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UNCOMMON AMERICANS By Elmo Scott Watson © Western Newspaper Union Founder of the Chautauqua 'T'HERE was a time when the Chautauqua was “next only to the public school system in bringing to the masses cf people some share of their inheritance in the world’s great creations in art and litera ture.” It was literally the “uni versity of the people” and it was the creation of a man who did not him self have a college education. He was John Heyl Vincent, born in Alabama in 1832 of a line of Penn sylvanians who moved back to that state soon after John was born. Educated at Wesleyan institute in Newark, N. J., he began to preach at the age of eighteen and later was ordained into the Methodist min istry. Transferred to the Rock Riv er, 111., conference in 1857 he be came the pastor of a church at Ga lena, 111., where one of his parish ioners was a quiet little ex-captain of the army named Ulysses S. Grant. After a trip to the old world Vin cent was elected general agent of the Methodist Episcopal Sunday School Union in 1866 ard two years later corresponding secretary of the Sunday School Union and Tract So ciety in New York. In these offices he did more than any other man to shape the International Uniform Sunday School Lesson system. In 1874 Vincent and Lewis Miller founded a summer assembly on Chautauqua Lake, N. Y., for the training of Sunday school teachers ,and in 1878 the Chautauqua Lit erary and Scientific Circle was in stituted, providing a system of pop ular education through home read ing and study. The next year the first of the summer schools was or ganized and these developed rapid ly- In speaking of his work at Chau tauqua Bishop Vincent said, “I do not expect to make a second Har vard or Yale out of Chautauqua, but I do want to give the people of this generation such a taste of what it is to be intelligent that they will see to it that their children have the best education the country can give.” How well he succeeded in doing that is shown by the extension cf the idea—to the summer schools of colleges and universities, the sum mer assemblies, conferences and training schools of the various re ligious and secular organizations and the summer courses of lectures and entertainments which made the word “Chautauqua” a common noun. It is also shown by the dec laration of Theodore Roosevelt that “Chautauqua is the most American thing in America.” Camera Man ‘117'ITH telephoto lens to aid them in getting long distance “shots” and high-speed film to re cord the scene even when the light is poor, it’s not so difficult for the camera man of today to “cover” a modern war. But it was very dif- erent when the first camera man who ever “covered” a war went into the fielu to do his job. His name was Mathew Brady, the son of Irish immigrants to New York state, who was engaged in the trade of making jewel ahd in strument cases when he became in terested in the art of daguerreo- typy soon after it was introduced into this country in 1839. The man who brought it here was Samuel Finley Breese Morse, a painter, (later famous as the inventor of the telegraph). Brady learned his first lessons from Morse and learned them so well that by 1853 he was this na tion’s outstanding photographer. When the War Betweei the States opened he was both famous and wealthy and he could have lived a life of ease on his income. ' In stead he chose a career of priva tion and danger on the battlefields, Brady fitted up a canvas-covered wagon to carry his equipment and to serve as his dark room in the field. In it he had to make his own emulsion to coat the large glass plates that were his negatives, for the convenient film roll had not yet been thought of. His wagon became a familiar sight to all the armies. It plowed through muddy roads, it was fer tied over rivers in constant dan ger of being dumped overboard and all his precious equipment lost. But fortunately for posterity Brady came safely through all these dangers and the United States gov ernment now owns a collection of his negatives, which are priceless records of one of the greatest trag edies in our history. It is also the symbol of a tragic career. After the war was over Brady found him self in financial difficulties. His negatives were sold to pay a stor age bill and in 1874 the govern ment acquired them by paying the charges $2,840. Brady did not benefit by the deal but later—much j n ter—the government did give him $25,000 for the collection which was then valued at $150,000. In his later years Brady lost his pre-eminence as a photographer and he died in comparative poverty and obscurity ift 1896. McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMlCK. S. C-, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, - ^ - v ; ! ; ■ ■ ■ ■ 1937 “Say It” With Frilly, Lacy_Neckwear By CHERIE NICHOLAS VT'ES, indeed, fashion is in an ut- * terly feminine romancing mood this spring. Hats gay with ribbons and flowers and laces, suits pretti fied with the daintiest frilliest lin gerie blouses worn for years, dresses of prints so flowery and mul ti-colorful as to dazzle the eye and that which is a sure sign of the re turn of roman|icism in the mode— the revival of the laciest, the dain tiest, the most adorable fluffy-ruffle neckwear and dainty snowy lingerie touches that even the wildest flights af one’s imagination might ere de vise. And now that we know that frilly, ultra-feminine neckline and wrist line fantasies are going to be the very thing let’s look up some of the entrancing things which shops