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\ / A jar . ,>/$ I SL> McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK. S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1937 GOOD TAST1 jf TODAY " EMI LY POST World's Foremost Authority on Etiquette © Emily Post. ^••••ooeoeoeoeoeeeoooeeeeee Clergyman's Reception Needn’t Bore Anybody D EAR Mrs. Post: I am one of the committee in charge of giving a reception for oar new clergyman and his wife. It has been suggested by one of the women that we have a musical program first, after which the newcomers will receive and then everyone go downstairs to the large Sunday-school room to have refreshments. I personally think such an arrangement might prove drawn out and awkward but I don’t know what better plan to suggest. Answer: I think the combination of a welcoming reception and a musical program requiring every one to sit in silence is exactly what you describe as awkward. If I were managing it, I would have the en tire reception in the Sunday-school room, which you say is ample, where one or two members on the committee would receive with the clergyman and his wife and intro duce parishioners to them. Several stringed instruments playing softly as a background for conversation would be delightful. This arrange ment cduld not prove tiring since after people have spoken to those receiving they would stand around in groups talking to one another and be served with refreshments. As newcomers arrive the first-com ers—if they grow tired—would be free to leave. • • • Fiancee Dies; What to Do With Ring? D EAR Mrs. Post: Will you tell me what is the proper thing to do about an engagement ring after a girl was engaged, and her fiance died and she becomes engaged to another man? This is exactly what has happened to me and my first fiance’s mother is telling everyone what a terrible person I am because I won’t return her son’s ring to her. I loved him dearly, and the fact that I now love another in no way belittles my love for either one, so far as I cay see. They, are the principals in two separate phases of my life. Why must I retune the only thing my first fiance gave me and which I am sure he would have wished me to keep always? Answer: If the ring is one he bought for you, it is certainly yours for always. But if the ring was once his mother’s—possibly her own engagement ring—if it has any other family history about which she has a real sentiment, then I think you should send it back—but not otherwise. • • • Introduce Her Tactfully, D EAR Mrs. Post: My son has given a ring to his fiancee, al though as yet there has been no engagement announced and will not be for several months because her parents are not returning from abroad until then. My husband and I are to celebrate our wedding an niversary soon and would like at this occasion to introduce her to our n^any friends, but we don’t want to In any way “steal the show” from her parents. Can you explain how we can introduce her and yet give no impression of a betrothal? Answer: There is no reason in the world why she shouldn’t be one of the guests, and no reason why she shouldn’t be more or less casually introduced to all the people there. But certainly she can not very well receive with you without having it taken for granted that your interest in her is very special. \ * * * When to Stop Eating. D EAR Mrs. Post: An acquaint ance of mine thinks it improper to continue eating while being served with any part of her meal, and every time the waitress ap proaches, whether it is with water or coffee or no matter what, she stops eating entirely and does not eat again until the waitress has left her place. Isn’t this silly? Answer: You eat exactly the same except when actually helping yourself. As you take your portion from the dish and put it on your plate, you stop chewing for that moment, but this does not mean that your mouth need be empty. * • • The Society Pages. D EAR Mrs. Post: Is it bad form to send the bride’s picture to the newspapers for publication with an account of the wedding, if she is not well known in prominent so cial groups? Are these society pages devoted exclusively to the brides who are daughters of prominent families? Answer: It is not a question of bad form but of how much interest the society editor feels the account will have to his readers. • * • How to Eat Jelly. D EAR Mrs. Post: Please tell us the proper way to eat jelly or jam? Answer: A small amount of jelly is put on a piece of meat, already speared with a fork, and eaten. Jelly or jam on bread and butter is spread on the bread with a butter knife and eaten in the fingers. WNU Service. DOWN UNDER’ ^ ; ...... ' r *' # mmm mm •^>WOWwX»:v^^wx<» , -x»xw>Xv%->:v.-:-x»X' Bowling on the Green Is One of the Favorite Sports i& New Zealand. New Zealand Is Country of Scenic Wonders and Many Odd Paradoxes Prepared by National Geographic Society, Washington, D. C.