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V t McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C-. THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1938 HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONS Print Frocks Have Pleated Skirts By CHERIE NICHOLAS When Handling Hot Glass.— Handle hot glass cooking utensils with a dry cloth or pad; damp or wet cloths are apt to cause them to crack. • • • Prepare for Spring.—Now is a good time to collect cigar boxes or make flats for planting seeds indoors. • • • Improving Cocoa.—The flavor of hot cocoa or chocolate may be improved by adding one-fourth teaspoon of vanilla to each cup of milk. • • • Covering Chairs.—When making loose covers for easy chairs or settees, make extra slips fitted with patent fasteners to cover the arms, which get most wear and soil quickly. These strips can be removed and washed when neces sary. • • • For the Garden.—Begin collect ing stakes for the garden. There will never be enough of them when you want them. • • • Saving Sheets. — To salvage sheets that have been torn down the center, tear them completely apart, sew the selvages together, and hem the edges. How Offen Should Your Furniture Be Polished? Housewiyes differ on the ques tion of “when to polish their furni ture." Some have no set time for it—polishing when they think of it —or when, casting a glance about, they decide that the furniture can “stand it." Others, polish every cleaning day—which ordinarily occurs once a week. Others dedi cate but one day a year to this important procedure. And still others, polish the furniture in their home regularly, once a month. This last group is the largest—but their schedule is not sufficiently frequent. Furniture can not be polished too often I True, the outward benefit of the best oil polish-J-the luster—will last through a single week—and more—but this same polish, with, its light oil base, preserves and “feeds" the furniture, revives it, prolongs its life! So that every application is highly beneficial to woodwork and the various pieces of fine wood in the home. Our advice, therefore, for the sake of endurance, as well as appear ance, of your furniture, is “polish up" with a good oil polish at least twice a month! O-CEDAR CLEANS, POLISHES, PRESERVES- KEEPS FURNITURE LIKE NEW More women use O-Cedar Polish and Mops than any other kind— for furniture, woodwork, and floors. Q(edar POLISH MOPS • WAX Youth’s Place Young men are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and fitter for new projects than for settled busi ness.—Francis Bacon. Loosen Phlegm In Chest Colds Here’s what Penetro does— melts fast as you rub it in—caus ing counter-irritant action—in creasing blood flow. Helps re lieve local congestion—eases tightness and loosens phlegm due to chest colds. Stainless Penetro is sold on a money-back guarantee. 35c jar contains twice 25c size. There’s even greater economy in the larger sizes. Sold by all dealers every where. Be sure to demand Penetro. A HOTEL OF DISTINCTION Nearest the Gardens (Famons Winter Resort) OPEN JANUARY TO MAY $6 to S10 a day Amorlean Plan 8. John Llttloyreen. General Mgr. Manning 8. Bennett. Res. Mgr. Sum mcrvi I le South Carolina DLEATED skirts are here, there * and everywhere in the style pic ture. Judging from the signs, life from a fashion viewpoint is destined to be just one pleated skirt after another. Not that the slim, form fitting skirt has been cast into dis card, not at all. Nevertheless, the urge of the pleated skirt is 4 tre mendous for spring and summer and seeing how flattering, how youthful, how “new" it is (espe cially the idea of pleating gay silk prints) a true follower of fashion can do no other than to fall into step of the mode, by including at least one or more frocks in her col lection that are very much pleated. It’s quite a revelation to see what pleating can do in the way of adding charm and variety to a gay silk print. Under the magic of artful printing an already attractive print becomes even more attractive, and one has only to glimpse the new style collections to realize with what unbounded enthusiasm designers are playing up the pleated theme. The big idea in current styling is the dress of silk print that has been pleated and pleated to the limit. Es pecially featured is the print frock with an all-round pleated skirt, aft er the manner of the models pic tured. The pleating may be knife- pleated stitched flat below the hips as the dress to the left is styled or it may be sunburst pleated as is the youthful frock to the right. Stripes are the rage this season, and one of the most successful ges tures in fashion’s realm at the pres ent moment is the pleating of striped prints. If you like stripes and