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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1937 GOOD TASTE TODAY br EMILY POST World’s Foremost Authority on Cliquofto © Emily Post, Hands Off Chicken, Modern Code Insists ADVENTURERS’ CLUB HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELFI « Horse Versus Man 9* * IMPROVED ■■■■■■" J UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By REV. HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. Dean of the Moody Bible Instituto of Chicago. © Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for August 22 THE PLACE OF RELIGION IN A NATION’S LIFE. By FLOYD GIBBONS Famous Headline Hunter SETT ERE.” says Raymond J. Hopper of Roslindale, “is the JLi. story of my life’s darkest moment.” And I’ve got to admit that there was one time when Ray's life got pretty dark. It got so dark, as a matter of fact, that even the captain was worried. But I’ve got to admit, too, that from all the evidence I’ve been able to gather, it wasn’t Ray the captain was worried about. They’re pretty hard-boiled—these captains. Ray was in the army. Any buck private will tell yon that life’s dark enough in the army without adventures coming along to make them darker. But Ray got into the army and into an adventure too. And that gives you a combination of sombre hues that’s about two shades darker than an undertaker’s hat. ’ ’Twas the Day Before Christmas. The United States Coast artillery was Ray’s branch of the service, and Ray was stationed at Fort Greble, Rhode Island. It was Decem ber 24, 1900. Ray remembers the date because it was the day before Christmas. Also, he remembers that it was cold—bitter cold. The mercury was way down below the zero mark and the only things around that weren’t frozen were the beans boiling on the cook shack stove. Fort Greble is on an island. All the supplies come by boat, and the boat ties up at the end of a wharf built out two hundred feet into the sea to reach deep water. Ray says the wharf was about 15 feet wide, with six-by-six timber bolted all the way around the edges. I suppose that stuff was put there to keep things from rolling off the pier—but it didn’t do very well in stopping Ray Hopper. Ray was down on the wharf juggling supplies for the quartermaster’s department. They had given him a horse and a two-wheeled tip-cart. Driving down he noticed that his buddy was working on a small boat pulled up on the shore about a hundred yards from the wharf. He didn’t think anything of that at the time—but he thought plenty about it later. Out of the Cart Into the Water. Says Ray: “The fact that he chose that particular day and hour and minute to do the job he was working on is the reason why I am alive today.” Ray drove on out to the end of the wharf. The supply boat was tied Up there and he started pulling the horse around to back up to it. As he did, the horse came face to face with a large black boiler that had been left there the day before. The horse wasn’t accustomed to seeing that boiler there. It fright ened him. He gave a sudden jump backward. And then—it happened! The wheels of the tip-cart rammed up against the six-inch timber that circled the edge of the wharf. They hit it—and went right over. Ray, on the seat of the cart, was thrown backward. He somersaulted off of the cart and landed head first in about 30 feet of icy salt-water. “And as I fell,” he says, “I saw first the cart and then the horse coming over on top of me.” Ray couldn’t swim a stroke. He was dressed in heavy clothing, in cluding a heavy felt army ulster, and that made his chance even slimmer. The water sent an icy chill through his body. He went down—down. He tried to strike out with his hands to bring himself to the surface—and then there was a kicking, flailing body on top of him, pushing him down even farther. It was the horse! “I was told afterward,” Ray says, “that the horse hit the water on his back, at the exact spot at which I went under. The men on the wharf were sure I would never come up alive. But I did. I came up right beside the horse.” Horse Tried to Climb on Him. The horse was being dragged under by the heavy cart. Ray came up, right under the heels of the kicking, screaming animal. The horse saw Ray, and tried to climb up on him. Once more, Ray was pushed down into the green water. Ray caught a deep breath just before he went under. Then he was down again, with the horse’s hoofs beating a frantic tattoo on his back and shoulders. That second time he thought he’d never come up. His lungs felt as though they’d burst before he got to the surface. He rose slowly—his heavy water-logged clothes holding him down. And when he did come np, there was the horse again, climb ing all over him—pushing him down once more. That time, Ray slid off to one side and didn’t go down so far. Thrashing madly at the water with his numbed arms he fought his way to the surface again. He caught a breath—started to go down again. This was the third time. And Ray had heard that people who go down for the third time don’t ever come up again. Then, suddenly he felt a hand grasp him by the hair. He was being pulled out of the water—into a boat. And there was his buddy in