Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1938 SPAIN’S BARRIER # The Pyrenees, where Romans once bathed, now boast thermal spas. Tens of thousands vacation yearly in these ro mantic mountains of southwest Europe, Prepared by National Geographic Society. Washington. D. C.—WNU Service. T HE Pyrenees form a bar rier tbat political map makers could not ignore. All the way from the Mediter ranean and the Atlantic their mighty ramparts • notch the sky. Like a massive Chinese wall they set apart the Iberian peninsula from the rest of Europe. Upon their crests has been sketched the bound ary between France and Spain. Humid winds strike the French side, loosing their moisture to * irrigate green valleys and to soften the con tours of the slopes by their forces of erosion. In Spain the mountain faces are more rugged and barren. But the Pyrenees are more than a barrier. In many of the quiet glens the early Romans exploited curative baths. Now tens of thousands of visitors annually re sort here to vacation in the moun tains or take the cure at the numer ous thermal spas. Thanks to the ef forts of industrious French highway engineers, an excellent motor road, the Route des Pyrenees, traverses the entire length of the chain. Hannibal’s Land Your journey begins at Perpignan, sunrise gateway to the Pyrenees. The countryside basks in the bright sun beside the Mediterranean and is rich with vast vineyards. Hanni bal, with his troops and his ele phants, camped hereabouts after crossing the Pyrenees. Greek trad ers and the Romans found it a pleasant land. Actually the Pyrenees highway starts at Cap Cerbere, so you mo tor down the coast past Elne, Ar- geles-sur-Mer, and Collioure. Elne demands a sentimental pause, for it is the ancient lUiberis. Constantine changed its name to Helena in mem ory of his mother. High up on Cap Cerbere the trav eler halts. You may look over into Spain, but you cannot go there. Be cause of strife in the south, the frontier is closed to all traffic. You mount the narrow highway which loops, twists, and zigzags in sharp hairpin turns over the hills. From Villefranche-de-Confient to Mont Louis, both fortified by Vau- ban, fort builder for France in Louis XIVs reign, the road follows up the course of the Tet river. Beyond Olette the valley narrows into a pre cipitous gorge, with mighty boulders forming its gateway and ramparts. Deep below, in a wild ravine, the river brawls noisily over its rocky bed. Between here and Mont Louis two 270-yard-long railway bridges span the chasm. Home in the Sky | Where the profound gap widens again, you catch fleeting glimpses of a village set high atop one of the rocky walls. It is more than a thou sand-foot drop tb the nearest bus stop, but what a front-window view the residents must have! In less than 12 miles here in the upper Tet the road spirals and mounts upward 3,000 feet, like an airplane seeking elevation. And the view that one gains approximates that from a cockpit. On the downward slope toward the Ariege you pass the road spur that leads to Andorra, quaint sur vivor of the old Pyrenean republics, with its loyalties united both to France and Spain. Although bleak at its beginning, the Ariege increases in prosperity as it descends and widens. Snow- fed rivers fret noisily through Axles- Thermes, but in the vicinity there are several hot sulphurous springs. Foix really is off the Pyrenees route, but it is still deep in the hills and for centuries was the capi tal stronghold for the counts who ruled the district. Its venerable castle, standing boldly on a rocky hill rearing above the junction of the Ariege and the Arget, is a pleas ing remnant of feudalism. By good fortune you may arrive in the town on the chief day of its ABOVE—An ox team of the Pyrenees at St, Jean-de-Lux, one of the historic villages planted deep in this mountainous area where time has changed local customs hut little. autumn fair. Merry-go-rounds, bump’em and dodge’ems, catch-pen ny side shows, and every Coney Is land attraction that young or old might wish fill the wide tree-can opied promenade. —And So to Bed Then lights flicker in the castle windows, smoke pours from the bat tlements, and the towers become red as flames leap higher. The cas tle is “burning” in a most realistic manner. As darkness settles over the walls holiday makers pile into flivvers, buses, and donkey carts. Superbagneres is as gay in win ter as it is cool in summer. On its slopes are bobsled runs, ski jumps and even a skating pond. From Gavamie to Argeles-Gazost, and the side trip to the summer holiday cen ter of Cauterets, the road weaves through gorges most of the way. Pau, although in the Bases (low) Pyrenees, seems on the plains. When the town was capital of the old province of Bearn, it was scin- Pelota players in the Pyrenees use a long troughlike basket to drive their soft rubber ball back at the opponent. tillant with court glory. Here in a room of the altered and restored castle, one can see the tortoise-shell cradle in which Henry IV slept as an infant, after, says legend, his moth er sang Bearnais songs at his birth and his father rubbed his lips with garlic and made him taste the local Jurancon wine. Red-White-Red As you speed along the road, you see slate roofs turn to red tile. Walls flash white in the sunshine and the houses take on red balconies and red shutters. Churches acquire dif ferently