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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C M THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1938
For Romantic Midsummer Nights.
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
ID EGUILING, yes, beguiling is the
word that best describes the ro
mantic formals designed for danc-
[ing these lovely midsummer nights.
lYards and yards around do these
summer idylls of billowy tulles and
nets, chiffons and laces measure
and bodices are so quaintly pictur
esque it would seem as if it were
ladies of the past come to life, for
the styling is quite like we see in
prints and portrait paintings of
ladies in the days when “knighthood
was in flower” and the very air
breathed romance.
Perhaps the biggest news out of
Paris at present is in regard to
the high fashion of combining Chan
tilly lace with other fabrics. Typ
ical of the best couture trends is
the charming dress of sheerest
marquisette pictured in the fore
ground of the accompanying illus
tration. Ils deep bands and bor
dering of matching Chantilly of
most exquisite type are applied in
latest approved manner. Most
gowns have a complementary bo
lero this summer and this very
beautiful model is no* exception'to
tiie rule. The bolero is of lace with
short puffed sleeves which are ap-
pliqued with lace as in the skirt.
Color of this adorable creation? It
is carried out in a brilliant tur
quoise blue.
I That pastel and bright-hued laces
combined with sheers identical in
color are a foremost mode there is
no doubt, but there is also a tre
mendous vogue for the frock of
diaphanous white that is lavished
with black Chantilly appliques, in
sets and borderings. The white
sheer frock worn with a black lace
jacket or bolero is a leading fash
ion. Likewise the -black chiffon or
marquisette frock or sheerest-of-
sheer black net is frequently topped
with a white lace jacket. Charm
ing also is the combination of pink
lace with black lace. A high built
skirt with wide corselet effect of
the black lace, that has a bodice
top of delicately sheer pink lace
cut with extremely low decolletage
over which is worn a bolero of
matching pink lace, makes a most
gracious gown. It is practical td
provide also a black lace bolero for
less formal occasions.
In this season of flowing skirts
and glamorous lines for evening
dresses the gown shown to "the left
of lace and net combined fits right
into the picture. It comes in delec
table shades using cable net for
the full skirt and an Alencon-type
lace in matching color for the semi-
long bodice. Below-the-hip jacket
effects on this order of lace are the
rage. If you have a sleeveless chif
fon dress or net and wish to give
it a new look buy ready-made or
have made a lace jacket to wear
with it. These often button primly
up the front with buttons covered
with self-lace.
Maybe you are an enthusiast in
regard to gay prints. If you should
be possessed also with an awareness
of the importance of simple wash
fabries for* dancing and dining, you
will be simply charmed with the
quaint new flowered muslins
brought out this summer. They are
the sort that will stay crisp and
fresh after every washing—never
need a bit of starch no matter how
often you whisk them through soap
and water. We are picturing a
dress made of just such flowered
muslin as described. It is a type
frock that will make you look just
“too sweet for words” and you do
not have .to be endowed with a mil
lionaire allowance to own it. A
flowered muslin such as this that
will not shrink, having been scien
tifically pre-shrunk and guaranteed
to that effect, is new. Note its
charming neck and puff-sleeve
styling. 9 Its fitted bodice is cut to
give you that “long” look that will
mark you as definitely in the mode
this season.
O Western Newspaper Union.
SUSPENDER DRESS
B, CHERIE NICHOLAS
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There’s pews for the sub-deb in.
that the suspender dress is regarded
as smart fashion this season. It is
proving a favorite at seashore and
for town wear. The print silk sus
pender pleated skirt with monotone
blouse is an especially outstanding
type. The model pictured is of a
neat print silk in gold and lighter
yellowish tones. A peacock blue silk
shirt is worn with the skirt shown.
Note that the skirt suspenders are
slit at the shoulders and the pleated
skirt has a wide band. Other mod
els feature suspenders that are
peasant embroidered.
Oddities for Summer
/ Pumpkin seeds and gilded snail
'shells are used for beach jewelry.
DRAPED TECHNIQUE
USED IN NEW GOWNS
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
Most significant is the sentiment
expressed in employing a draped
technique in fashioning the latest
gowns. The material that yields
most admirably to this treatment
is the very smart rayon jersey.
Wonderfully slenderizing are these
draped effects and needless to say
the fashion is making widespread
appeal. Often the draping is aided
and abetted with intricate shirring
in clusters that tend to produce
form-fitting lines.
The favorite for day wear is the
black sleek jersey or satin that is
draped to perfection. For evening
wear no more beautiful gown can
be conceived than a snow white
draped jersey classic.
Candle-Wicked Clothes for
Beach and Sports Doings
Quite new this season are the
play clothes fashioned of candle-
wicked unbleached muslin. The op
portunity for designful decoration is
vast. The grand part about the
new candle-wicked muslin play out
fits is that they wash out so easily,
need no ironing and taking it from
every viewpoint are about as
practical a dress as can be sug
gested for beach and sports wear.
