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McCORMICK MESSENGER. McCORMICK. S. C.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15. >940 L HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONS — To remove salt from fish in a hurry, wash the fish for a while in sweet milk. • • • Use the rinsing water from milk bottles to water house plants. This water will make them healthy. • * * To keep muslin curtains even when laundering them, put two curtains together and iron as one curtain. 1 • * • Keep a large shaker containing six parts salt to one part pepper on the shelf of your kitchen range to use in seasoning foods. • * • Bo-.not wrap silver in bleached linen. The sulphur which has been used in bleaching will tarnish it. Unbleached cotton flannel is best. ★ SATISFACTION HEADQUARTERS FEKRY'S T Ferry's Seeds are de- pendable. They come up to your expecta tions. Buy from your dealer’s display today. It’s convenient! Actual color photographs on packets help you plan your garden. iiiiiH -- " Lighteth His Soul I met in the street today, a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat was threadbare—there were holes at his elbows; the water passed through his shoes and the stars through his soul.—From “Les Mis- erabies,” by Victor Hugo. Relief At Last ForYourCough Greomulston 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 CreomuLnon 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 Life of Employment The wise prove, and the foolish confess, by their conduct, that a life of employment is the only life worth leading.—Paley. Pull the Trigger on Constipation, and Pepsk-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 g^nna 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 on that stomach discomfort, too. Even fin icky children love to taste this pleasant family laxative. Buy Br. Caldwell’s Lax ative-Senna with Syrup Pepsin at your druggist today! mODERIIIZE Whether you’re planning s party or remodeling a room you should fallow tbt advertisements... to learn what’s new... and cheaper... and better. And the place to find out about new things ia right here in this newspaper. Its columns are filled with important messages which you should read regularly. Star Dust ★ In New York Village ★ True Funny Scenes it Silence Preferred By Virginia Vai© (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) D URING the week or so that Hedy Lamarr spent in New York with her husband she proved conclusively that the largest city in the country is a small village at heart. She visited a newspaper of fice and appeared at night clubs, and people stared and stared and even were guilty of pointing — and these were people, mind you, who patronize night clubs so often that visiting movie stars are just people to them. But Hedy Lamarr Markey was so beautiful that she bowled them over. Of course, she didn’t exactly try to hide her light under a bushel. Night clubs were warned in advance when to expect her. And she even went so far as to wear a diamond on her forehead. Maybe she was rehearsing for the role of Cleopatra. Well, it was good publicity; every body’s all agog to see “I Take This Woman,” the next picture in which she will be seen. She wore glamour-girl clothes—a linky black evening gown with a peg-top skirt, embroidered in blue and beige paillettes, another eve ning gown with a long-sleeved, high- necked basque of black satin, the skirt of black satin to the hips, cream .colored the rest of the way. * If you think some of those hilari ously funny scenes in “The House keeper’s Daughter,” which stars Joan Bennett in the title role, are a bit far-fetched, rest assured that they’re not. Even the battle with JOAN BENNETT fireworks for ammunition would be just run of the mill amusement for old-time newspaper men like those portrayed so convincingly by Adolphe Menjou and William Gar- gan—as anyone who has known such newspaper men will tell you. The picture is so good that it should be on your “must” list; it’s so good that memories of it haunted your reporter along' about the time that “Gone With the Wind” had been running for a good two hours and still had plenty of time to go. * And, speaking of “Gone With the Wind,” if yon’re old enough to have seen D. W. Griffith’s “Birth of a Nation” you’re going to feel right at home when yon see this latest picturization of Civil war scenes. Of course, D. W. couldn’t use sound. I wished modern producers couldn’t when that soldier’s leg was cut off without an anesthetic being nsed. But the story of'Scarlett O’Hara makes a great picture; don’t miss it! —*— As a rule the only woman in volved in the “Sky Blazers” broad casts is the sound effects girl. Ora Nicolls. While the husky males stand before the mike, Ora, who’s a little thing, fires guns, makes a noise like a hefty male sloshing through jungle swamps, and shat ters the air with simulated airplane effects. But being the sound effects man is a grand job for a woman, and she loves it. She has her trou bles, though; trying