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I McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK. S. C.. THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1937 A- Cu/immt IN REVIEW by frUvo/tcL ID. Pic OuzmJtA rh © Western Newspaper Union. King George VI Coronation of George Is London’s Great Spectacle C LAD in a cloth of gold robe em broidered with colored emblems and lined with white satin, King George VI of Great Britain knelt before the archbish op of Canterbury in Westminster abbey and the primate placed on the mon arch’s head the crown which Ed ward never wore. Then the queen’s crown was placed on the head of Eliz abeth, and the two took their places on their thrones. At the same time all the assembled peers and peeresses donned their coronets, drums and trumpets sounded and the guns at the Tower of London boomed. This was the climax of the grand spec tacle that had attracted many thou sands of persons to London and that held the attention of the world for a few hours. First of the day’s events was the procession to the abbey, which was observed by vast throngs in the streets, windows and stands. It was two miles long. The lord mayor of London, gorgeously clad and carry ing the city mace, arrived first at the annex built at the abbey en trance, and was followed closely by the speaker of the house of com mons, representatives of foreign governments, the prime ministers of the dominions and the princes and princesses of royal blood. Next came Queen Mary, and then King George and Queen Elizabeth. When all the fortunate ones en titled to places in the abbey had taken their seats, the ceremony be gan with the ancient “recognition’* ritual; the archbishop of Canter bury presented the king to the peo ple, and four times the throng re sponded with “God Save King George.’* After the rite of corona tion and the actual enthronement of the monarchs the doors of the abbey were thrown open, George and Eliz abeth, wearing their crowns and carrying their scepters, stepped in to their coach, and the second grand procession made its slow way to Buckingham palace. Every detail of the spectacle and ceremony had been rehearsed until all were perfect in their parts and noth ing marred the per formance upon which the British government spent about $2,000,000. It really was a gor geous show and no one begrudged the money it cost, espe cially as visitors to London spent prob ably ten times as much. Though in general ancient routine was fol lowed, there were some notable con cessions to modernity. For instance, the abbey was equipped with tele phones and loud speakers. Anoth er innovation, on the days before the coronation, was the stationing of companies of soldiers from the various dominions as sentries at Buckingham and St. James’ pal aces. Never before had this duty been entrusted to other than the British guards. Throughout the British empire coronation day was celebrated with parades and banquets, and wher ever on earth as many as two Brit ishers came together, George VI was toasted. In a chateau near Tours, France, Edward, duke of Windsor, sat be fore a radio listening to a broadcast of the coronation ceremonies; and by his side was Wallis Warfield, his fiancee, for whom he surrendered his throne. It was announced that Wallis had formally dropped the name Simpson and would be known as Mrs. Wallis Vfarfield. mm&m Queen Elizabeth Merrill and Lambie Fly Across the Atlantic CMRST of this year’s airplane flights across the Atlantic ocean was made by Dick Merrill and his co-pilot. Jack Lambie. They flew from New York to Croydon airport near London in 21 hours 2 minutes, setting a new record despite the fact that they had to land first at North Weald, Essex, to obtain directions. Merrill said they had bad weather with rain all the way, but their Lock- heed-EJectra monoplane behaved perfectly. The flyers were under contract to start back with photo graphs of the coronation immedi ately after that event, regardless of weather conditions. Congress May Adjourn or Recess in July B ECAUSE the economy move ment in congress makes unde sirable the enactment of much so cial legislation that had been planned, the law makers find they haven’t much business to do. There fore they are getting ready for ad journment early in July, or at least a recess until autumn. Vice Presi dent Garner and House Majority Leader Sam Rayburn are foremost in the planning for adjournment. Senator Joe Robinson, senate ma jority leader, is so sure congress will quit soon that he has engaged passage to Europe for July fbr him self and Mrs. Robinson. If, after the return of President Roosevelt from his fishing trip, no compromise agreement on the Su preme court enlargement plan can be reached, congress probably will take a long recess and resume the fight over that measure in the fall. Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Mon tana, leader of the opposition, said some of the proponents of the plan told him of the possibility of putting the bill over until the autumn, and he interpreted this as a sign of weakness. George Berry Appointed Senator From Tennessee (GEORGE LEONARD BERRY, veteran labor leader who has been serving as President Roose velt’s “co-ordinator for industrial co-operation,” what ever that may mean, is now United States senator from Tennessee, having been appointed by Governor Browning to fill out the term of the late Senator Nathan L. Bach man. He will serve until the regular election in Novem ber, 1938. Mr. Berry, who is fifty-three years old, is one of the largest landholders in the South. He owns a weekly newspaper at Rog- ersville, Tenn., and the Internation al Playing Card and Label com pany. He has been president of the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union of North America since he was twenty years old. The new senator has been one of President Roosevelt’s most ardent supporters, and was himself con sidered for nomination for the vice presidency in 1924. George L. Berry Death Takes Harry New, Ex-Postmaster General H ARRY S. NEW, one of Indi ana’s well known citizens, died in Johns Hopkins hospital, Balti more, at the age of seventy-nine. He had lived at Chevy Chase, Md., since his retirement from active work in 1929, but the body was tak en back to Indianapolis for burial. Mr. New rose from reporter to publisher of the Indianapolis Jour nal, and in later years he was head of the Bedford Stone and Construc tion company. However, he was best known in the field of politics and public service. He was chair man of the Republican national committee in 1907-08, senator from Indiana from 1917 to 1923, and then served as postmaster general under President Harding, establishing the first transcontinental air mail. From 1923 to 1925 Mr. New was grand consul of the Sigma Chi fra ternity. Mabel Boardman Honored by the Red Cross V/| ISS MABEL T. BOARDMAN was the guest of honor at the dinner of the American Red Cross during the annual convention in Washington, and she richly de served that distinction and all the fine things that were said about her. For Miss Boardman was closing her thirty-seventh year of service with the organization, during which time she never has accepted either sal ary or expense money. Such self less devotion to a humanitarian cause is not often met with and it is most seemly that it should be recognized. Since 1900 Miss Board- man has raised more than $2,000,- 000 in gifts to the Red Cross. “My satisfaction is in develop ing things,” the tall, impressive na tional secretary and volunteer serv ice head, explained. “I don’t care very much for static things.” New Roman Empire Marks Its First Birthday DREMIER MUSSOLINI gave the * people of Rome a fine spectacle in celebration of the first anniver sary of the new Roman >mpire, and at the same time he earned the world not to interfere with “the thousands of years old civilizing mission of Italy” in Africa. The big parade which King Victor Em manuel and the Duce reviewed was given vivid color by the detach ments of native troops from Erit rea, Somaliland, Libya and Ethi opia, on Arab horses, on camels and afoot. With them were the mechanized forces of the regular Italian army. Gibes in the London press at the Italian troops who were defeated in several engagements in Spain so vexed Mussolini that he barred from Italy all but three of the Lon don newspapers and ordered all Italian correspondents in London to return home at once. Irvin S. Cobb aVw-mt: Curing Stuttering. C HIN LEE, ARIZ.