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McCORMICK MESSENGER. MrCORMfCK. S. C.. TmiRSOAV. JANTTARV ?5. 1940 Lovely New Wash Prints Make It Fun to Sew for Children By CHERIE NICHOLAS .tsi TOOTING mothers that take pride in decking out little daughters at first hint of spring in refreshingly colorful prints, hurry up and take a look at the lovely materials just out. We’ll wager that at very first peep at the new wash fabric show ings you will be convinced that there’s nothing in the world you so long to do this very minute as to set the spring sewing program in motion. Time was when buying cotton and other washable weaves was more or less of a gamble. In those days the shrink and fade bugaboo was for ever taking the joy out of life. Now in these modem times, because of scientific processing that carries with it a guarantee of non-fade and non-shrink, the “will it wash” query no longer challenges the patience- tried salesperson. It certainly is a grand and glori ous feeling for mothers to know that the dress they have so painstakingly made will not prove a case of “love’s labor lost” in that hems won’t have to be frantically let down nor sleeve lengths altered, neither will buttons have to be set over after the dress comes back from the wash. It’s a wise mother that asks for guaranteed wash ma terials to make up for her child. Then, too, little daughters come in for a share of good fortune in that no longer will they have to be submitted to the humiliating ordeal of wearing a dress bought, or made, that is a size too large in order to allow for shrinking. This year attractive broadcloths with floral overprinting are catch ing the eye. Add wearableness to their prettiness and you will readily see why this fabric is so popular. Tailored printed shantung broad cloths and charming striped cottons in fast colors all preshrunk to keep their original fit permanently are selling fast as they can be meas ured off in dress lengths. If you are looking for wash mate rials that carry a promise of wear- ability, washability, dependability and likability consider the dainty lit tle frocks pictured. Each is fash ioned of sanforized-shrunk fabric. The merry little three-year-old pic tured to the right wearing a broad cloth dress with floral overprinting is laughing at the thought of the cunning patch pockets that draw up and tie with pique cording. She is proud, too, that her dress ties in the back with a big bow of self- fabric. The dress is trimmed with a pleating of pique around the neck and sleeves. Though the closing is in the back, there are three small red buttons down the front of the bodice. Sister Ann who sits in the window (centered in the group) wears a tailored shantung broadcloth dress trimmed with hand-fagoted piq*ie collar and cuffs. The dress for the “between” age, shown to the left, takes on some what of a party air. The soft blue and pihk colorings of the floral striped broadcloth (so fine it has a pheen like silk) is delicate and be coming to blonde or brunette. There is a fashionable inset corselet belt, thus raising the waistline so that the skirt will swing gracefully if or when she dances. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Novel Knit Items The idea of a sweater with a hood carries big appeal. This gay cardi gan is knit of a heavy yet soft yarn, and on large needles so that the fetching checked pattern devel- opes magically fast. Such pretty combinations as red with white, black with green, wine with post man blue are suggested. The solid colored hood is knitted separately. It may be worn either as a hood or a collar. The little headpiece be low is a streamlined version of the closefitting knitted hood. However, it eliminates all superfluous bulk, and is very attractive Costume Sweaters Spring Into Style ’ A new type of sweater, which is neither a tailored sports style nor an elaborate evening affair, has sprung into fashion. These are the sweaters that combine with sepa rate skirts to make smart street frocks. They are most attractive when chosen in a color to match that of the skirt. Made of novelty knits and ribbed yarns, they are notable for their unusual shoulder and yoke detail. Some of them have flapped pockets in the Schiaparelli manner with but tons of gold nuggets or shiny flat gold circles on the pocket flaps and down the front. Some of them fas ten with bright enameled or gold colored slide fasteners. Skating Ensemble Is Very Fetching A skating ensemble is made of soft white yarn hand-embroidered with bright wool. There’s a snug white cardigan sweater with peas ant figures embroidered on panels on either side of the front open ing, and matching white mittens with a single design on their back. The close-fitting hood ties under the chin and has embroidered wings like a Dutch cap standing out on either side of the