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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICR, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 10. 1939 Star Dust ★ A Picture Without Men ★ Remembered for Another if Right Up Raft’s Alley By Virginia Vale ft' | 'HE Women,** the movie A version of the very suc cessful play of the same name, is going to be something to see. Norma Shearer, Rosalind Rus sell and Joan Crawford head the cast, which includes those excellent actresses, Phyllis Povah and Florence Nash, and one hundred others, all girls. Women will want to see the pic ture, if only to see the clothes— super - special frocks have been whipped up for their benefit. One of Joan Crawford’s is black velvet, split to the waistline, and worn over very tight black knickers. And men will want to see it, both to see some of our best screen ac tresses trying to outshine each other, and lb see what cut-throat battles women can get into over men. If there were any other cut-throat battles while the picture was being made—little things like arguments over billing, scene-stealing, and things like that—the great public will never know. * Roscoe Karns has played featured roles in more than 100 motion pic tures, but is best remembered for one he didn’t play, in a series of pictures in which he didn’t appear. For years his friends and his fans have insisted on remembering him as the fight manager in the “Leath er Pusher” series, in which Regi nald Denny starred. But it was not Karns, but Hayden Stevenson, who played the fight manager. The two men don’t even faintly resemble each other. Karns is mystified, but at last is resigned. Just the other day, when he arrived at the studio to work in “Everything’s on Ice,” an assistant cameraman hailed him with, “It’s been a long time, Roscoe, since we worked in the ‘Leather Pushers’ to gether!” George Raft’s performance in the new James Cagney picture, “Each Dawn I Die,” won him a new con tract and an assignment to do a re make of “The Patent Leather Kid” (in which Richard Barthelmess once made a come-back,) as his first pic ture. He is to make three a year. The hero of the picture is a prize fighter, which is right up the Raft alley—in his days as a fighter he fought 22 professional bouts. u News of radio programs that take the air in the fall is coming in regu larly. Tommy Riggs will be back with “Quaker Party,” Bob Becker will resume his dog talks, and the Screen Actors Guild show will have its old time on Sunday nights— with $10,000 for each broadcast go ing to the Motion Picture Relief fund. Paul Whiteman’s band is Alma Mater to nine men who are now leading their own orchestras, Tom my and Jimmy Dorsey, Henry Bus- se and Ferde Grofe among them. They were with him 10 or 11 years ago. Another member of the band at *hat time was Bing Crosby, who sang with the band but couldn’t play; just sat holding an instru ment so that he’d look as if he be longed there. Too bad they can’t all be gathered together for one more performance, with the great White- man holding the baton. J. B. Priestly, author of “The Good Companions,” has been com missioned to write a novel for broad casting, the first ever to be written directly for radio. 1/ si\ ODDS AND ENDS—Robert Taylor and Barbara Stanwyck, preparing to take a vacation, were requested by their studio to spend it anywhere but in New York . . . The thing that people seem to remem- her about Alec Templeton, the blind pian ist, is not his superb ability as pianist and composer, but the fact that until he was nine years old he did not know that he was blind . . . Television’s old enough so that two girls are arguing over which one has the right to cull herself u The First Lady of Television” . . . With Hedy Lamarr’s first film since “Algiers” put on the shelf and the next one having re-make trouble, it’s a question whether she’s as good an investment as Hollywood thought when she made her film debut here . . . Fannie Brice feels that "Rose of Washington Square” has invaded her rights of privacy, defamed her character, and is an appro priation of her life story, without permis sion. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) SANDWICHES MAINSTAYS OF SUMMER MENUS (See Recipe Below) 'Make Mine a Ham on Rye* Sandwiches in all their delightful variety are the mainstays of sum mer menus. Grilled sandwiches make a “one-dish meal” for lunch or supper; substantial sandwiches with hearty fillings make a satisfy ing picnic lunch; and dainty “tea sandwiches,” served with a frosted beverage, are perfect for a party. But it keeps a woman’s wits working overtime to provide sand wiches that are new and different! And new and dif ferent they must be, if they’re to retain the appetite appeal which makes them popular. Success With Sandwiches. 