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f \ \ / McCORMTCK MESSENGER. MoCORMfCK. S. C.. T^lTRSn A Y. ATTOTTST 25. 1938 As to Knitting a Chic Fall Sweater By CHERIE NICHOLAS TT'S time to knit! Or do you happen to be a cro- cheter instead of a knit ter? Either way you do it, it’s time to make one of the perfectly charming sweat- ' ers here pictured. We’ll wager that at sight of these ultra chic and fas cinating sweater fashions your fingers will begin to tingle, your heart action quicken as a sudden urge ' sweeps o’er you to clickety click those knitting needles of yours faster than they ever clicked before. Or if, perchance, it’s a ‘ crochet needle you wield, we’ve an idea it’s going to go at rap id pace to complete a "dar ling” sweater like the cro cheted model shown above to the right in the illustration, for of course you will be wanting to have it ready to wear with the new fall suit. The other two sweaters in the picture are knitted. We agree with you, this trio of hand-made sweaters certainly have a chic and charm about them that is far beyond the ordinary. Not that there is anything complicated about the knitting and crocheting of ’em, for each of the models is really very simple to make. “Sweaters this year," comes word from Paris, “will be new because of their departure from the conven- tional.” Short, just over the hip bone is the foreword that reaches us in regard to the new fall sweat ers. Many are slide fastened for mostly everything is being zippered among the new fashions that can be zipped. Tjie majority of new sweaters have low necks. The band-and-bow trim that gives such dainty feminine detail to the sweater pictured above to the right in the group is definitely new. It affords a grand opportunity to carry out a two-color scheme which is something to take note of, consid ering that bicolor treatments are highly important in the current stylizing program. The three bands of contrasting color are fastened with bows made of tufts of fringe formed of the identical mercerized crochet cotton used to make the sweater. You’ll love this band- and-bow trimming the more you wear your sweater. The jacket-like sweater blouse above to the left has that air of sophisticated simplicity about it that every woman versed in the art of smart costuming covets. It is knit of knit-cro-sheen in an open work stitch interspersed with solid blocks that gives a sort of plaided effect. This sweater is the type that looks just as well when you remove your jacket as it does with the jacket on. Make it up in one of the lovely new muted colors and you will find it an indispensable and flattering accessory. The square neck line is a high-style feature. So also are the crochet buttons up the front. Most fashion reports have much to say in regard to the flair for buttons running to larger rather than small this season. With word emanating from Paris that “it’s a year for sweaters in versatile styles,” cardigans get headline attention. Variety in car digan styles is the new mandate, but it must be “variety without fus siness.” A cardigan type that env bodies all of Paris sweater dic tates is the short-sleeved one shown below. It is knit and crocheted of lustrous mercerized cotton. Work it up in a contrast of your two favorite colors. © Western Newspaper Union. SUMMER ERMINE By CHERIE NICHOLAS In the way of a summer evening wrap the short fur, feather or marabou bolero ranks at the top of the list, making an agreeable change from the fashionable cape. The one pictured is in natural beige summer ermine, worn over a white crepe frock with accordion pleated skirt. The smart young women who go to parties and such adore these boleros. The bolero in brown fur (very important for fall) is forecast as a smart daytime item. Brushed-Up Coiffures Now Go With Doll-Sized Hats It seems as if the idea of brushed-up hair is gaining, wheth er we like it or not. At any rate buyers returning*’ from midsummer trips report that they will show the new tiny doll-sized hats launched by Schiaparelli worn atop higher hair- dress that brings curls up off the ears. It remains to be seen how well the fashion will “take.” You never can tell, fickle fashion, fickle public are apt to go to any extreme. PART FABRIC, PART KNIT NEW FORMULA By CHERIE NICHOLAS College girl, here’s your cue to smartness in dress this fall. Which is to the effect that the sweater and the cloth skirt in accurate color match is a fashion “must” this com ing season. So there’s lots of fun ahead matching a sweater knit of Shetland, cashmere or angora wool to the skirt of patterned tweed, or if you prefer, a monotone wool of plain or novelty weave. Your choice runs from rich dark autumn tones to the now-so-fashionable pastel colors. Then there are those amazing three-piece ensembles that employ the identical yarn employed in knit ting the sweater, as is used for weaving