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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1937 Malaga, Spain, before shot and shell marred its beauty. Civil War Makes World Conscious of Modem Changes Felt in Spain Prepared by National Geographic Society, Washington, D. C.—WtfU Serrice. GOOD TASTE World's Foremost Authority on Etiquette © Emily Post. jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Wear Small Sleeves in Wedding Party D EAR Mrs. Post: My sister would like to know what fea tures make the women attendants* dresses different at an evening wed ding, since you have said that it is not proper for women to wear eut-out low necks and sleeveless evening dresses to church. Answer: The only requirement for evening dresses worn by the wed ding party in church is that they have at least very small sleeves end that backs be cut moderately, or else have matching jackets which can be worn in church. The evening effect is also helped by the richness of the materials. This last ie not infallible since *materials of all varieties are worn at daytime and evening weddings. • • • Do the Natural Thing; You’ll Likely Be Right 'PIEAR Mrs. Post: The other after- noon two gentlemen called on me in regard to a business transac- tion. After greeting them I sat down, assuming that they would do likewise. But instead they continned le talk, remaining standing. Feeling somewhat embarrassed, I got up again and we finished our conversa tion all standing until they left fif teen minutes later. Should I have asked them to be seated? I sup posed when a lady sat down a gen tleman seated himself without any farther gesture on her part. Answer: I think in this case it would have been natural to ask them to sit down. It is true that ordinarily people sit down unless they are staying for only a moment of time. • • • The Double Celebration. D EAR Mrs. Post: I have two sis ters, both married on the same day almost 25 years ago. One sis ter's husband is still living and the otter one’s husband died several years ago. We would like to do something in honor of the doable anniversary, bat do yon think it will be cruel to the widowed sister? Answer: Certainly it would be im possible to think of the anniversary us a double celebration. Button the other hand, I see no reason why you should deprive the happy sis ter of her share. However, the least you say about the anniversary of the widowed sister the less diffi cult you are likely to make the day for her. And if she is not to be present at the party, it would be nice if you sent her a few fldwers with your love but with no reference to the day. • • • College Dancing Age. EAR Mrs. Post: Do you con sider it incorrect for a girl of fifteen to go to a college dance? 1 have a very good friend who is four years older and he has asked me to come to a dance at his col lege. His mother would go with me and we would stay together at school. Mother is debating about letting me go because she is afraid 1 will be the youngest girl at the dance and perhaps she will be crit icized for having let me go. Answer: The only possible objec tion to your going is the not too certain one that people .seeing you at this dance will perhaps cdter- wards imagine that you are two or three years older than you really are. I see no impropriety in your going since a college dance is after all not very far removed from a school dance, and the girls who go to it are not necessarily grown. • • • Use Old Cut Glass. D EAR Mrs. Post: Will you ex plain the present-day status of deeply cut glass? I don't believe people are buying it today, and perhaps it is no longer being sold, hot I sm an older housekeeper who has some really beautiful pineapple cut pieces, and I wonder whether I shall be stamped old-fashioned if I bring them out of the back corners •f the cupboards and use them? Answer: Although certain designs in glass cutting are seen less often than they used to be, this does not mean that they are any less valued by those who possess them. They would go in every type of house ex cept one that is strictly modernistic. Use yours by all means, especially if they look well with your china and silver. / • • • Friend Was Right. D EAR Mrs. Post: Who is right? I gave a friend s subscription to a magazine and after she had received several numbers, the pub lishing company discontinued the magazine and sent her a check to cover the balance of the time. She in turn sent this check to me and I think she should have kept it. How ever, she insists that the money is mine. Answer: I agree with your friend, since you gave her a subscription, and not money. Perhaps, if you feel like it, you might put this re- turaed amount into another maga zine. WNU Service. C IVIL War in Spain signal izes the startling changes which have swept that ancient land in recent years. In the swift rush of daily news, more is said of military leaders and their