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Mesh Oxford Shoes Offer
Maximum of Cool Comfort
A striking summer shoe which
avoids the commonplace features of
open toe and heel but offers a max
imum of cool comfort is a mesh
oxford. The mesh effect covers the
entire shoe except for a strip at
the instep and a wide binding. You
can get this unusual model in white,
beige, black or navy but its original
design isn’t to be picked up for a
paltry sum.
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UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
UNDAY I
chool Lesson
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D.
Dean of The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
© Western Newspaper Union,
Lesson for August 7
RUTH: ADVENTUROUS FAITH
LESSON TEXT—Ruth 1:6-18.
GOLDEN TEXT—Thy people shall be my
people, and thy God my God.—Ruth 1:16.
PRIMARY TOPIC—A Girl Named Ruth.
JUNIOR TOPIC—The Story of Ruth.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC—
Ruth’s Wise Choice.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC—
An Adventurous Faith.
Handbags Are Larger
Handbags are large and of
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SOB
Out of the dark fastnesses of an
underground dungeon into the
brightness and warmth of God’s sun
shine—such is the transition we make
when we turn from the moral and
spiritual failures of Samson to con
sider the lovely story of Ruth. She
lived in the midst of the travails
and the sorrows of life, in fact we
find her at the beginning of the
bock which bears her name, a wid
ow who has lost all that the world
would hold dear. Yet she, because
of her purity of life and devotion to
God rises higher and higher, while
the one of whom we spoke last
week, starting with every advan
tage, slipped lower and lower be
cause of his sin.
Ruth was the great-grandmother
of King David, and thus this Gen
tile woman became one of the an
cestors of JTesus. (See Ruth 4:22
with Luke 3:22.) Many folk are
greatly concerned about their ances
try—one could wish that more were
concerned about living such lives
and developing such characters as
will make them good ancestors.
Teachers and classes will do well
to read and study the entire book
of Ruth—only about three pages
long in most Bibles—and give at
tention to the full story of her life,
especially the picture of the kins
man-redeemer, to be later fulfilled
in the Lord Jesus Christ. We must
confine our comments largely to the
printed portion which reveals Ruth
first as a loyal and thoughtful
daughter-in-law, then as one whose
love was not to be denied by sorrow
or circumstance, and finally as
one so bound to her mother-in-law
in unity of spirit that she became
one with her and her people.
I. Commendable Loyalty (w. 6-
10).
Tragic misfortune had visited
Naomi, who with her husband and
two sons had gone from Bethle
hem to Moab in a time of famine.
Not only had her husband died but
also her two sons, who had mar
ried Gentile women, leaving three
widows in one family to mourn to
gether. Naomi craved the fellow
ship of her own people in her hour
of trial and arose to return to her
own land.
Her departure brought out in the
two daughters-in-law the expression
of kindness and loyalty which
should exist in every family, but
which is all too often lacking. Her
own testimony concerning these
girls of Moab is that they had dealt
“kindly” with her and with the
dead. That word speaks volumes.
There is so little genuine kindness
in the world. Both Orpah and Ruth
went with her on the way—pro
testing their loyal purpose to go
with her all the way. Thus far
the two sisters were not differen
tiated—but the next incident re
veals Ruth as the one who had an
II. Undeniable Love (w. 11-14).
No one could for a moment ’con
demn Orpah for yielding to her
mother-in-law’s entreaty that she
return to her own people. She af
fectionately kisses Naomi and in
tears turns away. “But Ruth
clave unto her.”
Such love cannot be denied. It
is the most precious possession that
a man can have, apart from his
fellowship with God. The love of a
devoted father or mother, of a noble
helpmate, or of a little laddie or
lassie, these are the things that
really make life worth while, that
stand out as an oasis in the desert
of life, as a light in the darkness.
But Ruth takes one more step.
Her kindness and loyalty, her un
swerving love lead on to a confes
sion of her faith in the true God,
and the declaration of an
III. Inseparable Unity (vv. 15-18).
Literature knows no more beauti
ful gem than verses 16 and 17. It
was the Great Commoner, Bryan,
who said, “We cannot hope to con
tribute to literature a sentence so
exquisite and thrilling as that into
which Ruth poured the full meas
ure of a noble heart, but we can
imitate her devotion.”
The story is told of a fine young
Englishman who left his betrothed
sweetheart to go to California dur
ing the great gold rush. He was
going to make a fortune and then
send for her. He sent her his first
gold nugget. But alas, there were
none to follow and soon he became
not only poverty stricken, but ill.
In noble sacrifice he decided to re
lease her from her promise, and
wrote to tell her so. She (and one
could almost believe her name was
Ruth) took the treasured nugget,
had it made into a ring engraved
as a gift from her to him, with the
additional words “Ruth 1:16, 17.”
In due time it reached the young
man with its tender and inspiring
message—“Intreat me not to leave
thee,” and the assurance of her
devotion until death.
May this dizzy and bemuddled
wor'.d have many more characters
like Ruth.