—Away up here in the Indian country comes a newspaper, saying some expert at correcting hu man utterance has turned up with a cure for stuttering. But why? By his own admission, nearly all stutterers can sing and tnost of them can swear fluently, thus providing superior emotional outlets in two directions. One of the smartest criminal lawyers I know deliberately cultivated a natural impediment in his speech. In court room debates it gave him more time to think up either the right questions or to figure out the right answers. And one of the most charming voices I ever heard belonged to a Louisiana girl whose soft southern accents were fascinatingly inter rupted at intervals by a sudden stammer—like unexpected ripples in a gently flowing brook. * • • How to Relax. T) EFORE I started out here, feel- L) ing somewhat jumpy after wrestling a radio program for six months, Jimmy Swinnerton, the art ist, who’s one of the most devoted friends these high mesas ever had, advised me to try stretching out on the desert sands as a measure for health and complete relaxation and a general toning up. “Just lie down perfectly flat,” he said. Then he took another look at my figure. “Anyway, lie down,”' he said. So today I tried it. Another friend, John Kirk, the famous Indian trad er, helped me pick out a suitable spot on the Navajo reservation that was forty miles from the nearest habitation. But the site I chose was already pre-empted by a scorpion with a fretful stinger and an irritable dis position that seemed to resent be ing crowded. So I got right up again. In fact, I got up so swiftly that Kirk said it was impossible to follow the movement with the hu man eye. It was like magic, he said. • • • Speed Crazed Drivers. W HY the hurry, Sonny Boy? I see you almost daily. You’re roaring through populous streets or skidding on hairpin turns or whirl ing at sixty perilous miles an hour around the kinked and snaky twists of mountain roads like some de moniac bug racing along the spine of a coiled rattler. If I am one to say, you probably have primed ypurselMor this sense less speeding on that most danger ous of all mixed tipples—the fear some combination of alcohol and gasoline. Or perhaps, like the blind mule of the folklore tale, you just naturally don’t care a dern. One thing is plain; Despite the high per centage of mortality your breed is on the increase. So, again, echoing the question which the coroner must frequently ask at the inquest, why the hurry. Sonny Boy? It can’t be that anybody wants you back at the place where you’ve been or that anybody else will be glad to see you at the place where you’re going. Really now, Sonny Boy, what is all the hurry about? * * • Civilization's Predicament. FEEL it my duty to call atten tion to the following warning, re cently published: “The earth is degenerating in these latter days. . . bribery and corruption abound. . . the children no longer obey their parents. . . it is evident that the end of the world fc approaching!” However, it should be added that ^his prediction is not, as might be assumed from its familiar ring, the utterance of some inspired ob server of the present moment. It is a translation from an Assyrian tablet, dated 2800 B. C. So, if the fulfillment of the doleful prophecy has been delayed for 4,- 737 years it seems reasonable to assume that it may be some months yet before civilization flies all to pieces. • • • Waning States’ Rights. A S I watch commonwealth after commonwealth below the Ma son and Dixon line tumbling over one another to embrace centralized authority in exchange for federal funds for local projects, I’m re minded of a trip which a friend of mine out here just made. He’s a descendant of the Lees and he decided to pay a pious pilgrim age to the last remaining strong hold of the late Southern Confed eracy. So he went to the only two states mat voted last fall for states’ rights, making his headquarters in the ghost city of Passamaquoddy. He reports that, in both Maine and Vermont, the secession senti ment is getting stronger all the time and that there’s a growing tendency to name boys for JefT Davis rather than Ethan Allen or Neal B. Dow. IRVIN S. COBB. © WNU S*irvic« Glamor Via Sheer White Accents By CHERIE NICHOLAS ' '" (v ■.. :£if i & ■ . > • •• % E of the newest and most exciting style notes of the present season in this year of grace is the wel come return of femininity. W e say “year of grace” for that’s literally what it v is—a year when gracious lines, glamorous sheer fabrics embellished with delicately wrought embroid eries, laces and all such prettily feminine devices are the order of the day. Nowhere is this ladylike trend more charmingly symbolized than in the snowy lingerie touches which are bringing refreshing