if you like prints just try the two together and see what a lively duet they will play. The smart gown on the seated figure is typical of the new pleat-stripe vogue. Here you- see a highly significant fashion in the handling of a bayadere silk print in narrow stripes of multi-color flow- erettes. The slip-on top is styled with an artful play on the stripes. The patch pockets are voguish ac cents, also the tie bow. The hat is of blue leather. Which calls to mind that accessories of colorful suede are tres chic with your spring cos tume or suit. The other winsome frock is a junior model of black and white shepherd check taffeta with swing pleated skirt. The pert little bolero is of black taffeta. It has a box- pleated back. The blouse has a red ruching trim, red heart-shaped buttons together with white pique collar and cuffs. The new silk prints are so perfect ly fascinating it is scarcely possi ble to describe them. In addition to stripes in endless interpretations, there are floral crossbar pattern- ings that have the coveted “new" look, and paisley effects that per sonify color glory, and silk prints that have a chintz patterning. None lovelier prints have been brought out this season than are the ex quisite landscape designs that add to their lure in that they feature delectable pastel colorings. There are dramatic black and white prints in the advance silk showings, the scroll patternings be ing especially smart. Huge scat tered prints in gorgeous colors are leading for formal night wear, the black silk chiffons especially em phasizing distinguished large floral print motifs. © Western Newspaper Union. SMART SILK PRINT By CHERIE NICHOLAS This dress refined and lovely and springlike in its colorings is made of a floral crossbar silk print which makes pink its key color, for pink you must know is queen among col ors for this season. It is featured especially in accessory ways. The new little pastel pink veils capture your fancy at first glance. Then there are the smart silk prints with pink on black backgrounds with which you are supposed to wear pink cos tume jewelry. An important styl ing point registers in the gown pic tured in that both bodice and sleeves are laid in solid pleats. The belt is cunningly devised com bining black patent leather with the silk print. The pink feathers on the black beret match the print. SPOTLIGHT IS ON SUEDE FOR SPRING By CHERIE NICHOLAS If you keep step with fashion you are bound to wear suede this spring. It may be a coat you will choose or a jacket or perhaps an entire suit; even a dress for that matter for suede soft and supple as it now is, yields to dressmaker treatment beautifully. Then too, the fact that suede comes in such luscious color ings adds to its lure, not only for the costume entire but for accessories as well. You can get swank suede items that enhance one’s costume as only suede can do. For instance the call is wide at present for bolero and sash “sets" of suede. As to the leather hat it is being made an outstanding fashion feature for spring. There are clever collar and girdle twosomes of suede in the neckwear showings that will enhance your costume with a strik ing dash of color. Just look into this matter of suede. It’s worth following up. Durbar Inspiration Seen in Silk Prints for Spring The Indian influence, inspired by the coming Durbar is apparent in silk prints. Actual Oriental patterns such as Persian and Paisley de signs, Cashmere patterns, already well established are new looking in pale colorings or in monotones. These are varied with modernized versions of Oriental patterns which are larger and more open and often use a single classic Oriental motif, enlarged and spaced. Not Indian, but partaking of the interest, large outlines or the plaque idea in Moroc can and Algerian patterns use the elaborate fretwork patterns seen in North African mosques and allover Renaissance medallions. Fashionable Trims Cutout designs, transparent chif fon yokes and open work in verti cal bands are trim for afternoon frocks. WHAT TO EAT AND WHY • Food Provides the Key to Mental and Physical Power You Can Be Strong, Beautiful, Wise, Rear Healthy Children Only If You Know How to Combine the Right Food Materials in the Diet By C. HOUSTON GOUDISS 6 East 39th Street. New York. S INCE the world began, food has been man’s first con sideration. For it he has fought and died. To find it he has traveled over great continents and braved unknown dangers. His quest for food has changed the map of the world and colored the history of nations. But in all of these historic struggles, he has been motivated solely by the desire to get enough food to satisfy hunger. Today, actual hunger is rare. But hundreds of thousands of people starve