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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1938 AMAZING CASEIN m By JOSEPH W. LaBINE When you pick up that fountain pen to write a letter tonight, you’ll probably touch casein. If you’re a billiards enthusiast, the little ball you play with is probably casein. Moreover, casein is responsible for the slick finish of the paper in your favorite magazine. Amazing casein really isn’t an amazing thing. To the rank and file American it’s simply milk curd, a by-product of milk which men have often discarded as valueless. But a few years ago smart scientists began seeking commercial applications for it; their ac- <$>■ complishments to date make an amazing story. If you look up casein in the. dictionary it will probably tell you it’s an organic com pound allied to albumin, found in milks of all kinds. The pro-; portion is 3 per cent and it sep arates from the milk as curd, which is usually used for making cheese. And cheese made from skimmed milk, well pressed, is nearly pure coagulated casein. It’s hard to believe that man can make cheese and foun tain pen barrels out of the same product. But that’s only part of the story. Imagine making wool cloth out of it, too!!! This latest conquest in the com mercial application of casein hails from Italy, where the production of artificial wool from cow’s milk has gone far beyond the experimental stage; so far, in fact, that the great Snia Viscosa rayon plant at Milan is building a huge addition to its factory for the production of this new artificial fabric on a commer cial scale. Man Copies Nature. It’s incredible that artificial wool —and a very fine grade of wool, at that—can be made from milk. But we have only to reflect that the new ly bom lamb that depends for suste nance entirely upon its mother ewe, is constantly producing the wool upon its little body from its moth er’s milk. So the scientists who perfected this process have only been attempt ing to simulate a process which na ture has been carrying on for mil lions of years. They’ve found that cow’s milk, goat’s milk, sheep’s milk, and no doubt other milks, are satisfactory for making wool fab rics. And the process has been per fected to such an extent that the fin ished product gives a result very close to the actual natural wool, chemically and to the touch. This development is remarkably interesting, but it need not cause American sheep raisers to quake in their boots. Although science has found a way to speed up the wool growing process, the method will always be complicated. Yet its suc cess may equal that of rayon, an artificial fabric which has assumed an important position during the past 10 years. The new wool cloth made from milk casein comes in all colors and patterns, in different weights, and is much less expensive than ordi nary wool. It has an advantage over natural wool in that it does not shrink and for this reason Italy is making it into soldier’s uniforms, underwear and hosiery. Fashion models in. Italy show the very latest styles in this new cloth. To see a shop window filled with models clacj in gay outing sweaters and sport suits, all made from cow’s milk, is to be convinced against one’s own convictions, that such a thing is possible- Good to the Last Drop. The modern dairyman wastes very little from each gallon of milk his farmers deliver to the door. At the Italian wool plant, for example, milk is separated from the butter fat. so butter is one of the by products of wool manufacture. Whey is another by-product; its acidity is neutralized and it is fed to pigs. Each 26 gallons of milk produces about 10 pounds of butter and 7% pounds of dry casein. In wool manufacture, dry casein pro duces approximately its own weight in artificial wool, with little waste. American milk is not used so thor oughly, yet few nations can boast higher milk production than the United States. Thus the possibili ties for American adoption of the artificial wool process are tremen dous. Recent department of agri culture figures show that milk sur pluses this year hit a new June 1 high, causing dairy prices to drop to the lowest level in four years. Resulted From Necessity. The discovery of milk wool is only two years old. Inventions which had not passed beyond the laboratory stage had been made before that time, but the object had been to produce artificially a product re placing silk, the most highly con sidered fabric of animal origin. Ex perience has shown, however, that artificial silk is best produced of cellulose, a material of plant origin. The process itself takes place in a plant closely resembling a cream ery. Milk is weighed and passed through a heater into a skimming machine. Here the cream is sepa rated from the milk and by means of a sterilizing and refrigerating ap paratus is immersed in an acidifica tion vat, after which it is put into a mixing churn and moulded into pats of butter. The skimmed milk then passes into a curdling boiler where it is treated by