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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1937
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AROUND
h.. HOUSE
Items of Interest
to the Housewife
For Meriipfiies.—Eggs that are
several days old make better
meringues than fresh ones.
• • •
Watering House Plants.—Rinse
water from milk bottles will make
house plants healthy and vigorous.
• • •
Selecting Meats.—Good beef or
pork or calves’ liver is very bright
in color and has little odor. Re
member thes4 points when select
ing it.
• • •
Preparing Starch.—Stir a piece
of lard about as big as a five-cent
piece into your starch while it is
boiling. Your clothes will take on
a nice gloss, and the iron will not
stick.
quarter pound of grated cheese.
Work until smooth, then add one-
quarter teaspoon of Worcester
shire sauce and paprika, then stuff
crisp celery hearts. This mixture
is also delicious as a sandwich
spread or to use for stuffing dates
or prunes.
• * •
For Cooling Cakes.—An ordi
nary wire dish-drying rack makes
a good cake cooling rack when
turned upside down.
* * •
. Preserving Stockings.—Because
perspiration acids are among the
worst enemies of good hose, cloth
ing experts advise washing stock
ings after each wearing—in luke
warm water with mild soap.
Caring for Knit Garments.—In
wearing and caring for knit gar
ments, beware of rough surfaces,
which cause thread breaks. Give
the garment rest periods; steam
and reblock occasionally.
• • •
Stuffed Celery*—Blend two ta
blespoons of peanut butter with
two tablespoons of butter and one-
Granite
“Then she isn’t exactly one of
the sympathetic sort?”
“Sympathetic! Why, it’s my
opinion that woman wasn’t born;
she was quarried!’*
Last year: She was the old-fash
ioned girl who darned her hus
band’s socks. This year: She’s
the new-fangled girl who socks
her darned husband.
Here and There
Egyptian Guide—And the stones
I’m about to show you are cov
ered with hieroglyphics.
American Tourist—Oh, isn’t that
too bad. At home we’re bothered
by grasshoppers.
Most men are easy marks for
the girl who aims to please.
What’s the Matter, Pop
Father (looking at son’s report)
—Do you know that George Wash
ington was at the head of his class
when he was your age?
Son—Yes, but he was President
of the United States when he was
your age, pop.
Rising Tide
A new magazine has made its
appearance on the newsstands of
the country. It is pictorial in char
acter under the name of the “Ris
ing Tide,” originally issued in Eng
land and now being prepared for
distribution in eleven countries mv
der nine different languages. The
magazine is reported to be a non
profit publication carrying no ad
vertising but such matter that is of
interest to the people of the world
who are seeking answers to their
own problems. It is said that these
problems are covered without re
gard to race, class or creed.
A Needed Utensil.—A knife
sharpener is as essential a piece
of household equipment as the cof
fee pot. Not even an expert
carver is able to do much with a
dull knife.
"Quotations"
A
Pleasures are satisfying in inverse
ratio to their cost.—Bruce Barton.
Every great cause is embraced first
by an aggressive minority.—Albert
Einstein.
A nation can be judged by its
humor.—Sinclair Lewis.
Wars are never won; they are
only and always lost.—B. M. Baruch.
The loveliest rainbow is in our
vision rather than in the sky.—Will
Durant.
Try and be a champion in what>
ever line of endeavor you choose in
life.—Jack Dempsey.
Do well and doubt no man—do
better and doubt all men.—A. J.
Jennings.
"Ah showed
yo’ mammy with
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baked foods, than the costliest types
of shortening. You get better results
every time. Look for the red carton.
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By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
C> Western Newspaper Union.
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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 December 19
Propaganda Goes Gruesome
'T'HE World war not only made
more people aware of the word
“propaganda” than they had ever
been before but the use of this in
strument in “molding public opin
ion” reached greater heights—or
descended to lower levels, which
ever way you wish to look at it—
than ever before. One of the classic
propaganda stories, broadcast all
over the world, was that the Ger
mans were using their dead to man
ufacture soap. This story was first
circulated in China (where ancestor
worship is strong) to win that coun
try to the side of the Allies.