in the midst of plenty because they do not realize the tremendous power of food for good or for evil. They do not realize that as a man eats, so he is, and that his choice of food materials gives or takes away the power to live vigorously—to think clearly—to feel warmly—to be strong, healthy and wise. It can be truly said that your food is your fate. It has the power to shape your body —to make it strong and beau tiful, or weak and ugly. It has the power to influence your language, your gait, your tone of voice, in short—your life. With the right food, life be comes a glorious adventure, for it increases your leader ship, intensifies your mag netic qualities, strengthens your morale, and increases your physi cal defenses and resistance. With out it, one drags through miser able days—never realizing even half of his potential mental and physical powers. Food—the Fuel of Life. The human body is a machine, far more complex than any ma chine devised by the mind of man. Food is the fuel which runs this amazing machine Food is also the material used to repair worn- out parts, and to keep the intri cate mechanism in good working order. The body machine cannot be run efficiently without proper food fuel any more than a car could be run without gas, or a house could be heated without oil, coal or wood. Food also has the power to speed up or slow down the workings of the mind. It likewise influences the state of our nerves, the warmth of our affections, the type of characters we possess. Finally, the power to have strong, healthy children is based on proper food. And nutritional scientists have discovered that the wrong food can even take away from us the greatest bless ing that Nature has bestowed— our earthly immortality. For it can deprive us of the ability to bear children who will carry on after we are gone. Six Groups of Food Substances. What food substances are neces sary to build and maintain top health—to develop the greatest physical and mental power? There are six groups of food sub stances which must be included in the balanced diet which promises increased health, happiness and longevity: 1. PROTEINS which build and repair body tissues. These are found in such foods as milk, eggs, meats, fish, cheese and nuts. 2. FATS which yield heat and energy. The fats are rep resented by butter, cream, oils and the fat of meats. 3. CARBOHYDRATES —the starches and sugars. These also supply heat and energy, and are found chiefly in such foods as bread, potatoes, cere als and sweets. 4. MINERALS which build, repair, protect and regulate. Among the minerals which are absolutely necessary to health and vigor are calcium, phos phorus, iron, copper, iodine, sulphur, manganese, magne sium, sodium and potassium. These are found in varying amounts in milk, eggs, fruits, vegetables, whole grain cere als and meats. 5. VITAMINS which are nec essary for body regulation, and as a protection against dread deficiency diseases. Six have been discovered to date—A, B. C, D, E and G. 6. WATER which is a part of all body tissue and must be present in order to have the other food elements function properly. The ideal dietary is one that in cludes a correct proportion of the different food elements required to supply Bodily needs without any of them being supplied in excess, or in insufficient amounts. Danger in Omitting One Essential To illustrate how important it is that not one of the necessary food substances be omitted, let me tell you how an eminent bio-chemist proved in his experimental lab oratory, in one of our leading uni versities, that the difference be tween stupidity and genius de pended upon the presence or ab sence of one vitamin. He placed a pregnant animal upon a diet adequate in every re spect, except that it lacked one of the six vitamins. As soon as her young were born and weaned, they were fed a completely ade quate diet. Then the scientist tested the mentality of the young animals. He wanted to find out whether or not their mental power had been injured in any way by the fact that their mother—during preg nancy-had been deprived of one vital food element. So he put them in a runway. To get out of this— and reach a tasty morsel at the other end—they had to make their way through a series of passages. He had already made this same test on the same type of animals born of properly fed mothers. He knew that it never took them more than 25 trials to learn their way out of the maze. Most of them had gotten out after 15 to 18 attempts. But what lack of skill was shown by the animals whose mother had been deprived of proper food! The stupidity of these pathetic little creatures was unbelievable. Some of them never learned to thread the maze and reach their goal, even after as many