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McCORMICK MESSENGER. McCORMTCK. S. C.. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 21, 1939
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
'NJTEW YORK.—Britain has an un-
usual and difficult task in car
rying out its decision to bar Ger
man exports from the seas. It puts
Cnn r, p„„i. this undertak-
Can tie Pocket ing in the
Germans as He hands of a
Did Decisions? m an 3 who
gained fame
by making a diligent study of enemy
exports when convicts burned Dart
mouth prison and exported 300 from
their ranks in 1932.
He is Sir Hubert du Parcq,
judge of the High Court of Jus
tice, and now chairman of the
enemy exports committee,
which, in view of neutral pro
test and somewhat confused
precedent for such action, may
be steering a difficult course.
For reasons which did not ap
pear in inadequate press ac
counts here. Sir Hubert’s in
quiry into the Dartmouth prison
break brought him great nation
al acclaim, and, soon thereafter,
he was both knighted and raised
to the high bench.
The savage outbreak made Eng-
• land a bit jittery, as such occur
rences are rare there. Sir Hubert,
a penologist as well as a lawyer and
judge, is a stern symbol of authori
ty, a strict interpreter of the law,
and he found and discountenanced
evidences of “coddling” the con
victs as a possible cause of the
mutiny. He recommended a stouter
jail and more watchful keepers. In
his report, he stressed the fact that,
just before the outbreak, the gover
nor of the prison had said to the
prisoners, “I am sorry that the por- j
ridge at yesterday’s breakfast was |
not up to the usual standard.” That, I
thought Sir Hubert, was surely tak
en as a sign of timidity and might
well have caused the break. After
that Sir Hubert became a bulwark
of the empire.
Taking his master’s degree at
Oxford, he won honors in the
classics. He was president of
the Oxford Union in 1902. He be
came a highly successful lawyer
and politician, and, as a judge,
the strict legal constructionist
which the British traditionally
like. Lawyers could find no holes
in his decisions.
CCARCELY a day passes without
new evidence. that Stephen T.
Early, White House secretary, has
become a new and authoritative
- i j * e voice of the
Early s Say So government.
Second to That His direct
Of the President and emphatic
discourse, on
matters too delicate perhaps, under
present conditions, for the usual
frank presidential press conference,
has moved Mr. Early into the right-
hand post of the late Louis Howe
and the Washington * scribes are
writing him down as the most im
portant person in the executive of
fices, next to the President.
Born into an old Confederate
family of Crozet, Va., Mr. Early
became a Washington Corre
spondent. He received the “sil
ver star” citation for bravery in
the World war, returned to
newspaper work in Washington,
and, immediately after the war,
established the long friendship
with Franklin D. Roosevelt, and
the allegiance of years which
has carried him up each plateau
of the Rooseveltian rise.
When President Harding was dy
ing in San Francisco, he slipped
down a hotel fire escape and had
the news of the President’s death on
the wire seven minutes before the
physician’s bulletin appeared. He is
thus given to acting on impulse, and,
as a poker player, he never played
close to his vest. Now he does,
say the Washington correspondents,
tight-lipped and cagey, and speaking
“not as the scribes and Pharisees,
but as one having authority.”
C AUGHT in the ruck of the Rus
sian revolution was a 17-year-
old girl, playing the piano with swol
len and half-frozen fingers, taking
her turn in
the bread
lines, some
times from
four in the
afternoon until 10 o’clock the next
morning. Today, she is Madame
Ania Dorfmann, Arturo Toscanini’s
guest soloist at a recent New York
concert, as another savaggYipheaval
shakes the world.
The years between have made
her a world-famous pianist. In
1920, she escaped to Constanti
nople. Thereafter she was never
ragged or hungry. She is small,
merry, blue-eyed and dark
haired and was Dorothy Thomp
son’s choice as the “perfect par
ty guest.”
Her home is in Madison avenue,
New York city. “Music,” she says, j
“is a holding force.” Hers has held
through epic stress and strain.
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Genius Is Like
A Pine Growing
From Rock Cleft
Rebel ‘Angels’ Seek Redress From Father Divine
“Father” Divine, hand in pocket, strolls from the New York Supreme court after his initial appearance
as defendant in a suit brought against him by two of his disappointed “angels.” The suit was brought by
Mrs. Verinda Brown, right, and her husband, Thomas, for the return of $4,475 she says they turned over to him.
Even with this down payment they failed to find the “peace that is wonderful.”
Obliging Thief Leaves Own Picture as Evidence
When Dr. E. L. Brunswick’s gasoline station was burglarized a second time in Chicago he decided to
take steps. A radio and photography fan, Dr. Brunswick arranged a camera and photo electric cell in the
station. Then a third attempt at robbery was made. But when the burglar crossed the photo-electric beam
a flash bulb and the camera were fired simultaneously. The camera had taken the picture at the right, which
resulted in the arrest of Harold Lewis, 19-year-old Woodstock, 111., farm hand.
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Crown Nation’s Finest Girl Cooks
Smoke Eater
The nation’s four best girl cooks were honored for their culinary
skill recently at the International Live Stock show in Chicago. Winners
of the countrywide Four-H club food preparation contest, left to right:
Maxine Koons, 18, Fairmont, Minn.; Orr-Lyda J. Brown, 18, Eugene,
Ore.; Catherine Barnes, 17, Moultrie, Fla., and Betty Freeman, 16, Pike-
ville, Tenn.