—WNU Service. O N DECEMBER 16, 1642, Abel Tasman stood on the deck of the Heemskirk in the South Pacific and gazed out to ward an unknown “great, high, bold land.” At the hands of an unimaginative cartographer the new wavy lines added to the map became New Zealand, aft er the Netherlands Province of Zeeland, to which it bears not the least resemblance. The in appropriateness of its name, however, is not the only para dox of this British dominion of the Far South. Captain James Cook, who first explored the islands a century and a quarter later, took possession of them for his country only to have his claims rejected. Britain still la ter hoisted the Union Jack over the land to prevent French immigrants from settling in the place they cher ished. The country’s capital bears the name Wellington, but the Iron Duke stood firm against the annex ation. "Many New Zealanders who have never been away from the island’s shores, and whose parents likewise were bom in the Dominion, still speak of England as “home.” Here in an area approximately the size of Colorado are grouped the snow-mantled peaks of Switzer land, geysers of a Yellowstone, vol canic cones of Java and Japan, and the lakes of Italy; the mineral springs of Czechoslovakia, fiords of Norway, seacoasts of Maine and California, and waterfalls higher than Yosemite. Largest and Smallest Pines. Glaciers slip down sharp moun tainsides from vast snow fields into subtropical bush. A short ride through a pass in the southern Alps will take one from impenetrable evergreen forests into barren tus sock-covered lands. New Zealand is the home of the massive kauri pines, some of which measure 22 feet in diameter and have reached hoary ages that rank them next to the sequoias. It also is the home of the smallest known representative of the pine-tree fam ily. Giant fuchsias grow to the height of 40 feet; a white buttercup has blooms four inches in diameter; flax is produced from a lily; man has imported all of the mammals, and many of the native birds can not fly. The Maoris were the first-known colonists of these southern islands. Guided only by the stars and a knowledge of the winds and ocean currents, they boldly piloted their slander double canoes from their homeland of “Hawaiki” (probably Tahiti and the Cook islands) to the shores of New Zealand in the Four teenth century. Legend credits them with having followed the sailing di rections of the famous Polynesian navigator, Kupe, who is said to have preceded them by 400 years. To the new land they gave the lilting, vowel - studded name, Ao- tea-roa, which is variously trans lated as “The Long White Cloud,” “The Land of Long Daylight,” and “The Long, Bright Land.” Here they lived, increased, warred against each other, and cul tivated their taro and the more important kumara, or sweet potato, which they brought with them. Then came whalers, missionaries, and traders; and colonists arrived with gunpowder, conflicting social stand ards, and the desire to carve out new homes. Principal City Thrives. Protracted Maori wars, contested land claims, the discovery of gold, land booms, and a heavy depres sion—New Zealand .passed through them all before she settled down to economic equilibrium. With its 221,300 people Auckland today has more than twice the British population of the whole country in the early 60’s of the last century. As a ship nears the end of its 6,000-mile journey from the west coast of the United States, or the 1,200-mile span from Aus tralia, it skirts the islands that stud the cobalt waters of Hauraki gulf, enters Waitemata harbor, and finally ties up at the very foot of the thriving city. The early colonists chose well when they staked out this harbor- side settlement that once served the country as capital and now is the largest city in New Zealand. Long ago Nature’s forces, not man’s industry, reigned in this local ity. Within a radius of ten miles there are more than 60 burnt-out volcanic cones. Stand on the top of Mount Eden, one of the best- preserved of the craters, which rises like an observation post near the center of the city, and you see the once-fiery throats bulging or forming symmetrical cones on the landscape. From this same vantage point it is apparent how narrowly North island escaped being divided in two. The isthmus upon which Auckland sprawls, between the Waitemata harbor, looking out toward the Paci fic, and the Manukau harbor, open ing westward to the Tasman sea, is only eight miles wide. River estuaries and other indentations narrow it in places to a scant mile. Veritably, water seems almost to encircle the red- and green-roofed maze of the city’s business blocks and suburban residences. Abounds in Flowers. Business hovers close to Queen’s street, which leads up from the wharves, and in its adjacent nar row, twisting thoroughfares. But if the people responsible for the city’s growth have failed somewhat in town planning so far as the streets are concerned, they have more than exonerated themselves in providing broad park spaces. The parks seem almost number less. To them the flush of the sub tropics gives perpetual freshness and color. Flowers luxuriate all the year round. Even the race course has an avenue of palms and