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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C.. THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1939 ADVENTUROUS AMERICANS By Elmo Scott Watson s Immortalized by a Dam DONNEVILLE dam in the Colum- bia river perpetuates the mem ory of an adventurous explorer who was both a great success and a great failure. In 1832 French-born Capt. Benjamin Bonneville of the United States army obtained a leave of absence to engage in a fur trading expedition on condition that he ex plore the trans-Missouri West and obtain information concerning the Indians, the topography of the coun try and its economic possibilities. Two years later he set out at the head of a party of 110 men. Commercially his venture was a complete failure. He built forts in such poor locations that the fron tiersmen called them “Fort Non- sense.” Some were so high in the mountains that they were cut off from the outside by the first snows of winter. But his expedition was successful in that he explored the route through South Pass for wagon trains and mapped the passage of the Columbia river through the Cas cade mountains. Moreover he was an able military leader for he did not lose a single man during all his perilous journey through the In dian-infested wilderness. After his return to the East he met Washington Irving at the home of John Jacob Astor and the result was the book “The Adventures of Captain Bonneville” by that famous writer. The book was a “best sell er” of its time but it did not help Bonneville’s reputation greatly. He kad long overstayed his leave of absence and when President Jack- son reinstated him as a captain in 1836 many people protested that Bonneville should have been dis missed from the service instead. Bonneville proved them wrong by his conduct during the Mexican war. which won for him a citation for gallantry in action. In 1852 he be came commandant at Fort Vancou ver which stood 30 miles down the river from the dam that now bears his name. He was brevetted a brig adier general in 1869 and died in St. Louis in the spring of 1878. • • • ‘A Message to Garcia* f'kUT in California lives an 82- ^ year-old retired army officer whose name was once on every American’s lips. He is Col. Andrew Summers Rowan, the man who car ried “a message to Garcia.” In 1898 war with Spain was im minent and President McKinley wanted to know if General Garcia, commander of the Cuban insur gents, would co-operate with the American forces if an army was sent there. The man chosen to find out was young Lieutenant Rowan. Rowan proved that the confidence of his superiors was not misplaced. Making his way through the steam ing, insect-infested jungle, drinking germ-filled water, living on such food as he could find and in constant danger of capture and execution by the Spaniards as a spy, Rowan found Garcia, got the information he sought and safely made an equal ly perilous return trip. Rowan was taken to the White House where he received the thanks of the President and promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel of vol unteers. But tiie thing which made him famous was an editorial, writ ten by Elbert Hubbard, for his mag azine, the Philistine, the following year. This editorial, published under the title of “A Message to Garcia,” was translated into 20 languages, reprinted all over the world and is one of the best known pieces of Eng lish prose ever written. As for the man who inspired it, not until 1922 did he receive public recognition from his country in the form of the Distinguished Service Cross for carrying the “message to Garcia.” • • • Death Valley Samaritan I OU WESTCOTT BECK went into ^ Death Valley to seek wealth but almost perished. He stayed there to devote his life to saving others. Death Valley of the days before good roads and tourist facilities was well named. Hundreds of American adventurers never returned from it. A barren waste with trails that led nowhere, and alive only with crawl ing lizards and darting poisonous snakes, Death Valley was a treach erous trap baited to lure adventur ers with promises of gold. Beck became known as the “Good Samaritan of Death Valley,” piling up rocks and putting signs on them directing prospectors to water holes. He went out searching for those who were known to be lost and guided them to safety. For 13 years, aided only by Rufus, his Newfoundland dog, Beck braved the hardships of the Colorado and Mojave deserts, as well as Death Valley, and saved between 300 and 400 lives. In 1917, although warned not to by his dog, Beck drank from an infected spring and never re covered from the resulting illness. Although comparatively unknown today, Lou Westcott Beck is proba bly one of the most self-sacrificing of all the great American adven turers. • Western Newspaper Union. Lace Tunes to This Summer’s ‘Lovely Lady’ Fashion Trends By CHERIE NICHOLAS P '’S fashions that trend to “lovely lady” types that will hold the spotlight during the coming months. Which brings us at once to the theme of tins story—lace, lovely lacel With the new styles go ing in so enthusiastically for femi nine prettiness in hat, gown and ac cessories, the logical answer needs must be lace, as has been the an swer throughout the centuries of fashions that have gone before. . With the craze for lace trims on hats, for billowy masses of lace at throat and at wrist, with the return of the “baby waist” that is exquis itely sheer and entrancingly lace trimmed, with tailored laces for daytime wear, with sheer pleated laces