost one life in 12 years. It Is interesting to learn from Mr. Bipley that the first Cunard steamship did not cap** as many passengers as could be cgy -^*1 by one of the lifeboats on the QuecliFary. What is more Im portant, each lifeboat has wireless ap paratus. Spain proves that If is possible for a country to be too radical for Its own good. Labor troubles and discussions have put one million Spanish workers out of their jobs, a good many for Spain; and Spanish radicalism goes beyond other kinds, many having been killed by “terrorists.’* The last chapter in the Lindbergh murder and kidnaping tragedy is writ ten with the return to Colonel Lind bergh of 814,665 held by New Jersey as evidence against Hauptmann. • Kins Features Syndicate, laa. WNU Service. Glazed Chintz and Quilted Print By CHERIE NICHOLAS C OME to the party frocked In gay glazed chintz and you will look not only charming but “new” as to fashion. What I Glazed chintz going formal after all these years it has been serving as material for sofa cushions on summer verandas, as bathroom cur tains and as general utility household hangings? Ycs’m, it’s not only true but what’s more, glazed chintz is sim ply perfect In the new role it is play ing as high-style fabric for evening gowns and wraps. Try a gown of glazed chintz, you’ll love it You will be perfectly safe and sane In choosing a dress of glazed chintz for the merits of this charming material have been recognized by leading Paris couturiers. Worth fashions an eve ning redlngote with big sleeves of this cotton, the. patterning of which ac cents huge gorgeous flowers. See In the picture the lady seated In the foreground.. The adorable gown she wears is fashioned of gleaming glazed chintz or cired chintz, as some call It. The daring astral patterning is done in vivid coloring on a dark background. Bows of self-fabric ac cent the off-shoulder silhouette. The Allx skirt is cut with a very full cir cular flare in last-minute fashion. It is nothing short of a revelation the way cottons of every description are coming to the fore in a formal way. Designers are fearless in appropriat ing the most ordinary of household cot tons for their use in creating fashion able apparel. For instance, clever coats to wear this summer, are being made of bed-spread pique and they are that good-looking you will be wanting one at first sight. As to printed linens and cottons, es- peclally/printed piques and cottons thaf look like linens, and linens that look like cottons and a host of other eye catching wasl^ fabrics, they are scoring a triumph in the most exclusive cir cles of high fashion. Some of the printed linen-looking cottons are gor geously patterned with widely spaced florals that splash color unsparingly throughout their design. If you haven’t seen them already, there is a real thrill waiting you in the summer swaggers and Jackets that are fashioned of hand-quilted gay print. The bright field flowers in the jacket worn over the black silk organdie, pic tured, look as if they could be picked. Hand-quilting outlines each flower in this very beautiful silk shantung print. The enormous bouquet Is composed of pink and yellow silk organdie flowers. Quilting is being done in a great way this season. If you want to ex press the “last word” in a daytime jacket or coatee to wear over summer f dresses, make it of black or navy satin that has been hand quilted in decora tive design. Getting back to the subject of cot ton fabrics the Junior girls are having the happiest sort of a time wearing dresses of gingham that are made quite formally for parties. As to organdies, dotted swisses, cotton nets, especially pointed ’esprit, printed voiles and a whole list of fascinating sheers, they are cutting a big splurge this season In “society”—made up as painstakingly as silks or velvets. O Western Newspaper Union. PIQUE CULOTTE By CHBRIB NICHOLAS A culotte costume’s the proper dress for sports wear—by unanimous vote in the world of fashion. Foi^^ci! 0 !" for tennis and for beach thli culotte costume made of s&j- shrunk fine wale pique will be found most practical and attractive. The beauty of it is that the fabric has been so processed. It carries a guaran tee not to shrink or get out of shape when laundered. Cottons Cain Favor Eacb summer proclaims the uprising of some particular cottons. Denim ap pears in some smartly tailored suits with fitted or swagger Jacketa Long- cloth familiar in the past for intimate wear and baby dresses has been print ed up for daytime, play and evening fashions that are fresh and fashionable. HAT OF TULLE FOR SUMMER EVENINGS The diner-out in summer, whether by daylight or dark, needs a hat as well as a gown. And the hats that are first choice this season are those of tulle. There are brimless hats or sail ors made of layers of tulle, marked by rounds of stitching and a loose frill formed by the layers at