1. Use bread that is a day old. 2. Cream the butter—don’t melt it. 3. Whatever the filling, use plenty of it. 4. Keep sandwiches moist for sev eral hours by wrapping them in wax paper or in a clean cloth wruilg out of hot water. 5. Remember to use a variety in breads, as well as fillings—whole wheat, rye, graham, oatmeal, brown bread, raisin bread, nut bread and orange bread all make delicious sandwiches. 6. Use left-over sandwiches for next day's lunch or supper by “french tcasting” them—merely dip the sandwiches in beaten egg, pan fry them on both sides, and serve hot with a garnish of watercress or sweet pickle. Raisin Orange Filling for Sandwiches. (Makes 8-10 sandwiches) 2 cups raisins 2 teaspoons grated orange rind 4 tablespoons orange juice Grind the raisins, add orange rind and juice and blend well. Use with white or whole wheat bread. Banana Butter Filling. (Makes 1 cup filling) 1 ripe banana Vz cup peanut butter ^4 cup dates (cut fine) 1 teaspoon lemon juice Mash banana with a fork and thor oughly blend in remaining ingredi ents. Mayonnaise Sandwich Loaf. 1 loaf bread 1 head lettuce Vz cup boned chicken Vz cup mayonnaise dressing 3 slices broiled bacon 1 medium sized tomato % package cream cheese 1 tablespoon prepared mustard Ripe olives Celery Remove crusts and slice a me dium sized loaf of bread lengthwise in three long slices. Place crisp lettuce leaves on the slice and add a layer of boned chicken. Spread a second slice of bread with may onnaise and place dressing side down, on the chicken. Add crisp broiled bacon and thin sliced toma toes as the sandwich filling on this second layer. Spread tomatoes with mayonnaise dressing and top with third long slice of bread. Mix 3 to 4 packages softened cream cheese with one tablespoon prepared mus tard and frost the loaf. Garnish with ripe olives and parsley. Slice as for any ordinary loaf of bread. Serve on individual plates. Hot Peanut Butter Sandwiches. Toast 5 slices of bread on one side only. Then spread untoasted side with % cup peanut butter, and then with V\ cup chili sauce. Top with slices of bacon and broil slowly until bacon is slightly browned and crisp. fans. If you’re looking for sugges tions for easy, inexpensive meals be sure to read this column next week. In it Eleanor Howe will give you practical tested recipes for one dish “macaroni meals”— recipes that are suitable for fam ily menus, for camp cookery, and even for an informal buffet sup per. . WORTH REMEMBERING Serve with gherkin pickle Sandwich Spread. 2 teaspoons dry mustard V4 cup sugar 3 A teaspoon salt cup milk 2 eggs (slightly beaten) V\ cup vinegar 2 teaspoons lem on juice 6 tablespoons soft butter 1 3-ounce package cream cheese V4 cup pimiento (chopped) V\ cup olives (chopped) 2 tablespoons pickle (chopped) 1 tablespoon green pepper (chopped) In a double boiler place the mus tard, sugar, salt and milk. Blend in eggs and vinegar, and cook, stir ring constantly, until thickened. Re move from flame, and add remain ing ingredients. Store in refrigera tor until using. Savory Sandwich Filling. 1 pound American cheese. V4 pound dried .beef 1 cup condensed tomato soup Run cheese and beef through food chopper, then moisten with the to mato soup. You will find that this filling will keep indefinitely if stored in the refrigerator. Wise Mothers Value Child’s Individuality • CHILDREN OFTEN ^conditioned” toward resent ment and bitterness by un- thoughtful parents. Childish initiative is often dulled by frequent and unnecessary interruptions while working. Get This New Cook Book. Of course the man in your family has very special recipe likes and dislikes. So has every other he- man. And, of course, they all like a big, juicy steak, apple pie a la mode, potatoes au gratin, etc. This new cook book contains over 125 recipes that men like. Send 10 cents in coin to “Feeding Father,” Eleanor Howe, 919 North Michigan Avenue, Chica go, 111., and get a postage prepaid copy now. Brown paper moistened in vine gar will polish tins until they shine like silver. Save all paraffin as you remove it from your preserves and jelly. A man’s pipe cleaner makes an excellent device for cleaning the spout of the coffee or tea pot. Emptying a cream whipper and bowl is wasteful unless one takes time to scrape them carefully. To prevent sugar from forming in preserves or jam, add a teaspoon of corn sirup to the contents of each pint. When the faucets in your bath room need polishing take a soft cloth wet in kerosene and it will brighten them instantly without in jury. Instead of peeling whole apples, first cut them in half, then in quar ters, cut out the core and then peel. This is a great time saver. Instead of peeling potatoes or scraping carrots, scrub same with a chore ball, and skins will come off easily without waste. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) For a Higher Effect Interior decorators have now de cided that the use of a deep color on ceilings raises them, instead of lowers, as has been usually thought. A new trick is to carry the side wall paper up onto the ceiling about 10 inches, instead of dropping the ceiling color down on the sides. This creates an optical illusion of greater I height. By EDITH BRANDIS CTUDENTS of the human mind tell ^ us that children may be and often are “conditioned” toward re sentment and bitterness when they are very young, by—can you believe it?—their mothers. Later this con ditioning which is an actual change in nerve structure is indicated by a bad disposition, an unpleasant per sonality. We say of such a person, “He has a chip on his shoulder.” There will be an almost infinite number of incidents in the early life of almost any child, which, if wrong ly dealt with, will form fighting hab its. Let us consider a simple, un derstandable, all too common ex ample. A little boy is making something he calls a boat. He is happy and intent on his piece of work. His mother speaks to him. When he does not respond instantly to her bid for his attention she snatches the toy away from his hands in a surge of anger. She is, she thinks, teaching her child instant obedience to and respect for his elders. If he is a child of spirit he, instinctive ly, will respond to anger with,anger. If he cannot give vent to his re sentment at being interrupted—of course he must never fight back at Mother—he will have a thwarted feeling associated with the breaking of his concentration and the snatch ing away of his project. Should similar incidents repeated ly occur, the resentment he will feel and the entire train of reactions which will follow can hardly fail to become deep-seated. They are now involuntary—a fixed habit. When this stage is reached, nothing but a careful arrangement of situations in which the child receives sympathet ic consideration and makes desir able reactions as a natural conse quence will bring him back to nor mal behavior. Now there is a hopeful thing about habit formation. If it be true that ! the child may be and often is “con- I ditioned” toward undesirable beha vior, it is also true that he may be conditioned for peaceful, harmoni ous and productive living. Home Is First School. The mother, who is the child’s first teacher, and his best if she be wise and resourceful, should understand the value of the early plans and activities he sets up for himself. They are his preparation for the larger plans, greater productivity and development of initiative when he is older. During his moments of ; intense concentration she must try ! never to interfere. She must see that a certain amount of his time is used by and for himself without interruption. Respect for his eld ers may be taught him in connection i with other matters to which they are more properly related. I The child whose individuality is recognized and respected, whose ini tiative is encouraged, will form de sirable habits of self-expression. He will enter the world with a self- confidence and an inner control that will enable him to meet his prob lems with courage and competence. Deep within himself he will know, he will remember, that he has planned, he has wrought, he has achieved. To successful living there is no greater asset than to be able to say, “In the past I have planned things and made my plans come true.” Following such a statement will always be this: “What I have done I can do again.” National Kindergarten Association (WNU Service.) Spotless Guatemala City At an altitude of about 5,000 feet above sea level, and with a 170,000 population, Guatemala City, capital of Guatemala, is an attractive spot in tropical America. The name, of Indian origin, means “permanency- place of ancestors.” Of real inter est are the palaces, temples, pot tery, statues, monuments and bur ial places, mysteries of dead and gone ages. Broad streets