face. Picturesque Wraps Inspired by the picturesque fash ions of the South in Civil war days is the group of evening wraps shown by an American designer. Gray for Day and Evening From soft dove shades to dark gunmetal tones gray is an impor tant color for every sort of daytime and evening outfit. Suede Sports Jacket Fine stitching is the blouse-like de- tail borrowed by a fitted suede sports jacket to give it a dressy appearance. * IMPROVED""' UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D. Dean of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson for January 28 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. JESUS DRAMATICALLY PRO CLAIMS HIS MESSIAHSHIP LESSON TEXT—Matthew 21:1-16. GOLDEN TEXT—Behold, thy King Com eth ui^o thee.—Matthew 21:5. Tne official presentation of Him self to the Jewish people as their King, their rejection of Him, and what was even more solemnly meaningful, His rejection of the He brew nation because of unbelief— such are the stirring events which face us as we enter with our Lord into the last week of His earthly life. The first event in that sequence is the one we study in our lesson for today, aftmely, the coming of the King to Jerusalem. Jesus on this occasion did a very dramatic and unusual thing, a fact which indicates that here is an incident of extraor dinary import to which we do well, to give careful study. I. Preparation and Presentation (vv. 1-7). The King comes, but even in His hour of royal triumph He gives to His followers the unexplainable but inestimable joy of meeting His need. 1. “The Lord Hath Need” (vv. 1-4). He had need of disciples who would do His bidding without ques tion or hesitation—“and the disci ples went, and did even as Jesus had appointed them” (v. 6). How precious is such obedience! Let us also go and do what He commands. He needed the colt and the ass. How simple and lowly was that need, and yet how glorious that a man was ready to meet it! God’s plans are worked out in the little things as well as the great. Proph ecy was being fulfilled here (see v. 5) by a little thing. Is God wait ing to carry out some great pur pose through some little thing which you are withholding from Him? Why hinder Him any longer? 2. “Behold Thy King Cometh” (w. 6-7). Though He did not come with the pomp and trappings of an earthly potentate, the King of Glory came to His people to offer them for the last time the opportunity to receive Him. He asks you to yield your life to His kingship. What will your answer be? II. Acceptance and Rejection (w. 8-11, 15, 16). 1. “The Multitude . . . Cried . . . Hosanna” (vv. 8-11). The fact that before the week was over many of the same voices cried, “Crucify Him!” should not obscure the fact that there were childlike believers (v. 16) who really had faith in Christ. There is something inspir ing about that picture of enthusiasm and devotion. Real faith in Christ ought to result in a fervor of spirit which will stir our hearts and our cities. Are we not altogether too dead and formal in much of our worship today? Do we not need more holy enthusiasm for Christ and for His Church? 2. “The Chief Priests and Scribes . . . Were Sore Displeased” (vv. 15, 16). Small wonder, for not only had the children put them to open shame by recognizing the Christ whom they had ignored, but He had in turn ruined their polite religious racket which produced for them such a lovely profit. Mark this—when any one is displeased with Jesus or with His true children or with His work on earth, you can be sure that there is a reason, and not a holy, upright or good reason either! III. Judgment and Compassion (vv. 12-14). What a remarkable picture! In the midst of flaming judgment and de struction we find loving compassion upon the blind and the lame. Folk who think that Christ has no mes sage but love need to look on Him as He cleanses the temple. On the other hand, those who think that He has no word but judgment need to behold Him as He stands in the midst of the overturned tables and debris and heals the needy. Incon sistent? Not at all. God is love, but He is also absolute holiness. 1. “Jesus Cast Out . . . and Over threw” (vv. 12, 13). He knew where to begin to cleanse the city. He started in the temple. Absolutely right is the man who suggested that the place to start to clean up a city is not in the slums but in the churches. You will be ready to clean out the tavern or that other low place where the gang hangs out in your town after you have cleaned out the church. The same is true of the individual. A regenerated heart will bring a reformed life, not vice versa. 