campaigns, of statesmen and changing gov ernments, than of the deep so cial and economic transforma tions behind the news, or the character of this land and its people. Long before King Alfonso fled, these changes were of course under way, and because of them his mon archy failed. These transitions have gathered momentum, until to-day this once romantic land of duennas, monas teries, bullfights and leisurely pas toral life has written a new and dramatic chapter in its long history. Where centuries-old country lanes and mountain trails used to wind, fine new concrete roads now streak over the hills. To a large degree, men have exchanged their saddle mules for flivvers, and the high wheeled, clumsy oxcart yields to the whizzing motor truck. Senoritss Bob Their Hsir. From the Bay of Biscay down to the blue Mediterranean, traditional peasant costumes are being dis carded and men are dressing in plain blue overalls. Black-eyed sen- oritas today lay away the time-hon ored mantilla, get their hair bobbed and hunt city jobs as typists, tele phone girls and shop clerks, as do their sisters in many lands. a New thinking, as well as new machines, changes the way of Span ish life. Bullfighting still goes on, but now the intrepid toreadors be long to a labor unionl You may still find guitars and fandangos, for Span iards are ever a music-loving peo ple, and possibly you may find here and there a lovesick couple mooning at each other through an old iron-barred window. More and more, however, the radio super sedes the guitar and the girl has come out from behind the historic grillwork and gone to the movies with her sweetheart—or to the street barricades to fight with him! One fact to grasp, in understand ing the social muddle here, is that Spain is divided into 50 provinces; and not so many years ago it was commonly said that it also had 50 different national dances and cos tumes, together with almost as many dialects. Comparatively sudden advent of new high-speed roads, faster vehi cles, speeches and news broadcast by air, and the breakdown of church influence, all combine now to dis sipate this old conservative provin cial spirit. Thus has Spain been turned into a milling, restless land. For the first time country and town life are freely blended, and the peasant can hear the exciting talk of city radicals and revolutionaries that yesteryear came only as a remote murmur. Spain is now becoming so mod ernized that busses of every kind and color race along from village to village, from town to city. Till a few years ago, many country people never journeyed more than 20 miles from home in their lives. Now by cheap, or even free, rides in war times, they travel all over the country! Political Parties Are Many. With the rise of the republic came, of course, more liberty of speech and action; but, born of the 50 provinces and their 50 different ways of thinking, came also wide division of opinion and action. Political parties of all shades sprang up in great variety and num ber. Certain factions held that prog ress should be attained gradually through education of the masses— masses as yet untrained in the art of government. This is obviously a slow process and one would suppose that in a romantic “land of manana" a slow process would be accept able. But the manana idea is another of those old Spanish customs so rapidly disappearing; many now de mand a quicker approach, a faster progress. Thus a peek at Spain of today reveals a startling modernity of thought, civilization and up-to-the- minute comforts and contrivances, zuoerimposed upon the stubborn survival of many local ways and prejudices that bend or break but slowly. Irrestibly, however, the cities put on a more modern dress and quicken their pace. Consider, hasti ly, some of the cities and towns that have figured in recent war news. The New York of Spain. Take a look at Barcelona, the New York of Spain. It is the largest city in the country, the most im portant financial and industrial cen ter and by far the busiest seaport. The sun shines in air crisp and exhilarating as you stroll down the Paseo de Gracia, Barcelona’s most important thoroughfare and indeed one of the most interesting and modernistic streets in the world. Fine motorcars (no trucks allowed on this wide avenue) stop and go at modern American traffic signals. At the foot of the Paseo is the very heart of Barcelona—the Plaza de Cataluna—a large open space filled with statues, fountains, flow-* er beds, paved paths, and benches. Always animated, human streams flow in and out of its subway en trances. The Plaza, too, is the cen ter of fierce turmoil in every politic cal upheaval. It is surrounded by large, ornate structures—banks, ho tels, and new telephone office build ing with copper-green tower, a Yan kee skyscraper indeed in a Spanish metropolis! Flying at another corner is a wel come sight for American eyes—the Stars