the boat, hauling him over the side. From where he was working he had seen Ray fall into the water. He had launched the boat and come speeding to the rescue. Before his buddy could row him back to shore, Ray’s clothing was frozen stiff. Ice fell off him in little chunks as two men carried him to his quarters. Meanwhile, someone had cut the harness from the horse and he swam ashore. The boys stripped Ray, gave him a good rub-down and wrapped him in blankets. Inside of half an hour he felt as good as new—and he didn’t even catch a cold els a result of his ice-water ducking. Ray’s buddy worried about him for a while—but the captain, appar ently didn’t. Ray says that when they reported the accident to him his only remark was “Is the horse safe?” ©—WNU Service. T) EAR Mrs. Post: Is it incorrect, according to etiquette, to eat •van the slightest bit of chicken in fho Angers? I don’t mean whether 11 la correct to take op what can ha eat off the bone easily enough, hot I am referring to the very small hoses from which it is impossible •e cat meat loose with knife and Cash. Aren’t good table manners to day more lenient about these foods, especially if finger bowls are pro- aided? Answer: No, people are less leni ent than they used to be. That is, M me go back to the descriptions fiiven us by the writers of long ago. end as copied for instance in the moving picture of Henry the Eighth, who picked up a whole chicken in his hands and tore it apart, our table manners have become posi tively finicky. The only thing that could soil the fingers and i* not ta bued by the metieulous are lobster daws. And when such lobster is served, finger bowls of hot soapy water should be provided at once. Perhaps, if this practice were fol lowed when serving chicken, there would be no objection to taking the wings in the fingers. • • • Address Invitations io Wedding Tactfully r\ EAR Mrs. Post: Our families are both large and I really can Ml include all the children at my wedding, so must end the lists with a—ta and uncles. Would you sug gest that it might be a good idea is enclose a card with the invita- tiaws saying “no children”? Or how should I break the news to the par- cuts without hurting them? Answer: To emphasize the fact that they are not invited would be needlessly cruel, especially if some ef them have been looking forward to a wedding in the family. Merely address invitations to Mr. and Mrs. and say nothing about the Marys and Johnnies. Should you be asked whether the children may come, then explain that unhappily you can not include so many more. • • • The Bridesmaid*s Dress. D EAR Mrs. Post: (1) I have been told that taffeta is a better ma terial tor the dresses at a spring Wfidfllng than one in winter time, fe this also true of moire? (2) Also, ■ a bride wears a simple velvet dress, must her only attendant wear velvet or would she be suitably dressed in crepe or any of the more practical materials which she thinks wmdd be better suited to her needs after the wedding? Answer: (1) Moire is particularly suitable for autumn and winter. (2) Hop dress need not be of velvet. It would be quite all right to have the bridesmaid wear crepe. • • • White Gold Ring. D EAR Mrs, Post: I’ve always liked the plain yellow gold wed- ding band and would like to have aae of thin description when I am married. But one never sees yelr law gold wedding bands today, that la, not on the new brides. Also, I am wondering whether yellow gold wiS look well with my other rings, which happen to be set in platinum. What would you suggest? Answer: Although I myself have a strong prejudice in favor of the yellow gold wedding ring, I think that the bride of today would better have a ring of white gold, for the reason that you yourself give. • • • Folding the Napkin. pVEAR Mrs. Post: When eating Lr m meal in someone’s house, hew is the napkin supposed to be left at the table? Answer: Fold the napkin together loosely and lay it at the left of your place. If you are staying for the next meal, you would be more careful to fold it neatly in its original creases, especially if the others at table make it obvious by the way they fold their own that it is not customary to provide fresh napkins at each meal. • • • Guests Go First. D EAR Mrs. Post: When I ask friends home with me to my apariment, after unlocking the hall door should I go first or let them go in first? And does the same an swer hold for both women and men friends? Answer: Unless it is necessary that you go into the apartment in order to turn on a light, you would open the door anff stand aside for a woman to go ahead of you. A man would of course follow you. * • * Tea for Many. EAR Mrs. Post: Please tell me whether you think I can use a Mg silver electric coffee percolator, which has a spigot, as a water ket tle on a large afternoon tea table? Answer: If there is an electric outlet under your table so that no one will trip over the cord, there is no reason why you shouldn’t use it. WNU Service. Japanese Girls Are Expert Pearl Divers Pearl diving in Japan—exclusive ly an occupation for women—today is an important industry, producing 5,000,000 pearl oysters a year, many of which are exported to the United