2. “He Healed Them” (v. 14). The very hands which had just over thrown the tables and cast out the money-changers now gently touched the lame and the blind with heal ing. The eyes which had blazed with holy indignation now shone with love and compassion. The scene of judgment and chaos became the house of prayer and of answered prayer. On the very spot where one man had received condemnation, an other received healing. Each one received that which he sought by his action. How will you, my dear reader, meet Jesus—as your Judge or as your Saviour? You must make the choice. SERVE A MODERN FRUIT PIE AND A CANDY RAIL FENCE IN HONOR OF LINCOLN’S BIRTHDAY HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONS For a breakfast treat, mix cin namon and sugar and spread on hot buttered toast. • * * Easy to Remove Stopper.—Dip the stopper of a mucilage bottle in paraffin before putting it into the bottle and it will not stick. * • * Baked potatoes will be more mealy if a piece is cut from either end of the potato. * • * Frozen Meat. — Meat thawed qu,ickly is likely to be tough. Keep frozen meat in warm place be fore cooking. * * * Delicious Salad Dressing.—One teaspoon of chopped maraschino cherries and one tablespoon of orange juice, added to boiled salad dressing, makes a delicious dress ing for fruit salads. * * • Two coats of thin shellac give a hardwood floor a much better fin ish than one thick one. First coat must be thoroughly dried before second is applied. • • * Sift the Flour.—Flour has a tendency to pack down, especially fine wheat flour. One may easily put as much as an extra cup of flour in a recipe if it is not sifted before measuring. See Recipes Below * * * For Patriotic Partie# February, with its two famous birthdays, is a grand month for a patriotic party—with novel decora tions and unusual foods, to help make it a success. Lincoln, the biographers tell us, had a keen “sweet tooth.” Children could always be sure he’d have a bag of bonbons in his pocket when he dropped in to visit. Fruit pies were favorites with him, too, so you’ll be histori cally correct to feature a fruit pie when you plan your Lincoln’s birthday menu. “Chocolate Fence Rails” are a novel sweet that will pay double tribute to Lincoln’s rail splitting fame and his “sweet tooth.” Use three of the fence rails tied in a bundle with a bit of red, white, and blue ribbon, for individual table fa vors at your party. Everyone knows the significance of cherry pie at a Washington’s birthday party, of course, but few people know that cherry pie a la mode has a double historical mean ing! George Washington has been credited, by some historians, with being the inventor of the first ice cream freezer. You’ll find suggestions for almost any kind of party you can name, in my booklet “Easy Entertaining.” There are ideas for unusual menus, hints on party short-cuts, too, and a store of practical, tested recipes. With Valentine’s day and Easter, ahead, and birthdays in the offing, you’ll want to add this useful, in expensive booklet to your kitchen library. Lincoln’s Birthday Menu. Salad Sandwich Rolls Potato chips Olives Apricot Pie Magic Chocolate Logs Coffee • • • Menu for a Washington’s Birthday Party. Individual Sandwich Loaves Potato chips Sweet pickles Cherry Tarts with vanilla ice cream Reception Cocoa Salad Roll Sandwich. Slit long, plump, soft rolls down the center, not quite through. Scoop out a little of the inside. Brush with melted but ter, and heat. Stuff with any de sired salad sand wich spread. (Don’t try to push the sides of the sandwich together again!) Serve on a lettuce leaf, and garnish with olives. Magic Chocolate Logs. 1 square unsweetened chocolate % cup sweetened condensed milk V* teaspoon vanilla IVa cup sifted confectioners’ (4x) sugar % cup coconut (toasted) Melt chocolate in top of double boiler. Add sweetened condensed milk and stir over rapidly boiling water five minutes or until mixture thickens. Remove from heat. Add vanilla and confectioners’ sugar gradually and blend thoroughly. Shape into rolls, two inches long. Roll in toasted coconut. Allow to stand in cold place several hours or until firm. Makes about two dozen. Apricot Pie. 1% tablespoons quick-cooking tapioca % cup sugar Vi teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon butter (melted) 2 cups cooked dried apricots (drained) Vz cup canned crushed pine apple (drained) 1 cup apricot juice 1 recipe pie crust Combine quick-cooking tapioca, sugar, salt, butter, fruit, and fruit juices; let stand 15 minutes, or while pastry is being made. Line 9-inch pie plate with about Vz of pastry, rolled % inch thick, allowing pastry to extend 1 inch beyond edge. Fold edge back to form standing rim. Fill with apricot mixture. Moisten edge of pie with cold water and arrange layout of pastry stars across top. Flute rim with fingers. Bake in hot oven (425 degrees) 10 minutes; then decrease heat to mod erate (350 degrees) and bake 35 minutes longer. Cool. Serve with or without whipped cream. For a gala dessert, top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Potato Chips. 