special chemical prod ucts so that there is a coagulation of the casein which is found in sus pension in the milk. The casein thus collected is sent into the press filter where the whey is eliminated. The masses of casein are sent to the curdling boiler to be washed. The product is then dried and A few days ago the above frock looked very much like 63 quarts of cow’s milk; in fact, it was just that. Today it’s a complete knitted wool dress in plain brown color. Very chic, what? ground. In the mixer the casein undergoes a dissolving process with chemical reagents and is sent on to the maturing and filtering tanks. Through the spinning machine the casein now takes on the consistency of filaments which are first cut, then washed, then dried. The raw material is then finished and ready for that first transformation which is common^to all fibers. © Western Newspaper Union. ■PC: ■. -v. m mm Ton after ton of cow’s milk is needed daily to keep the great Snia- Viscosa plant running at full capacity to turn out 10 tons of artificial wool. Today, more than ever before, the lowly cow assumes an important rank in the world’s economic picture as provider of both health and warmth: milk and clothing. en of the ounted by Captain G. Elliott-Nightingale Copyright, WNU A GORILLA VS. A HALF PINT MOUNTIE A MORE contemptible black- guard never lived than “Bully” R . He was everything des picable and stood suspected of just about every crime in the Dominion calendar from murdering Indians on hinterland trails, to kicking a child out of his path. He stood about six foot even, and weighed about 250 pounds, all of it muscle, sinew, and unadulterated meanness. He was a big, strong, giant of a man, and he knew it, and he was always pick ing on someone half his size. He was a handsome devil, to boot, al though he wasn’t quite so handsome when, one fine morning in northern Ontario, he attacked the writer of this epistle and had an ax-handle wrapped around his head for his trouble. Of all his tremendous stock of mean tricks and criminal pastimes, however, there were two that caused even the most hardened and capable wilderness men to gasp and keep out of “Bully” R’s clutches. One of his pastimes was that of honing his two-pound hand-ax until it had an edge like a razor. Then he would throw it at the first dog that chanced to come within forty or fifty feet. Moreover, “Bully” R. seldom missed. With an axe, he was a marksman, and as his fa vorite two-pounder whizzed through the air, witnesses knew they were looking at a dead dog. Another of his most despicable tricks was to pick a quarrel with some fire ranger, surveyor, timber- cruiser or lumberjack, or prospec tor who might stand about five foot eight or ten and weigh about one hundred and fifty or sixty pounds. He might start an argument over anything at all, and then, instead of using his fists and fighting like a man, he would close in on his victim, grab him by the collar and also by the belt, or seat of the pants, and then lift the struggling victim up at arm’s length over his head. This was quite easy work for “Bully” R. for he had the build and strength of a grizzly bear. At any rate, having raised his man above his head, he would let out a bellow and begin moving rapidly to ward the nearestn big tree, probably a hemlock with a diameter of about three feet. Then, when but a few feet away he would throw his vic tim at the tree, and he crippled a few men before others were wise enough to keep out of his clutches by any means possible. This writer used a nice maple ax-handle, and escaped injury, but a few others were not so fortunate. At any rate, “Bully” R. went on for some considerable time and he was just about due for assassination either by Indian or white, when he con ceived the idea of heading to the Canadian Northwest to work during the harvest season there. Special harvester’s excursions were running about every ten days or so, and finally “Bully” R. left the train at a flag-station in a district near Saskateon, in Saskatchewan. A dozen other harvesters alighted at this point, too, and they pitched camp alongside the railroad track, planning to camp until they hired out, which might be next day. At any rate, the first thing that caught “Bully” R’s attention was a rather fine looking husky dog, evidently a sled dog. Not having his two-pound ax handy, “Bully” called and coaxed the more or less friendly dog to come to him, and just as the unsuspecting animal got close, “Bul ly’s” right foot shot out like a piston rod and the dog went sailing through the air, to fall dead ten or twelve feet away. Just at that particular moment a Man of the Mounted appeared, seemingly from nowhere, but in time to witness “Bully’s” fa tal footwork. Not more than five foot six, and weighing less than 150 pounds, the Man of the Mounted walked right up to “Bully” R. and arrested him for killing a dog worth $50, and also cruelty to an animal that was absolutely friendly and had not attacked. “Bully” threw his