shaped towers and every village has its fronton, or wall, against which the game pelota is played. Farmers, driving oxcarts of bracken down from the hills, wear inevitable berets. You have entered the Land of the Basques. On the road through Louhossoa, Itxassou, Cambo-les-Bains, Larres- sore, and other strangely named places you journey. The young boys, had they been American, would be playing san#-lot baseball. Being Basque, they bounce balls against the village frontons. For pelota is to the Basques what baseball is to Americans. The game has several variations, some requiring a long field extend ing from the fronton. A soft rubber ball is used. In the play it is caught and returned to the opponent from a single bounce or directly by means of a long *roughlik« basket strapped to the band. ! Star Dust ★ Yesterday’s Ghosts ! ★ Vocal Tragedies At Fred and Ginger By Virginia Vale W ANT to see what kind of role Clark Gable drew in his early days of making pic tures? Then you’ll have to go to *‘Painted Desert,” recently made by RKO-Radio with George O’Brien, originally filmed by RKO-Pathe in 1930. Lee Shumway plays the villain jj’iginally played by Gable. By way of delving into the past again—all the still existing sets that CLARK GABLE were used for pictures made by Mary Pickford and Douglas Fair banks were demolished the other day. Some of them were nearly 20 years old. They’ll make room for a setting for the next Goldwyn pro duction, “The Last Frontier.” —*— Pity Carole Lombard. When her pal, Alice Marble, our No. 1 woman tennis player, was winning the Eastern Grass Courts championship at Rye, N. Y., Carole had to de pend on daily telegrams to inform her of her friend’s progress, be cause the matches weren’t broad cast. Luckily for her the last one was played on Sunday—the strain of trying to work while it was going on would have been terrific! —*— The latest fashion news is to the effect that soon the girls will be wearing adaptations of the styles of 1904—the reason being that Claud ette Colbert will soon be seen in “Zaza,” and that the clothes she wears in the picture are so fetching that everybody’s going to want clothes like hers. —& Felix Knight, the young tenor who’s being heard more and more often on the, air, is going to keep right on until autumn with his na tion-wide program that is heard Fri days from 6:00 to 6:15, EDST, over NBC’s red network. One of the things he gets excited about, be tween broadcasts, is the number of young people whose voices are be ing ruined because they’re going to teachers who aren’t really good. Says he knows any number of boys and girls in California, wherfr he used to live, who would be suc cesses if only they were properly taught. But he can’t tell them how to go about finding really good teachers— says that he just happened to be lucky; that he heard some people sing who sang the way he wanted to, and hunted up their teacher. * If you happen to be in New York and want to see some of your fa vorite radio stars when they’re off duty, the place for you to go is the drugstore in the building where the NBC studios are located. Visiting movie folks and stage stars haunt the restaurants, but for some reason the radio stars turn like homing pig eons to that drug store. —*— Did you happen to be listening to the radio while the music from “Carefree,” the the new Rogers- Astaire picture, was broadcast with Irving Ber lin, its author, in the studio? It’s nice music, and apparently it’s also a nice pic ture—but still the rumors grow and grow, to the ef fect that Astaire wants a new Fred Astaire dancing partner, and Ginger wants a new leading man. — ODDS AND ENDS—Fred Ibbett, a vet eran in the field of radio production, de clares that his line of work offers the greatest opportunities to young newcom ers of any phase of industry , . . Tyrone Power had a lot of fun on his trip East— one of his engagements being for lunch eon with Madge Evans . . . Madge, inci dentally, has fallen for the new fad of painting her finger nails white . . . Re member Julie Haydon, who left the stage for the movies, and couldn't get anywhere in the movies, and now is a terrific hit on the stage? . . . IFell, the movie producers are after her again—can’t see how it hap pened that she just never got any good parts when she was in Hollywood . . . “Four’s a Crowd” is a pretty good pi& ture; better put it on your list. ® Western Newspaper Union. Hand-Knits Combine Style, Service for Campus Wear By CHERIE NICHOLAS S TURDY and protective from the elements were things knitted in the “long, long ago” pioneer days, but they lacked the es thetic. But modern knits! It is as if knitting in this day and generation had become a magic art whereby designers have dramatized the theme to a point of high styling such as our faithful ever-knitting great-great ancestresses ne’er dreamed could be. Back to college in a knit bolero frock such as the stunning model to the right in the group illustrated will cause one’s sorority sisters to voice a chorus of oh’s and ah’s of admiration. It’s worth the experi ment, just see if it isn’t! A bumpy crochet cotton lends itself beauti fully to this knit design because of its resiliency and smart rough sur face effect. Boleros come in so “handy” and you can wear this one separately with other frocks if you wish. You’ll like the flattery of the figure-molding dress that, together with the