sprightliness to our new frocks and suits. Swiss organdie, crisp and clear with a luminous transparency, is proving the idol of the hour for the new lingerie blouses so smart this season with your wool tailleur. It is also to be found in myriads of neckwear items and wrist wear touches which are this season glorifying every type of costume. Fine as a cobweb, this imported organdie is marvelously practical in spite of its lovely fragile look. This practicality comes in that the clever Swiss, using the pure icy waters of Alpine streams, have im parted to their sheer fabrics an ab solutely permanent finish which holds smooth and crisp and new- looking after repeated tubbings. If your frivolous looking frills are of Swiss organdie they can be popped in and out of the tub as often as yod wish with a minimum of effort, as no starching is required to re store the original fresh crispness to the fabric. Handwork is appearing in utmost profusion on this year’s lingerie fantasies. Allover embroidery, both cut - out and plain, embroidered edges and frills, appliqued lace and finest net are delicate and love ly on sheer organdie backgrounds. Tiny tucks and hand-fagoting are popular too, used not only on the plain organdie but also on the excit ing new shadow-printed types. In these perfectly charming print or gandies dainty floral motifs and vine patterns show up in clouded white on clear white or pastel-col ored backgrounds. In choosing your lingerie blouse to wear with your tailleur, and you really must have a sheer utterly feminine lingerie blouse to arrive at top fashion, take as your cue the smartness of shadow-print or gandie. It should be simply styled after the manner of the model to the right in the accompanying illus tration. A youthful turn-back collar and cascaded jabot distinguish this sheer Swiss organdie blouse which is so daintily shadow-printed in a tiny floral motif. Valenciennes lace edges the collar, bow and short puffed sleeves. Snowy Swiss organdie in a dainty shadow print makes the very beauti fully fashioned blouse to the left in the picture. And listen to this! Fine handtatting, so tremendously smart this season, as are many quaint trimmings revived from “way back when,” edges collar, cuffs and crisp ruffly effect in front. So here’s to get busy and tat, for tatting and hand crochet lace are as stylish at this very moment as they were during the gay nineties. The fashion of snow white frilly neckwear is going at top speed this season. You can find types of Swiss organdie from prim little bobby collars to low-cut pointed bibs and frothy jabots. See the double ruffle of finely embroidered Swiss organdie that flares so youthfully below a prim little turn back collar shown below in the picture and note to the right the two-tiered jabot with high neckband and quaint ribbon bow imparting an attractive Gibson girl air to a gilet of finest Sv/iss or gandie. © Western Newspaper Union. SMART MILLINERY Ky C1IKKIK NICHOLAS As to smart millinery, the revival of the ever practical and flattering sailor is notable. Flower trims on sailors abound. .The newest way of using flowers is to border the brim with a row of tiny flowers as shown here. The tiny blossoms are set in between a double-edge brim in a most becoming manner. The new sailors encourage the wearing of veils. The latest fad is to tie veiling by the yard over the face in Gibson girl fashion bringing the ends to a big fluttery bow at the back. The othnr hat pictured has the new and smart mushroom brim. Its flower trim emphasizes the use >f a flower clusver placed at the ront of the crown. SHOES HAVE GONE STRICTLY FEMININE By CHERIE NICHOLAS Shoes have gone feminine. Fine stitching in new guises, pin tuck- ings, pipings, puffings and cordings ornament shoes in a soft manner. Nailhead and metal eyelets make an appearance. Buttons and buck les, often leather covered, are de signed for utility or ornamentation. They’re often on the side in this season of assymetric lines. The “Gone With the Wind” shoes cleverly modernize such Civil war shoe themes as rosettes, criss-cross, ballet lacings, side lace bootees and Colonial tongues. Simplicity is the keynote for this season when the shoe for the activity is all-impor tant. Soft feminine details and new silhouettes are in the limelight. The pump, especially of patent leather, is growing in demand. Models with dramatic touches at the throat, off-sided