4 medium sized potatoes 2 or 3 pounds fat Salt Pare and cut potatoes into very thin slices. Allow sliced potatoes to stand in ice water until firm (about 1 hour). Heat fat to 375 degrees. Blot potatoes dry with a clean towel and place potato slices in French fry basket. Immerse basket in hot fat by handle. Keep potatoes mov ing constantly so that the slices do not stick together. Remove basket and drain potatoes on brown paper. Sprinkle with salt. Temperature: 375 degrees; Time: 2 minutes or to de sired brownness. Individual Sandwich Loaves. Cut 2%-inch rounds from thinly sliced white bread, allowing 4 rounds for each sandwich. Brush one side of each round of bread with soft butter. Leave 1 round of buttered bread plain to be used for the top layer. Spread each of the remaining rounds with a different sandwich filling, varying both the flavor and the col or. These two combinations are good. 1. Watercress or shredded lettuce Ground ham, sweet pickle, and mayonnaise Deviled egg sandwich spread 2. Olive-nut filling Minced pimento mixed with softened butter Sardine sandwich spread “Frost” the top and sides of each sandwich with cream cheese, mois tened to spreading consistency with a little salad dressing. On top, ar range a sprig of watercress and a slice of stuffed olive, to resemble a flower. Serve on lettuce leaf with small, sweet pickles. Cherry Tarts. 3 cups red pitted cherries (with juice) % cup sugar 2 tablespoons flour 2 tablespoohs cornstarch Vx teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 tablespoon butter Drain juice from cherries and heat to boiling point. Mix sugar, flour, cornstarch, and salt, and add to the cherry juice. Cook until thickened, stirring constantly. Cool slightly and add lemon juice, but ter and cherries. Pour into baked pastry tart shells. Serve with whipped cream. Send for Copy of ‘Easy Entertaining.* “Entertain often, plan with care, and have the best time of anyone there,” says Eleanor Howe, in her clever booklet, “Easy Entertaining.” In it Miss Howe gives you some clever hints for the modern hostess. She gives you menus, too, for almost every kind of party, and with them, her own favorite tested recipes for party foods. To get your copy of this booklet now, send 10 cents in coin to “Easy Entertaining,” care of Eleanor Howe, 919 North Michigan Ave., Chicago, Illinois. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) To Revive House Plant When a house plant, especially a fern, is dying, pour a tablespoon of castor oil around the roots. This will make the plant green and fresh in a short time. Save Christmas Cards.—Little folks can spend many a happy hour cutting out figures from Christmas cards. Instruct them to leave a small flap on the bot tom of each figure, flap to be fold ed over, permitting figure to stand up. Pull the Trigger on Constipation, and Pepsin-ize Acid Stomach Too When constipation brings on acid indi gestion, bloating, dizzy spells, gas, coated tongue, sour taste, and bad breath, your stomach is probably loaded up with cer tain undigested food and your bowels don’t move. So you need both Pepsin to help break up fast that rich undigested food in your stomach, and Laxative Senna to pull the trigger on those lazy bowels. So be sure your laxative also contains Pepsin. Take Dr. Caldwell’s Laxative, because its Syrup Pepsin helps you gain that won derful stomach-relief, while the Laxative Senna moves your bowels. Tests prove the power of Pepsin to dissolve those lumps of undigested protein food which may linger in your stomach, to cause belching, gastric acidity and nausea. This is how pepsin- izing your stomach helps relieve it of such distress. At the same time this medicine wakes up lazy nerves and muscles in your bowels to relieve your constipation. So see how much better you feel by taking the laxative that also puts Pepsin to work oa that stomach discomfort, too. Even fin icky children love to taste this pleasant family laxative. Buy Dr. Caldwell’s Lax ative-Senna with Syrup Pepsin at your druggist today! Two Tests What we can do for another is the test of powers; what we can suffer for another is the test ol love.—Westcott. Relief At Last ForYourCough Creomulsion relieves promptly be cause it goes right to the seat of the trouble to loosen germ laden phlegm. Increase secretion and aid nature to soothe and heal raw, tender, inflam ed bronchial mucous membranes. No matter how many medicines you have tried, tell your druggist to sell you a bottle of Creomulsion with the understanding that you are to like the way it quickly allays the cough or you are to have your money back. CREOMULSION for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis Relief in Tears It is some relief to weep; grief is satisfied and carried off by tears.—Ovid. 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