Cool, Slim-Waisted Frocks
'T'HESE last few hot weeks will
A be a whole lot easier to bear if
you have some fresh new dresses
to wear around the house—cool,
slim-waisted styles that are fin
ished enough for shopping and
porch wear too. We’ve picked out
two that we know you’ll like, one
for slim figures and one for large.
Both are very, very easy to
make, for of course nobody wants
to undertake laborious sewing
these days. And both are easy to
wash and iron. A detailed sew
chart comes with each pattern.
Day Frock for Slim Figures.
This little dress is right at the
top of new fashions, with its gored
skirt and shaped square neckline.
Notice that the skirt seams are
extended above the waistline, to
give a little bosom fullness, which
makes the dress more becoming.
Very short kimono sleeves, just
covering the shoulders, give a
much prettier line than sleeveless
frocks do, and they’re just as cool.
The skirt has a charming flare.
Make this in linen, dotted Swiss,
dimity or organdie in a pretty flow
er print, and you’ll love it.
Day Frock for Large Figures.
You’ll find this straight, well-cut
dress one of the most becoming,
most slenderizing, you ever put
on. It has a deep v-neck and
short pleated sleeves for coolness
and comfort. It’s very easy and
unhampering in line, so that you
can work in it comfortably. Darts
on the shoulders and at the waist
line give it an unusually trim,
slimming fit. A touch of pretti
ness is added by ricrac braid and
the pointed closing. This is a dia
gram design that you can make in
a few hours, and you’ll want sev
eral dresses made just like this—
in dimity, calico, percale and
seersucker.
1558 is designed for sizes 12, 14,
16, 18, 20 and 40. Size 14 requires
4 1 A yards of 35-inch material; 9
yards of ribbon or braid to trim*
1533 is designed for sizes 34 y 86 v
38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48 and 50. Siza SO
requires 4% yards of 35-inch ma
terial. • 1% yards of ricrac braid
to trim.
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.
© Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service.
l/ncle PklL
The Hero of Modern Times
No one seems to have thought of
raising a monument to the man
who rustles the pay roll these
days.
Will power is that which makes
you do what you want to do when
you don’t want to do it.
Reading the history of civiliza
tion helps civilization a little.
LJAVE you door space going to
LA waste? There is always the
inside of a closet door—even in
the tiniest apartment. A pocket
like the one shown here gives a
place for shoes, whisk broom, hat
brush, shoe brush and even a dust
cloth to have within easy reach
when tidying up the bedroom. A
large pocket at the bottom takes
care of small pieces of laundry.
This door pocket may be made
from 2V4 yards of 35-inch-wide cot-
B IAS-
BINDING
DOUBLE
I STITCHING
2" BO)
PLEAT
24.-
SEW RINGS TO TOP
AND BOTTOM-THEN
HOOK TO DOOR
ton material. All the dimensions
as well as suggestions for making
are given here in the diagram.
There are other doors in every
house where pockets of various
types and sizes may be used to
good advantage. The broom clos
et door offers a place for cleaning
brushes and bottles of furniture
polish. Two large pockets on the
pantry door—one for clean dish
towels and one for soiled ones,
have been in use in my kitchen
for years. A large pocket of heavy
ticking on the inside of the door
leading to the basement makes a
place for old newspapers that are
so useful for many purposes.
Pockets on the inside of a door
leading to the attic often make a
place to keep small cleaning
equipment. And here is another
thought—even a small wall space
in your closet may be used for a
series of pockets for individual
pairs of stockings. This is much
neater than keeping them in a
drawer.
, NOTE: Every Homemaker
should have a copy of Mrs. Spears’
book, SEWING, for the Home Dec
orator. Forty-eight pages of di-
ASK ME
ANOTHER
A Quiz With Answers
Offering Information
on Various Subjects
The Questions
1. What is the meaning of the
Latin expression “in toto”?
2. Why was the Amazon river
so named?
3. What year followed 1 B. C.?
4. In what direction does the
earth rotate on its axis, from east
to west, or from west to east?
5. What is the next numerical
division after a “trillion”?
6. Was the title II Duce used
before Mussolini came into pow
er?
7. What is the record time for
circling the bases in baseball?
The Answers
1. “As a whole,” “entirely.”
2. It received its name from a
tribe of female warriors who were
fabled to live on its banks.
3. 1 A. D.
4. From west to east.
5. Quadrillion.
6. The late Gabriele d’Annunzio
assumed this title in 1919 when he
seized Fiume.
7. Evar Swanson, Cleveland out
fielder, circled the bases in 13%
seconds, September 5, 1929, in Cin
cinnati.
Beauty Is Mental
True beauty is in the mind; and
the expression of the features de
pends more upon the moral na
ture than most persons are ac
customed to think. — Frederic
Saunders.
rectiens for making slip-covers
and curtains'; dressing tables,
lampshades and many other use
ful articles for the home. Price
25 cents postpaid. Ask for Book
1, and address Mrs. Spears, 210
S. Desplaines St., Chicago, 111.
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He who sings frightens away
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