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McCORMICK MESSENGER. McCORMICK. S. C.. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 2, 1939
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Star Dust
★ Way Back in Movies
if War Cramps Hughes
★ Thomas in Screen Debut
—‘By Virginia Vale —
I F THE current crop of young
Americans doesn’t know all
about American history it won’t
be the fault of the movies. Pro
ducers are fairly falling over
each other in the scramble to
stake a claim to a slice of it;
hardly a day passes that anoth
er historical picture isn’t an
nounced.
Though it hardly seems possible,
“Hollywood Cavalcade ,, is history
too, the history of the movies, re
leased for the in&ustry’s fiftieth an
niversary. The heroine, played by
Alice Faye, is a combination of all
those golden-curled girls who used to
act before the cameras (and as a
rule most of them over-acted), and
Don Ameche plays the hero, who is
a number of those historic leading
men roUed into one.
' But the hit of the picture, so far
as a lot of people are concerned, is
the lads who show us how slapstick
comedy used to be played. Buster
Keaton, Chester Conklin, Ben Tur
pin, Hank Mann, Eddie Collins, Jim
my Finlayson—there they are again,
throwing custard pies with vim and
vigor, staging a comedy treat for
ALICE FAYE
the old-timers who used to laugh at
them and the new generation who
never saw them before. All hail the
Keystone cops!
And be it said for Alice Faye that
she can take a custard pie in the
face and come right up for more.
—*—
Howard Hughes is returning to the
picture business, since the war has
cramped his style where round-the-
world flights are concerned. And
he wants a new boy and girl team.
He has shown that he’s a genius
when it comes to discovering and
developing talent; he launched Jean
Harlow in “Hell’s Angels,” you’ll
remember, and made Paul Muni a
motion picture star overnight in
“Scarf ace.”
He’s shown, too, that he knows
how to make pictures. During the
long stretch when “Hell’s Angels”
was considered just a rich man’s
folly, people who had served their
time at picture-making predicted
that he’d never get back one-tenth
of the money that he was pouring
into it. It’s still being shown and
still making money.
—&—
John Charles Thomas is going into
the movies. Remember the little
difference of opinion he had con
cerning his radio appearances, be
cause he wouldn’t sing if he couldn’t
conclude with “Good night. Moth
er”? He will sing in the picture in
which he makes his screen debut,
“Kingdom Come,” whose story
deals with American folk music. It
will be made by Producers Corpora
tion of America, a new motion-pic
ture company.
—*—
It’s going to seem strange to have
Nelson Eddy permanently off that
Sunday night radio program; a lot
of his admirers will never be recon
ciled to his departure. But he feels
that, what with concerts, recordings
and work in the movies, he hasn’t
time for regular radio work.
—*—
Edward G. Robinson is all in fa
vor of realism on the radio and in
his pictures, but it was almost too
much for him at one of his broad
casts not long ago. The script called
for the sound effect of a man being
hit over the head with a chair. The
sound effects man was to smash
the chair against the wall (try it
sometime and see if it sounds like
the real thing). The chair slipped,
hit ah actor over the head, and
put him in the Hollywood emergen
cy hospital.
*
ODDS AND ENDS—After having it on
and off the schedule since 1936, Metro has
finally put u Not Too Narrow, Not Too
Deep* into production, with Joan Craw-
ford and Clark Gable . . . Paramount is
offering the public a new romantic team
in u Moon Over Burma”—they're Patricia
Morrison and Robert Preston . . . "Vera
Vague," of the Charlie McCarthy program,
is played by Barbara Jo Allen, whom you
hear as “Beth Holly*' on “One Man's Fam
ily* . . . fVatch for more and better (we
hope) comedies on the screen from now
on; motion picture producers are on the
hunt for stories that will help the public
to forget the war.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
SATURDAY NIGHT MEAT PIE
See Recipes Below.
Hurry-Up Meal*
What a feeling of satisfaction it
creates to be able to confront the
family with an attractive and sub
stantial meal, even after a long aft
ernoon of shopping or of bridge. It
takes a bit of planning to accom
plish that!
