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REAT preparations were in
progress for the annual
Christmas reunion at the
Thomas home in Glendale. Lauris
vas decorating the living room
jrith streamers of red and green
and hanging bells and mistletoe
alpve the doors. The holly wreaths
**re already hung and father had
aranged the colored lights on the
eergreens in the front yard the
ght before.
“Will be home for Christmas.”
“Johnny.”
Mother had proudly read the tel-
gram aloud to the family and all
yere simply bursting with holiday
Enthusiasm, for Johnny was really
ttming home.
“Lauris dear, won’t you please
taste the turkey? and Bonny Jean,
rou may pick over the cranberries
or mother.”
All was hustle and bustle in the
itchen of fragrant odors. Mother
iras wholly surrounded by delicious
our cream cookies which she was
tusily tinting in the Christmas coi
rs of red and green. The refresh-
ng aroma of the traditional carda-
nom seed and of the spices, was
nost pleasing. Even little Tim was
Johnny Stood Aghast Taking in the
Whole Situation.
privileged to aid in this glorious
Christmas preparation when moth
er told him he could pile the cook
ies into the cooky jar, counting
them as he did so.
When things were well on their
way toward completion, mother
sent the children into the living
room. “I want you to pack all the
gifts in that large box the grocer
brought,” said mother, “and wrap
that holly paper around it so it will
look more Christmas-like.”
“All right, mother,” they shouted,
in a chorus of happy voices, as
they scampered in. They had glo
rious fun amongst the gifts slyly
peeping beneath the sides of the
gaily colored wrappers and feeling
to try and guess the contents.
Mother - chuckled . within as she
heard the merry peals of laughter
and happy confusion.
Soon all was in readiness and the
late afternoon sun was casting its
long wintry shadows across the
snow coated landscape. The sooth
ing twilight on Christmas eve was
at hand in all its'splendor and the
happy family gathered about the
gorgeously lighted Christmas tree
to await their Santa Claus. Father
was cozily seated in his own easy
chair, holding forth in his usual
jovial manner, always calm and
silent and truly understanding.
“Soon now, my children,” said
father, “we shall hear the train
whistle which is to bring our Johny
home.”
Johnny had mentioned that he did
not wish to be met at the station
and his desires had been duly re
spected.
Instead of a train whistle, they
heard the loud roaring and buzzing
of an airplane.
“Oh, I bet Johnny is coming by
plane,” shouted Lauris.
“I just bet he is, too,” cried Tim,
all excited.
“I wouldn’t be surprised,”
grinned father, knowingly.
There was a rush to the frosted
window to see if anything was in
sight.
“Oh, mother, look at poor old
Mrs. Johnson sitting all alone over
there in her window seat. Doesn’t
she look lonesome though?” said
Bonny Jean.
“Let’s invite her over for the
evening,” suggested mother. “She
was telling me the other day that
her son, Joseph, would no. be home
for Christmas.”
“Yes, let’s,” they all chimed in,
beaming with the Christmas spirit.
“That’s a very fine idea,” agreed
father. Sailing kindly. “You run
over.^Tim, my boy, and esk her if
she would care to join us.”
“Oh boy,” shouted little Tim,
chuckling at the opportunity of get
ting out to throw a snowball.
Some moments later, the dear
little lady was in their midst, smil
ing her gratitude toward each one
of them.
“It was kind of you to offer to
share your Christmas with me,”
she said. “Itftias been pretty lone
ly this year without my boy.”
Just then the door burst open
and in stepped Santa Claus. The
children almost wrecked him in
their excitement. He dropped his
heavy pack and shouted, “Merry
Christmas,” with all the strength
and energy he possessed.
Mother couldn’t stand the sus
pense another moment. She tore
off his mask and hugged and kissed
him hungrily.
Johnny stood, aghast, taking in
the whole beautiful situation. The
brilliantly lighted tree, the star of
Bethlehem gleaming at its peak
and little Tim jingling a rope of
sleighbells all in his honor.
But the best was yet to come, for
he opened the door and in stepped
a tall, handsome soldier, his face
flushed with a happy holiday smile,
his garments covered with the
Christmas snow.
“Hello, mother,” he said, as he
rushed into the out-stretched arms
of the smiling Mrs. Johnson.
After all questions had been sat
isfactorily answered, Lauris began
singing at the top of her voice,
“When Santa Comes Marching
Home.” The others sensing the
grand idea, joined in with a jolly
good spirit of fun, in the combined
Christmas reunion.
€) Western Newspaper Union.