the cloth for jacket and skirt. There’s no-end chic in the costumes of cloth that have short fur jackets with sleeves and bor- derings, knit of yarn in colors that tune to the scheme of things. Cerise Added to Popular Pinks by Paris Stylist Cerise is a new step on the ladder of pinks. A pleasant variation of the more purplish fuchsia shade, the cerise is used by Lelong for a flowing sash tying around a deep blue evening gown with a halter neck. And the same vivid shade is the background for a dainty white-dotted Swiss, which forms the bodice for a bouffant white tulle skirt. The bod ice is draped up and over the right shoulder but comes under the left arm, thus leaving the left shoulder strapless, while the right is weU covered. Adding Bright Touch Flowers on the bodice of an eve ning frock matched by flowers in the hair supply all the decoration that one could want for festive oc casions. Moldy Colors Moldy colors are being proudly displayed at the moment as being high style. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL UNDAYI chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D. Dean of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. © Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for August 28 ELI: RESPONSIBILITY FOR OTHERS LESSON TEXT—I Samuel 3:11-14; 4:12-18. GOLDEN TEXT—Train up a child in the way he should go. Proverbs 22:6a. PRIMARY TEXT—When God Spoke to a Boy. JUNIOR TEXT—When God Spoke to a ^'intermediate and senior topic— Should We Do as We Please? YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC— The Challenge of Christian Fatherhood. The responsibilities and privileges of fatherhood need special empha sis, and the lesson of today gives excellent opportunity for such con sideration. Too often the rearing of children, which is almost inevita bly largely in the hands of the moth er, is entirely delegated to her, and the father becomes the man who pays the bills, occasionally carries out a severe act of discipline, but otherwise is almost a stranger to his children. Girls as well as boys appreciate and respond to the loving and un derstanding fellowship of a father who really improves the opportunity to build himself into the lives of his children. Eli is a striking illustration of a man who had attained an honorable position in life and who had dis charged his public duties with suc cess, but who failed his own boys, because of weak indulgence. Not a few Christian workers have followed in Eli’s path. I. A Weak Father and Vile Sons (3:13). The sons of Eli were wicked men who dared even to use the service of the temple for the gratification of fleshly appetites and lusts. (See 2:12-17,22.) Eli protested against their most flagrant sin (2:23,24), but evidently he had lost his influence over them, for they did not hearken. It is not always true that the wickedness of a son is the result of weakness in the father, nor is it al ways the case that weak fathers have vile sons. Often the sons live far better lives than their fathers, and frequently a godly and faith ful father suffers the heartbreak of having a wayward son. But usually “like father, like son” is true. Boys learn from their fathers—not so much by words of admonition, as by deeds. Let us tell our boys how to live by first living a consist ent Christian life, and then lovingly but insistently requiring of them during their days of irresponsibility conformity to the standards of God. We need to build moral fiber into American youth of our country if it is not to fall into the decadence of the civilizations of the past. II. Judgment—Personal and Na tional (3:12, 14; 4:17). Sin brings a horrible harvest of sorrow, suffering and judgment, not only to the individual but to his family, and ultimately to the na tion. No man can ever divorce him self from his relationship to his fam ily. His people will suffer for his waywardness, perhaps more than he suffers himself. The nation is made up of homes, and consequently when the family suffers the nation will suffer too. There is a strange theory current that social and political entities have an existence apart from the people who make them up, that our people can drink and gamble and steal and kill, and yet somehow we will still be the “land of the free and the home of the brave.” America is what the families in your communi ty and mine are, and our families are what we are. May God help us to be better fathers, mothers, brothers, and sisters. III. Responsibility and Opportu nity. This division of our lesson is drawn from no special portion of the Scripture lesson, but is present ed to place squarely before us the fact that we (and we are speaking specifically to fathers) have a plain and inescapable responsibility for our family life, as well as to empha size the fact that this is not a re sponsibility of which we should be afraid. It is God’s gift of glorious