versions and built-up styles are of equal impor tance. Colonials with unusual and classic lines are due for glory. Gray, beige and navy are important colors for shoes. Dress-up sandals are back for this dress-up afternoon season. ChifFon Capes to Be Worn by Dancers This Summer Chiffon capes on dance dresses this summer will be popular, as they give a floating quality to the dancer. These may be worn wver prints or contrasting colors. Cir cular chiffon skirts also add to the airy effect on the dance floor. These are effective when held out at the sides by the dancers. Double Duty Dresses Double duty dresses that serve for street and cocktail wear are the latest innovation of the big Paris dressmakers. Dinner Cloth of Crocheted Lace Dress up your table, when com pany’s expected, with this stuiv ning lace cloth. Crochet eithez identical squares, or companion squares—they’re easy fun, and either way makes a handsome de- Pattern 1410. sign as shown. Crochet them of string and they’ll measure 10 inches; in cotton, they are 6% inches. Join together, for tea or dinner cloth, spread or scarf. Pattern 14J10 contains directions and.charts for making the squares shown; illustrations of them and of all stitches used; material re quirements. Send 15 cents in stamps or coins (coins preferred) for this pattern to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept., 82 Eighth Ave., New York, N. Y. CARDUI In this modern time something wonderfully worth while can be done for practically every woman who suffers from functional pains of menstruation. Certain cases can be relieved by taking Cardui. Others may need a physician’s treatment Cardui has two widely demon strated uses: (1) To ease the im mediate pain and nervousness of the monthly period; and (2) to aid in building up the whole system by helping women to get more strength from their food. Simple Truth The empty vessel makes the greatest sound.—Shakespeare. Don't Sleep When Gas Presses Heart If you want to really GET RID OP GAS and terrible bloating, don’t expect to do it by Just doctoring your stomach with harsh, irritating alkalies and “gas tablets.” Most GAS is lodged in the stomach and upper intestine and if due to old poisonous matter in thd constipated bowels that are loaded with ill-causing bacteria. If your constipation is of long stand ing, enormous quantities of dangerous bacteria accumulate. Then your di gestion is upset. GAS often presses heart and lungs, making life miserable. You can’t eat or sleep. Your head aches. Your back aches. Your com plexion Is sallow and piniiHy. Your breath is foul. You are a sick>qrouchy, wretched unhappy person. \YOUR SYSTEM IS POISONED. Thousands of sufferers have found In Adlerika the quick, scientific way to rid their systems of harmful bacteria. Adlerika rids you of gas and cleans foul poisons out of BOTH upper and lower bowels. Give your bowels a REAL cleansing with Adlerika. Get rid of GAS. Adlerika does not gripe —is not habit forming. At all Leading Druggists. LARGE SIZE $1.20 SMALL SIZE 60c recognized Remedy for Rheumatic 1 and Neuritis sufferers. A perfect Blood Purifier Makes thin Blood Rich and Healthy. Builds Strength and Vigor. Always Effective . . . Why suffer? AT ALL GOOD DRUG STORES Origin of Wickedness All wickedness comes of weak ness.—Rousseau. HELP KIDNEYS To Get Rid of Acid and Poisonous Waste Year kidneys help to keep yoa well by constantly filtering waste matter from the blood. If your kidneya get functionally disordered and fail to remove excess Impurities, there may b« poisoning of the whole system ana body-wide distress. . Burning, scanty or too frequent un- nation may be a warning of some kidney or bladder disturbance. . , ’ You may suffer nagging backache, persistent headache, attacks of diazineaBg getting up nights, swelling, pumneBS under the eyes—feel weak, nervous,- all played out. ... . . In such cases It Is better to rely on * medicine that has won country-wide acclaim than on something less favor- ably known. Use Doan’* Pills, A multlj tude of grateful people recommend Doan’s. Ask your neiahborl DOANS PILLS WNU—7 20—37 CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT AGENTS Wanted—Active Women’ Distributors for fast-setlinc Feminine Hygiene products. Write I*. O. BOX MM3. PITTSBURGH, PA. RELICS. ANTIQUES WILL PAY S:>03 up for Colt revolver fac tory dated 1847. Many others wanted. An tique arms sold. List 20c. HOBBY SHOP,