and Stripes—indicating the splendid offices of the United States consulate general. Use American Cash Registers. Big signs advertise American au tomobiles. Indeed, three-fourths of all cars in the Plaza are of familiar make. There is a large American bank a few doors up the street; in bookstores are displays of America^ fountain pens, and in the tobacco shops even chewing gum! All these business houses use American adding machines and cash registers, and the offices hum with American typewriters. Many of the fine new apartment buildings are equipped with American doors and electric refrigerators. Here “foreign trade” is a pulsing thing far removed from the dry statistics of our commerce. “Rambla” really means a dry ravine, but in Barcelona the word is used to designate a wider street or boulevard. The original fascinat- ing Rambla of Barcelona is like no other thoroughfare in the world! It is a long, straight avenue with a wide promenade for pedestrians in the center and is lined with tall plane trees. Busy stores flank the Rambla from end to end, interspersed with theaters, cinemas, an ancient church or two and a large numbe^ of cafes. Under bright, wide awn ings that canopy the sidewalks and shade the little tables, idlers sit and watch the lifeblood of the metrop olis stream up and down its main artery—streaming at a much quick tempo since recent shooting started! Like the Paris. boulevards, each section of the Rambla bears a dif ferent name. First come ornamental kiosks displaying an amazing va riety of newspapers and magazines in every European language. Then comes the bird market. Arranged in cages of all sizes along the prom enade is a bewildering show of yel low and brown canaries, gray par rots from western Africa, green ones from Brazil, tiny parakeets, all setting up a lively chatter. New World Gives Way. The next section is the brightest of all—the Rambla de las Flores. Here open-air flower stalls, bossed by black-haired peasant women, of- er flowers of every color and shade. Love of flowers is one point at least upon which all divergent political parties can agree! Following the flower stalls come more kiosks where one may pro cure ice cream or soft drinks. Build ings begin to look older now—the New World gives way to the Old— and finally we come out into the wide water front, with its ornate customshouse, the tall statue to Co lumbus, and the palm-lined Paseo de Colon. To the right, in the shadow of the huge, somber stone barracks, is a long double line of bookstalls. Sloping up on the right of the har bor is the high hill of Montjuich, with a sinister old fort upon its crest. In turbulent days of riots and strikes, executions of ringleaders take place here. ........ IMPftovED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By REV. HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. Dean of the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. © Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for August 15 GOD GIVES LAWS TO A NATION. LESSON TEXT—Exodus 20:1-17. GOLDEN TEXT—Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with •11 thy soul, and with all thy mind . . ^ Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy self. Matt. 22:37, 39. PRIMARY TOPIC—God's Good Laws. JUNIOR TOPIC—Before the Mount of God. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC— Why a Nation Needs Laws. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC— Basic Laws for a Nation’s Life. Basic laws have been laid down by God for the orderly administra tion of his universe. Men see them clearly in the physical universe, al though at times they do not recog nize the One who created all things. Physical laws are of great im portance, but of even deeper signi ficance are the moral and spiritual laws which control the human life. There is in the world a moral law— a distinction between right and wrong—which man may ignore only to his own sorrow, and which he cannot abrogate or destroy. All laws of men which are true and right are founded on this underlying moral law, and are in reality simply a development and interpretation of “God’s Code of Morals”—the Ten Commandments. These commandments given to Israel at Mt. Sinai are worthy of careful study on the part of every reader. They may be grouped under two divisions. I. A True View of God (w. 1-11).. The first and most important question to be asked regarding any law is, “By whom was it estab lished?’* Legislation by an un authorized person or organization has no power over others. Who gave the ten commandments? Verse 1 tells us “God spake all these words.” Men sneer at theology as being out - moded, but the fact is that Christian doctrine is the only safe foundation for Christian character. Unless my view of God is right, my life will be wrong. Until I know him I will not appreciate the authority of his law. 1. Whom to worship (w. 2-5). There can be but one true God, and he alone is to be worshiped. He is a personal being, ready to enter into communion with each one of us. No image can take his place. 