The story had its origin in a cu
rious coincidence. One day two
photographs were delivered to the
office of Brig. Gen. J. V. Charters
of the British Army Intelligence
staff. One of them showed some
dead German soldiers being hauled
away to be buried. The other was a
picture of dead horses on the way
to a soap factory.
Whether or not what took place
next was deliberate or accidental
has never been definitely estab
lished. But the fact remains that
the captions on the two pictures
were switched and the one showing
the dead German soldiers declared
that they were “on their way to the
soap factory.”
Propagandists saw in this picture
an opportunity for further exploit
ing the idea of “German ruthless
ness,” as well as evidence of the
desperate condition of Germany
and the picture was reprinted all
over the world with that caption
under it. Despite indignant denials
by the Germans, many people still
believe that they did indeed use
their dead to manufacture soap dur
ing the World war.
• a *
Boomerang
W HEN Eugene Field joined the
tetaff of the Chicago Daily
News in August, 1883, and began
writing his column “Sharps and
Flats,” he learned that it was the
custom of the News to give each,
employee a turkey as a Christmas
present. Thereupon he wrote a note
to Melville E. Stone, the publisher
(later famous as the head of the
Associated Press) saying that he
didn’t like turkey but he could use
a new suit of clothes.
The day before Christmas, when
tne other News workers were get
ting turkeys Field was handed a
bundle. When he opened it, he dis
covered that it contained a convict’s
suit, resplendent in its black and
white stripes. Field gravely thanked
Stone for the present and the next
day appeared at the office wearing
the suit.
In fact, he wore it every day,
much to Stone’s distress. For when
ever the editor happened to have
distinguished callers in his office.
Field was sure to walk in, attired
in his convict’s suit, even to the cap,
and pretend to be busy attending to
the coal stove in the office. Natur
ally, it caused the visitor to won
der why a “convict” should be
working around the News office and
it required considerable explaining
on the part of the publisher.
It wasn’t long until Stone was
heartily sick of the joke he had
played on his columnist. He tried
to get Field to give up the suit but
the humorist insisted that* nothing
could make him part with “Mr.
Stone’s gift.” Finally in despera
tion, the publisher arranged with one
of the News employees to steal the
suit from Field’s rooms and that
ended Stone’s'joke which had proved
to be such a boomerang.
• • •
The Lamplight Funeral
HE late Arthur Brisbane was
once unintentionally responsible
for circulating a story which turned
out to be a hoax but which stirred
the whole state of Georgia to the
deepest indignation. It was the story
of holding the funeral of a young
girl in a Georgia cotton mill at night
to permit her fellow workers to at
tend because the mill owners re
fused to allow its employees to leave
during working hours.
The Atlanta Constitution immedi
ately began an investigation and
discovered (1) that, instead of a
girl, it was a woman of twenty-five
whose funeral had been held at
night; (2) that she had never
worked in the cotton mill; (3) that
.he funeral was held at night to
meet a family exigency; (4) that
many of the employees of the mill
were present at the burial, which
was held next day; and (5) that
the man who had given Brisbane
nis “facts” had admitted being in
error.
The famous columnist, however,
refused to back down on his story
and accused Clark Howell, editor of
the Constitution, of trying to “cover
up” bad working conditions in the
textile industries of the South.
Thereupon Howell produced signed
statements from the minister who
officiated at the funeral, the mayor
of Covington, Ga., where it was
held, the editor of the News, the lo
cal paper, and the president of the
cotton mill to prove that the whole
story was a hoax perpetrated by
some one who wished to damage the
textile industry.
THE BIRTH OF JESUS
LESSON TEXT—Luke 2:8-20.
GOLDEN TEXT—For unto you Is bom this
day in the city of David a Saviour, which is
Christ the Lord.—Luke 2:11.
PRIMARY TOPIC—When Jesus Came.
JUNIOR TOPIC—When Jesus Came,
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC—
The Birth of Our Saviour.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT lOPIC—
God’s Gift of a Saviour.
Few indeed are the stories that
will bear retelling or the books that
are worth re-reading. Rare is the
song that we care to hear more than
once. How significant then that we
come to the observance of Christ
mas each year with hearts full of
delight in the story of the birth of
Jesus, eager again to hear the ac
count from God’s Word, and to lis
ten with attentive souls for the
sound of the angel’s song in the
Christmas music.
