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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C.. THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1939 It's Most Exciting Blouse .j H Season Known in Years ';p ' . 1 By CHERIE NICHOLAS XX7HEN it comes to drawing thet ▼ " crowds it’s the blouse sections that are doing it these days—most exciting blouse season known for years. The main reason for this stam pede in the blouse direction is that suits rank ace-high in importance this spring and as every woman and her sisters and her cousins and her aunts well know, the proper upkeep of a suit calls for one chic blouse after another. However, the fact that suits are "tops” this season is not the only reason for the mad rush blouseward that is going on. It’s the blouses themselves that are the magnet that draws, from the standpoint of "style” color and ma terial they are simply not to be resisted. The interest displayed in sterling pure silk weaves for the blouse this season is especially significant. Sim ply tailored blouses like the one shown below to the right in the il lustration are indispensable with your tweeds. This model, a Lelong creation, is tailored of a heavy ex otic silk crepe in rich deep red. It has a tucked shirt front fastened with leather thongs that clasp into gilt "croquet wickets.” Collarless jacket suits frequently have the jacket lined in the same silk print (jacket is often reversi ble) as fashions the blouse. Dotted silks are the rage for this sort of styling. If it is something out of the ordinary you are wanting to fit into the scheme of things take note of the stunning "bib blouse” pictured to the left below. It clas sifies under ingenue or schoolgirl type, which does not mean that it is restricted to teen-age wear, for it’s the fashion to wear young look ing clothes this spring that belie age counted in years. The clever big effect is achieved via an insert of bold big dots contrasting the tiny- dot-print. The revival of the ornate dressy blouse reflects the influence of the gay nineties. See the model in the upper left corner of the picture. In creating this lady-type blouse for dinner or cocktail hours Lanvin al ternates bands of black silk geor gette and val lace finishing it off with highband neck and turnover collar. The revival of the white blouse with the dark suit is one of fash ion’s top-most highlights. The Gib son girl blouse pictured above to the right is in white silk organdy with lace-trimmed jabot coming high at the neck. The bishop sleeve with its lace-trimmed frill at the wrists give this blouse the new look that is copied from the old. For the be-frilled and lace edged, tucked and finely hand-worked white blouse now so fashionable, thin silks such as silk organdy or silk triple sheers that will wash well and keep their whiteness are highly recom mended. Perhaps the biggest sensation in the present vogue is the white peas ant blouse with full-to-the-wrist long sleeves that gather into a tight band such as are worn with the very new gypsy skirts fashioned of vivid striped or plaid silk. For this blouse, designers use washable white silk chiffon or white silk organdy with gratifying results. In the color madness that has gripped the world of fashion blouses are playing a dramatic role. Surah silk is a great favorite, printed or plain, stressing chartreuse, fuchsia, yellow gold, rust, violet, mustard and citrus colors. @ Western Newspaper Union. Cloque Organdy A multi-color floral print Swiss cloque organdy with a permanent crinkle that won’t come out in the wash makes this lovely and prac tical dress for a little girl. The round ruffled collar is of white or gandy inset and edged with val lace to match the lace edge finish of the puffed sleeves. The velvet rib bon sash is of soft blue to harmo nize with the deeper blue back ground of the print. There will be quantities of cloque printed organdy used during the coming months. Cottons Have New Roles This Spring Cottons have new roles in the cre ation of spring fashions. Pique and linen, for example, are used for white toques and sailors to wear with navy blue suits. These fabrics also are important for collar and cuff sets that are attached to dark evening dresses. Gloves also are being made of these washable ma terials. Gingham accents are equally as popular and unusual in their appli cation to newest costumes. Plaid gingham pipings appear as trim ming on navy blue reefer suits and also make matching blouses. New Hairdress Is Becoming Popular A new hairdress covers the entire head in flat curls that remind of a boyish bob. It is very youthful and is referred to as the "little girl” hairdress. The high-do for hair is seen less in the daytime but still persists for formal occasion. At the immediate moment hair worn page boy fashion is popular. A pleasing compromise is the arrangement that brings curls or puffs to the front in somewhat of a pompadour ef fect, with the almost