2. How to worship (w. 6, 7). Wa are to love him and keep his com mandments. There is to be no sham about this, for no matter how sweet and pious may be the praise and prayer of a man, he has taken the Lord’s name in vain unless he keeps the Lord’s commandments by holy living. 3. When to worship (w. 8-11). God has ordained that man should not incessantly bear the burden of toil. He is to have a day of rest and a time for worhip, undisturbed by the duties and responsibilities of daily labor. America needs a mighty stirring up about the des ecration of the Lord’s day. II. A Right Relationship to Man (w. 12-17). To be right with God means that we will also be right with our fel low man. 1. Family life (v. 12). The fifth commandment has to do with the relation between child and parent. There is a plain and direct com mand that father and mother should be honored. Only in respect and obedience to parents can the child possibly find true and proper de velopment. 2. Physical life (w. 13, 14). God Is interested in our bodies. Already we have noted his provision for a day of rest each week. Now we are reminded of the sanctity of hu man life. “Thou shalt not kill,” and remember there are many other ways to kill a man than by shoot ing him. Dr. Wilbur M. Smith makes a telling point by reminding us that we may kill others by sell ing them tainted food, intoxicat ing liquors, or “dope;” by neglect of duty, by careless driving, by failing to provide employees with sanitary and healthful surroundings. There is another way that the body may be destroyed—by its mis use in adulterous living. 3. Social life (w. 15-17). “Thou shalt not steal” — and remembjer any dishonest appropriation of what does not belong to you is stealing— call it what you will. And “false witness”—how it has honeycombed our very civilization. Not a little of it is found within the church, more shame upon us! Lastly, we come to “covetousness’—which has been called one of “the respectable sins of nice people.” It is subtle and often hidden. Let us root it out of our own lives by God’s grace. Enthusiasm in Work Enthusiasm is the element of success in everything. It is the light that leads and the strength that lifts men on and up in the great struggles of scientific pursuits and of professional labor. It robs en durance of difficulty, and makes a pleasure of duty.—Bishop Doans. A Translation Let us learn what death is. It is simply a translation; not a state, but an act; not a condition, but a passage. Intimate With Chic ■■v-/' / T'HE lovely flower may have been born to blush unseen, Mi lady, but not you. Anyway, what chance could you have of going unnoticed when you wear one of these exciting new frocks by Sew- Your-Own—not the Ghost! Cool, Cool, Cool. The clever new dress at the left is as young as you are, and in dotted Swiss you’ll be as crisp, pretty, and cool as though you bloomed always in an air-condi tioned room. A little frou-frou here, a little swing-swing there, and throughout a dainty new ap peal that’s irresistible. You can be certain of success too, because Sew-Your-Own has made every thing easy for you in the step-by- step sewing instructions. We Only Heard. Maybe we’re wrong, Little Sis, but we heard that this is the dress Mommy has her heart set on for you. Yoil know princess lines that flare, cmd puff sleeves that give you that cunning big-little-girl look go over well with both moth er and you. You may have it button all the way if you like—it makes laundering easy and it’s smart. Mommy will let you choose the material if you ask. You won’t go wrong on gingham, silk crepe, broadcloth or percale. So here’s hoping, Little Sis. Vivacious Version. Thumbs up on taffeta; eyes right for pattern 1349! It’s a pic ture-pretty frock with a knack for bringing out the best in you and your escort. It’s a dream for waltz time; it’s supreme for luncheon or afternoon wear. A happy idea is to cut one copy with short sleeves for now, an other with the long style in a fallish fabric for that popular season just ahead. The Patterns. Pattern 1341 is designed for sizes 12 to 20 (30 to 38 bust). Size 14 requires 4% yards of 39 inch material plus 2% yards of ma chine pleating. Pattern 1828 is designed for sizes 4, 6, 8, and 10 years. Size 6 requires 2% yards of 35 inch material plus Vi yard contrasting. Pattern 1349 is designed for sizes 12 to 20 (30 to 38 bust). Size 14 requires 4% yards of 39 inch material; with long ileeves 4% yards. To trim as pictured, 13 yards of ribbon are required to gether with 1% yards for the bow. Send your order to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept., Room 1020 # 211 W. Wacker Dr., Chicago, HL Price of patterns, 15 cents (in coins) each. 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