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« * I \ l McCORMICK MESSENGER. McCORMICK S. C.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1938 • All-Purpose Gloves Crocheted Lengthwise Nimble fingers are busily cro cheting these lovely wooly gloves that so closely follows the vogue. They’re quick to do—two flat iden tical pieces whipped together— with a gusset for that wrist flare. Use either yarn or string for end less durability. * Just wait till you see how easy they are to do! In pattern 5676 you will find direc tions for making these gloves; an illustration of them and of all stitches used; material require ments. To obtain this pattern send 15 | cents in stamps or coins (coins i preferred) to The Sewing Circle, household Arts Dept., 259 W. 14th , Street, New York, N. Y. Please write your name, ad- | dress and pattern number plainly. f - • Whitman's Poor Start Walt Whitman, in 1855, at the age of thirty-six, set up the type for, and printed, the first edition of “Leaves of Grass.” Whittier threw his copy into the fire. The bulk of the edition, put on sab at a- phrenologist’s studio, drew scarcely a purchase. During the Civil war, Whitman —to be neaxf his brother—went to Washington and obtained a clerk ship in the Indian bureau of the department of the interior. But in 1863, Secretary Harlan, com ing upon a copy of -“Leaves of Grass,” read it with horror and came to the prompt conclusion that its author was not a fit and proper person to work under him, and out went the “Good Gray Poet.” GET RID OF BIG UGLY PORES ftENTY OF DATES NOW...DENTON*S FACIAL MAGNESIA MADE HER SKIN FRESH, YOUNG, BEAUTIFUL Romance hasn’t a chance when big ugly pores spoil skin-texture. Men love the son smoothness of a fresh young complexion. Denton's Facial Magnesia does miracles for unsightly skin. Ugly pores disappear, ■Win becomes firm and smooth. Watch yoar complexioa take on new beaaty Et*b Ik* Ural few treatments with Denton's Facial Magnaala make a remarkable difference. 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Enclosed find $1 (cash or stamps) for which sand me your apaoial introductory combination. * JVjunaL.....--.-—* ■ 5freef AddreM ® ■ C/Yr Stmta ■ timummmmummmmmmmmmmmmmmmM checks GOLDS and FEVER salve^nose* drops Headache, 30 ninutes. DORIS DERE'S column I Few Husbands Prove the Don Juans Their Wives Fear. r)EAR DORIS DENE: I am afraid I am the type of wife known as unreasonably jealous. Perhaps I have always been sus picious because I was attractive when I was young and I knew how many men were willing to cheat on their wives for my sake. I can’t get into the habit of trusting my husband. I want him to be with me all the time. I resent any ontside interests he has. I know this is wrong bnt how can I build up any faith in men in general? I cannot say I am a happy wife although I love my husband and believe that he really loves me. Any help you can give me will be of great value. —G. E. M. ANSWER—As a matter of fact I doubt very much whether you were quite so besieged with attentions from married men as you imagined you were. Perhaps two husbands out of all those you knew showed signs of being ready to make love to you but that wasn’t a staggering proportion of the harried male pop ulation. Because you happened on two weak members of the married crowd, you jumped to conclusions about man’s inability to be faithful, which aren’t fair to the masculine sex. Actually men on the whole don’t run to infidelity as much as they’re supposed to. Given an average happy home and a nice wife and a promising job and a fair amount of interests, no man really wants to bother getting himself tangled up in some unfortunate relationship. The average man wants peace, and his wife, if she’s wise, sees that he gets it. But when a possessive woman in sists that her man shall make her his chief interest in life, she’s on the way to trouble. When she won’t let him have his game of golf and his evenings of bridge and his busi ness dinners then she’s cutting him away from all the normal out lets which makeJiim appreciate his home and his spouse. She’s rely ing too much on herself and on her personality. Also she's surrounding him with an atmosphere of possessive love which ould be enough to turn any man's head. Most normal everyday men don't go about all day thinking up ways of being unfaith ful. They don't brood darkly on thoughts of illicit love. They are not given to con stant self-analyses as to the depth of their affection for their wives. Most of them, in their simple uncomplicated way, just accept the fact of their love and their marriage quite calmly and let it go at that. And it takes quite a severe wrench to tear a man from this ordinary every day acceptance of love and marriage— and to plunge him into an amorous en tanglement which spoils his peace. But when the poor male is con stantly reminded of how likely it is that he will be unfaithful—when he’s accused of misdeeds which haven’t occurred to him—when he is kept busy persuading his wife that he loves her and her alone—isn’t it only natural that infidelities should come to seem a more normal part of life to him than they otherwise would have? Get over all your notions about your husband, G. E. M. He is prob ably not attractive enough to do all the heart-breaking you accuse him