as 250 trials. They were being given—at the time—every thing that was necessary to their diet. But they had entered life with minds totally unequipped to cope with the world—because their mother had not been prop erly fed before they were born. Food Can Make or Mar. This is a striking example of the power of food to make or mar existence. I could cite hundreds of other laboratory experiments, many of which have been con firmed by clinical experience. Nor is this power of food to af fect mental activity confined to prenatal life. Even if a child en ters this world with a strong body and a clear mind—the wrong food during childhood has the power to wreck health. Investigation after investiga tion, by leading specialists throughout the country, has prov en that a surprising percentage of retarded children—those who can not keep up with their school grades—do not really have infe rior minds. They only seem stu pid because the action of their minds is clogged and slowed down by sluggish, under-fed bodies. Their brains are like machines which cannot attempt the speed of which they are capable—because the proper fuel had not been pro vided. Physical fitness is a far greater asset than material possessions. For in times of stress and trouble, those who can C. Houston Goudiss, outstanding food authority, author, and radio lecturer, author of “What to Eat and Why." He knows food from soil to serving, from table to tis sue. Watch for his articles each week. stand up under the physical strain win the battle. For those who collapse, all is lost. The Homemaker’s Responsibility. Every wife and mother is there fore faced with the tremendous responsibility of keeping her fam ily mentally and physically fit. Her husband must have the right kind of food in order to earn a living. Her own diet must be adequate and well-balanced if she is to have the energy, wis dom, and patience required of a mother at all hours of the day. Her baby will not grow into a healthy man or woman unless he or she has the right nourishment from the moment of birth. And school children can’t keep up with their classes without the right food. If you will follow this series of articles, and put into practice the principles of correct eating that I advocate, I can promise that you will increase both mental and physical efficiency, and as a re sult, achieve greater health and happiness for every member of your family. Food Affects Your Body and Mind Each morning when you awake, a new life is ahead of you. Whether that day and the days to follow will be better or worse than those that went before, de pends largely upon what you eat. For nothing short of a miracle is performed at every meal. Within a few hours the bread, meat, vegetables and liquids that you swallow are transformed intf your personality. They begin to think, feel and act. They become YOU. What was food yesterday, today is carrying on the impor tant business of the world, run ning banks, operating machines, poring over school books, or car rying on that most important oi all works, the making and keeping of a home. Each meal that you eat helps or hin ders the efficiency and ease with which these various duties are performed. That is why it is true that as you eat, so you are. And that is why l say that three times a day, at your table, you S/21 OOIF/V TO LIFE. ffl WNU.—C. Houston Goudiss—1938. •Like a family heirloom, a prefer ence for Jewel Shortening is handed down from mother to daughter in thousands of families. Jewel actually creams faster and makes more tender baked foods than even the costliest shortenings. It’s a special blend of fine vegetable fats and other bland cooking fats, ideal for all cooking. Ask for Jewel in the familiar red carton. FAVORITE OF THE SOUTH Are Women Belter Shoppers than Men? GRANTING a woman's reputation for wise buying, let's trace the methods by which she has earned it. Where does she find out about the advantages and details of electrical refrigeration? What tells her how to keep the whole household clean — rugs, floors, bath room tiling—and have energy left for golf and parties? How does she learn about new and delicious entrees and desserts that surprise and delight her family? Where does she dis cover those subtleties of dress and make-up that a man appreciates but never understands? Why, she reads the advertisements. She is a consistent, thoughtful reader of advertise ments, because she has found that she can believe them—and profit thereby. Overlooking the advertisements would be depriving herself of data continuously useful in her job of Purchasing Agent to the Family. For that matter, watch a wise man buy a car or a suit or an insurance policy. Not a bad shopper himself! He reads the advertisements too!