States, writes a correspondent in the Kansas City Times. For hundreds of years Japanese girls, ranging from sixteen to twen ty-five, have supported themselves and their families by following this romantic profession of the sea. No men are allowed to break in on their work of snatching pearl oysters Irom the sea’s bottom. The metropolis of the pearl world is “Pearl island” in Miye prefec ture, which has been known from antiquity for its “ama,” or feminine divers. At one time they went nude from the waist up, but Kokichi Miki- moto, the famous “pearl king” of Japan, who is reputed to have be come as rich as the fabled King Minos of Crete from the virtual mo nopoly he enjoys in pearl fishing, in sists that all feminine divers shall wear white waists along with their cotton skirts. So vigorous and hardy do these pearl mermaids become that they continue pearl diving even on the eve of childbirth. The remorseless sun beating down on the sea gives them a tanned skin, their hair turns reddish from the salt water and they become as weather-beaten as seasoned “salt tars.” Japan’s fair pearl divers not only search the sea bottom for pearls to adorn the necks of American and other foreign women, but they must work hard in field, farm and home. In fact, they support their brothers, fathers and husbands, who stroll about the village doing nothing. The girls seldom marry young, because they are too valuable to their par ents as breadwinners. Even the wife of a Japanese in easy circum stances—if she be a pearl diver— is expected by public opinion to con tinue her aquatic profession until long after she is married. Among the elders of the village she would lose “face” if she gave up so an cient and honorable a profession merely for marriage. Fatal Duels in Scotland Auchertool is the field of Bal- barton, in which the last fatal duel in Scotland was staged. It was within this vicinity that the great duel between Sir Alexander Bos well, son of the great biographer, and Mr. Stewart, of Dunearn, was fought. Boswell was fatally injured and was carried to Balmuto, result ing in a storm of protest which ended duel fighting in Scotland. The village is also associated with the great Palace of Halyards which figures prominently in three cen turies of English literature. It* was at this palace that Sir James and his son, William, were implicated in the murder of Cardinal Beaton, and where King James V left Edinburgh to live in seclusion. Equally fa« mous, the palace has long been iden tified with many historic plots, in cluding the Jacobite raids of his> toric note. LESSON TEXT—Exodus 2S:1, t. S. •: GOLDEN TEXT—Blessed Is the nation whose God is the Lord. Ps. 33:12. PRIMARY TOPIC—The MeeUng House. JUNIOR TOPIC—The House of the Lord. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC —Why a Nation Needs Religion. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC— The Place of Religion in a Nation’s Life. The nation of Israel was under the direct government of God—a theocracy as distinguished from a monarchy, or a democracy. God spoke to them through his servant Moses, but his relationship to the people was far more intimate than that of a distant power delivering laws through a representative. God dwelt in the midst of his people, and today we consider how he made provision for a place in which to meet with them, for a holy priest hood to minister before him, and made known his personal presence by a manifestation of his glory. I. A Place to Meet God (Exod. 25:1, 2, 8, 9; 29:43-46). Every place of worship, whether the tabernacle in the wilderness, or a church on a busy city street, testifies to the fact that man is indeed “incurably religious.” He is a spiritual being, made by God for fellowship with himself. He is never satisfied until he meets God. The pattern or plan for the taber nacle was given by God (r. 9), and was to be followed in every de tail. But note that the people were to make a willing offering of all that was needed for its construc tion. God gives man the glorious privilege of partnership with him. Shortsighted and foolish is the man who grumbles because the church needs money. A father might just as well grieve because his children outgrow their clothing. Thank God if your church is alive and grow* ing, and be glad for the opportuni ty to buy it some “new clothes.” Sacrificial gifts and faithful build- ing according to God’s plsin, brought to completion a place of meeting which God sanctified and accepted. H. Priests to Minister to God (w. 44,45). Note, first, that they were men CEdled of God. Those who stand to minister to him for the people dare not appoint themselves, o r seek an appointment by men. They must be “God-called.” They were also sanctified, or or dained, by God. Only as men act in true recognition of God’s selection and setting apart of his chosen servants does ordination have resd meaning. Finally, notice that the priests were “to minister to” God. His servants are to serve him, and thus to meet the need of the people for whom they speak. They are “put in trust with the gospel,” and there fore to “so . . . speak; not as pleasing men, but God” (I Thess. 