A selection of “Hurry-Up-Menus,”
planned to economize on time, with
out sacrificing quality, is the an
swer to that problem. Choose foods
which can be prepared for cook
ing several hours in advance. A
casserole dish requiring little
cooking is a wise selection for the
main dish of your meal; or, if you
like, plan a broiler dinner or “grill”
which can be cooked in little more
time than it takes to set the table.
Appetite teasing meals, and meals
that can be put together in only a
few minutes’ time, can be built
around these popular and satisfying
main dishes. In most instances
all that’s required to complete them
is bread, a beverage, and a sim
ple fresh fruit dessert.
Hasty Oven Baked Beans.
(Serves 6)
1 large can baked beans
Va pound bacon
Va cup light brown sugar
2 tablespoons tomato catsup
Pour Va can of baked beans in
greased baking casserole. Dice %
slices bacon and
sprinkle over the
beans. Add cat
sup, and then
cover with re
mainder of baked
beans. Sprinkle
with brown sugar,
and top with bacon strips. Bake in
hot oven (400 degrees) for 30 min
utes. Serve at once.
Hasty Noodles.
(Serves 6)
1 package noodles
8 slices bacon
2 eggs (well beaten)
Vz teaspoon salt
Va teaspoon pepper
Cook the noodles in boiling, salted
water until tender. Drain, and
place in a slow oven to keep warm.
Pan fry the bacpn until crisp, and
remove from drippings, and cut into
small pieces. Drain off all but two
tablespoons of the bacon fat, then
place the bacon and noodles in the
frying pan. Add well-beaten eggs
and seasoning, and cook, folding
gently, over a low fire for about five
minutes, or until the eggs are set.
Serve very hot. A crisp salad
makes an excellent accompaniment
for this meal.
Corn and Mushroom Omelet.
(Serves 6)
1 No. 2 can corn
3 eggs
% teaspoon salt
Vz teaspoon baking powder
2 tablespoons diced green pepper
1 can button mushrooms
1 tablespoon flour
2 tablespoons butter
Drain the corn. Separate eggs.
Add salt to egg yolks and beat until
very thick. Add
baking powder
to egg whites
and beat until
stiff. Fold egg
whites into the
egg yolk mixture.
Add com and
green pepper and mix lightly. Pour
into a hot buttered frying pan
and cook slowly until omelet is
browned and thoroughly cooked
through. Dry lightly in warm oven
(300 degrees). Drain mushrooms
and dredge with flour. Saute in
melted butter. Pour mushrooms
over the omelet, fold, and place on
hot platter. Serve immediately.
Mixed Grill.
(Serves 5)
Va pound sliced bacon
1 pound pork sausages
5 fresh tomatoes
1 No. 2 can French lima beans
1 No. 2 can pineapple rings
Broil bacon and sausages. Hollow
out tomatoes and fill with French
lima beans. Top with buttered
bread crumbs and bake until tomato
shells are tender but will still hold
their shape. Fry pineapple rings in
butter. Serve as mixed grill and
garnish with sprigs of parsley.
All-in-One Dinner.
(Serves 6)
6 link sausages
1 large onion (chopped fine)
2 tablespoons green pepper (minced)
% pound ground beef
% pound ground pork
l.No. 2 can tomatoes
1 No. 2 can kidney beans
% cup uncooked rice
Vz cup hot water
teaspoons salt
Va teaspoon pepper
Brown the sausages in a heavy
frying pan. Remove, and drain off
all but Va cup of
the fat. Saute the
onion and the
green pepper in
the fat. Then add
the ground meat
and cook until
brown. Add re
maining ingredi
ents, cover, and
cook until the
rice is tender (about 35 minutes).
During the last 15 minutes, reheat
the sausages on top of the mixture.
Serve with a green salad.
Grilled Ham Sandwiches.
Toast slices of bread and place
thin slices of ham on untoasted side
of bread. Cover with cheese slices
and spread with prepared mustard.
Top with slices of fresh tomato and
grill under broiler until cheese
melts. Serve with watercress and
stuffed olives.
Saturday Night Meat Pie.