desperately to please the director in the matter of firing a gun, she demanded, “How many shots is a ‘fusillade’?” * One of the most inspiring sights in radio results when yon watch Alec Templeton broadcast for “Alec Templeton Time.” Not merely be cause he plays so beautifully, but because he is so sure of himself. The spirit of fun which faintly curves his lips seems to move all the other performers, lifting the en tire program. You realize that he is blind only when he is introduced; the other performers smile broadly, bat Templeton doesn’t; in his world, a smile means nothing, because it can't be seen. —*— Another good picture is Metro’s “The Shop Around the Corner,” with Margaret Sullavan and James Stew art making such a good comedy team that the rather slim story is vastly entertaining. ODDS AND ENDS—The Pat ReiUys of the nation are squawking; a clue read during a "Gang Busters" broadcast iden tified one Pat Reilly—now they're all be ing hounded, by amateur as well as pro fessional sleuths. U, Frederic March is one of the few top flight actors who will accept a radio en> gagement on short notice. SOUF GIVES THE FIRST IMPRESSION Se« Recipes Below. Satisfying Soups Soup, like the front door, gives a first impression, good or bad, that is difficult to overcome, whatever follows. It’s the cook’s fault if this first course at dinner isn’t good, for a great many wholesome ingredients can be made into delicious soups if they are knowingly handled. Beginning with good ingredients and finishing off with skillful season ing, there’s no reason why you can’t produce a soup that is tempting, de licious and wholly satisfying. Soup is more than just a means of using up left-overs and remnants of meat and vegetables, but left-overs may be the starting point for a cream soup that’s a masterpiece; season it with discrimination, thick en it smoothly, serve it hot and nicely garnished, and you have evolved the perfect beginning for a dinner, or a satisfying mainstay dish for lunch. Finely chopped parsley, paprika and croutons are familiar garnishes for soups; newer, and just as at tractive are these: a few grains of popped corn; minced chives; toasted and lightly .buttered puffed cereals; a spoonful of unsweetened whipped cream, salted and sprinkled with minced parsley, chives, or finely chopped salted peanuts; very fine strips of thin, well browned pan cakes; thin slices of frankfurters. Quick cooking tapioca is a new thickener for soups; it’s quick and easy to use, and it adds unusual texture and taste as well. Corn Soup. (Serves 4) 1% cups canned com 1 cup meat broth, or 1 cup water and 2 bouillon cubes 2% cups rich milk 1% tablespoons quick-cooking tap ioca 1 teaspoon salt Va teaspoon sugar % teaspoon onion, minced IVt tablespoons butter Cook com in broth 10 minutes; force through sieve. Combine with milk, quick-cooking tapioca, salt, sugar, and onion in top of double boiler. Place over rapidly boiling water and cook 10 to 12 minutes, stirring frequently. Add butter. Gar nish with popcorn if desired. Vegetable Soup 1 lb. soup meat, cut in small pieces % lb. veal bones 2 quarts cold wa ter Vi cup sliced on ion 3 cloves garlic Vi cup sliced car rots Vi cup potato cubes % cup shredded cabbage 1 stalk celery (cut in pieces) 1 tablespoon salt 1 teaspoon paprika 1 sprig parsley 2 tablespoons celery leaves (chopped) Place meat, water and vegetables in saucepan. Cover and simmer slowly for two or three hours. Re move from flame and put through sieve. Cream of Tomato Soup. 2 cups canned tomatoes 2 slices onion Vi teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon sugar 1 teaspoon salt Dash of pepper 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 2 cups milk Heat tomatoes with onion, soda, sugar, salt and pepper. Rub through sieve; reheat. Place butter in top of double boil er and melt. Add flour and mix thoroughly. Add milk. Cook, stirring constantly, un til mixture thickens. Pour tomato mixture slowly into white sauce. Mix thoroughly and serve at once. Fish Chowder. 4 pounds white fish 2 cups cold water 1 cup salt pork (diced) 1 onion (sliced) 4 cups potatoes (cut in % inch cubes) 1 teaspoon salt Vs teaspoon pepper 3 cups canned tomatoes 3 tablespoons butter Vt cup coarse cracker crumbs Clean fish. Remove head, tail and bones, cover with cold water and cook slowly for approximately 20 minutes. Drain and reserve stock. Place salt pork in skillet, add sliced onion and saute until onions are brown. Add to fish stock. Add po tatoes and cook until almost tender. Skin and cut flesh of fish in 2-inch pieces, add to mixture and cook un til tender. Then add seasonings, to matoes and butter and heat thor oughly. Add cracker crumbs and serve immediately. Onion Soup an Gratin. Wash, peel, and slice thinly 5 me dium-sized onions. Brown in % cup of butter in a heavy frying pan. Cover and cook slowly until ten der, but not brown —about 10 min utes — adding more butter if necessary. Add 1 quart beef broth, brown soup stock, or bouillon, and heat through thoroughly. Place slices of crisp dry toast in petite marmite—or small earthen ware pots. Cover generously with grated Parmesan cheese, grated Swiss or grated American cheese. Pour hot soup over all, place under broiler flame just a moment to melt and brown cheese, and serve imme« diately. Parsley Dumplings. 