the edge. Some of these stitched tulle hats are made in so many layers that they resemble sports fabric, although the edges are left rough to distinguish them from the tailored materials. The little bon nets made of tulle are particularly de lightful for youthful heads when they are worn far back and have a flared- out, short veil from the crown edge. One of the new evening hats seen re cently is a tricorne made of novelty or stitched net In brown, or black, or navy, with a splash of bright flowers tacked on at back. Slide Fasteners in Bright Colors Is Latest in Hats Slide fasteners are the latest news in spring bat trims. They appear in bright colors on the tops of several models, making a vivid streak across the crown. A bright red one was used on a navy blue felt hat and a green one on a black chapeau. Crowns which button up are an other innovation. Several new slouch felts have a row of buttons and but tonholes running from the peak of the crown to the edge of the brim. Shapes of both crowns and brims for new models are distinctive. Crowns are triangular or square, while brims pitch over the right eye and are turned up in back to reveal the coiffure. Barnyard in Prints The barnyard is glorified in silk sheer animal prints of white roosters, birds and bunnies instead of tradition al dots on black. One smart model features a vest and three pleated tiers of a twLi print on a rod ground MBH Irvin S. Cobb about Heroes of the Southwest. G ALLUP, N. M. — Through the dust of vanished yester days we’ve just traveled the high ranges of the earlier pistoleers— Pat Garrett of the itchy trigger finger; and John Wesley Hardin, the Texas preacher’s boy turned scorpion; and Doc Holliday, the cough ing dentist with his nervous manner ism of shooting peo ple; and that babyish king of all the killers, little sawed-off Billy the Kid, who smiled his diffident b u c k- toothed smile even as he blasted out a life for every one of the twenty-one years of his life, “not count ing,” as he himself would say, “Mexicans and Injuns.” We viewed the his toric bullet pocks and their personal burying grounds, and we discovered just one survivor of those ancient two- gun clans—a rancid octogenarian, wearing the look about him of a ven erable, shamefaced sheep where he sat with a gingham apron draping the withered flanks which once had sup ported his artillery, and he shelling peas by the kitchen door of his pres ent wife's boarding house. As somebody prematurely remarked, before I thought It up myself, the old Southwest is gone. But you never saw nobbier service stations than we passed, nor shinier beauty parlors, and the curb service was excellent. * * * Destructive Pests. A S THOUGH it weren’t bad enough already with a Presidential cam paign on this year, grasshoppers have threatened growing things in the Midwest. True to their advance notices, the 17-year locusts are popping out along the eastern seaboard. In Ontario a plague of caterpillars covered the railroad tracks so thickly trains could, not run on schedule. There’s no word yet from our little southern friend, the boll weevil, but news is expected. Maybe he’s waiting for the return of the cotton crops that we used to plant for the export trade —when we had an export cotton trade. The pine borer Is reported on the Job In the north woods. To date, out here, we have only the regular resi dent pests, including the white ter mite, the red ant and the mother who can prove her child is another Shirley Temple, if somebody would only lis ten. Of the last-named, we already have upwards of 30,000 and more ar riving every day. Still, ^e cannot hope to escape. Presently the party who goes around taking straw votes on the election will start multiplying rapidly. And then professional California spellbinders will be .binding; and at any moment Upton Sinclair is liable to start run ning for something. * • • What Makes News. S OME gentleman who must work at the postoffice because, seemingly, stamps don’t mean a thing in the world to him, keeps taking issue with me for saying the reason why success ful newspapers feature so-called sen sations above news of art and science and literature is not through any de sire to pander to morbid or vulgar tastes, but because the average pub lisher, being a smart merchandiser, puts such wares In his shop window, which Is his front page, as are calcu lated to catch the eye and win the trade of the general public. My correspondent demands an an swer. All right, let’s make it a par able: Suppose, mister, that tomorrow, through the town where you live, passes a train bearing a distinguished savant who has made some great dis covery—say, the cause and cure of botts—and on another train there Is a taffy-haired lady who, after a spec tacular murder trial, has just been tri umphantly acquitted on the ground of self-defense for shooting a gentleman friend eight or nine times