CANDLES AND CHRISTMAS
C ANDLES have become asso
ciated with Christmas and
with f church ceremony because
during^ the early ages when
Christians were persecuted they
were forced to hold their assem
blies of the followers of Christ in
the. darkness jerst before the
dawn, the room : lit by candles.
Choosing
Bird for
Christmas'
Dinner
C HOdsiNG a Christmas turkey
of the right size this year
will assure every guest plen
ty of delicious meat and at the
same time avoid the usual post-
Christmas series of turkey hash
meals, according to Miss Anna-
belle Robinson, associate in home
economics education at the College
of Agriculture, University of Illi
nois.
A general “rule of the thumb”
is to allow three-fourths to a pound
of dressed tur
key for each
guest. L the bird
is to be served
with dressing,
the %-pound al
lowance probab
ly will be ample.
If there is no
dressing, more
meat will be
needed, and the
larger allowance
will be the saf
est.
At the above
rates a 15-pound
turkey will feed
approximately 20 people, while a
10-pound bird will be sufficient for
13 guests. Since many families do
not plan to have more than five or
six at the Christmas table, even
smaller birds probably will be in
demand. However, it usually is bet
ter to get a bird
weighing at least
ten pounds
dressed, since
smaller turkeys
do not develop
as fine a flavor.
Unless the size
of the turkey is
entirely out of
proportion to the
number of din-
ner guests,
enough will be
left for only one
or two meals of
cold turkey. Miss
Robinson said.
Whether the turkey is chosen
from the home flock or bought at
a market it should be a fat, plump
bird and preferably a young one.
The skin should be smooth and
clean, and the breast and thighs
plump and meaty. The bird should
be reasonably fat, since the fat im
parts a better flavor and prevents
the dry, tasteless flavor common to
turkeys in poor flesh.
HOLLAND’S SANTA
GUESTS
C HILDREN of Holland believe
that St. Nicholas was a kind-
hearted Spanish bishop who had
heard about their land of dikes,
windmills and tulips and decided
to pay it a visit, says Johan Hart
in "Picture Tales from Holland.”
He arrived there long years ago on
December 5,. and began giving chil
dren presents. Since then he has
always returned on that nignt to fill
the wooden shoes of Dutch children
with gifts. The children in turn
leave out some carrots or hay for
his horse.
Irvin S. Cobb
abmit:
Our Good Will Ambassador
B everly hills, calif.—
What better salesman of good
will and brotherly understanding
could we send to our great sister
republics in the lower half of this
hemisphere than our own Presi
dent, who carries for his samples
his personality and his spoken
words?
If, in the past, we looked m*ainly
to the old world for our markets,
it is certain that
in the future we
must increasingly
cultivate the Latin
stocks of the new
world, on a con
tinent whose incred
ible natural resourc
es are for a great
part still virgin and
nations who must be
cured of persisting
beliefs that the
Monroe doctrine is,
for them, a threat and not a shield.
If yesterday was Europe’s and
today is North America’s then sure
ly the promise of tomorrow belongs
to South America.
* * *
Tugwell’s New Job.
OW that brother Tugwell, almost
the last surviving lobe of the
original brain trust, has left the
government flat, folks are wonder
ing how he’ll make out in his new
line.
Don’t worry, anybody. To some,
the molasses business might b e
sticky, but it offers no obstacles to
a young gentleman who wrote and,
what’s more, had published, a poem
with this deathless refrain: “I will
now roll up my sleeves and remake
America.”
Mark the words, in six months
he’ll be an outstanding popcornballs
baron, and inside of a year the
acknowledged taffy-kisses king of
North America. And pretty soon
we’ll be Tasses-conscious to a point
where the effect will be that the
entire country is paved with fresh
fly-paper.
I wouldn’t be surprised to see us
using caramels for currency. And
as for peanut brittle—well, I’ve al
ready started hoarding.
* * *
II Duce’s Son-in-law.
W HEN Mussolini let the word
percolate that he was groom
ing that new son-in-law to fill his
dictatorial boots he must have
meant what he hinted at. Because
latest photographs show the heir
apparent with his jaw also thrust
forward, his brows also knit in
menacing frown, and his plumpish
bosom inflated until his medals stand
forth like carnival tags on a mar
quee.
The likeness to the original model
is so perfect that II Duce could
use a picture of the young man for
a hand mirror.
Ornithologically, it seems fitting
that Italy, having kicked the dove
of peace in the pants, should cher
ish the pouter pigeon pose to typify
defiance.
* * *
The Language of Lawyers.