of. U\EAR DORIS DENE: We are two girls in love with the same boy. We are both willing to give him up for each other’s sake. We are such devoted friends that no man could ever come between us—but of course we would each like to marry him jf it were the right thing to do. —T. and B. ANSWER—And all the time appar ently the poor man hasn’t a word to say about the arrangements. Surely by this time he must have formed an opinion of his own as to which of you two charmers would do. Wouldn’t it be better to let him make his confession of love to one of you—before casting lots as to which girl gets the prize? If T. gives up the boy in order to be loyal to B. she may be doing herself and the man she loves an in calculable wrong. B. may never have suited the hero of the piece. He may never have dreamed of her in connection with marriage. What right, therefore, has T. to consign romance to oblivion, in favor of friendship. Her gesture of self-sac rifice will not help B.’s cause, if Romeo hasn’t already chosen her. Let the hero choose his own bride. It may take a good deal of charac ter for you two girls to remain friends under the circumstances but if your standard of friendship is so high, you should be able to weather this storm. A CHRISTIAN BACHELOR: Thanks for your letter. Sorry I can’t reprint it but I am afraid it might hurt the feelings of some of those who need help desperately— and who cannot altogether be blamed if their interests seem to be selfish. Some time when we’ve been looking at a problem for days and weeks and months we do slip into a rut and become so self-cen tered we alienate the sympathy of those around us. That’s why it is a good thing to write to an out rider when the difficulty seems al most insuperable. £) Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service. All-White Wrap Is Chic This Winter By CHERIE NICHOLAS ILTERE’S telling you how to * A look your most enchanting self when you go to dining, dancing and making merry during the winter social swirl. Told in fashion’s own language the mes sage is to wear flattering white— your gown, your wrap, your cor sage, all-white. White flower head dress, tool The ingenue’s choice is for full- skirt romantic entrancing creations made of frosty, frothy diaphanous whites that dazzle with glittering, glistening sequin, crystal and rhine stone accents. If you happen to be of the stately, statuesque type rath er than the airy-fairy sort you’ll be voted the belle of the ball clad in a glovefitting skilfully draped low dec- olette gown made of heavy white crepe which makes trimming con spicuous by its utter absence save for a chaste corsage of waxen-white camelias or gardenias or white orchids if you will have it so. White wraps to wear over these beguiling frocks are so smartly in fashion they are literally taking the world by storm this season. They may be of cloth or velvet (often luxuriously furred with white fox) to ensemble with the gowns they top or they may be of snowy fur, preferably ermine, for ermine is notably in the lead whether it be for jacket, medium - length coatee or floor-length wrap, or bolero fanta sies. Then, too, there is the new-this- season ermincrush that makes up exquisitely into wraps such as pic tured herewith. An ensemble of coat and muff made of snowy ermin crush as shown is adorable for the girl who is invited to parties ga lore. Under it the young lady wears one of the new tulle frocks with voluminous skirt and expertly fitted bodice that is so quaint and so chic all in one. Yes indeed, this winsome muff and wrap set is one any stylish- minded woman would love to own. Well, why not even if you happen to be one among those to whom evening elegance at little cost is a problem to be met. Listen close, while we whisper a secret idea we feel the urge to pass on to you. If you needs must keep within a lim ited budget why not buy a few yards of white ermincrush and “make your own” little cushion muff and swank coatee? We might say that if you would be intrigued with the thought of a little bolero, muff and hat set, pat terns are easily available and such a trio made of ermincrush would carry you through a winter with unmistakable style distinction and allure. An all-white cape is also a pos session to be coveted. See the one in the picture. The lavishness of the velvety weave has been added unto by the trim of sable-dyed ko linsky. You would not necessarily have to keep your white cape or coat for formal for the beauty about ermincrush is it is really quite prac tical. Cruising in tropical waters or vacationing up North, attending op era and making the rounds of teas and musicales, it is an ideal choice because it can be packed without fear of wrinkling since ermincrush naturally has a soft snowy white deeply crushed pile. G Western Newspaper Union. HIGH-STYLE SUEDE By CHERIE NICHOLAS If you are properly style-minded you will set your heart on having a suit tailored of richly colorful suede. The handsome suede suits that feature so conspicuously in the present fashion picture are ideal for rain or shine as they are made of a shelter suede that is shower proof and winterproof. The jacket has padded shoulders with a mili tary air. For longer steps milady has only to unbutton the bottom leather covered button that fastens the front opening. BLACK IS FAVORED