ex tensive beds of blooms that would do justice to a botanical garden. One cannot move about Auckland long without the new War Memorial museum claiming attention. It stands out boldly, a massive white Grecian building, above the wide greensward on the heights of the Domain. Here are housed treasures from many lands, but most inter esting of all is the comprehensive collection of Maori objects on dis play—the homes, elaborately carved storehouses, war canoes, war im plements, and handicrafts of that powerful native race. Rolling southward in January from Auckland on the ribbon of concrete and asphalt, you pass soon into smiling open country, check ered with fields. Men are haying and herds of sleek cattle and sheep graze on a hundred rolling hills. Agriculture was the task to which the New Zealand colonists first di rected their efforts, but in the pass ing years they have come to rely more and more on pastoral enter prise. An experimental shipment of frozen meat sent to England in 1882 pointed the way out of a pinching depression that had followed the collapse of a land boom. Historic Battle Scenes. Today New Zealand butter and other dairy products have attained world-wide distribution. Of more than 4,300,000 cattle pasturing on the land, nearly half are dairy stock. More than 28,600,000 sheep also range North and South islands, making New Zealand the world’s seventh largest sheep - producing country and the fifth largest in wool production. Near the little town of Mercer was the old frontier between Maori axd colonist. The whole region is historic ground, for here in 1863-4 the Maori warriors tested the best mettle of the British troops and long made pioneering a perilous venture. Today, instead of a battleground, the district is a peaceful, English- flavored countryside. Upon a hill now stands the St. Stephens Maori Boys’ college, where Maori youths are being trained for useful pur suits. * Just beyond Hamilton, the largest provincial town in Auckland prov ince, you may run into peat fires that are smoldering and eating into the black soil in many places. The continued dry, hot summer weather causes an outbreak of many of these destructive fires. A few miles to the west of the main road that leads to Te Kuiti are the fascinating Waitomo caves. Interest in the caves hinges on a tiny worm—an unusual carnivorous glowworm—scientifically, the Bole- tophela luminosa. The Glowworm grotto is a magic ally uncanny spot. Floating along in a boat on the stilldtess of a subter ranean stream, on* looks up at myriads of these tiny creatures, with their lamps alight, that cover the roof of the cavern like a dense* greenish-blue Milky Way. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL UNDAYI chool Lesson By REV. HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. Dean of the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. © Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for July 25 LESSON TEXT—Exodus 12:21-28. GOLDEN TEXT—The Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself.—Deuteronomy 7:6. PRIMARY TOPIC—Ready for the Jour ney. JUNIOR TOPIC—Ready to Start Home. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC— How God Prepares a People. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC— Equipped for a New Era. “Let my people go”—such was the word of the Lord to Pharaoh through Moses and Aaron. “Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go” — thus hardened Pharaoh his heart. The issue was so drawn for one of the great struggles of history. On one side was a bold and mighty pnonarch with all the resources of the empire of Egypt, and on the other an unorganized multitude of slaves. No, wait, on the other side was Almighty God! The outcome was never in doubt and through the unspeakable horror of the plagues we come to consider the last of the ten, the death of the first-bom, with which is joined the establishment of the Passover. The Passover is of sufficient im portance to justify careful study simply as the perpetual feast of Jews, but to the Christian it is also a most blessed and instructive type of Christ who is, according to Raul, “our passover” (I Cor. 5:7). Let no one who studies or teaches this les son fail to point to “the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world” (John 1:29). I. A Lamb Slain (v. 21). The sacrifice appears, a gentle, submissive lamb, a male without blemish, which is separated for the giving of its life that the first-born in Israel might be saved. Notice that God’s instructions were explicit, and were to be obeyed if there was to be redemption. There are those in our day who would substitute any and every other meth od of salvation for God’s revealed plan. They talk about character de velopment, the redemption of t h e social order, peace and politics, and forget the Lamb of God. II. A Blood Salvation (w. 22, 23). The act of faith in marking the lintel and the doorposts with the blood, brought salvation to the fam ilies of Israel. Had they waited until they could reason out the philosophy of their promised