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McCORMICK MESSENGER. McCORMICK, S. C.. THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1939 Suits of Glamorous Wools . Are Top Fashion for Spring By CHERIE NICHOLAS N UP-TODATE wardrobe with- out a chic new suit? It just | isn’t being done nowadays. All ||| fashiondom has gone wildly, deliri ously suit-mad this spring—which is your cue as to “what to wear” at this immediate moment. The fact that fashion is in a mood to suit you as you have never been suited before should count a lot in your planning this spring. The thing that plays big in the glorifica tion of the new suits is the superbly colorful and intriguingly textured wool fabrics that challenge design ers to turn out a pageantry of suits that in the matter of variety and chic and charm outrivals all pre vious showings so far as we of the present generation are concerned. The new tweeds are captivating, especially the soft coarse meshy kind that are so eminently patrician in their now-so-stylish neutral oat meal tones, and in the smart honey- beige or in subtle grays that so appeal to discriminating taste. Some of these natural toned tweeds are flecked with multi-color which makes them even more alluring. It’s a stroke of genius to buy a new threesome ensemble which includes a skirt, jacket and long topcoat for this many-piece interchangeable combination, together with a collec tion of blouses, measures up to clothes requirements for almost any daytime event. Then, too, later on the coat can be worn as a wrap over dainty summer frocks. We are illustrating Just such a threesome (see the figure seated). This outfit is beautifully tailored of an imported tweed in soft heather mixture. It has a straight skirt and unusual shoulder detail. The shoul ders and lapels of the topcoat dupli cate those of the suit. The suit jacket is a one button type. The sailor hat is in a deep purple veiled to bespeak the femininity of the present mode. As to the new plaids, stripes and checks they play havoc with any tradition that a suit or coat is sup posed to be modest and conserva tive. Suits of checked, striped or plaid- ed woolens have revolutionized the mode in that they are a far de parture from the classic navy or black monotones of yore. The fact that the plaid skirts are pleated also gives them the spring “look.” See the nifty plaid suit to the right in the illustration. It typifies the new trend perfectly. It is of imported tweed in soft yellow with crossbar of brown (smart color combination this season). The pleated skirt stamps this suit with unmistakable chic. The pleats are stitched down around the hips for smooth slender izing line. The single-breasted jack et observes every rule of the game in matter of swank detail. Brown suede sports hat with a wide scoop brim and brown alligator bag be speak utmost chic. As to the fetching little dressmak er jacket suit it is with us in such numbers it would take an alert mind to keep tally of the number that pass a given moment at a given point, for the jacket suit is omni present in the style parade. The new jacket twosomes play up color combinations in amazing variations. Black wool crepe for the skirt topped with jacket in pale yellow with black piping describes the goodlooking model centered in the group. New details are the softly rolled collar, high pockets and out side tucks around the waist. A wide brimmed Breton sailor with a quill across the crown is jaunty and very flattering to the wearer. e Western Newspaper Union. Veils and Veiling Are Omnipresent Veils and veiling are that omni present in the millinery mode the eyes have to sight through yards and yards of veiling to discover the hat itself. To radiate the spirit of spring try tying' a bright green veil over your new black or navy straw. Green veils are the “last word in chic.” It’s the proper thing to match the color of your veil to your gloves and other accessories. You will like the new hats made all of veiling. They are appealingly feminine and in their exquisite colorings they tune to spring most charmingly. The all veiling hat (most often a little sailor) is made of twisted strands of the veiling or layer upon layer. To add allure there are long streamer ends of the veiling to tie and twirl with provocative grace. Of Silk Shirting Navy Vogue Steps To Fashion Front Contrasting the flamboyant plaids and stripes and gay prints now so much in vogue is the navy vogue which has stepped to the front. Suits with cunningly devised jackets, dresses with accompanying boleros and coats galore are neatly tailored of navy wools. The accessories may be either very colorful or follow the trend that calls for lingerie touches in immaculate white. Object of Admiration Resort visitors