FOR DAYTIME WEAR Black worn with white and light colors is Bruyere’s choice for smart daytime clothes in the mid-season collection. Light wool costumes in black with white satin blouses are a highlight of the showing, and rhine stone clips are the leading trim. A black two-piece daytime ensem ble is made in lightweight wool with straight-cut skirt and waist-length jacket of bloused design, fitted to a snug wide belt. With the costume is worn a lustrous white satin blouse, with long, fitted sleeves. The bod ice is draped from center of the waistline, where it is fastened with a wine grosgrain ribbon which forms a corselet belt, dropped lower at the back. The suit jacket, opened to the waistline, is trimmed with a pair of rhinestone clips at the neck. Sumptuously Furred Tweed Suits Are High in Favor An increasing interest in suits made of striking tweed is noted. These are not just tweed in the ordinary sense of the word, but they are sumptuous affairs of gor geous tweed that “gets you” be cause of the grand and glorious col oring and the fascinating nubby knotty textures. The opulent furs that trim these elegant suits are a fitting tribute to the tweed itself. These colorful tweed outfits give an excellent opportunity to vary the all-black vogue that has persisted for so long a time. Covert Slacks. Wool covert cloth, long a favorite for topcoats, is being used for slacks by well-dressed undergrads at sev eral leading Eastern universities. Accent Tour Dress Large rectangular and triangulai clips of rhinestones, baguettes or jewel-tone sets are seen at high necklines of dark afternoon frocks Historic Hoaxes By ELMO SCOTT WATSON © Western Newspaper Union. The Indian Stone Hoax TN 1838, workmen, digging in the * Grave Creek mound, a 70-foot earthen cone in Moundsville, W. Va., discovered several human skeletons and a number of relics of these prehistoric mound builders who had used the mound as a gigantic tomb. They also discovered a scrap of sandstone, less than two inches long, covered with some strange symbols. Scientists tried in vain to decipher their meaning. A Frenchman de clared that it was a Canaanite in scription. Another Frenchman said its translation was “The Chief of Emigration who reached these places has fixed these statues for ever.” One scholar declared that four of the characters were an cient Greek, four Etruscan, five Ru nic, six ancient Gaelic; seven old Erse; 10 Phoenician; 14 old Brit ish and 16 Celtiberic. For nearly a century the true meaning of the “Indian stone” baf fled the scientists. And tnen a West Virginia printer and publisher solved the mystery. His name was Andrew Price and as a printer who handled much handwritten copy in the old “handset” days, he was accustomed to deciphering bad ly written manuscript. He began studying the “Indian stone” in 1930 and announced that its translation was this: “Bill Stump’s Stone Oct. 14, 1838.” Some practical joker, who had read about the hoax played on Mr. Pickwick in Charles Dickens’ “Pick wick Papers” (it was a mysterious tablet with an inscription that turned out to be “Bill Stumps, his mark”), had just imitated an in scription similar to Mr. Pickwick’s discovery and “planted” it in an Indian mound. By doing so he baf fled the scientists for nearly a cen. tury. • • • Private A. W. O. L. CTATE legislatures are noted for ^ passing “goofy” laws but, con sidering the haste with which some measures are jammed through dur ing the closing hours of a session, the wonder is that more such laws don’t get on the statute books. One bit of legislation which caused a gale of laughter to sweep across the nation occurred only two or three years ago in Rhode Island. It seems that “Little Rhody” had never given proper recognition to the World war services of one of her native sons—a certain Private Ev- ael O. W. Tnesba of the Twelfth machine gun company. So when a bill appropriating $100 as a bonus for him was introduced in the sen ate, there seemed little doubt that the statesmen in the upper house, anxious to show their gratitude to Private Tnesba, would pass the bill. Just in the nick of time some body, who was struck by the fact that this was a most unusual name, dropped a suggestion that the senators try spelling the name backwards to “see what they got.” They got a shock, for this warrior’s name, when reversed, spelled “Ab sent W. O. Leave.” Then it dawned upon them that they had been hoaxed. But they had also been saved from bestowing the taxpay ers’ hard-earned money upon a vet eran who was not only non-existent but who was A. W. O. L. besides! • * • California Earthquake W HEN an earthquake almost de stroyed Long Beach, Calif., in 1933 several incidents of the “be lieve it or not” type were printed in newspapers all over the country as real occurrences. One of them was the story of the hen that was so frightened by the temblor that she laid seven eggs in quick suc cession. Another was about the mouse that was disgorged alive by the snake that had swallowed it. But the prize story was that of the barber who stopped shaving a cus tomer at the first shock of the ’quake, dashed to the railroad sta tion and took the first train back to his home in Nashville, Tenn. He arrived there safely but had scarce ly left the station when a tornado struck the Tennessee capital. Look ing at