4 tablespoons onion (minced)
1 pound ground beef
1 can condensed tomato soup
Vt teaspoon salt
Va teaspoon pepper
Pastry for 2-crust pie
Butter (melted)
Cook the onions in a little butter
until soft. Add the ground beef and
cook until barely brown. Blend in
the soup. Sprinkle with salt and
pepper, and mix. Line pie pan with
rich pastry, rolled to %-inch thick
ness. Moisten the edges of the crust
with cold water. Fill the pie shell
with the meat mixture. Cover with
the top crust, prick top, brush with
melted butter, and'bake in a 375
degree oven for one hour, or bake
in a hot oven (450 degrees) for 15
minutes, then decrease. heat to 350
degrees and bake 15 minutes longer.
What is the first thought that
comes to your mind when you
think of “entertaining”? Hard
work? Expense? Formality? It
should mean none of these!
Rather, that word “entertain
ing” stands for friendliness, and
warmth, and sociability. Eleanor
Howe will tell you next week how
to make entertaining easy. Be
sure to look for the article, “Let’s
All Have Tea.”
Send for Copy of This Cook Book.
Spareribs with Apple Stuffing,
Barbecued Steak, Clam Chowder,
and the old-fashioned Apple Dump
lings that men love—you’ll find
recipes for these and many other
family favorites in Eleanor Howe’s
cookbook, “Feeding Father.” To
get your copy of this popular cook
book now send ten cents in coin
to “Feeding Father,” care of Elea
nor Howe, 919 North Michigan Ave.,
Chicago, 111.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Corner Shields Are Big
Help in Cleaning Rooms
Hard-to-clean corners can be con
quered for the housewife through in
stallation of supple metal shields
which, when pushed into the angle
will eliminate the business of keep
ing corners free of dirt and dust.
Especially suitable for the cor
ners of shelves, the shields can
be painted over to escape notice. No
nails or screws are necessary for
installation, as the shields contain
metal teeth which clamp to the sur
face and secure it firmly.
— DOLLAR MAKERS
One Method
Of Advancing
Is to Retreat
By GEORGE T. EAGER
T ONS of rock and dirt must
be excavated before a dia
mond is found. It is just as un
usual to find among thousands
of salesmen that rarity among
those who sell—the man who
believes in the selling power of
understatement.
A coffee salesman startled
the retail grocers of a large
city by beginning his sales talk
with the statement, “This is the sec
ond best brand of coffee on the
market.” Grocers
naturally asked,
“Who makes the
best brand of cof
fee?” to which
the salesman
would reply,
“Each of my
many competi
tors makes the
best brand and
they all will tell
you so.” Admit
ting having the second best brand
evidently placed him in a position
where he was without competition
and his sales results proved it.
A large baking company has suc
cessfully marketed a brand of bread
in markets long held by established
competitors. The new bread was
well advertised in local newspapers.
But under instructions from a presi
dent who knew the power of under
selling, salesmen sold each grocer
one or two loaves less than the
store’s normal demand. Grocers
were soon telling late afternoon
customers, “I’m sorry we are all
sold out of that bread.” It was not
very long before storekeepers as
well as customers unconsciously
thought of it as the fastest selling
brand and therefore the best bread.
Grocers unconsciously recommend
ed it to customers and customers
soon began demanding it of grocers
and its success was assured.
1M EWTXUStASTfC/jj
UP-TO-DATE
'REVOLUTION'
T HERE could be no more
convincing way for the his
torian of the future to point out
the high standards of living pre
vailing in this country than to
contrast today’s demands of
those who want to overthrow our
institutions with the demands of
the revolutionists of other eras
in the world’s history. The
French masses cried for bread and
failing to get it brought on the
French revolution. But when a pres
ent day advocate of revolution in
this country recently made a speech
he said: “Why should the citizens—
et least 90 per cent of them—be
imprisoned behind the cruel bars of
want when within
their grasp there
are plenty of
shoes, of clothes,
of motor cars, of
refrigerators to
which they are
entitled?”
From this point
of view it is the
salesmen who sell
modern conven
iences who are
our most Important national asset
for the prevention of revolutions. We
have 7 per cent of the world’s popu
lation and starting with a wilder
ness have created and own today
more than half of the world’s wealth.
Intelligent salesmanship and mass
production have distributed this
wealth so widely that stringent im
migration laws are required.