2:4). If you have that kind of a pastor, praise God for him, and give him your earnest support and encouragement. HI. The Presence of God (Exod. 29:45, 46 ; 40:34-38). He dwelt in the midst of his peo ple. Christians also know what it means to have “God With us,” for such is the very meaning of the name “Immanuel” (Isa. 7:14; Matt. 1:23). He it was who as the living Word “became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14). For our further instruction and blessing let us observe that when God dwelt with his people his glory “filled the tabernacle” (v. 34). Is that true of our churches? Have we so loved God and so fully yielded ourselves and our churches to him that he is free to fill the place with his glory? The word “abode” in v. 35 is significant. What blessed peace and assurance must have come tq Is rael when they knew that God had come to abide with them. In this world of transitory things we need such an anchor for the soul—God’s abiding presence. But God’s people must move on. There are victories to be won, a promised land to take. So we read that the cloud arose when they were to move forward, and when it was “not taken up, then they journeyed not until the day that it was taken up.” The Psalmist tells us that “the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord” (Ps. 37:23). I believe it was George Mueller of blessed memory who inserted three words —“and the stops.” The man, or the church, or the nation, that trust God, will have both “steps” and “stops” “ordered by the Lord.” Beginning of Eternal Life Eternal life does not just mean that when our bodies die our souls last on. It means a kind of life which we can begin to live here and now, and which cannot be destroyed by death because it is united with God.—A Day Book of Prayer. Always an Answer A little girl was once teased by a skeptic, who remarked that God had not answered her prayer, “Yes,” she said, “he answered. He said no.” ~ .— — I F AUTUMN comes will you be left behind with faded summer frocks, Madam? No, no, many times no—that is, not if you will but accept this cordial invitation from Sew-Your-Own. It’s the easy way to become frock-sure of chic for yourself and your daugh ters, as well. So Madam, why not sew, sew, sew-your-own! A Dutch Treat. It isn’t often mother gets a break (it’s beauty before age, you know) but this trip she does. Sew-Your- Own has designed, especially for her, an all-occasion frock (above left) that’s simply lovely to look at. If father’s compliments have become a bit rusty from lack of use, this frock will bring them back to their former brightness. It’s pretty in any fabric: gingham, silk crepe, rayon prints, percale, or sheer wool. Sweet ’n’ Simple. It’s a treat, too, for mother when she finds a dress for Little Sis that’s as carefully planned as the captivating model above center. It gives the growing girl the fluffing out she needs in the shoulders, and the prettily flared skirt offers her graceful poise indoors, plus full freedom for activity out of doors. It’s adorable with the collar and cuffs in white linen. It heightens the contrast of her luscious healthy suntan. Chic for the G. F. And a treat for all concerned is the frock Sew-Your-Own has cre ated for The Girl Friend. She may be collegiate, high schoolish, a steno, mother’s helper, or a young lady of leisure, but whatever she is she’ll look the part and prettier in a take-off on Pattern 1327. It is new, novel, and easy to sew. It is undoubtedly the frock to wear when your escort, the time, and the place are important. The Patterns. Pattern 1372 is designed for sizes 34 to 46. Size 36 requires 4% yards of 35-inch material. Pattern 1987 is designed for sizes 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 years. Size 6 Smiles Fancy Meeting You! Two friends met in midair. “Where have you come from?” greeted one. “I’ve just dropped from an airplane.” ' “Oh,” replied the other, “I’m rising from my stove.” A doctor says we should never go to sleep in a bad temper. As the proverb didn’t put it: “Surly to bed, surly to rise.” No Orders An old lady sat knitting at the end of the pier, from which a pleasure steamer was about to start. Suddenly the captain shouted: “All right! Cast off now I” The old lady looked up sharply. “Thank you, officer,” she called, “but I’m quite capable of doing my own knitting.” requires 2 yards of 35-inch mate rial, plus % yard contrasting. Pattern 1327 is designed for sizes 12 to 20 (30 to 38 bust). Size 16 re quires 4% yards of 39-inch mate rial, plus 3% yards of cord for lac ing. With long sleeves, 4% yards’ required. Send your order to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept., Room 1020, 211 W. Wacker Dr., Chicago, HI. Price of patterns, 15 cents (in coins) each. © Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service. Finds Way to Have Young-Looking Skin at 351 TT*S utterly wonderful bow X quickly this scientific creme takes away “ace-film’* —in only 5 nights! At 30—« 35—40 even, women now thrill to rose-pe tally soft, smooth, youthfully dear skin! This Golden Peacock Bleach Creme acts the only way to free skin of dull, ugly, old-looking film of semi-visible dark ening particles! 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