opportunity. Eli was a personal success as a priest. He had many commend able qualities, not the least of which was his gracious recognition of the ministry of Samuel, who had grown up in his presence and yet who was recognized by Eli as the mes senger of God. (Compare Mark 6:4 and I Tim. 4:12.) But he missed life’s greatest opportunity by los ing his own boys. Sad to say, many a father has followed him, yes, even we are sorely tempted to make our business (and it may be the “busi ness” of the Lord) the thing of pri mary concern, and let our children fit in where they may, or not at all. Let us look on the brighter side in closing our study and recall the inspiring contribution that has been made to our national life, to our spiritual life and oar social advance ment by those who have come out of the most humble of homes, with the most meager worldly advan tages, but with the rugged charac ters—physically, morally, and spir itually stalwart—which have been nurtured in a true Christian home. It pays, not only for the person and for the family, but also for the na tion, to have Christian fathers. WHA T to EAT and WHY 4fouAton (jouMaa £xtaLaln& the Causes of Food Allergy Well-Known Food Authority Names the Foods That Cause Trouble By C. HOUSTON GOUDISS 6 East 39th St., New York City. A NEW phrase has crept into daily usage in recent years, has in fact become so common that comedians use it in jest and draw laughs from their audiences when they mimic, “I’m allergic! ” But the words have deep significance for perhaps 30 to 60 per cent of the population who have cause to agree with the old saying that “one man’s meat is another man’s poison.” They are victims of the curious <&■ phenomenon known as food al lergy and have an abnormal reac tion to the proteins in certain foods and other substances. As a result, foods which are beneficial in themselves and which usually have an important place in a normal balanced diet, cause a variety of unpleasant effects. These may range from hives or a skin rash to a gastric disturb ance with spells of nausea. The individual may suf fer from migraine headache or an at tack of hay fever or asthma; or he may have a tend ency to what ap pears to be bron chial or head colds. It has been de termined that these symptoms in an in dividual who is al lergic are due to intolerance of certain proteins. Even when the offending foods are fruits and vegetables, it is the pro tein that is responsible. It has been suggested that the sensitiza tion results because at some pre vious time, an unsplit or undi gested protein in some way passed through the membranes lining the digestive tract and entered the blood stream. This acted very much like a foreign substance and sensitized body cells in some way so that whenever the same food is eaten, the disturbing symptoms occur as a sort of defense mechan ism. —★— N Heredity a Factor A tendency to allergy seems to be inherited. But the substances which caused a disturbance differ with each individual, and the type of reaction also differs. For exam ple, a mother may be allergic to milk; her child inheriting the tend ency may be allergic to fish. Drinking milk may give the mother an attack of asthma; eat ing fish may cause the child to break out with hives. —★— Trouble-Making Foods It is .difficult to generalize re garding the foods that cause trou ble, because they vary so widely among individuals who are sensi tized, and often one person is sen sitized to a number of foods. It has been found that the foods most fre quently causing allergic symp toms include wheat, milk, eggs, chocolate, pork, fish and shellfish, tomatoes, cauliflower, cabbage, strawberries and oranges. Skin rashes are believed to be caused most frequently by hyper sensitiveness to milk, cereal or pork. Hives are reported to occur often from eating strawberries, chocolate, fish and tomatoes. Wheat is frequently an offender in migraine headaches. Asthma seems to be common in persons who are sensitive to milk, eggs and butter. —★— Other Offending Substances Foods are not always responsi ble for allergy, and the symptoms may be produced by contact with wool, feathers, dust, pollen, dander from horses or other animals; or even the sting of a bee. —★— Discovering the Offenders The ideal procedure for the al lergy victim is to find out the of fending foods or substances and avoid them. For early recognition of a tendency to allergy may pre vent discomfort and trouble. There are two ways to discover SEND FOB THIS FREE CHART of Peasant Motifs Add Smartness to Linens The peasant note spells smart ness in linens today. These fig ures in simple stitches will add color to accessories and offer pleasant hours in their embroid ering. Pattern 1743 contains a Send for This FREE VITAMIN PRIMER Offered by C. Houston Goudiss D O YOU want to know where to find the differ ent vitamins? Just write to