for dress-up wear, with pic turesque period frocks enchantingly detailed in lace, with lace playing a star role in boudoir fashions, with accessories even to gloves and bags and boutonnieres of lace, the cur rent message of lace has become too vast, too all-inclusive for words. You just have to let the bigness of the lace theme grow upon you as the pageantry of present and coming modes pass in review. The important thing to say about modern laces is that they are so versatile in character that there’s a lace for every occasion no matter what the challenge may be. For that matter it is not an exaggera tion to say that an entire wardrobe could be planned of lace. There are fabriclike -laces for tailored use, stunning laces for afternoon frocks, laces of grand dame elegance for formal evening wear, sheer laces of cobweb mesh that pleat up beauti fully, two-way stretch laces for bath ing suits and so on and so on without end. The illustration presents three dis tinct types of frocks fashioned of lace. A new medium for the tailored sheer dress which will be found ever so practical for summer wear, is an interesting conventionally patterned two-tone lace as pictured to the left in the group. Bruyere designed this dress which has a grosgrain ribbon belt and two ribbon bows on the shoulder. Utterly feminine and charming is the afternoon dress shown in the foreground to the right. Vera Borea designs this lovely frock of a deli cate but firm lace that delineates big florals with sheer mesh between. The ruffles around the neckline and on the sleeves are indicative of Par is trends. In this dress of horizon blue lace the ruffles lend a be guiling feminine note with no sug gestion of fussiness. For summer afternoon wear and informal eve nings, there is wide favor expressed for pastel laces. An interesting feature of sheer afternoon lace frocks is that many, are worn over costume slips in con trasting color. Dark laces, very sheer, are also worn over light foun dation slips. The monotone effect that demands a matching color for the slip is equally good style. The model in the center shows cm evening dress designed by Moly- neaux. It demonstrates how pleas ingly sheer lace yields to pleated treatments. The straight-fitted sheath skirt is finely pleated, and the dramatic balloon sleeves are likewise pleated. The deep square decolletage is noteworthy. Q Western Newspaper Union. The responsiveness of lace to ev ery mood of fashion accounts for the fact that designers are acquir ing the lace habit with an increasing enthusiasm as the possibilities re veal the growing tendency of lace producers to supply a type for every need. Smart Rainwear That adage, “prepare for a rainy day,” ever instilled in the minds of the young, has been taken literally in the realm of fashion. The mod ern interpretation of stylish rain wear is reflected in the very attrac tive rain cape here pictured. Surely some little girl’s geography book must have inspired this all-America xaincape in that it is printed with a map of the United States, rivers and mountains and borderlines included. It comes either with a babushka to match, as pictured, or if preferred you can get it with attached hood. Pleated Skirt in Summer Fabrics Skirts and blouses are usually on the wane by the time really warm weather sets in and the lightweight suit usually is the only opportunity for continuing this casual style. But not so this year, at least if the prom inence of spun rayon, linen and cot ton skirts are any indication. The pleated all-round skirt is es pecially good in summer fabrics, which may account for the increased popularity, and not only the skirt departments but the blouse and summer sweater departments are preparing for much activity. The practicality of the skirt and blouse or sweater is undeniable. It is easy to have a number of changes at little outlay and there is less ne cessity of laundering than with « number of one-piece frocks. Feminine Frills On Shirtwaists Sportswear is not being neglected, even among the frills and ruffles of the majority of feminine clothes, and the shirtwaist is making a con spicuous appearance, changed in some cases by the addition of pleat ed and gathered fullness, but still basically the same. In some instances this style is seen with additional color contrasts, among them one shirtwaist dress with rose top and navy skirt, an other with a pink and white striped top and pink shirt, and others solid pastel shirtwaist frocks with con trasting bright cummerbund/ around the waist. Pocket Interest Watch for peg-topped pockets in daytime and evening skirts- IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D. Dean of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. O Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for May 21 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. BEVERAGE ALCOHOL AND THE HOME LESSON TEXT—Jeremiah 35:5-10; Ephe sians 5:15-21; 6:1-4. GOLDEN TEXT—Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee.— Leviticus 10:9. A home is more than a house, and yet people live as though it were not true. They build attractive houses, fill them with comfortable furnish ings, and think they have a home, no matter how they may live. God is forgotten, pleasure becomes the chief object in life, and money is desired because it buys pleasure. Intoxicants are freely used both out side and inside the home, apparent ly with no thought of their destruc tive influence. Alcohol burned in a stove produces heat, in an engine it produces pow- er, in a man it produces disgrace and disease, and in the home it pro duces sorrow, suffering, and ulti mately destruction. Why should the decent and intelligent people of America supinely submit to the dev astation of this juggernaut, the liq uor traffic? What are you doing about it? The lesson for today presents three factors which make for happi ness in the home. I. Loyalty to Family Standards (Jer. 35:5-10). When the traditional standards of a family are good and right in tho tight of God, they afford a worthy rallying point for the younger gen eration. The Rechabites were obe dient to the instructions of their forefathers. The prophet had sub jected them to a test (not a tempta tion, for he did not expect them to fall) in the presence of the Jews and in the great city of Jerusalem. They were surrounded by the unac customed luxury and temptations of the city, and now the prophet tries them further by saying, “Drink ye wine.” But they were not afraid to be thought old-fashioned or queer, for they knew that the customs of their fathers were good (see Jer. 6:16), and they stood by them. To depend on that which is good and noble in the past of our peopla or family, is a sign neither of weak ness nor ignorance, but rather of wisdom and strength. What kind of family standards will your boy and mine look back to? What of the lit tle baby who lay in his buggy while the young mother helped her hus band pick out the bottle of whisky in the store window which he then went in and bought? When I see such things my heart burns within me against this wicked business which destroys all of the finest in men and in their homes. n. Accuracy in Daily Living (Eph. 5:15-21). “The Greek word rendered ’cir cumspectly’ (v. 15) may be more closely and simply rendered ’accu rately.’ The thought givjen is that of painstaking attention to details, un der a sense of their importance; a remembrance not only in general but in particular of the duties of the Christian’s wajk” (Moule). Every phrase in this section of our lesson is overflowing with meaning but we cannot here refer to them all. Note the temperance applica tion. The man who walks accurate ly will be “wise” (v. 15) and will “be filled with the Spirit” (v. 18). The inaccurate walker is a “fool” (v. 15), and one of his follies may be in being “drunk with wine” (v. 18). But there is far more in this passage. Spirit-filled people know the will of God and therefore re deem the time. They cultivate that delightful spiritual exercise of home religion known as hymn singing. Have you tried that lately? Gather the family or friends around the or gan or piano. Turn off the ever present radio for a few minutes. Open the old hymn book and sing. Don’t overlook thankfulness in verse 20, and then try that golden recipe. III. Unity In the Home (Eph. 6:1-4). A united family is obviously im possible where one member or more gives his time and money and very life to booze. You know and I know that it just does not work. Think of the havoc thus wrought not only in the lives of the parents, but particularly in the lives and char acters of the children. Let Christ reign in the home and there will be unity. Children will realize that it is right to obey their godly parents. They will honor and cherish father and mother, and God will reward them for it (w. 2, 3; also Exod. 20:12). But what is more, fathers will be wise enough not to provoke their children to wrath. Much of the trouble in our homes is caused by disobedient children, but sometimes I think even more of it is caused by unwise parents. The children need nurture and admoni tion, but that can be done in kind ness and with constructive results if we seek the Lord’s help. Father, mother, let me plead with you that you permit no interest in business, social life, or even church work to come between you and your fellow ship with your children. That is your biggest job and your greatest op portunity. What to Eat and Why C. Houston Goudiss Describes the Role of Phosphorus In Nutrition; Tells Where to Obtain This Mineral By C. HOUSTON GOUDISS T HERE are at least 11 different mineral salts which are essential to the structure or functioning of the human body. But of these, only four—calcium, phosphorus, iron and iodine—require the careful consideration of the home maker. That is because a diet which furnishes adequate amounts of these four will automatically provide the others. But when the diet is deficient in any, one of these four min erals, disastrous consequences<8>- may result. It is therefore of the utmost importance that every homemak er should know something of their functions^ and what foods supply them. In this article, we shall deal specifically with phos phorus. Versatile Phosphorus It has been said that if the biog raphies of the elements could be written, that of phosphorus would be the most inter esting of all. That is because there are 14 different ways in which compounds of phosphorus may function in the KA body. In fact, it is doubtful if any oth- er inorganic ele- ■NifWi ment enters into such a diversity of compounds or plays an important part in so many functions. This mineral is indispensable for all the active tissues of the body and likewise helps in regulating the neutrality of the blood. It is found abundantly in nerve tissue. Needed for Teeth and Bones also determined that there is a seasonal tide of blood phosphorus which corresponds to the amount of available sunlight. This led to the realization that sunlight— which we now know helps the body to manufacture vitamin D—is closely related to the proper uti lization of