in the back. Which one of these tw r o travelers will draw the biggest crowd down to the station? And, brother, which train will you meet? • • * Favorite Son Keynoter. B ACK home the folks are all puffed up with pride. Our own Albin W. Barkley keynoted for the Democratic convention until the rafters warped. Besides being a grand person and a hard-working senator, he’s one of the last of the real southern silver-tongued —the kind that can make a song of a syllable and turn any reasonably long word Into an anthem. And does he come from the place where the true faith prevails? The ma jority stabilized just as soon as w’e got a lot of old-timers to quit voting for Jeff Davis. W’e weaned them on W. J. Bryan. Ours Is probably the only congressional district in the Union that never has gone Republican, although, when A1 Smith ran. It had a compara tively close call from going Baptist. Let the creatures of entrenched greed beware. As goes Paducah, so goes Paducah. IRVIN S. COBB. ©—WNU Service. New Version of Shirtwaist Frock ^ That’s Attractive and Serviceable front and a center seam ending in another kick pleat at the back. Simplicity is its keynote and Its charm. You’ll find it very easy to cut and sew. Make it in seersucker, cotton plaids or tie silk. Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1801-B Is available in sizes: 14, 16, 18, 20; 40 and 42. Corresponding bust meas urements 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42. Size 16 (34) requires 4 yards of 39 inch material. Send 15 cents In coin for the pattern. ^ The Summer Pattern Book cop* taining 100 Barbara Befl well-planned, I easy-to-make patterns is ready. Send 15 cents In coins for your copy. Send your order to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept., 367 W. Adams St., Chicago, 111. © Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service. Every wardrobe demands at least one frock always on call ready for instant duty. Here is such a frock— a most attractive and serviceable one—a new and flattering version of the ever-popular shirtwaist type with a clever matched -collar, short and simple set-in sleeves, two or four pockets as you wish, and a plain skirt with two kick pleats In the C■SMILES'i Yeth, Myth Teacher—Now, can anyone tell me what a myth is? Susie—I can, teacher—it’s a female moth I \ Love That Failed “If you love work, why don’t you find it?” “Alas, teacher, love is blind.’* What Can I Do For You? Bride—Dear, what is the true defi nition of a groom? Hubby—Why, a groom is a man who takes care of dumb animals. Guide Pott Heavy Stranger (returning to his seat after the interval)—Did I tread on your toes as I went out? Seated Man (grimly)—You did, sir. Heavy Stranger (to wife)—That’s right, Matila, this is our place. He Who Dances “How is Jack?” “Pretty bad.” “Why, I saw him dancing with a blond last night.” "Yes—so did his wife.** Friendship Fan Quilt That’s Easily Pieced “Come to a quilting bee!”—this quilt. Friendship Fan, seems to say, 1 for it’s one so easily pieced you, or a gathering of friends, can quickl/j do a quantity of blocks. Use your own scraps—have your friends con tribute some, too, but be sure you make it colorful. Only three pattern pieces are needed to form the block —it’s just the quilt'for a beginner! i Pattern 460 comes to you with complete, simple instructions for cutting, sewing and finishing, togeth er with yardage chart, diagram of quilt to help arrange the blocks for PATTERN NO. 460 single and double bed size, and a diagram of block which serves as a guide for placing the patches and suggests contrasting materials. ^ Send 15 cents in coins or stamps (coins preferred) to The Sewing Cir cle, Needlecraft Dept, 82 Eighth Ave., New York, N. Y. Write plainly pattern number, your name and ad dress. Truly Excellent T HE very best painting is un- questionaby so like the mir- rtfred truth, that all the world ad mits Its excellence. Entirely first- rate work is so quiet and natural that there can be no dispute over It; you may not particularly ad mire It, but you will find no fault with it. Second-rate painting pleases one person much, and dis pleases another, but first-rate painting pleases all a little, and intensely pleases those who can recognize its unostentatious skill. —Rusjjin. Time Is a cobweb; men are the spiders and the flies. TEST OIL You don’t need a laboratory to test oil... you can do it right in your own crankcase. It is just a matter of checking the mileage after a drain and refill till you have to add the first quart. Some oils stand up longer than others. You will find, though, that under similar driving conditions Quaker State standS up best of alL Try the “First Quart” Test yourself with Quaker State. And remem ber that the oil that stands up longest is giving your motor the best lubrication. Quaker State Oil Refining Company, Oil City, Pa. Retail Price... 354 per Quart