shoulder-length end-curl bob at the back. A Town Bag for You One of the new handbags in rough straw braid is a navy town bag in plain rectangular shape with thick base, having a heavy gold chain around it near the top to simulate drawstrings. ADVENTUROUS AMERICANS By. Elmo Scott Watson ‘Father* of the Santa Fe Trail TN 1821 Capt. William Becknell set 1 out from Franklin, Mo., with four companions to trade with the Co manche Indians. Near the moun tains they met a party of Mexicans who told them of Mexico’s success ful revolt against Spain and invited them to come to Santa Fe to trade. Although Becknell had only a small amount of merchandise, he disposed of it at a great profit. So when he returned to Missouri, he had no diffi culty in getting Franklin citizens to invest more than $5,000 in another trading venture. Accompanied by a party of 30 men, Becknell set out for Santa Fe the next spring. When the cara van reached the Caches on the Upper Arkansas, he made a momen tous decision. Instead of continu ing up the Arkansas into what is now Colorado, then going south by way of Taos, he decided to attempt a short cut. It would take him through an unexplored country but it would avoid the long and circui tous mountain route of his first trip. Counting on finding springs or Streams along the route, the party took only a two days’ supply of wa ter. At the end of that time they were in a desert country, suffering the tortures of thirst. In their ex tremity they first killed their dogs to drink their blood, then cut off their mules’ ears for the same pur pose. Near the Cimarron river they dis covered an old buffalo bull. They killed him and drank the water from his stomach. By this time Becknell had enough of the "short cut.” He led his party north until they struck the Arkansas and, following that stream, arrived at last at Taos. Despite their failure, the route which Becknell had tried later be came a favorite one for many trad ing parties and he is remembered as the "father” of the Santa Fe traiL • • • The First Land Agent A FTEH the Revolution, New ** York, disregarding the right of the Iroquois Indians to the land south of Lake Ontario, ceded 6,000,- 000 acres to Massachusetts who promptly disposed of these lands to Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gor ham, for a million dollars. In 1786 Phelps left Massachusetts with a party to explore the vast ter ritory which he had acquired. After a 130-mile trip through what was then a wilderness, he reached the shores of Canandaigua lake where he called the Iroquois to a council. For two days the negotiations pro ceeded smoothly. Then the great Seneca orator. Red Jacket, arose. He recalled the sufferings of his people during the Revolution, and stirred his auditors up to such a fury that the little group of white men began to fear for their lives. Fortunately for them, another chief named Farmer’s Brother halt ed the council until their passions died down and the next day a satis factory treaty was concluded. Then Phelps began surveying his land into tracts, called ranges, and sub dividing these into townships, six miles square. Thus he became the pioneer in the system of land sur veying used in this country. In 1789 he achieved another dis tinction. He opened a land office in Canandaigua, said to have been the first in this country for the sale of forest lands to settlers, and thus lelped settle western New York. • • • Adventure After Death \T ICTOR TREVITT was a native » of New Hampshire, who at the age of 14 ran away from home and aecame a printer in Chillicothe, Dhio. By the time he was 20 he had been in the army and had many close calls in the Mexican war. He' emigrated to Oregon City, Ore., in 1854, became territorial jrinter, newspaper man and clerk n the house of representatives. Next le took to exploring up the Colum- >ia river, after which he returned to Palles City and opened a tavern that'catered to prospectors. As the town grew, he opened two more tav erns. Soon he was one of its lead ing citizens and was sent to the state capital to serve as senator. When he returned to Dalles City, he found that the free spending era was over and his taverns were no onger profitable. This led him to gambling at which he made a con siderable fortune. He died on Jan uary 23, 1883, but this was only the start of another adventure. He had made arrangements to be juried on Memaloose island, the jurying ground for one of the neigh boring Indian tribes. Burial in the same ground with a white man was considered "bad medicine” by the Indians. The day after Trevitt was buried there, all who had rela tives in the Memaloose graveyard dug them up and buried them on the mainland. Today, amid the scat tered bones of Indians who have no descendants to remove them, the body of Victor Trevitt, adventurer, still rests. $ Western Newspaper Union. WHAT to EAT and WHY <S» C. Houston Goudiss Explains How Food Can Make You Fat or Thin; Offers