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f McCORMICR MESSENGER, McCORMICK. S. C.. THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1939 Three Wooden Boxes For Davenport Frame By RUTH WYETH SPEARS TpHERE comes a letter from a reader who says: “Thanks for the article telling how to make a chair of lumber and cover it. I wish there were more things that husbands and wives could do to gether. I have made all the cur tains for our house and some slip covers, but this chair that we both worked on was much more inter esting.” Here is something that looks ambitious but is really simple. Anyone that can make three wood en boxes and then screw or bolt them together, can make this dav enport frame. The center box is made to fit an inner spring mat tress of any size desired. All the other dimensions are given here. One way to make the cushions is to bind flat sheets of newspa pers together and then pad this base with cotton. Covering ma terial in a rather heavy, rough textured cotton goods in. a plain color or a conventional design will harmonize best with the modern lines of this piece of furniture. NOTICE ABOUT BOOK PRICES: Book 1—SEWING for the Home Decorator, and No. 2, Gifts, Novelties and Embroid eries, are now 15 cents each, or both books for 25 cents. Readers who have not secured their copies of these two books should send in their orders immediately, as no more copies will be available, when the present supply is ex hausted. Your choice of ‘the QUILT LEAFLET illustrating 36 authentic patchwork stitches or the RAG RUG LEAFLET, will be included with orders for both books for the present, but the of fer may be withdrawn at any time. Leaflets are 6 cents each when ordered separately. Everyone should have copies of these two books containing a total of 96 How to Sew articles by Mrs. Spears, that have not appeared in the paper. Send your order at once to Mrs. Spears, 210 S. Des- plaines St., Chicago, 111. Knew His Peril A Texan was defeated ignomin iously when he ran for the office of sheriff. He got 55 votes out of a total of 3,500, and the next day he walked down Main street with two guns hanging from his belt. “You were not elected, and you have no right to carry guns,” fel low-citizens told him. “Listen, folks,” he replied, “a man with no more friends than I’ve got in this county needs to carry guns.” BJLJOyS? Conditions Due to Sluggish Bowels If you think all la^Atlvea act i alike, just try this all vegetable laxative. So mild, thorough, re freshing, Invigorating. Depend&ble relief from sick headaches, bilious spells, tired feeling when associated with constipation. IlfrliiAiif Dick set a 25c box of NR from your niinom KISH druggist. Make the test—then If cot delighted, return the box to us. We will refund the purchase price. That’s fair, a Get NR Tablets today. ALWAYS CARRY 2 m QUICK RELIEF FOR ACID INDIGESTION Wicked Pride Pride, if not the origin, is the medium of all wickedness—the at mosphere, without which it would instantly die away.—F. W. Rob ertson. HAPPY FEET Soothing 1 , cooling relief for tired, burning, ir* ritated feet. Stainless, snow-white. Try it. PEMETRO The Unknown No man has ever yet thoroughly mastered the knowledge of him self.—Goethe. Malaria •Chills >Fever TsU rstsbls Oiidin*. Stop* chilt and ffsvsr, doom blood of msUris. Famous for SO yoars. Monty-back guarantaa. OXIDINE HEUI IDEAS Advertisements •re your guide to modem living. They bring you today’s NEWS •bout the food you eat and the clothes you wear, the stores you visit and the home you live in. Factories everywhere are turning out new and interesting products. • And the place to find out about these new things is right here in this newspaper. Its columns are filled with important messages which you should read. CRAB SALAD See Recipe Below. Salads for Summer Meals When the mercury soars skyward and appetites are on the wane, noth ing tastes quite so good as a crisp, cool mixture of fresh greens, or fruits, or vegetables with a tart, taste-teasing dressing. Salads are summer favorites. There’s hardly a dish that’s so sim ple yet so satisfying to make, and there’s such a pleasant way of mak ing sure that we get the minerals and vitamins we need! Suggestions on Salads. Salad ingredients must be clean and cold and crisp. Contrast is im portant, too—con trast in textures, in flavors, and in colors. Combine crisp foods with soft; sharp, pun gent-tasting foods with mild - fla vored ones; and pale, uninteresting looking foods with foods that are