The new industries created and
developed in this country in the past
50 years now give employment to
10,000,000 men and women. Each
new industry, whether it be auto
mobiles, radio or rayon represents
a new idea that has had to be first
sold to the American people. It is
significant that in this same period
foreign countries, that have not de
veloped their newspapers and pub
lications as advertising vehicles for
the dissemination of new ideas about
things to buy, have not developed a
single great new industry. If the
United States has reached the point
when revolutionists must cry for
motor cars and refrigerators to get
attention, it would seem that we are
well on our way to prosperity.
(Bell Syndicate—WNU Service.)
Chemist Devises Method
For Hunting Submarines
VINEYARD HAVEN, MASS.—A
chemical process by which the
course and position of submarines
could be checked is being consid
ered by the war department, ac
cording to Dr. Max Trumper, Phila
delphia bio-chemist.
He said that certain gases dis
charged by a submarine when it
rises to the surface to obtain fresh
supplies of oxygen and recharge its
batteries mingle with the water. A
surface ship, by dropping certain
chemicals which cause the water
to change color on mixing with the
gases could check the submarine’s
position.
4*''"' Ruth Wyeth Spears ■ \
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CUT STRAIGHT BANDS
2."WIDE. TURN AND PRESS EDGES;
THEN STITCH AS SHOWN
Blue denim with red bands for a boy’s bed.
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TURDY and masculine.” Al
so, “Red trimmings, please-.”
That was the order for the bed
spread in the combination work-
and-play room of a 10-year-old lad.
Blue and tan predominated in the
room. The clever mother made
curtains for the rather large
square window; using lunch cloths
in these colors—one cloth making
a pair of curtains.
Blue denim with red gingham
bands is suggested for the spread.
The diagram may be used as a
guide for cutting and making a
spread of any 36-inch material for
a bed of any width. The amount
of material needed will be three
times the full width of the fin
ished spread, plus two inches. Two
seams covered by bands run
Straight across the width of the
spread. The two lengthwise bands
may be close together or far apart
according to the width of the bed.
The corners at the foot are cut out
as shown. The edges are then
pressed to the right side and bands
stitched over them.
• * *
NOTE: Readers who are now>
using Sewing Books No. 1, 2 and 3‘
will be happy to learn that No. 4
is ready for mailing; as well as
the 10 cent editions of No. 1, 2 and
3. Mrs. Spears has just made
quilt block patterns for three de
signs selected from her favorite
Early American quilts. You may
have these patterns FREE with
your order for four books. Pricet
of books—10 cents each postpaid.
Set of three quilt block patterns
without books—10 cents. Send or
ders to Mrs. Spears, Drawer 10,
Bedford Hills, New York.
ASK ME O
ANOTHER f
A Quiz With Answers
Offering Information
on Various Subjects
The Questions
1. Where is Independence
square? Red square? Union
square? Trafalgar square?
2. What is the difference be
tween parole and probation?
3. Can you name a country or
continent that starts with “A” but
does not end with an “a”?
4. Is it correct to say “Any
body can do as they please”?
5. Was a President’s child ever
born in the White House?
6. What city in the United States
is directly south of the North pole?
7. What is the estimated educa
tion of our population?
8. Where would you look for a
fly leaf in a book?
The Answers
1. Philadelphia, Moscow, New
York and London, respectively.
2. Parole is a conditional re
lease of a prisoner from jail; pro
bation is a suspended sentence of
one convicted but not sent to jail.
3. Afghanistan. , 1
4. No. “Anybody can do as he
pleases” is correct.
5. Grover Cleveland’s daughter, 1
Esther, whose birthday was Sep-'
tember 9, 1893, was the only Pres
ident’s child born in White House.
6. All of them. . I
7. The median education of the
country as a whole is completion
of elementary school. Of the na
tion’s adults, 3.32 per cent are col
lege graduates; 15.1 per cent are
high school graduates.
8. Immediately inside the cover.
Daily Battle
The world has no room for cow-,
ards. We must all be ready some
how to toil, to suffer, to die.. Andl
yours is not the less noble be- 1
cause no drum beats before you
when you go out into your daily i
battlefields, and no crowd shouts
about your coming when you re
turn from your daily victory or
defeat.—Robert Louis Stevenson. I
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