Worse Than Bombs? Yes, Says Doctor
Raucous, brass-voiced air raid sirens, like this one in Sydney, Aus
tralia, are blamed by Dr. Edward Toulouse, president of the French
league of mental hygiene, for a rise in mental disorders. Dr. Toulouse,
adviser to the French ministry of public health, advocates softer-voiced
alarms lest France become a nation of nervous wrecks. Effects of the
present sirens, he says, are worse than bombing
Smoke-filled interiors hold no fear
for fire laddies equipped with this
combination gas mask and tele
phone. The mask protects the fire
man as he ’phones directions for
fighting a stubborn blaze.
125 Carat Beauty
A million dollars will buy this
spectacular diamond worn by Bren
da Frazier, number one glamour
girl, at a New York style show.
The gem is the famous Jonker dia
mond, weighing a mere 125 carats.
Bolero and Princess Types
Compete for Style Prestige
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
Hi
N O MATTER the elegance of fab
ric, no matter the color glory
of the material, no matter the per
fection of detail, no matter whether
it cost a plenty or less if your dress
or your coat or your suit be not
figure flattering then all is lost inso
far as allure or smart appearance is
concerned. Yes, indeed, we are
hearing a lot these days about
“lines” and “hips,” wasp waistlines
and the new corseted silhouettes.
From the figure-flattering stand
point there are two types that stand
out definitely in the mode this sea
son, namely the bolero costume and
the form-fitting dresses and coats
that are cut a la princess. The dif
ference between the two is that the
dress or suit with a bolero possesses
the magic to make figures that are
not a hundred per cent perfect look
up to par, while to wear a princess
successfully one really must have
a good figure.
If in doubt, there is no safer, saner
choice than a bolero ensemble. To
define the bolero theme is a big
order, for it expresses itself in in
finite moods ranging from tailored
types made of utilitarian wools to
afternoon types starred with sequins
or more or less embroidered even
unto whimsical affairs that are all
aglitter with jeweled embroidery,
ostrich trim, filmy lace that tones
to formal evening wear.
Most practical is the tailored
bolero dress or suit made of a sheer
wool weave or of a silk-and-rayon
crepe, or of the now-so-smart faille
or bengaline. Such a dress-with-bo-
lero or skirt and bolero will prove
the better part of a wardrobe with
in itself. You can wear different
blouses and change the entire ap
pearance of your costume from day
to day. The suit may be simply
tailored or the bolero can be hand
somely all-over braided.
At the smartest places you see
bolero costumes similar to the
model pictured to the left in the
group. Sheer wool or silk crepe in
a chosen pastel tone, a skirt rip
pling to a wide swirling hemline, a
blouse that looks like a froth of tint
ed lace, a bolero that bespeaks youth
in its every line thus the story of
this charming costume is told. The
lace blouse worn with this bolero
twosome reminds us that the fore
word coming from fashion head
quarters is that the dainty lace-
trimmed or all-of-lace blouse is
scheduled to reach a new high in
fashion next spring.
Princess coats and dresses are all
the style this winter. In coats the
classic double-breasted form-fitting
princess type of wool coating or
richly colorful tweed is an acknowl
edged favorite. As to the princess
dress, style-alert debutantes and
girls of high school age have fallen
in love with the simple classic such
as is centered in the illustration.
Describing this model, it is a black-
bengaline coat dress, suitable to
wear from morn to night. The form
fitting princess lines are cut with
purpose to achieve the chic skirt
fullness that develops a wide flar
ing hemline. The dress is further
styled with sailor collar and a row
of gold buttons at the front closing.
If you are young, slim, svelte and
alertly fashion-conscious, tie a rib
bon in your hair and wear a form
fitting princess dress like the one
pictured to the right in the group.
Buttons down the front make this
model do the most for the typical
junior figure. The gored, hemmed
skirt flares gaily. And the four lit
tle embroidered and edged in val-
type cotton lace pockets!
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Sequin-Trimmed
Sequins flash at you from the most
unexpected places this season, the
latest idea being to trim the black
jersey frock in glittering bards
done in white and gold sequins as
| you see pictured. The gown has
the new long sleeves, a high neck
j and open back that buttons only at
j neckline and waistline. These new
“coverup” fashions are the smart
est of the season. Note that the
fullness is brought to the front in
the ski t.
Call for Glitter
Brings Up Metals
In harmony with the call for glit
ter in fashions this winter is the re
turn to favor of metal weavqs for
dinner gowns for cocktail frocks,
and especially smart is the blouse
of rich lame to be worn with the vel
vet afternoon suit or with the long
formal skirt at evening functions.
Milliners report a big demand for
exotic looking turbans of metal cloth
draped in oriental fashion, these to
match the gowns or blouses or jack
ets with which they are worn. These
flattering turbans look stunning with
winter furs and women who like to
dress for occasion are playing up
the idea of the metal-draped tur
ban for all it is worth.
Metal jackets that button with jew
eled buttons are definitely good style
for evening worn with the black vel
vet or crepe formal skirt.
Bright Red Leads
The Color Parade
Bright red triumphs in the color
realm. Bright red for your hat,
your scarf, and a spectacular turn
of affairs is bright red gloves worn
with your dark furs.
Bright red jackets top dark skirts
day and evening, the more formal
ones scintillating with glittering em
broidery. Young girls love the new
long red capes or coats if you pre
fer, that are so swank for evening
wear. Sometimes brass buttons add
to their glory.
Corduroy and Wool
Bright corduroy and printed wool
are combined in a comfortable
ankle-length dinner dress for infor
mal dining at home.
Mantlet
Mantlet is the newest name for
the waist length evening jackets of
fur with attached hoods.