vividly colored. Make your summer salads as light or as substantial as you please. Find a few good basic recipes, and vary them to suit yourself. Here are some of my own favorites— practical, everyday recipes that are easy to prepare and serve, yet deli cious enough for almost any social occasion. Summer Tossed Salad. Dip edges of lettuce leaves in paprika and arrange in salad bowl. Add green pepper rings, cucumber slices, radish roses and tomatoes, cut lengthwise in eighths. Toss to gether with french dressing made as follows: grate % clove garlic on two tablespoons granulated sugar. Add one tablespoon salt, one tablespoon paprika, one cup salad oil and % cup lemon juice. Shake vigorously, chill, and shake again, before mix ing with salad. Festive Potato Salad. (Serves 5) 3 eggs (hard cooked) 4 cups cooked potatoes (cut fine) % cup green pepper (cut fine) 1 bunch green onions (cut fine) % cup celery (cut fine) Ya cup sweet pickles (cut fine) 1 cup mayonnaise-type salad dressing Salt to taste Cut hard cooked eggs in slices. Combine ingredients in order given, reserving a few of the egg slices for garnishing. Chill. Serve in large bowl lined with lettuce. Gar nish with radish roses and hard cooked egg. Crab Salad. (Serves 5) 1 13-ounce tin crabmeat % cup celery (cut fine) Vi cup sweet pickles (cut fine) 2 hard cooked eggs—riced egg yolk Vi cup mayonnaise dressing 1 head lettuce 1 tablespoon capers Flake crabmeat and remove membrane. Add K\; ft celery, sw#et pickle and egg white (finely cut). Mix with mayon naise dressing. Arrange on bed of crisp lettuce leaves and garnish with egg yolk (riced) and capers. Frozen Tomato Salad. 1 tablespoon unflavbred gelatin Vi cup cold water 1 No. 2 can tomatoes 1 cup celery and celery leaves (chopped) 2 tablespoons diced onion 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon sugar 6 whole cloves 6 peppercorns Sprig thyme 1 bay leaf 1 cup whipping cream (whipped) Vi teaspoon paprika Soak gelatin in cold water.' Heat tomatoes, celery, onion and all sea- Get This New Cook Book. Who said that Father doesn’t like salads? Of course he does! To be sure it’s a sheer waste of energy to make a fancy creation in the hope of pleasing him, but there are plenty of plain, substantial salads that he likes. In her new cook book, “Feed ing Father,” Eleanor Howe tells just how to please him with salads and other of his favorite foods. Send 10 cents in coin to Eleanor Howe, 919 North Michigan avenue, Chicago, 111., and get your copy. (Released bjr Western Newspaper Union.) French Provincial Style Of Furniture Is Revived French provincial furniture, now that it is being revived, is sure to be with us for a long time for it is beautiful in itself, it is moderately priced, and it can be combined so well with early American styles. Many women, Who like a little vari ety in their rooms, will delight to find that the simple, graceful chairs of beechwood and of cherry in this French vein mix perfectly with ma ple tables and chairs. There are charming upholstered armchairs, too, from which to choose, and many handsome little occasional tables, some of the tiered variety, others with sunken recep tacles for plants, and still others for bedside use and for service for afternoon tea or after dinner coffee. Whether you are doing an entire room or are merely investing in a piece or two you’ll have no difficulty in finding charming furniture in French provincial styl*» ASK ME ANOTHER A Quiz With Answers Offering Information on Various Subjects sonings in a saucepan and simmer gently for about 10 minutes. Strain and add at once to the softened gel atin. Mix thoroughly and chill. When mixture begins to thicken, fold in the whipped cream. Pour into freezing tray and place in freezing compartment until thick. When fro zen, unmold and serve on lettuce with mayonnaise dressing. Marshmallow Mint Salad. (Serves 6) 1 package (Vi pound) marshmal lows 1 tablespoon fruit juice Peppermint extract Green vegetable coloring % cup mayonnaise Vi cup mixed fruits (cut in small pieces) 1 cup whipping cream (whipped) Place marshmallows and fruit juice in saucepan and heat over low heat. Fold over and over until marshmallows are about half melt ed. Remove from heat and continue folding until’mixture is* smooth and fluffy. Cool. Then add peppermint extract and green food coloring (these can be omitted, if desired). Blend in mayonnaise and fruits and fold in whipped cream. Turn into individual molds and chill in refrig erator until firm. Unmold on lacy endive ring and garnish with a sprig of mint and halved maraschino cherry. , Cinderella Salad. (Serves 6) 2 cups cooked lamb (cut in small cubes) % cup french dressing 2 tablespoons fresh mint (chopped) % cup cooked peas Vz cup cooked carrots 2 cups shredded cabbage Salt and pepper to taste Place lamb in salad bowl, add french dressing and chopped mint. Chill in re frigerator for one hour. Then add remaining ingre dients and toss to- gether lightly, adding additional french dressing, if desired. Gar nish with strips of green pepper and wedges of to matoes. The Questions 1. What was the Holy Grail? 