The birth of our Lord as the in
carnate Saviour of men is still front
page, headline news, even in 1937.
The glad tidings of his coming still
color the thinking and living of a
world that has gone far from him,
that lives today in hatred and en
mity, even while outwardly recall
ing the coming of the One who was
to bring peace on earth. We have
even gone so far that men feel that
the way to promote peace is to use
the sword. Until the Prince of
Peace himself shall reign there
may be no other way. But let us
be certain at this Christmas time
that the tender baby hand from the
cradle at Bethlehem has reached
our hearts and lives, bringing us
peace with God and good will toward
men.
The first seven verses of our chap
ter relate the coming of Mary with
Joseph to God’s appointed place at
his appointed time, for the entrance
into this world of the Son of God as
the “Word” that “was made flesh
and dwelt among us” (John 1:14).
Our lesson opens with the proclama
tion of the blessed good news to the
shepherds in the field.
I. “Unto Yon Is Born . • • a
Saviour” (w. 8-14).
Christ was a great teacher, one
whom the common people heard
gladly, ‘‘for he taught them as one
that had authority, and not as the
scribes” (Mark 1:22). He was a
leader among men, and lived a life
which was an example beyond that
of any man. But mark it well, this
was not the central and essential
purpose of his coming. He came as
a Saviour. His mother was told be
fore his birth that she should “call
his name JESUS: for he shall save
his people from their sins” (Matt.
1:21).
It is not enough to be among the
countless thousands who superficial
ly observe Christmas with greetings
and gifts. We must with the shep
herds go and,present ourselves in
personal devotion to him. If you
have not met the Lord Jesus as your
own personal Saviour do it now. And
if you know him, make this a Christ
mas in which Christ is supreme.
II. “Let Us Now Go . . . and See”
(w. 15, 16).
Their fear changed to assurance
by the words of the angel, the shep
herds at once “go” and “see.”
Would that all those who heard to
day did likewise. The shepherds
might well have found all manner
of excuses for not going. They
had sheep to care for, they were
not prepared for a journey. No, the
urge was upon them “and they
came with haste . . . and found”
Jesus.
III. “When They Had Seen . . .
They Made Known” (w. 17-20).
Mary the mother of Jesus had
special reason to ponder these
things in her heart. But the shep
herds “returned, glorifying and
praising God for all that they had
heard and seen.”
“Let the redeemed of the Lord
say so” (Ps. 107:2). When we have
found the Lord Jesus we must not
simply rejoice in the satisfaction
and peace that has come to our
own souls. We are saved to serve.
The normal expression of the new
life in Christ is the proclamation of
the gospel to the ends of the earth.
Only in that spirit do we truly keep
Christmas!
To every one that sees these lines
—whether editor, typesetter, or
proofreader—whether a reader in
the midst of the clamor of the great
city or in the quiet of a distant coun
tryside, whether old or young,
whether well or on a sickbed, wheth
er alone, far from family and
friends, or in the bosom of your
family, the writer of these lines
extends in the name of Christ a most
hearty good wish for a blessed
Christmas.
Lesson of Experience
Experience teacheth many things,
and all men are his scholars; yet
he is a strange tutor unteaching
that which he himself hath taught.
Deeds That Make Us
Our deeds still travel with us from
afar, and what we have been makes
us what we are.—George Eliot.
Burdens
God has furnished us with con
stant occasion of bearing one an
other’s burdens.
Niftiness for New Year's
L IKE to give yourself a
lift for the New Year,
Milady? Then spruce up
with Sew-Your-Own — the
easy way to chic. Here, for
instance, are three swell
swing models that will make you
modern as tomorrow and put you
in the running for the title, “best
dressed woman.” Right now it’s
parties you’re thinking of, so pick
a pair of eligibles from today’s
trio and you’ll be groomed to hob
nob with the smart young set.
Will Yon Dance?
The New Year’s Party will be
festive and so will you in the
model at the left in black moire.
This is a very young frock and
not a little flattering to the debu
tante figure. It has a skirt that’s
built for dancing, and the oh, so
slender waist is no drawback
(take it from one who knows).
