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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1937 Cunsimit IN REVIEW by ficUvond ID. Pic (yuwctA © Western Newspaper Union. Duke and Wally Married by England’s Rebel Parson ««T BECAME the hand of God and am carrying out God’s will,” the Rev. R. Anderson Jardine, the “poor man’s parson,” told his Dar lington congregation at Durham, Eng land, upon his re turn from Chateau de Cande, in Monts, France. There he had married Ed ward, duke of Wind sor, and Mrs. Wallis Warfield, in the re ligious ceremony of the Church of Eng land, despite the dic tum of the church that the history- making couple be denied the rites. Married earlier in the same day in a civil ceremony performed by the mayor of Monts, the Duke and “Wally” left on their honeymoon and are now at Wasserleonburg cas tle in lower Austria.. Duchess of Windsor Sixteen principal guests were present in the chateau when Mayor Mercier, pronouncing the English names with difficulty, and speaking in French, performed the civil ceremony and pronounced the duke and Wallis man and wife. Vicar Jardine, who had volunteered his services, recited the solemn reli gious rites as prescribed by the church, title duke placed the ring on the duchess’ fourth finger, and they knelt on white silk cushions while the minister prayed. Through- out the entire service the famous organist, Marcel Dupre, played soft ly. The duchess, who cannot be called “her royal highness,” wore a gown of Wallis blue and the corre spondents privileged to be present were agreed that she was a beau tiful, gracious and serene woman. The Chateau de Cande, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bedaux of New York, was lavishly decorated with flowers. Wedding presents were numerous, of course, and some of the richest were sent by members of the British royal fam ily* Downing Street, determined that the popularity of the former king, heightened by the pathos of his role of “under dog,” should not damage the prestige of the Crown and the church, asked newspapers to clamp down on publicity con cerning the rebel vicar. The post master general ordered all stamps bearing the likeness of Edward de stroyed. Not a foot of the special films or newsreels taken at Monts will be permitted to show in the United Kingdom. Long-Lost Airliner Found on Utah Mountainside O N December 15, 1936, Pilot S. J. Samson, operating a Western Air Express liner from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City, with four passen gers, co - pilot and stewardess aboard, reported by his radio to the caretaker of the airport at Milford, Utah, and asked that his position be checked. His Voice was never again heard. Now after nearly six months the wreckage of the air plane has been found high in the Wasatch mountains, 25 miles south east of Salt Lake City and 35 miles off the regular airline course. So shattered was the plane that the largest single piece of debris was a part of a propeller. Bodies of all aboard were buried 25 to 50 feet in the drifts of snow. With a rich jewelry shipment re ported to have been aboard the ship, a guard was placed around the wreckage and given orders to “shoot on sight” until the wreck should be recovered; four souvenir- hunters were shot at three times. Ronald Dyche, of the national for est service, who aided in the long search, revealed how close the air travelers came to escaping death. “If they had just been flying 25 feet higher,” he said, “they might have made it over the peak and possibly reached safety.” Four men, natives of the moun tainous region, accidentally discov ered the lost plane; they announced that they would seek to share a $1,- 000 reward posted by Western Air Express. Congress May Be at It Until Winter’s Snow Flies R EADING the election returns of an overwhelming Democratic landslide last November, Charles Michelson, publicity director of the Democratic national committee, said: “We will regret this.” The great party majorities in both houses now show signs of splitting into regional and economic blocs, which is exactly what he was afraid of. Biggest wedge in forcing the split among the party ranks was, of course, the President’s bill for the reorganization of the Supreme court. This led a long list of bills, many of them expected to evoke heated con troversies in congress, which threat ened to postpone adjournment to mid - winter. Indeed, it was believed by some that if part of the program were not postponed, this session would run continuously into the next, beginning in January. Besides the Court bill, there are to be acted upon measures for the establishment of wage and hour standards for interstate industries, the curtailment of tax dodging, re organization of the executive branch of the government, helping farm tenants, conservation of soil, water power resources and housing. Congress, Under Pressure, Passes Work Relief Bill A dministration leaders, from the President down, “turned the heat” on the rebellious mem bers of the house, and the latter sul lenly gave in and passed the billion and a half dollar work relief bill about as Mr. Roosevelt and Harry Hopkins wanted it. One after an other the restrictive amendments earmarking $505,000,000 of the total for projects of a solid type, flood control and highways, which had been adopted in committee of the whole, were called up again and voted