Tips on Gaining Weight By C. JIOUSTON GOUDISS T O NEARLY every adult, weight is a matter of great con cern. Thin people step on the scales in the hope of finding that they have gained a pound or two. Fat people sometimes weigh themselves several times a day, trusting each time that the arrow will point to a slightly lower figure. In many cases, the reason for this absorbing interest is vanity—a desire to look better. But the real objective should be to attain the weight at which one<e> feels better, for few people realize that to weigh neither too much nor too little is one of the best possible aids to buoyant health. Moreover, the secret of weight control for normal individuals lies in the kind and amount of food con sumed. The science of nutrition teaches ns that all body fat originates as surplus fuel . . . that is, food which has been consumed over and above the immediate require ments of the body machine. It there fore follows that in general the prob lem of gaining or losing weight is concerned with an increase dr reduc tion in the total fuel value of the diet. Shortage or Surplus of Fuel Those who find it difficult, after 30, to avoid taking on excess pounds must learn to reduce the total fuel intake. Otherwise, they may find themselves burdened with a mounting surplus of fat, which not only destroys beauty, but impairs health, and tends to decrease both mental and physi cal efficiency. On the other hand, those who feel that they must struggle to keep their weight up to normal . . . who declare that they simply cannot gain, no mat ter how much they eat, should acquaint themselves with the high-caloric foods and make a per sistent effort each day to eat a little more than enough to meet their needs. If a gain is achieved, the result will be well worth the effort. For just as overweight is a handicap to health and efficien cy, so have nutritionists observed that physical efficiency may be definitely decreased when the weight falls more than 10 per cent below the average for one’s height. It is often said that it is easier to lose weight than to gain it, and in many cases this is true. For the overweight person who con sistently cuts down the fuel value of the diet, should, under normal circumstances, be able to reduce gradually, comfortably and effec tively. But the individual who is underweight often has a small ap petite and therefore has little de sire to eat the increased quanti ties of food that are required in order to gain. Influence of Body Build Nutritionists have observed that many people who find it difficult to gain have a tall, slender type of body build. It has been deter mined that in people of this type, the digestive tract is usually short er than in those having a stocky build. Moreover, they tend to be more tense, more active and of a more nervous temperament. As a result, the passage of food through the digestive tract may be so rap id that it leaves the body before all the available nutrients can be utilized. At the same time, these active people tend to burn up more of their food for energy, so it is not surprising that they fail to store body fat, unless the diet is especially planned to meet their needs. The well balanced diet, with its full quota of minerals and vita mins is basic to good health for all. But in order to produce a gain in weight, the diet of indi viduals belonging to the slender type should be composed of easily digested foods, which can be uti lized by the body with a minimum of effort; and it should include generous amounts of concentrated and highly nourishing foods. Included in this classification are eggs, cheese, cream, butter or margarine, bacon, bread, cere als, cream soups, custards, ice cream, rice and tapioca puddings. The addition of two or three glasses of milk to the regu lar meals will be found useful in increasing the fuel value of the diet. Milk also belongs in the reducing diet, but there it is used fo replace other high caloric foods. Fruit juices will be found useful in stimulating the appetite of those who.desire to gain; and the fuel value of these beverages may be increased by the addition of milk or cream. An Extra Meal Very often it is possible to get extra nourishment into the diet by way of a light lunch in mid- moming, mid-afternoon or both— provided it does not interfere with the appetite for the regular meals. This may take the form of fruit juice and crackers; malted milk; cocoa, egg nog or plain milk. A between-meal snack is regarded as especially desirable for thin people whose work is fa tiguing. It will help them to sus tain energy and prevent them from coming to their regular meals too tired to enjoy or profit by food. Importance of Rest Since thin people have a ten dency to tire quickly, they are ad vised to get plenty of rest. There should be long hours of sleep at night, and nutritionists have also observed that the food is apt to be better utilized if a short rest is taken before meals. Questions Answered Miss G. L. D.