Be sure, young lady, to have your
version ready to go when the in
vitation to celebrate comes flash
ing over the wire.
Spie *n’ Classic.
There’s always a “morning aft
er,” and that’s when you’ll be
glad to have a spic and classic
frock like the one above, center.
It is suitable to take back to
school to rouse the roommate’s
envy and, pleasantly enough, it’s
so easy to cut and stitch, a fresh
man can’t go wrong. Make one
version in fiat crepe and a carbon
copy in sheer wool—it is superb
both ways.
Ah, My Friends.
How about a two-piecer of lame
and velvet for that rousing family
reunion over the holidays? The
model above, right, is two pieces,
but it’s one with chic and figure
flattery. You’ll have your aunt
ies making ohs and ahs and the
bright young cousins calling you
“the duchess”! What’s more
you’ll look the part—a stunning
compliment to your family as well
as to the New Year.
The Patterns.
Pattern 1330 is designed for
sizes 12 to 20 (30 to 40 bust). Size
14 requires 4% yards of 39-inch
material plus 6 yards of gros-
grain ribbon to trim as pictured.
Pattern 1397 is designed for
sizes 12 to 20 (30 to 40 bust). Size
14 requires 3% yards of 39-incb
material.
Pattern 1396 is designed for
sizes 32 to 44. Size 34 requires
1% yards of 39-inch material for
the blouse; 1% yards of 54-inch
material for the skirt.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept., Room 1020,
211 W. Wacker Dr., Chicago, 111.
Price of patterns, 15 cents (in
coins) each.
New Pattern Book.
Send 15 cents for the Barbara
Bell Fall and Winter Pattern
Book. Make yourself attractive,
practical and becoming clothes,
selecting designs from the Bar
bara Bell well-planned, easy-to-
make patterns.
© Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service.
Home Heating
lliltic B ’ Jefni Barclay
illlHO Heating Expart
Don’t Shake Down Low Fire-
Give Fresh Coal Good Start
Then Shake Grates Gently
Millions to Billions
There was paid to factory wage
earners in America in 1869 the
comparatively small total of $620,-
467,474. Because of an increased
demand created by advertising for
factory products the amount paid
to workers had grown to $11,620,'
973,254 in 1929.
'T'HERE’S a little fault with the
A firing method of quite a few
home-owners that I should like to
correct. They have a mistaken
idea that when a fire is low, all
they have to do is to shake the
grates vigorously and the fire will
flare up again.
Nothing could be further from
the fact. A shallow, half-burned-
out fire cannot be revived by shak
ing most of the remaining coals
into the ashpit. The simple way
to revive it is to add a sprinkling
of fresh coal, giving it time to
ignite. When it is burning well,
shake the grates gently, stopping
when the first red glow shows in
the ashpit.
Then refuel the fire, remember
ing to fill the firebox to the level
of the bottom of the fire door.
This will provide a deep fire,
which is considerably more eco
nomical than a shallow one, for it
burns less coal and lasts a longer
period of time. Also, it minimizes
the attention you have to give a
shallow fire in trying to revive it.
Seeking Your Will
You are seeking your own will.
You are seeking some good other
than the law you are bound to
obey. But how long will you find
good? It is not a thing of choice. It
is a river that flows by the path of
obedience. I say, again, man can
not choose his duties. You may
choose to forsake your duties, and
choose not to have the sorrow
they bring. But you will go forth;
and what will you find? Sorrow
without duty—bitter herbs, and no
bread with them.—George Eliot.
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EASES CHEST COLD
TIGHTNESS
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of your chest cold tonight with the
thorough counter-irritant and va
porizing action of Penetro, the only
salve which has a base of old-
fashioned mutton suet together
with 113% to 227% more medica
tion than any other nationally sold
cold salve. Rub with stainless,
snow-white Penetro—both children
and adults. Large jar Penetro, 35c.
Faithful Friend
No matter how low man may
fall, he can still find a dog to
love him.
Many doctors recommend Nujol
because of its gentle action on
the bowels. Don’t confuse Nujol
with unknown products.
INSIST ON GENUINE NUJOL
Ooar. 1937 Ctanoslao.
Sacred Abuse
The older the abuse the more
sacred it is.—Voltaire.
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