down by substantial majori ties. The final vote by which the measure was sent on to the senate was 323 to 44. Tax-Dodging Investigated by Congressional Body T AX dodging by wealthy men and women, excoriated by President Roosevelt in a special message, is goings to be investigated speedily by a joint committee of congress. The reso lution for the in quiry was intro duced in the senate by Senator Pat Har rison of Mississippi, chairman of the fi nance committee; and in the house by Robert L. Doughton of North Carolina, chairman of the Sen. Harrison ways and means committee. The in vestigation is designed both to focus public attention on the extent of the alleged tax evasion and to provide congress with information neces sary for the drafting of corrective legislation. Jean Harlow, Blond Actress, Dies at 26 TEAN HARLOW, one of the most glamorous characters in life to millions of Americans, died of uremic poisoning in Hollywood. The impetuous actress who started the platinum blonde craze was only twenty - six, but she had known tragedy. Born Harlean Carpentier in Kansas City, she came to the movie capital in 1927. She had been twice divorced and once widowed. Her second husband, Paul Bern, film executive, shot and killed him self two months after their wedding. At the time of her death she was being seen frequently in the comi pany of suave William Powell, # 11 Duce Shows von Blomberg His Mediterranean Strength ERTAIN British and French news papers of late have seen fit to “pooh-pooh” the naval strength of II Duce in the Mediterranean. It is not altogether i m - possible that this de precation may have made Adolf Hitler a little uneasy about his alliance with the Italians. So Premier Mussolini i n v it e d Field Marshal Wer ner von Bomberg down to the blue southern ocean to see for himself. More than 70 sub marines were massed as the feature of a mock combat off Naples. The grand fleet of 150 warships sum moned for the maneuvers went through their exercises at a mini mum speed of 30 miles an hour. The German registered delight continually as II Duce pointed out to him every phase of the sham battle. Italian officers boasted: “On ly Fascist Italy can mobilize so many underwater craft at a mo ment’s notice.” The day before, Galeazzo Ciano, Italy’s foreign minister, had in formed the British ambassador. Sir Eric Drummond, that Italy accept ed in principle all points in the British proposals to assure the safe ty of international naval patrols off Spain. It was understood that the Nazis had tendered the same ap proval. The three main points of the Brit ish proposal were: That both Span ish belligerents be required to give formal solemn assurances that they will respect international patrol ships; that safety zones for patrol ships be established at certain speci fied ports of the two belligerent parties; and that the four naval powers engaged in patrol duties consult each other on measures to be taken if any of their patrol ships should be attacked. The Italians and Nazis wanted the third point to per mit any ship attacked to retaliate at once. But they weren’t insistent. The Good Old Days. ANTA MONICA, CALIF.— Taking pen in hand to write Uncle Sam’s check for that next installment, I look longingly backward to what I’m sure was the golden age of our genera tion. It was the decade that began soon after the turn of the century and ended with 1914. Kings lolled se curely on comfy thrones and dicta torships in strong nations were un dreamed of. Without shaking the foundations of the financial temple, Teddy Roosevelt was filing the alliga tor teeth of preda tory wealth. Irvin S. Cobb People laughed at the mad suggestion that there could ever be another great war—let alone a world war. With suffrage in prospect, women were going to purify politics. Taxes were a means unto an end and not the end of our means. Standards of living climbed faster than did the costs of living. Automobiles were things to ride in at moderate speed, not engines to destroy human life with. Millions actually believed that, if prohibition by law ever became ef fective, drunkenness would end and crime decrease. Yes, I'm sure those were* indeed the happy days—the era when the Twentieth Century limited started running and W. J. Bryan stopped. • • • Synthetic Imitations. W E STOPPED at a wayside sta tion advertising pure orange juice; there’s one every few rods. Next to autograph hunters, oranges are the commonest product of Cali fornia. The drink was the right color. But there didn’t seem to be any orange in it. The best you could say for it was that probably its mother had been badly frightened by an orange. I made inquiry, and an expert told me some roadside venders— not many, but some—were peddling an essence compounded of chemi cal flavoring and artificial extracts because it kept better than the gen uine article. I thought America had reached tops in the gentle arts of substitu tion and adulteration when we be gan making pumpkin pies out of squash and maple syrup out of corn stalks and buckwheat flour out of a low grade of sawdust—anyhow, it tastes like that—and imported Eng lish sole out of the lowly flounder and scallops out of skate fins. But when, in a land where a strong man couldn’t tote a dollar’s worth of oranges on his back, there are par ties soiling synthetic imitations — well, just let the East equal that magnificent stroke of