and snowy houses are unusually attrac tive, for it is a spotless city. The market place attracts visitors who find most enjoyable the plac« where Indians of many tribes congregate. For many miles, these men and women have jogged along patiently, bringing their handicraft and pot tery to be sold at very reasonable figures. One may determine, if edu cated in their tribal traditions, to distinguish which tribe they belong to by the aprons of the men and the blouses of the women, each having different weave and pattern. Largest Canal Lock The Davis lock in the Saulte Sainte Marie canal is not the longest lock in the world. Two of the locks in that canal, the third or Davis, and the fourth locks are 1,350 feet long and 80 feet wide. One of the locks in the new Welland canal, the guard lock at Humberstone, 1,380 feet, is the longest in the world. There are no locks at the Soo which will al low two 600-foot freighters to pass through at the same time. OP° SEW 4^ Ruth Wyeth Spears CO MANY requests for copies of ^ these directions have been re ceived, they are being printed again to accommodate those who neglected to clip and save them when they appeared before. The mat is made of heavy white cotton cable cord such as you buy at the notion counter for seams and trimmings. The design is copied from a luncheon mat made years ago of corset strings! There was a fad at one time for sewing these in braided and scroll designs with fine stitches on the wrong side of the mat. Follow the directions in the sketch, making the circles in pairs, using No. 40 cotton thread to sew them. Braid three cords together and then sew the braided strip around and around to make the center of the mat. Sew a row of the circles to the edge of this center part; then add another braided row, being careful to “ease in” the inside edge just enough to keep the mat flat. Con tinue adding alternate rows of circles and braiding until the mat is size desired. To join the ends of the braided, rows, pull one end through the braiding to the wrong AROUND THE HOUSE When Bureau Drawers Stick.— If doors or bureau drawers stick in hot weather, a little wax rubbed on the surface where friction oc curs will end the trouble. * * * Beaten Egg Whites. — Never leave egg whites after they have been beaten still. If let stand they will flatten and will not beat up again. * • * Keeping Mayonnaise. — Mayon naise should be stored in covered jars on the upper shelf of the refrigerator, since it is likely to separate if it is kept in the cold est section. * * * Centerpiece for Child’s Party Table.—A bouquet of lollipops in many colors makes an attractive centerpiece for the children’s par ty table. The lollipops may be fit ted into a flower holder that is placed in a bowl or low basket. * ♦ ♦ Repairing Last Year’s Bathing Suit.—If last year’s bathing suit is found to have a hole in it, the hole may be repaired and then covered with a small aquatic fig ure, such as a fish, diving girl or duck which may be purchased in expensively. side of the mat; then trim the ends and sew them flat. NOTICE: Every Homemaker should have copies of the two books containing 96 How to Sew articles. You may secure SEW ING, For the Home Decorator; and Gifts, Novelties and Embroid eries; both for 25 cents; and your choice of the Patchwork Quilt Leaflet showing 36 authentic stitches; or the Rag Rug Leaflet FREE, while the supply lasts. Don’t delay, as the offer of both books at this low price will be withdrawn soon. Send your order at once to Mrs. Spears, 210 S, Desplaines St., Chicago, 111. Your Masters Hope, cheer, true love, sanity, health, optimism, you know these conduce to your efficiency and content. Despair, self-pity, vanity, fear, pessimism you know the effects of these is invariably morbid. Feelings are the invisible masters of thought: Choose your masters. —Dr. Frank Crane. be miserable with MALARIA 666 and COLDS whan will check MALARIA fast and gives symptomatic cold relieL LIQUID, TABLETS. SALVE. NOSE DROPS Your Gift You may not be able to leave your children a great inheritance, but day by day you may be weav ing coats for them which they will wear through all eternity.—T. L. Cuyler. weak eyes are made strong by LeonardTs Eye Lotion. Inflammation is relieved in one day. No other eye remedy so pure and healing. Keeps the eyes in working trim# LEONARD I'S GOLDEN EYE LOTION MAKES WEAK EYES STRONG New Large Size with Dropper—50 cents 8. B. Lcoaardl & Co. lac.. New Rochclte, N. T. 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