shoulders back, took a deep breath, and in a flash he had grabbed the Man of the Mounted and was raising his load up high. In mid-air, the Man of the Mounted broke loose and came down astraddle the “Bul ly’s” shoulders and back. Then something happened. The Mountie’s hands were seen to be doing some thing to a spot somewhere behind “Bully’s” left ear, and all of a sudden “Bully” R. went down in a limp heap. Before he could recov er, the man of the Mounted had the handcuffs on him, and the “Bul ly” for the first time in his life was a prisoner, and helpless. Not a blow had been struck. Moreover, the Man of the Mounted didn’t even muss his hair or lose his hat. It all happened just like that. Later, it was learned that the lightly built Man of the Mounted knew just about all there was to know about jiu- jitsu. Pressure on certain nerves in “Bully” R’s gorilla-like neck had caused him to crumple. At any rate, quite a few of “Bully’s” old crimes were dug up and the Cana dians gave him several years to think things over. Brute strength versus science. And science won hands down Frosting a Cake for Judges to Sample A professional cake baker, frosting one of the hundreds of cakes which were made up in the Experimental Kitchen Laboratory, main tained by C. Houston Goudiss in New York City, in the course of selecting the winners in his recent Cake Recipe Contest. Idaho; Jean Guthrie, 4712 Camp bell St., Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. Walter Richter, Bonduel, Wis.; Mrs. P. C. Blakely, Alden, Mich. Honorable Mention. Emogene Williams, Damon, Texas; Mrs. Simon Moen, Norma, N. D.; Mrs. Dick Collins, Mason- ville, Iowa; Mrs. B. F. Herman, Box 1118, Crosby, Miss.; Mrs. Paul Lorenz, P. O. Box 225, Strathmore, Calif.; Mrs. S. S. Ar- entz, Simpson, Nev.; Mrs. Vida Hilger, Box 257, Rockland, Mich.; Mrs. Grace H. Peterson, Box 335, Amherst, Wis.; Mrs. Cecil Skin ner, Bedford, Wyo.; Mrs. Joe Fur nace, 317 West Twentieth St., South Sioux City, Neb. My thanks and my compliments to every homemaker who submit ted a recipe. I only regret that everyone who submitted a recipe could not win a prize. How Women in Their 40’s Can Attract Men her By C. HOUSTON GOUDISS XTATURALLY, I am accustomed to seeing exhibits of delicious and interesting foods in the Exper imental Kitchen Laboratory that I maintain in New York City. But in all the years of its existence, it has never been a busier nor a more inviting place than during the last few weeks when the home economists on my staff have been busily testing and judging the many fine cake recipes sub mitted by readers of this paper in our recent Cake Recipe Contest. Imagine, if you can, a big cheer ful and colorful kitchen filled with long tables upon which row after row of handsome cakes were arranged—proudly testifying to the skill of the homemakers who cherish the recipes from which they were made. Every Type of Cake Entered. A whole tableful of white cakes, with and without icing. Chocolate and cocoa cakes of every possible type. All manner of cakes, fra grant and delicious — spice, ice cream, honey, caramel, maple syrp, nut, date, pineapple, or ange, lemon, butterscotch, jam, banana, raisin, oatmeal, cocoanut and marble cakes. Cakes baked in long sheets, square cakes, round cakes, layer cakes. Old- fashioned cakes from grand mothers’ recipe books. Very mod ern and up-to-date cakes. And even one that was said to have been a favorite with General Rob ert E. Lee. I’ve never seen any thing to compare with the collec tion, even at the biggest State Fair! Do you wonder that the home economists on my staff required several weeks to pick the win ners? For with such a wealth of exceptional cakes from which to choose, selecting those for top honors, was indeed difficult. The cake bakers were trained for their work. They followed the recipes precisely. They measured accurately. They checked oven temperatures. The scoring system was highly scientific. And we can say with conviction that no matter how close the pace, the winners defi nitely outpointed even their clos est rivals. First Prize Winner. The first prize of $25.00 went to Mrs. D. F. Kelly, 1004 Charles St., Whitewater, Wis. Second Prize Winners. The five second prizes were awarded to Mrs. H. Harshbargen of 2427 Fifth'Ave., Altoona, Pa.; R. A. Williams, 12075 Rosemary Ave., Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. C. A. Burns, Box 788, Oakland, Miss.; Miss Sadie Cunningham, Avon- more, Pa.; and Mrs. Laura Mey er, 107 Pleasant St., Plymouth, Wis. Third Prize Winners. Mrs. T. H. Fjone, Flaxville, Mont.; Mrs. Lester Ralston, 127 South Judd St., Sioux City, Iowa; Mrs. Harry A. Kramer, 16 Marin Road, Manor, Calif.; Mrs. F. D. McDonald, Route 1, Amherst, Texas; Vera Tygar, Commodore, Pa.; Mrs. George Ahlborn, R. D. No. 1, Mt. Pleasant, Pa.; Mrs. B. A. Robinson, Box 578, Emmett, For Warm Weather Comfort REDUCE By This Easy, Comfortable Method Send for the Free Bulletin Offered by C. 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