merchandis ing enterprise! * • • Poor Little Rich Men. T ET us take time off to pity the ■*—' poor little rich man who owns a large but lonesome sea-going yacht. During the depression, the species grew rare—there were money lords then who hardly had one yacht to rub against another—but, with bet ter days, a fresh crop lines the coasts. No matter how rich, the owner feels he must use his floating pal ace. He may be content with a saucer of processed bran and two dyspepsia tablets, but no yacht crew yet ever could keep soul and body together on anything less than dou ble sirloins. So he goes cruising— and gosh, how he does dread it! For every yachtsman who really gets joy out of being afloat, there usually is another to whom the great heart of the nation should go out in sympathy. You almost ex pect to find him putting ads in the paper for guests who can £tand the strain; everything provided except the white duck pants. • • • Problems on Wheels. A MERICA’S newest problem goes on wheels. One prophet says by 1938 there’ll be a million trail ers and three million people aboard them. Roger Babson raises the ante —within twenty years, half the pop ulation living in trailers and all the roads clogged. So soon the trailer-face is recog nizable. It is worn by Mommer, riding along behind, while Popper smiles pleasantly as he drives the car in solitary peace—getting away from it all. Have you noticed how many trailer widows there are al ready? But as yet nobody reckons with the chief issue: think of the in creasing mortality figures when the incurable speed bug discovers that not only may he continue to mow down victims with head-on assaults, but will garner in many who es caped his frontal attack by side swipes of the hitched-on monster that is swinging and lunging at his rear like a drunken elephant on a rampage! To catch ’em going and coming— that should be a motor maniac’s dream of earthly joy. IRVIN S. COBB. ©—WNU Service. Beguiling Silk Sheers This Summer Charm of Yester- Year in Crochet By CHERIE NICHOLAS VTARDS and yards and yards of * entrancing silk sheers will go floating and billowing through the evening mode this summer. Airy- fairy, vaporous, frothy and trans parent tulles, nets, organzas, chif fons, marquisettes, mousseline de soies and other as filmy fabrics have an importance this season such as they have not achieved in years. The vast yardage that goes into the making of the new romantic full- skirted dance frocks is almost un believable. Certain Paris dressmak ers are using as much as forty yards for a single gown—the type (slim bodice and voluminous skirt over stiff petticoats) that “us mod erns” regarded as belonging to quaint century-past scenes, but scarcely expected to see revived in our own day and generation. Yet here they are dancing before your very eyes into the current style pic ture. The skirts of these picturesque gowns vary, from floor-touching to the very new ballerino type. Noth ing in the way of a dance frock so startled the world of fashion this season as the appearance of the waltz frock which Schiaparelli brought forth. Now that we are getting used to the idea, this sou- brette silhouette which caused such a sensation at the openings is de veloping into a big vogue among the younger dancing set. The frock centered in the group illustrated plays up tl\e new favorite. It is made of white motisseline de soie exquisitely detailed with tiny tucks on the waist and wee buttons that fasten at the back. Some of the more informal waltz frocks are often of printed silk with perhaps shirred fullness at the waist line like a girdle or with flaring pleats in the peasant skirt. The bodice is neat and slim at the waist with demure square neckline in front and cunning short puff sleeves. Not that all party dresses are full skirted, but the fragile sheers and gay silk prints certainly do make up beautifully in full-skirted ver sions. The gown to the right and to the left in the picture demonstrates the effectiveness of sheer material for the evening mode. The lovely sum mery redingote model shows up the exquisiteness of transparent mate rials to a nicety. It is designed of two tones of chiffon—green over yel low, with ties at the neckline and back waistline. A brown orchid cor sage adds the final accent to an artful color study. If there is one type of dres^that is running away with the honor* more so than the redingote styles it is the bolero costume. Not only are the redingote and the bolero im portant daytime features but they are just as significant throughout the evening mode. Here, to the left in the picture, is a lovely bolero dress for summer night, moonlight dancing under the stars. White silk marquisette is the chosen medium for this pretty ensemble. Large floral appliques on the bolero and the skirt add color glory to the scene. Silk sheers featured for evening gowns are also suggested in dark colors, the latest being bold and glamorous plaid transparencies or stripes if you prefer. Triple sheers are also shown in luscious plain col ors or in exotic prints. Some of the silk marquisettes are flock-dotted or embroidered. Clever and ornate trimmings that accent the width of swirling hem lines include bands of contrasting colors, full stiff ruchings, borders of delicate lace, sprays of natural looking flowers positioned effective ly, also scalloped or picoted edges. © Western Newspaper