—It has been esti mated that one quart of fluid skim milk and one-and-one-half ounces of butter may be considered as approximately the equivalent in food value to a quart of fluid whole milk.. O—WNU—C. Houston Goudiss—193S—5S. TOP} SEW 4- Ruth Spears «r\EAR MRS. SPEARS: My living room is looking very smart and gay; the clear sketches on how to fit and make slipcovers in your Book 1, SEWING, for the Home Decorator, have been a great help. "I think you would especially like one slipcover I have made. While shopping in a drapery de partment I found some braid 1% inches wide in bright blue, green and red. I was so attracted by it that I had to find a way to use it. The result is a chair covered in plain blue glazed chintz with green seam bindings and the blue, green and red braid around the cushion and the bottom ruffle. It is very stunning and everyone admires it. My problem now is keeping my slipcovers firmly anchored in place. How should this be done?” Here is a sketch of the chair that was inspired by a shopping AROUND th. HOUSE Items of Interest to the Housewife Peeling New Potatoes.—When jraping new potatoes, use a tin- il pot cleaner kept especially for le purpose instead of a knife. • • • Removing Paper Labels.—You can readily remove the paper label from a bottle if you wet the label and hold it near the flame of the stove. • • • When Tinting.—Before tinting or peing fabrics be sure to have icm clean and free from spots p stains which may show up fterwards. Tarotite /2ectjae of) the Week Blueberry Flakes Griddle Cakes cups sifted flour 3 teaspoons double-acting baking powder % teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons sugar 3 eggs, well beaten cups milk 1 cup Grape-Nuts Flakes 1 tablespoon melted butter or other shortening 1 cup fresh blueberries Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder, salt and sugar and sift again. Combine eggs and milk; add to flour gradually, beat ing only until smooth. Add Flakes and shortening. Fold in berries. Bake on hot greased griddle. Serve with a hard sauce. Makes about 2 dozen griddle cakes.—Adv. When Heating Milk. — Put a spoon or pie funnel into the sauce pan, and when the milk boils it will not run over the sides. When Painting.—A handful of hay placed in a bucket of water, which should be changed every few hours, will help to absorb the smell of fresh paint. , [irt TTTTTrrri JACKSONVILLE'S LARGEST FINEST HOTEL 300 Rmm 300 , it 1 ■ ■ » i iiiT XL * * 1 JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA • Conveniently looted la die downtown biulnew, tkopplng and theater district. Every rooai an outride roow with private bath, (no eoort) ckoiletlna Ice water, radio, fen and bed reaong lamp. Saitea of porter, bedroom and bath. Superior culalnn and tervice in The Patio GriH and In The Rooaevelt Readcsveu*. All Oatalde Reene~.No Coarl Circulating lea Water la every teem Rooms From $2.50 Up A Robert R Meyer Mote tour. I have also sketched a method that is often used by pro fessionals for anchoring slip covers. Give your house a fresh start with new curtains; slipcovers, lampshades and other smart new touches which you will find in Book 1, SEWING for the Home Decorator. Book 2, Gifts, Novel ties and Embroidery, illustrates ninety embroidery stitches and many ways to use them. They are 25 cents each; with each order for both books. Rag Rug Leaflet is included FREE. Address Mrs. Spears, 210 S. Desplaines St., Chi cago, 111. PREPONDERANT SENTIMENT «( A FTER one hundred and fifty years, notwithstanding expansion of ter ritory, enormous increase in population and profound economic changes; do- spite direct attack and subversive influ ences ; there is every indication that the vastly preponderant setatiment of the American people is that our form of government shall be preserved.” — Charles Evans Hughes, Chief Justice of the United States. Why Let Yourself Get Constipated? Why endure those dull headachy days due to constipation, plus the Inevitable trips to the medicine chest, if you can avoid both by getting at the cause of the trouble? If your constipation, like that of millions, is due to lack of “bulk” in the diet, the “better way” is to eat Kellogg's All-Bran. This crunchy toasted breakfast cereal is the ounce of prevention that’s worth a pound of emer gency relief. It helps you not only to get regular but to keep regular, day after day and month after month, by the pleasantest means you ever knew. Eat Kellogg’s AU-Bran every day, drink plenty of water, and see if you don’t forget all about constipation. Madejby Kellogg’s V. in Battle Creek, grocer. by every Any kind—for frier* or high egg bred— 6c up. Ga. U. S. approved, puHorum tested. 100,000 weekly. Reds, Rooks, Orpingtons, Hampehlres, Giants, Leg horns, Mlnorcas. AA, AAA, Super A grades. Light and heavy assorted. Write for details on livability guarantee that protects you. 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