redemption, or had they shrunk from the blood as their covering, their first-born would have been slain. It was when the destroying angel saw the blood that he passed over them. Many there are in our time who speak disparagingly of the blood of Jesus Christ, but it is still the only way of redemption. “Without shed ding of blood there is no remission.” It ill befits an age that is so blase and sophisticated as ours to attempt to cover its dislike for God’s way of redemption by suddenly becom ing too cultured and sensitive to hear of the blood of the Lamb of God shed on Calvary’s tree for our cleansing from sin. III. A Perpetual Memorial (w. 24-28). God wants his people to remem ber. We, like Israel, are to remem ber the bondage from which we were delivered. Down through the ages the Jews have kept the Pass- over. Our Hebrew neighbors do it today. Let us honor them for their obedience to God’s command and at the same time seek to point them to the One who is the true Pass- over, Jesus Christ. IV. Christ Our Passover (I Cor. 5:7). Let us add to the assigned lesson text this New Testament passage which speaks of our Lord Jesus Christ as “our passover sacri ficed for us.” The bondage in Egypt was ter rible in its afflictions and sorrows, but far more serious is the bondage in which men find themselves under sin and the rule of Satan. Surely there is need of divine redemption, and there is none to bring it to us but the Lamb of God. He was the One who without spot or blemish (I Pet. 1:19) was able to offer him self in our behalf that in him we might find “redemption through his blood” (Eph. 1:7, Col. 1:14). “Is the blood upon the house of my life? Is the blood upon the door post of my dwelling place? Have I put up against the divine judgment some hand of self-protection? Ver ily, it will be swallowed up in the great visitation. In that time noth ing will stand but the blood which God himself has chosen as a token and a memorial. ‘The blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanseth us from all sin’ ” (Joseph Parker). Labor and Patiencd Truth is to be costly to you—of labor and patience; and you are never to sell it, but to guard and to give.—Ruskin. Judging Another’s Sorrow One can never be the judge of another’s grief. That which is a sor row to one, to another is joy. Follow Our Convictions Never swerve in your conduct from your honest convictiong.— Horace Bu»Vr“U For Discriminating People ; ' N OW is the time for all smart women to come to the aid of their wardrobes. Sew-Your-Own wants to lend a hand. Milady: hence today’s trio of mid-summer pace makers. At The Left. A trim little reminder that care ful grooming is an asset any where, anytime, is this frock. It features simplicity. Its forte is comfort. Make one version in cot ton for all purpose wear, another of sports silk for dressy occasions. You’ll praise the cool cut of its short sleeves and softly rolled col lar. Yes, Milady, you’ll enjoy making it. In The Center. Here you have a light and breezy ensemble that’s the per fect attire for Society. It has cos mopolitan dash, refinement, and engaging charm. Once more you’ll be the subject of compli mentary tea table talk with your delightfully slender silhouette. Make it of sheer chiffon or more durable acetate. You’ll have a hit in either. At The Right. The little lady who likes unusual touches in her frocks will go for this new dress and pantie set. It has the chic of mommy’s dresses plus a little-girl daintiness that is more than fetching. Wrap around Tavotite )Q.ecipe ofi the Weeh'-~- Freezer Ice Cream. 1 quart milk 1 package ice cream powder (vanilla, strawberry, lemon, maple, or choco late* flavor) Add milk very gradually to ice cream powder, stirring until dis solved. Pour into freezer can; place in freezer and pack mixture of cracked ice and salt around can (use 8 parts ice to 1 part salt). Turn slowly for 3 minutes, then rapidly and continuously un til frozen. Makes quarts ice cream. Any of the following may be substituted for milk in this rec ipe : 1 quart rich milk or light cream, 1 cup cream and 3 cups milk, or 2 cups evaporated milk and 2 cups milk or water. •With chocolate ice cream powder, add % cup sugar. styling makes it easy for even the tiniest girl to get into and it’s quite a time saver on ironing day. A splendid idea is to cut this pat tern twice and be assured of little sister’s all summer chic. The Patterns. Pattern 1237 is designed for sizes 34 to 46. Size 36 requires 4% yards of 35 inch material plus % yard contrasting for collar. Pattern 1333 is designed for sizes 36 to 52. Size 38 requires 7% yards of 39 inch material. The dress alone requires 4% yards. To line the jacket requires 2% yards of 39 inch material. Pattern 1322 is designed for sizes 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 years. Size 6 requires 3% yards of 35 inch material plus 5% yards of ribbon for trimming as pictured. Send your order to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept., Room 1020, 211 W. 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