Union. COSTUME ACCENTS By CHERIE NICHOLAS It’s a daisy, she is a daisy—get ting our pronouns somewhat con fused—but perhaps it would be bet ter to study this picture of a modish young miss and figure it out for yourself. The soft white petals with fluffy yellow gold centers of the most American of flowers, form the crown of a charming hat by Jean King. A rough natural straw braid of circular weave is the brim, and the hat is worn tilted slightly over one eye. A Victorian scroll mono craft pin beautifully wrought in gold, tunes to the glinting gold high lights in the straw of the hat as it clasps a sweetly feminine jabot made of the daintiest of dainty val edging. The secret that the young woman pictured would tell you is that carefully selected flattering ac cessories play a big part in the fine art of dress. GRADUATES SHOULD THINK OF GLOVES By CHERIE NICHOLAS Gloves have always been a mark of sophistication. If this year’s crop of sweet girl graduates realized that, there would be a rush for the glove counter. Most of the time, we are so concerned over the big items, like the dress, that we forget about the things that go-with, those little tell-tale touches. Most schools require a simple, youthful white dress. The majority of these are the short-sleeved, gar den-party variety. In the prep and Aigh schools, they are almost infor mal evening dresses. Such formal ity with no gloves? Your hands will look much prettier when accepting your diploma if they are well gloved in snow-white glace kid. There is such a variety of little short formal gloves in the shops that you should have fun choosing the pair that particularly suits your dress. And don’t forget gloves for the spring proms. It’s not so much the basic costume as the finishing that makes a well-dressed woman. Gloves are indispensable to even the most divine evening dress. Nude hands are fast fading out of the picture. You must look feminine and romantic these days. And don’t you feel a lot more dressed up when you wear gloves? You can indulge your taste for long ones or very short ones as both are correct. Smart Coats The fitted, slightly flared coat is ace-high in chic and will be seen in numbers. Redingotes are a fashion favorite. Short coats have come to town, too, pruned from last year’s full swagger lines to a straighter box cut. There’s the charm of Grand mother's time in this lacy panels inset, a luxurious bit of dress-up for your “best” bedspread! In string it measures 24 by 35 inches, but goes quickly, for the back ground is in lace stitch. It would also be effective as a door panel. The stunning panel running length wise of the bolster may also serv^ Pattern 5790. as a scarf. Crochet this beautiful design of humble, durable string or in finer cotton for smaller pan els. In pattern 5790 you will find detailed instructions and charts for making the panels shown; il lustrations of the panel and of the stitches used; material re quirements. To obtain this pattern send 15 cents in stamps or coins (coins preferred) to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept., 259 W. Fourteenth St., New York, N. Y. Please write your name, ad dress and pattern number plainly. A Moral Success The highest needs must have most care, and the lower needs , the least care, and we must so train ourselves that hunger for the ideal things shall chasten and subdue every worldly hunger, ful fil the true ideal of men and wom en, and make life a moral suc cess and not a moral failure.— John Hunter. Being Cautious Is Irksome When one reaches the age of discretion, he frequently wishes he didn’t have to exercise it. How CARDUI ' Helps Women ~ Cardul Is a purely vegetable medi cine, found by many women to ease functional pains of menstruation. It also helps to strengthen women, who have been weakened by poor nour ishment, by increasing their appetite and improving their digestion. Many have reported lasting benefit from the wholesome nutritional assist ance obtained by taking Cardul. If you have never taken Cardul, get a bottle of Cardul at the nearest drug store, read the directions and try It Incivility A moral, sensible and well-bred man will not affront me, and no other can.—Cowper. Literature Style in literature consists of proper words in proper places. GS from your Dealer ."BUCK IEAF 40" r Keeps Dogs Away from j Evergreens, Shrubs etc. L^”*®Use IVi TeaspoonM per GaMoa of Spray. A^k For BLUE STEEL OVERALLS “Big and Strong” LARGE SIZE Si.20 recognixod Remedy foi RKeumetle and Neuritl* sufferer*. A perfect Blood Purifier. Meke* thin Blood Rick and Healthy. Build* Strength and Vigor. Always Effective . . . Why suffer? . AT ALL GOOD DRUG STORES Colorful Corset The color contagion has spread to corsets and there is a youthful corselette available in all the better stores which may be ordered dyed in any one of a dozen colors to match your evening gown or your new suit. Overalls Go Wading Summer overalls have cuffs that can be turned up for wading in the surf. The newest adaptation of last year’s popular fashion barely reaches the knee, and is very bag gy. The characteristic overall straps remain the same. mm IN THE GULF OF MEXICO Tarpon Round-Up note in full swing! $1,000 in cash and merchandise prizes. A wr.nderful vacation spot for ALL the family. For special fishing and summer folders write B. W. NEIL, Mincer Chamber of Commerce, St fetereturg, Florfd*