are telling their admiration for the rough straw sailor with a high perky bow of taffeta on its uptilted brim. It’s your play! And why not play in a sports dress of purple silk shirting striped in white, with self color simulated reptile belt, as here pictured? Speaking of silk for sports frocks, here’s another suggestion. If you select a dress of dull-surfaced nubby silk noil, in the new olive green and ofT-white color, you will be all set. Complement this with a separate lumber jacket top ADVENTUROUS AMERICANS By Elmo Scott Watson L A Frontier Paul Revere [AMES WATSON WEBB was the ^ famous editor of the New York Courier and Enquirer who also had a career as a politician and diplo mat. But he deserves more honor for a daring exploit which he per formed as a young man on the Illi nois frontier. The scion of an old New York family, Webb ran away from home at the age of 17 and went to Washington where he persuaded John C. Calhoun, secretary of war, to give him a. commission in the army. In October, 1821, young Lieuten ant Webb was sent to join the garri son at Fort Dearborn. In the mid dle of the winter John Kinzie, the Indian agent at Chicago, reported to the commander that the Sioux and Foxe Indians were plotting to surprise and massacre the garrison at Fort Snelling the next spring. Colonel McNeil immediately called for volunteers to carry the news of the plot to Fort Armstrong (near Rock Island, 111.) so that word could be sent up the river to Fort Snelling. Lieut. Webb offered to make the journey. Accompanied by a sergeant and a Pottawatomie guide he set out early in February. He intended to go first to the post of a French trader on the Rock river and there secure a Win nebago guide. But when he reached the post he found the Winnebagoes holding war dances. So Webb and the sergeant cautiously circled around the camp and headed toward Fort Armstrong. The weather was bitterly cold and the two men faced the danger of perishing in the raging blizzard. But in spite of this they reached Fort Armstrong in safety. As a result of their trip, the commander at Fort Snelling so reinforced his post that the Indians did not dare attack and a possible massacre was averted. • • • • A Safety-Minded Adventurer TP HE Colorado river was referred to as a “mysterious monster” until Maj. J. W. Powell made the first authentic survey of its canyons in 1869. It lured many daring ad venturers to their death both before and after his first expedition. Strangely enough, Powell was a scholar and not an adventurer by purpose. Even when he made his successful journey down the river, it was his methodical preciseness rather than engineering or navigat ing ability that brought success. The Colorado descends an average of more than eight feet each mile and makes this drop by a series of rapids. It rages through canyons with perpendicular walls that often tower several thousand feet. Powell never ran into anything dangerous when he could avoid it. Being a geologist and not a naviga tor, he beached his boat and sent men along the cataract walls to re- connoiter the rapids ahead before he attempted to descend them. Pow ell’s methods were so successful that he is one of only a few who ever made expeditions down the Col orado without losing a single life. He traveled the Colorado from the Green river in Wyoming to Virgin canyon below the Grand canyon, bringing back the first authentic in formation about that natural wonder. Although he was a professor of geology at Illinois Wesleyan univer sity and had had no navigating ex perience before his first venture, he designed boats that became models for Colorado river work. Major Powell was a paradox—a cautious man whose motto was “safety first” and yet he was one of America’s greatest adventurers. • * • ‘King’ Strang V N 1847 James Jesse Strang—ana 1 the first two names are in the proper order!—led a colony from Voree, near LaCrosse, Wis., to the Beaver islands just west of Trav erse bay in Lower Michigan. There he set up a “kingdom” over which he ruled with an iron hand. He was a picturesque figure with his flaming whiskers almost as red as the kingly robe he wore. Not only aid he dispense his own cruel brand of justice to the people in his colony but he constantly made war on the Irish fishermen on the mainland and often pillaged their homes. Finally he became so bold that President Fillmore issued a warrant for his arrest on a charge of treason for setting up an inde pendent government within the Unit ed States. For some unknown rea son he was not found guilty and re turned to his “kingdom.” But his downfall was not long in coming. He made a law that all women were to wear short skirts with baggy bloomers. When Mrs. Thomas Bedford refused, her hus band was flogged for