bolero, forms as stylish a costume as ever might be. With fringes all the rage this year you will be right on your toes come autumn if you wear a trim sports outfit as shown centered in the trio. It is knit of a nubby crochet cotton and what endless wear one does get out of these cotton crochets! Wash them and wash them and it never fazes their good looks. Then, too, being handknit, they have style and distinction. It is not only that the fringe that finishes the edges is def initely fashion correct but it gives opportunities for interesting color combinations. The jacket fits snug around the waistline to give a neat line, which is a highly important styling item—that of the fitted de fined waistline. Wouldn’t any school girl, business woman, debutante, clubwoman— wouldn’t any member of the fair sex that goes motoring, or treks about town love a handknit coat as here pictured! It surely is an inspira tion to start knitting needles click ing. It is knit of a nubby crochet cotton in a striking plaid patterning with immense patch pockets of the darker color. They will tell you at any faneywork department where you get the yarn as to effective color combinations. You can make this colorful coat up very quickly if you get at it with a will. Grand to wear to the early autumn games! Here* are a few general items in regard to latest knitting trends. The tendency this season is to knit en tire suits or ensembles, the ex quisite simplicity of which achieves a smart tailored look. Interesting skirts are ribbed around to simu late pleats. Wear gold jewelry with your new black knit frock. Sweater jackets are “dolled up” with silver buttons of hand-wrought type. Knit ted combined with woven fabric is very popular, as for instance a cloth jacket with knitted sleeves. Plaid skirt with bright sweater is popular schoolgirl formula. © Western Newspaper Union. Sweater and Skirt Little fashion-correct "Missy" in this picture is dressed in her new sweater and skirt outfit ready to answer first-day-of-school roll call. It's the smart vogue this season for little girls to companion a sus pender skirt of handsome wool with a sweater of exact color match. In this instance the skirt of fine Arlingcrest wool (comes in in teresting colors of Scandinavian influence such as Viking copper and Peer Gynt blue, also navy, green and brown) has a novel sus pender fashioning that widens as it buttons to the skirt belt. Muffs Match Hats In Latest Trend Muffs that match hats are among the latest fads to tempt women seek ing the unusual in costume accents. Many different decorative fabrics such as matelasse crepe, embroid ered wool and velvets are being used for these as are the numerous fur fabrics. The hats are of the turban type, always high and often draped. The muffs are variously shaped, depending upon the fabric. Fur materials, for example, are cut very simple, while the decorative materials are draped, twisted and bow-trimmed. Don't Be Deceived By New 'Doll Hats' It’s a fact that doll hats are gay deceivers. They look so impossible off the head you think you can’t possibly wear them. But you can! And to your amazement you will find them actually becoming. Step in to your favorite milliner’s, try on a few, and you will find they are irresistible. Just now the shops are displaying little black velvet types that pose over one eye with a head strap at the back which holds them firmly into place. Veil Tied Over the Face That is the way smart Paris wom en are wearing their veils—tied over the face. They are wearing veils to a far greater extent abroad than we in America are doing. Huge Jeweled Pendants The latest is to suspend a hand some antique-looking pendant from a thin necklace. Earrings are very much in evidence, too, and they also favor the pendant motif. Jet Embroidery See the hat and bolero “sets” of black velvet that are embroidered in jet. Newest thing out! HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONS Washing Fine Hose.—To pre vent runs while laundering fine mesh hose, put stockings in a cheesecloth bag, squeeze gently in mild soap suds and rinse sev eral times. Hang up to dry. * • * Drying Fabric Shoes.—To dry wet satin or fabric shoes, stuff with soft paper, pushing it in to shape but not strain the material. * * * Treating a New Broom.—Before a new broom is used, soak it in a strong salt water solution and dry thoroughly. It will last longer. * * * Cooking Doughnuts.—Add a tea spoonful of vinegar to the cold fat to be used in cooking doughnuts and the doughnuts will not absorb grease. * * * Corks That Fit.—If corks fall out of salt and pepper shakers, soak corks in hot water to make them swell; or use a piece of ad hesive over the opening. * * • Exposed Fruits. — Fruits and vegetables that wait for hours in a warm kitchen before cooking or canning lose much more of their vitamin C than those that are freshly picked or kept chilled in a refrigerator. • * • Spare the Wallpaper.—Protect new wallpaper or freshly painted area above or on the side of old- time sinks with transparent cello phane paper, put in place with thumb tacks., * * • Crisp Celery.—To make celery firm and crisp and a bit salty in flavor, soak in cold salty water for an hour before using. NERVOUS? Do you feet so nervous you want to scream? Are you croes and irritable? Do you scold those dearest to you? 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