are showing this season. The group pic tured is typical of the many charm ing, flattering jabots, collar-and-cuff sets and “bibs” that smart women are wearing to give an extra spring like touch to their tailored silk and their sheer wool dresses. In the first place there’s nothing smarter than finely pleated laces for neckwear. The good-looking col lar and cuff set that gives so keen a fashion touch to the simple crepe frock worn by the young woman standing below to the left in the picture is of a rather heavy lace in a dark shade of ecru. The V- shaped collar is extremely flattering and together with its wide cuffs makes a “picture.” With this lace three-piece you can give infinite variety to a winter-weary wardrobe ar it will enhance your newest frock to a glamorous degree. See to the right ^bove in the group Claudette Colbert wearing a stun ning collar made of an interesting silk-drawn novelty lace fluted row unon row as you see. This actress favors a combination of the collar in Peter Pan effect, the jabot at the front and a tiny bow of dark plain material to match her lovely dress. An entirely different type of lacy neckwear is the “bib” or yoke effect pictured left above. It is one of those exquisitely fine and beauti ful accessories that you can wear with your very best gown in most ladylike fashion. The lace is a choice Alencon type with insets of hand-embroidered batiste as del icately sheer as chiffon. The lace is cut in a square with a circular lace ruffle at the top and another ruffle following the square outline of the bib. Above to the right lavish embroid ery edged with dainty val lace adds charm to a band collar with its tiered ruffles of permanent Swiss or gandie beautifully flower-embroid ered. Fine as a cobweb, this im ported organdie is decidedly prac tical in spite of its fragile look. Bows, too, are going to be worn a lot this season. In fact snowy, lacy lingerie accents are register ing for a tremendous vogue, be they collars, cuffs, dainty gilets with waistcoat belts that button around the waist, “bibs,” jabots or any ac cessory item made of lace, *of Swiss organdie of washable mousseline de soie or of any delicate sheer and these will carry a wealth of em broidery or hand stitchery in many instances. The new bows now show ing in endless variety are cunning on tailored dresses. If they are not of mousseline or organdie with lace edgings then they are apt to be entirely of heavy laces like Cluny or Irish.* © Western Newspaper Union. SMART FOR SPRING By CHERIE NICHOLAS Capes, capes anu more capes, thus does the parade of spring suits an nounce a vogue of tremendous im portance this season. Even if you buy a jacket and skirt suit you are supposed to buy a stylish smartly tailored wool cape to wear over it. The new ensembles are that way— skirt, plus jacket, plus cape. The one shown here is of a stunning black wool fabric for skirt and cape with jacket of black and white loose ly woven worsted. The scarf is coral colored. SAILOR HATS AND TURBANS IN STYLE By CHERIE NICHOLAS Where there’s new fashions there’s always new thrills. Just about the most exciting thrills registering on the new season’s program are the “nifty” little sailor hats and tur bans that are made of bizarre plaid or stripe crepes or taffeta silk. These are the sort that the moment you see them you make up your mind in a flash that your happiness depends on acquiring just such a chapeau. The sailors are covered as smooth as glass with the striped silk (or the plaid) with perhaps a little whirligig of ribbon for a finish or a rakish wee feather; and then as if that is ot enough to entice you, more than likely a matching scarf adds to the allure, or if not a scarf, one of the new romantic gypsy sashes that ties so nonchalantly about waistlines these days. Cast your plainest dark creps frock un der the witchery of these plaid or striped silk accessories and it will take on untold glory and glamor. Tunic Dresses Are Worn for Daytime and Evening Mainboucher, who first launched the tunic dress, makes use of th«m for every occasion in his winter collection. One of the new Mainboucher tunic dresses is in black wool crepj. The top, which ends in a flaring basque at the hip, has been caught into a diamond-shaped pattern which is studded with brilliants. The skirt is of plain wool crepe. Outstanding is a black satin tunic evening gown which comes to the knees in front but extends down ward in back to form a train. The underskirt is black tulle, gathered very full. ★ ^ "Sr A ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ it STAR DUST ★ IViovie • Radio ★ ★★★By VIRGINIA VALE ★★★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A PICTURE that will endear itself to every dog lover in the world and every humani tarian, based on that heart warming institution known as “The Seeing Eye,” is planned by Warner Brothers. As you probably know, “The Seeing Eye” is a school at Morristown, N. J., supported by public sub scription which trains police dogs to lead blind men. Started soon after the war by a Mrs. Eustis who had seen what won derful work was done in Switzer land by giving blind men dog com panions, “The Seeing Eye” has trained hundreds of dogs, who have completely changed the lives of their formerly - helpless masters. The dogs lead their men through traffic tangles with perfect safety— but better even than that, provide understanding companionship. Far away in Boston making per sonal appearances, the Ritz Broth ers heard that the Twentieth Century- Fox studio planned to separate them, putting