the destruction about him, the barber immediately rushed to the telegraph office and wired to his old boss: “California’s safer than this and I’ll be back on the first train.” Except for the fact that there wasn’t any tornado in Nashville, the story was a good onfe,, although some people suspected that it was the invention of a “native son” still boosting for California. It was. The author of all these yarns was an imaginative reporter who thought it was up to him to throw a little hu mor into an otherwise desolate sit uation and therefore concocted all these yarns. A Forest of Crosses Lithuania is virtually a forest of votive crosses, as nearly every fam ily has one or two of these ornately carved symbols of Christianity, which usually range from 15 to 20 feet in height, says Collier’s Week ly. The boast that they are all radically different in design was confirmed recently by a man who photographed 3,000 of them and found no two alike. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT CHINA MATCHING <11. I M — CHINA MATCHING IS OUR BUSINESS. We can supply missing pieces or add to your set. whether old or new. Write GALE P. O. Box 1495 - - - - New Orleans. HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONS For That Nutty Flavor.— To give a nutty flavor to your salad dress ing, whip in a little soft peanut butter. * * * Burned Cake.—If a burned cake is allowed to stand until it ia thoroughly cold and then scrape^ with a lemon grater, the burned part can be almost entirely re moved, leaving the cake smooth and ready for icing. • * * Shiny Glassware.—Water glasses and other glassware will shine like new if a tablespoon of vinegar is added to the rinse water. * * • Feeding Children. — Introduce new, unfamiliar foods to a child by giving small amounts at first; then increase them gradually. • * • Suede Shoes.—Never let them get too dirty and they’ll wear for ages. Brush off any mud with a wire brush, but to remove shiny marks rub them lightly with fine sandpaper or an emery board) from a manicure set. This roughs up the “pile” and makes the sur face dull again. • • * Versatile Cottage Cheese.—Cot-| tage cheese is delicious com-1 bined with leftovers of bacon, ham and other cold meats, yet it com bines equally well with fruit. Try it for stuffing in peaches, prunes, pears or pineapple rounds. • * * Well-Made Sauce.—When mak ing a drawn butter sauce be sure- to blend the butter and flour thor oughly before adding boiling wa ter. If they are not well mixed, the sauce will be lumpy. Cook in a double boiler or small saucepan over boiling water. Sauce that is made over a hot flame is apt to be oily. Add the water a little at a time, stirring constantly, so that the sauce will be of the right con sistency. Add seasoning to taste. Keep your body free of accumulated waste, take Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pel lets. 60 Pellets 30 cents.—Adv. Strangers Much tongue and much judg ment seldom go together.—^ 1’Estrange. Beware Coughs from common colds That Hang On No matter how many medicines you have tried for your cough, chest cold, or bronchial irritation, you can get relief now with Creomulsion. Serious trouble may be brewing and you cannot afford to take a chance with any remedy less potent than Creomulsion, which goes light to the seat of the trouble and aids na ture to soothe and heal the inflamed mucous membranes and to loosen and expel the germ-laden phlegm. Even if other remedies have failed, don’t be discouraged, try Creomul sion. Your druggist is authorized to refund your money if you are not thoroughly satisfied with the bene fits obtained from the very first bottle. Creomulsion is one word—not two, and it has no hyphen in it Ask for it plainly, see that the name on the bottle is Creomulsion, and you’ll get the genuine product and the relief you want. (Adv.) BACKACHES NEED WARMTH Thousands who suffered miserable backache^ pains in shoulder or hips, now put on All cock’s Porous Plaster and find warm, sooth ing; relief. Muscle pains caused by rheuma tism. arthritis, sciatica, lumbago and strains, all respond instantly to the glow of warmth that makes you feel good right away. Allcock’s Plaster brings blood to th« painful spot . . . treats backache where it is. AUeock’s lasts long, comes off easily. It is the original porous plaster ... guaran teed to bring instant relief, or money back. Over 5 million Allcock’s Plasters used. 254. ALLCOCK’S WNU—7 1—38 Watch Youk Kidneys/ Help Them Cleanse the Blood of Harmful Body Waste Your kidneys are constantly filtering waste matter from the blood stream. But kidneys sometimes lag in their work—do not act as Nature Intended—fail to re* move impurities that, if retained, may K ison the system gnd upset the whole dy machinery. Symptoms may be nagging backache^ persistent headache, attacks of dizziness, getting up nights, swelling, puffineao under the eyes—a feeling of nervous anxiety and loss of pep and strength. Other signs of kidney or bladder dis order may be burning, scanty or too frequent urination. There should be no doubt that prompt treatment is wiser than neglect. Uso Doan’s Pills. Doan’s have been winning new frienda for more than forty years. They have a nation-wide reputation. Are recommended by grateful people the country over. Ask your neigkoorl DOANS PILLS