upholding her refusal. This was a fatal mistake. For Bedford and another man who had been flogged at the same time, waylaid their hated monarch and shot him. He was taken back to die of his wounds at Voree and the peo ple of his “kingdom” were driven away from their island by the in habitants of the Michigan mainland. <S) Western Newspaper Union. om SEW 4*"- Ruth Wyeth Spears o I. DRAW AROUND A DIME BLUE GINGHAM STRETCH PVER CARD BOARD BEFORE FRAMING 4. RED CHAIN STITCH Ail Embroidery by Mary Ann, age nine. \/[ARY ANN was named for her grandmother, who at the age of nine, made an elaborate sam pler of embroidery stitches. Ev eryone thought it would be nice if the modern Mary Ann could also do a bit of hand work to be framed and kept. We here report, thanks to a series of rainy afternoons, this was actually accomplished. Mary Ann’s mother started the project with a rather large piece of blue gingham; a pair of em broidery hoops and some odds and ends of bright six strand mercer ized embroidery thread. Outlines for flower designs were made by drawing around coins and the flow ers were embroidered as shown here. Stems were done in outline stitch and leaves in groups of straight stitches. From the many attempts on that piece of gingham, two flower groups had almost as much life and charm as the modern Mary Ann, age nine. These were neatly framed and lend a gay note at each side of an old mirror. NOTE: Book 1, Gifts, Novelties and Embroidery, gives full in structions for ninety embroidery stitches with many sketches show ing ways to use them. You and your children may have happy hours with this fascinating hand work. Book 1, SEWING, for the Home Decorator, contains 48 com plete lessons for making slipcov ers, draperies, bedspreads and many other things for the house. Books are 25 cents each. If you order both books, crazypatch leaf let, reviving interest in this old- time hand craft, is included FREE. Address, Mrs. Spears, 210 S. Desplaines St., Chicago, 111. HTHE full-sleeved, high-waisted dress (1721) is a perfectly charming fashion for afternoon parties, club meetings and lunch eons. It does nice things to your figure, because the bodice is gath ered into just enough fullness, and the high waistline makes you look slimmer around the middle and over the diaphragm. Make it of silk crepe, georgette, prints or chiffon. Here’s a simple little pattern (1670) th$t brings you one of the very smartest styles of the sea son—the-button-front frock for ev ery day wear. It has wide shoul ders, a flaring skirt, and the fit ting is all by means of simple darts that draw in the waistline and fill out the bust. Flat crepe, prints, thin wool and linen are nice materials for this dress. The Patterns. No. 1721 is designed for sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46. Size 36 takes 4% yards of 39 inch material. One yard edging for neckline. No. 1670 is designed for sizes 34, 36, 38, * 40, 42, 44 and 46. With long sleeves, size 36 requires 4% yards of 39 inch material. With short sleeves, 4 yards. New Spring-Summer Pattern Book. Send 15 cents for Barbara Bell’s Spring-Summer Pattern Book! Make smart new frocks for street, daytime and afternoon, with these simple, carefully planned designs! It’s chic, it’s easy, it’s economical, to sew your own. Each pattern includes a step-by-step sew chart to guide beginners. Send your order to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept., Room 1324, 211 W. Wacker Dr., Chicago, HI. Price of patterns, 15 cents (in coins) each. <S) Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service. Keeping at It Perpetual pushing and assur- ance^put a difficulty out of counte nance, and make a seeming im possibility give way.—Jeremy Col lier. HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONS Paper Paddings.—Carefully ar ranged newspapers make good paddings under fiber rugs and mattings, because the dirt which sifts through may be easily re moved with the newspapers. ’ * « • ; Varnish the Soles.—Paint the soles of boots and shoes with any quick-drying varnish. School boots will not need to go so often to the repairer’s after this treatment. * * * «A Spotless Tub.—Baths can be made spotlessly clean if rubbed with a cloth dipped in paraffin be fore washing them in the usual way, while lemon juice and salt will take off “drip marks.” • * • Chill Candles. — Thoroughly chilled in the refrigerator, wax candles .will burn slower and last longer. • * • Cleaning the Range.—Coarse sandpaper will remove any rough ness from the neglected gas range. * * * Cutting Cooking Time. — The cooking time of hominy grits, whole-grain cereals or rice can be shortened by soaking over night in water to cover. LOST YOUR PEP? 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