brother Jim into “Last Year’s Kisses” with Alice Faye, Tony Martin, Don Ameche and. others. They com plained by tele gram, they howled over long - distance telephone, they ob- Alice Faye jected with such embittered frenzy that the studio had to give in. All three Ritz Broth ers will appear in the picture. The appearance of Alice Faye with the boys should add to the fun of the picture. Gertrude Niesen’s first song num ber in “Top of the Town” is “Where Are You,” her lucky number. Jimmy McHugh and Harold Adamson wrote it for her three years ago, to use when auditioning for a big com mercial radio program. She got the job. Last fall while in Hollywood for a vacation after a strenuous stretch on the radio, she sang it at a party and was immediately of fered a screen contract by produc ers present. —+— While producers of “Gone With the Wind” are still arguing over who should play the leading roles. Paramount is stealing a march on them. They have bought a story called “Gettysburg” which has the same setting and similar characters and are putting it into production at once. *— As a fitting salute to Spring, War ner Brothers have released “The King and the Chorus Girl” and Unit ed Artists have put out “History Is Made at Night.” They are both giddy and romantic and have set everyone to arguing over who is the greater matinee idol, Fernand Gravet or Charles Boyer. They are both grand romantic heroes. “The King and the Chorus Girl” is some thing of a nine days wonder because it is a Warner Brothers musical without a big production number to interrupt the gaiety. And “History Is Made at Night” is completely baffling because it mixes spectacu lar scenes and grim tragedy with f arcical situations. — Talent scouts from the motion- picture studios are suspected of do ing their hunting nowadays in nurser ies, for suddenly all Hollywood is in a dither over child prodigies. If you heard Betty Jaynes, the fifteen-year-old opera star on Bing Crosby’s program a few weeks ago, just before she started work for Metro- Goldwyn - Ma y e r, you may have mar veled at her talent. She is prac tically middle-aged, though, com pared to their newest discovery, for the new contract player is Suzanne Larson, aged ten, who will be fea tured in a musical, “B Above High C” which gives you an idea of her voice range. Bing Crosby ODDS AND ENDS . . . Freddie Barthol omew stayed up past his bedtime to see the preview of "Captains Courageous'' the screen version of Kipling's immortal novel and the lad's greatest picture since coming to Hollywood . . . Franchot Tone recently celebrated his birthday with a party at a popular Hollywood night club ... In her current picture, "W hen Cove Is Young," Virginia Bruce wears a dress that required 310 yards of material . . . "An thony Adverse" got a cool reception when it was given its premiere in Baris recent ly. The Parisians were not at all pleased with the way Napoleon was presented in the picture . . . While Gloria Sii'unson’s return to films has hit a temporary snag, those in the know say all the present diffi culties will soon be ironed out . . . Deanna Durbin it about the busiest young lady in Hollywood. Just as soon as she completes "One Hundred Men and a Girl" she will go into production on another picture, fa Western Newspaper Union. AROUND id the HOUSE fr Items of Interest to the Housewife Protecting Buttonholes—A row ot machine-sewing around button holes in knit underwear prevents stretching and makes them last longer. * * • New Hot-Water Bottles—Have a little glycerine added to the water with which hot-water bottles are filled for the first time. This will make the rubber supple, and the bottle will last longer. * • * For Steamed or Boiled Pud dings—Puddings will not stick to the basin if two strips of grease proof paper are put crosswise in the basin before the mixture is poured in. • • • Removing Stains on Hands— Vegetable stains can be removed from the hands by rubbing them with a slice of raw potato. • * * Shrink the Cord — When loose co.ers for chairs, etc., are being made, boil the piping cord before using. This little precaution pre vents unsightly puckers after the cover is washed. * • • For Good Gravy—Did you know that gravy, to be served with roast meat, wil? taste much nicer and contain more nutriment if it is made with the water in which the vegetables have been boiled? / * • * Salmon in Rice Nests—T w o cups of rich cream sauce, one egg yolk, two teaspoons lemon juice, one pound can salmon, one small can mushrooms, one cup rice, two hard cooked eggs. Beat egg yolks slightly and add to the hot cream sauce with the lemon juice. Add the salmon and the sliced mushrooms and heat Sissies “Had you the car out last night, son?” “Yes, dad. I took some of the boys for a run.” “Well, tell the boys I found one of their little lace handkerchiefs.” Film Star (pointing)—That’s the third night running she’s been out with her husband. Some publicity stunt, I suppose. How Could It Be?. “Yes, sir, these are the ruins of a building that was in existence 2,500 years ago,” declared the guide. “What rubbish!” one member of the tourist party answered. “Why, it’s only 1937 now.” thoroughly. Boil the rice, drain and form in mounds on plates; then make depression in mounds to form nests. Fill with salmon mixture. Cut hard cooked eggs in quarters lengthwise and garnish each serving with one. • * * Frying Eggs—Eggs are less lia ble to break or stick to the pan if a little flour is added to the fry ing fat. WNU Service. 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