phosphorus. And today it is well established that rickets can be prevented, or cured, by a diet containing liberal amounts of phosphorus, calcium and vitamin D. Vitamin D can be obtained from direct sunshine, but where this is not available in adequate amounts, cod-liver oil, irradiated foods, or those fortified with a vitamin D concentrate will supply this necessary substance. Make Use of Sunlight As we approach the season when the greatest amount of sunshine is available, homemakers should see to it that not only the chil dren, but every member of the family spend as much time as possible in the sunlight. This will help to promote the proper utiliza tion of phosphorus and calcium. And both teeth and bones will benefit, as well as the genera] health. Where to Find Phosphorus Its most significant role, how ever, is to team with calcium in giving rigidity to the bones and teeth. Approximately 90 per cent of the total phosphorus of the body and 99 per cent of the cal cium are found in the bones and teeth. Both these minerals are required in generous amounts, bat almost twice as much phosphorus as cal cium should be supplied every day. Moreover, children should have about one-and-one-half times as much phosphorus as adults, to meet the requirements for growth. The muscles and Soft tissues need phosphorus as well as the bones, and in the dietary of the child, they must share with the bones, the phosphorus that is pro vided by the food. Hence, the greater need for this mineral dur ing childhood. Phosphorus and Rickets *If a child’s diet is defieient in phosphorus or ealcinm, or if con ditions are not favorable for their proper absorption, rickets will oc cur. This devastating nutritional disease may result in deformities of the chest and pelvic bones, as well as the more familiar bow legs and knock-knees. Investigators have spent many years in discovering how to pre vent and cure this disease which has made life miserable for so many children and which has far- reaching effects that carry over into later life. For example, adults who have bow-legs or a pigeon breast as a result of childhood rickets, are always self-conscious because of their defects. And motherhood may be far more diffi cult for young women whose pel vic bones were deformed by rick ets in their early years. A Low-Phosphorus Diet It was found that rickets may be associated with a low-phosphor us diet, even when the calcium content is high. And investigations Every homemaker should ac quaint herself with the foods that supply phosphorus most abundant ly, so that she will be prepared to include this mineral in the diet every day. Egg yolk and dried beans are both valuable sources of phosphorus. So are whole grain cereals and lean meats. In fact, cereals and meats have this in common—both are rich in phos phorus and deficient in calcium. Whole grain breads are likewise important for their phosphorus content. And on a percentage ba sis, cheese ranks very high as a carrier of this mineral. Cocoa also contains a large per centage, though it must be re membered that, as a rule, only small quantities of cocoa are con sumed at one time. Many nuts, including almonds, peanuts, pe cans and walnuts, furnish signifi cant amounts. And this mineral is found in dried fruits such as raisins, figs and prunes, and in much smaller quantities in vege tables, such as spinach, cauliflow er, string beans, carrots and brus- sels sprouts. Milk supplies phosphorus, though not in such generous amounts as calcium. However, if you follow the rule of a quart of milk daily for every child and a pint for each adult, you will contribute materi ally to the phosphorus and cal* cium content of the diet. Questions Answered Mrs. S. E. N.—The three- or four-year-old child who wakes early should not be allowed to go for a very long period without breakfast. For this reason, seven o’clock is recommended as a good hour for his first meal of the day. After such an early breakfast, however, a mid-morning lunch of milk and crackers will be neces sary. A child of this age may bo expected to go to bed not later than seven o’clock. 9—WNU—C. Houston Goudiss—1939—64, Items of Interest to the Housewife AROUND •h. HOUSE Heat Brown Sugar.—If dark or light brown sugar is too hard to measure, heat it in the oven, then measure it quickly while it is soft. Store it in the refrigerator or bread box, where it will remain soft. • • • Prevent Soiled Curtains.—Paint patent clothes pins the color of your decorations in different rooms and use a pair to pin back curtains at night or during show ers. This keeps the curtains from being soiled by the screens. • • * Keeping Linens White.—Stored linens will not become yellow if the inside of the linen closet is painted a deep blue. • * • For Glue Stains.—White vinegar will remove glue stains. • * • For Shiny Linoleum.—Dissolve a lump of sugar in the water when washing linoleum or oilcloth and a brilliant polish will result. • • • Grease on Carpet.—Grease can often be removed from the carpet by rubbing with bicarbonate of soda applied with a piece of flan nel. Rub well into pile with finger tips and then sweep vigorously with a small hand brush. A Good Sink Brush.—A worn whiskbroom makes a fine sink brush if you cut off the worn bris tles clear up to the stiff part. Al ways rinse clean after using. Gentle and Strong Gentle in manner, strong in per formance.—Claudio Aquaviva. A GREAT BARGAIN VESPER TEA PURE ORANGE PEKOE f* 50 Cups for lO Cents Ask Your Grocer Good Merchandise Can Be CONSISTENTLY Advertised • BUY ADVERTISED GOODS •