C. Houston Goudiss at 6 East 39th St., New York City, for his new "Vitamin Primer." It tells the facts that every homemaker needs to know about vitamins. In simple chart form, the functions of each vitamin are explained, and there is a list of foods to « ;uide you in supplying your amily with adequate amounts of these necessaryfood factors. • The bulletin will be especially helpful to those who must avoid cer tain foods, as it offers a wide choice of foods containing each vitamin. Pattern 1743. transfer pattern of 4 motifs 7% by inches, 4 motifs 3 by 3% inches, 4 motifs 2 by 2% inches; illustrations of stitches; materials required; color schemes. Send 15 cents in stamps or coins (coins preferred) for this pattern to The Sewing Circle, Needlecraft Dept., 82 Eighth Ave., New York, N. Y. FOODS TEAT OFTEN CAUSE TROUBLE C. Houston Goudiss will gladly send you, FREE, a chart showing which foods have been found most frequently to cause allergic reactions, and also those which are the least likely to cause trou ble. Just state your request on a postcard and address it to C. Houston Goudiss, 6 East 39th Street, New York City. the trouble makers. One is to learn by experience, either by keeping a record of the foods eat en and noting the appearance of symptoms, or by eliminating from the diet, first one and then another of the foods that are suspected of causing difficulty. The other is to let your doctor conduct simple skin tests. Small scratches are made on the arms and legs, and each scratch touched with a solu tion made of the protein of a food or substance known to cause trou ble. If a person is allergic to that substance, the skin around the scratch swells and becomes in flamed. The inflammation disap pears after a few hours and causes no pain or inconvenience. —★— Other Foods Must Be Used Once the offending food or foods are determined, they should be eliminated either for all time or until the individual becomes de sensitized. If the trouble maker is an uncommon food, such as lob ster or clams, the allergy presents no great problem, but when chil dren react to necessary foods such as milk, eggs and wheat, the homemaker faces a difficult task. When milk is the offending food, it must be avoided, not only as a beverage, but in bread, cakes and puddings. Sometimes dried or evaporated iriilk, goat’s milk or soy bean milk may be used in stead. When wheat is the trouble maker, the alternatives include cornstarch, rice flour, potato or rye flour; rice and corn cereals; tapioca or barley. When hen’s eggs are injurious, duck’s eggs can sometimes be used with suc cess, or meat or fish may be sub stituted. Sometimes after a period of ex clusion, an immunity is built up so that later the foods may be re introduced gradually into the diet. —★— Don't Jump to Conclusions It must be borne in mind tba^ many of the symptoms produced by food sensitivity may also resolt from other causes. For this rea-< son, it is unwise to decide that one is allergic without due investiga tion. Nor must the imagination or the current widespread discussion of the subject be allowed to causo adults or children to mask thetr unwillingness to eat certain foods with the false notion that they are unduly sensitive. On the other hand, homemakers; should be sympathetic with both children and adults who say with good cause, “I can’t eat that!” And it would appear that there may even be some compensation in this unpleasant situation. For a group of scientists who have studied the subject announced a few years ago that those who be long to the allergy group appear to have a definite capacity for be coming intellectually superior. Thus, the child who suffers from a skin rash or stuffy nose today, due to food sensitivity, is apt to be full of energy when he reaches manhood and exhibit unusual abil ity for cultural leadership. © WNU—C. Houston Goudiss—1938—29. UNA and INAand the Twins* Birthday Party... LISTEN TO TUESDAYS OUR BIRTHDAY AND MOM THE TWINS SAYS WE CAN ONLY BUY ICE CREAM NE XT . ENOUGH FOR SIX KIDS. JIMMIE WANTS DOOR' TO.ASK SOME HORRID OLD BOYS AND JANIE/ WHAT& \ AW, SHE WANTS A ALL THE FIGHT \ FLOCK OF UTTLE SlSSlE ABOUT ? \ . GIRLS y •• .V « /. X L Kft-* * v r< < * '*** * WELL, IF THE COST OF THE ICE CREAM IS ALL THAT'S WORRY ING YOUR MOTHER-THATS EASY.y SURE ~ UNA V I CAN MAKE ENOUGH WITH JELL-0 ICE CREAM POWDER SO YOU CAN ASK EVERYONE! TAKE A LOOK. MOM/ PRETTY SWELL, EH? TASTES SWELL, TOO 1 TRIED IT t'?*; A ALL WE DID WAS ADD MILK AND CREAM- AN' THE JELL-O ICE CREAM POW DER ONLY COSTA FEW PENNIES/ / SAY THIS ICE CREAM IS KEEN HOT DIGGETY — I HEAR THERES GOING TO BE SECOND HELPS/ M-M- SMOO-OOTH / THATS -AND YUMMY/ / RIGHT/ »■ Ti & 3 I V— JOL-O ICE CREAM POWDER MAKES A WHOLE QUART AND A HALF FROM JUST ONE PACKAGE f w TEU YOUR GROCER TO SEND OVER AU. * FLAVORS . HAVE ICE CREAM TONIGHT/ STRAWBERRY -Manilla - CHOCOLATE LEMON - MAPLE - UN FLAVORED