2. What is meant by fiscal year? 3. Does the term dirigible refer only to aircraft? 4. Do landing or starting planes have the right of way at an air port? 5. Are the stars motionless in space? 6. Why can a fly walk on a ceil ing without falling? 7. What is the difference be tween a chuckle, a giggle and a laugh? 8. Why don’t ducks get wet? 9. A bale of cotton weighs how many pounds? 10. What is the difference be tween a buffalo and a bison? The Answers 1. The platter or cup which, ac cording to legend, was used by Christ at the Last Supper. 2. A year which starts at a des ignated date for financial figuring. 3. No. Dirigible means capable of being directed, as an automo bile or bicycle. 4. Descending planes have the right-of-way. THE CHEERFUL CHERUB f mmm—m—mmmmm—mmm—mm—mmmm—maammmmmmmm 1 like rrsysic And I like greer> onions c. to %’ ir yovr not ^cvltvred ^ov/l Im just tKe gvy for you. ^ 6D 5. No. If there is anything in the universe that is actually mo tionless astronomers have not yet discovered it. 6. It has suction cups on its legs. 7. A chuckle is a small noise, giggling comes in short spasms, and a laugh is everything. 8. Because of oil in their feath ers. 9. A bale of cotton weighs 480 pounds. 10. Buffalo is the general term given to many species of wild oxen, including the bison. The American buffalo may properly be called a bison. And the Mistress Grew Red With Indignation 1 • The housemaid was under notice to leave, and her mistress sum moned her to tell her a few truths. “So I’m a flirt, am I?” demand ed the maid, after a few prelim inaries. “Well, I knows them as flirts more than I do. And an other thing, I’m better-looking than you. Your husband told me.” “That’s enough!” snapped her mistress. “Oh, no, it ain’t,” the girl went on. “I can kiss better than yoti can, too. Do you know who told me that?” “Don’t you dare to suggest that my husband ” “Oh, no,” interrupted the maid, “it was the butler.” Head Hunters of New Guinea Are Particular About Child Training WNU Service. ZJ EADHUNTERS of New Guinea, -*■ going without clothing, yet very particular about training their children in habits of cleanliness and modesty, were the subject of study by Dr. John Whiting and S. W. Reed, graduate students of Yale university, who lived for seven months among a small primitive tribe of less than 400 persons in a mountain range far up the Sepik river. Spankings and rewards are. the basis of child discipline among these primitives, the Yale investi gators discovered, but early in life the child learns to recognize a word of praise or a scolding as an effective substitute for physical punishment or caress. Food taboos and cleanliness are taught early in childhood and these “morals” are almost never neg lected in after life, they found. Sexual and aggressive activities are controlled primarily at adoles cence and later, and the restric tions in these matters are never so binding—they are quite often violated. The tribe still hunt human heads and Doctor Whiting participated in a spear dance which the natives performed before setting out on a raid against a neighboring tribe. No male is accepted as being fully adult and manly unless he has ac complished the feat of spearing an enemy and bringing back his head as a trophy, Doctor Whiting said. The tribe live on the produce of their yam gardens, the boiled pith of the sago palm, and the roasted meat of the wild pig. Snakes and lizards also form part of their diet, and roasted white grubs are considered a delicacy. Doctor Whit ing and Mr. Reed found it difficult to overcome their pwn food prej udices when the grubs were served them, but were surprised to find that they were “indeed excellent.” —Science Service. By Number Several American towns are named with numbers, such as Six, W. Va.; Seventy Six, Ky., and Ninety Six, S. C., according to Collier’s. 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