T REGRET I didn’t think this up
* first — some dirty plagiarist is
always thinking up something be
fore I get around to doing so. But
I feel it my duty to help spread it
around, especially since it was a
lawyer who wrote it. I’m quoting
him:
“If a layman gives an orange to
you he simply says: ‘Have an or
ange.’ But when a lawyer puts the
transaction in legal form he writes:
*1 hereby give and convey all and
singular, my estate and interests,
right, title, claim and advantages
of and in said orange, together with
all its rind, juice, pulp and pips,
and all rights and advantages there
in, with full power to bite, cut, suck
and otherwise to eat the same or
give the same away with or without
the rind, skin, juice, pulp or pips,
anything hereinbefore or hereinafter
or in any other means of whatever
nature or kind whatsoever to the
contrary in any wise notwithstand
ing.’ And then another lawyer comes
along and takes it away from you.”
* * *
Underdone Movie Hams.
A MEDICAL journal reports that
a preventative has been found
for trichina. But I’m afraid it’s
too late to do anything for some of
our Hollywood actor-folk, trichina
being a thing common to under
done hams.
A lot of us who came out here
as greenhorns and went to cutting
up didoes for the screen have an
alibi. When the movie critics ac
cuse us of having contracted the dis
ease of bad acting, our defense is
that we’d been exposed to it.
Yet the films have produced a
grand crop of good actors, out of
very raw material, too, sometimes.
And they keep right on doing so,
notwithstanding that every now and
then the popular fancy picks on
some male beauty with a set of
educated eyelashes and the win
some trick of a languishing glance.
IRVIN S. COBB.
' • Copyright.—WNU Servico.
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ly old mansion.
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* more enthusiastic than ever
after making realities of these
three new styles. Each is truly a
delightful fashion and best of all
there’s something for every size
in the family—from the “little
bear” right on up.
Pattern 1997 is the smartly
styled smock that probably has
an option on a little portion of
your heart right now. Fair
enough, follow the dictates of your
heart and you can’t go wrong.
This little wardrobe nicety will
serve you becomingly and well.
It will add to your comfort too.
Make it of broadcloth, gingham,
sateen or chintz for prettiness and
easy maintenance. There is a
choice of long or short sleeves
and the shiny gold buttons offer
just the sort of spicy contrast
one likes in informal apparel.
Available for sizes 32, 34, 38, 38,
40, 42 and 44. Size 34 requires
3% yards of 39 inch material.
Pattern 1204—This new day
frock for sizes 36 to 62 is the
final word in style and charm in
any woman’s language. To don
this flattering fashion is to step
blithely into the realm of high
fashion. The soft feminine collar
is most becoming and it serves
as an excellent medium for con
trast. The sleeve length is op
tional. Slender lines are the main
feature of the skirt and a very
pleasant effect results from the
wide and handsome flare. Satin
or sheer wool would most assured
ly win your friends’ approval and
perhaps just a little of their envy.
This pattern is designed for sizes
36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50 and
52. Size 38 requires 4% yards of
39 inch material. Less with short
sleeves. The collar in contrast
requires Vg yard.
The adorable little number for
Miss Two-To-Eight, Pattern 1994,
is surely without competition in
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Household
Ques/lons
To remove a stopper from a
glass jar pour warm water into a
pan and invert jar in it, gradually
add warmer water until it is quite
hot, but not so hot as to break
jar. Leave in water for some time,
occasionally trying stopper to see
if it is loose.
•# * *
Glasses which are used for milk
or any milky substances should
always be washed in cold water
in preference to hot. The latter
is apt to leave a cloudy appear
ance and necessitates a great
deal more labor in the washing.
The same rule applies to perfectly
new glasses which have not been
used.
• • •
Wilted and shabby black silk
ribbons can be restored by spong
ing with vinegar and ironing on
wrong side.
• • •
Place bacon, fried fish or fried
potatoes on brown paper before
placing on the serving platter to
avoid that greasy appearance. The
paper will soak up the grease.
* • *
If a tablespoon of flour is mixed
with the sugar put in custards, the
latter will not curdle so readily.
• • •
Finger-mark stains on door,s and
cupboards vanish as though by
enchantment when lightly rubbed
with a piece of flannel dipped in
kerosene oil. In order to take away
the disagreeable odor of the oil,
rub - the door down with a clean
flannel wrung out in hot water.
® AMOclat*d Newspapers.—WNU Servica.
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a lot of grown-up technique added
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not do things up right and cut
this model twice—panties too, nat
urally—using sheer wool for tha
“best” occasion frock and gingham
or seersucker for school, play and
all-purpose use? Pattern 1994 is
available in sies 2, 4, 6 and 8
years. Size 4 requires yards
of 39 inch material plus yard
of bias binding for trimming.
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