2 cups bread flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt Vi cup lard 2 tablespoons parsley (chopped) % cup milk (approximate^) Sift together dry ingredients, cut in fat and add chopped parsley. Add milk and mix gently with a fork. Drop by spoonfuls into boiling stew. Cover and continue to steam for 15 minutes without lifting thq cover. Peanut Batter Soup. 1 quart sweet milk 3 tablespoons peanut butter 4 thin slices onion Salt and pepper to taste Add small quantity milk to the peanut butter and mix thoroughly. Heat remainder of milk, and stir in the peanut butter mixture. Add on ion—and season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve with toasted croutons. It’s not strange that many of us are bewildered when we’re confronted with the problem of preparing meals on a large scale. Cooking for fifty or a hundred is a whole lot different from get ting a meal for a family of four or five! In this column next week, Eleanor Howe will give you reci pes for serving fifty or a hundred —economical recipes of the sort you like for church supperspr the P. T. A. ^ Here’s the Booklet You’ve Been Wanting. How many times have you wished that you could find in one book the answers to the puzzling, miscellane ous questions about home making— how to substitute sweet milk for sour in your favorite cake recipe? What to do with the odds and ends of jelly that accumulate in the re frigerator? How to remove trouble some crumbs from the electric toaster? “Household Hints,” by Eleanor Howe, is just the book you’ve been wanting. You’ll find in it over 300 clever, practical short cuts to suc cessful home making—and it’s only 10 cents! To get your copy of this useful book, now, send 10 cents in coin to “Household Hints,” care of Eleanor Howe, 919 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Practical Food Containers Don’t discard your empty flour and salt bags. Wash them in hot soapy water and they will make ex cellent refrigerator containers for lettuce, parsley, and other raw vege tables that are best kept chilled. For Cleaner Cups To remove coffee, tea or choco late stains from cups rub well with a non-gritty cleansing powder ap plied with a soft cloth. Rinse in plenty of warm and cold water to remove all traces of the powder. "IMPROVED- UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL UNDAYI chool Lesson C o vwwwmwwwwwwmwmwwwwwwwwmmm .Ask Me .Another % A General Quiz By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D. Dean of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson for February 18 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by Internationa] Council of Religious Education; used by permission. GOOD CITIZENS AND GOOD NEIGHBORS LESSON TEXT—Matthew 22:M-22, 34 40. GOLDEN TEXT—Thou shalt love thy neighbor aa thyself.—Matthew 22:39. Character is determined by what a man is in his heart, not by the profession of his lips. This is emi nently true in spiritual matters, for we know that it is not by much testifying, hymn singing, or even by church attendance that a man proves himself to be a Christian. The question is, Is his heart right with God? It is also true in his relation to his country. Patriotism is not a matter of speech-making and flag-waving, but an inward de votion to the good of the nation. Most assuredly it is also true that being a good neighbor is not some thing accomplished by smooth talk or the shedding of a few tears; it is a matter of that right attitude toward our neighbor, whether he be the man next door or in China, which results in a sacrificial effort to serve and help him. I. A Right Attitude Toward God (w. 21, 37-39). No man will make any real prog ress in the direction of being either a good citizen or a good neighbor until he has a right attitude toward God. The questions which were asked of our Lord, and which brought forth such precious teaching from Him, were not asked in good will nor with a desire to glorify God, but rather to entrap or snare the Lord and thus give occasion for denounc ing Him. Had the Pharisees, Sad- ducees, and Herodians (the ritual ists, the rationalists, and politicians of our Lord’s day) really known G^d and Jesus Christ, His Son, their problems of patriotism and neigh borliness would have been solved in the light of His Word and, what is perhaps even more important, in His spirit. Is not the crying need of our world today, gone mad as it has with mis directed and perverted patriotic fer vor and forgetting all responsibili ties of good neighborliness, that it should hear and heed the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ? n. A Right Attitude Toward Gov ernment (w. 15-22). The subtle hypocrisy of the ques tion in verse 17 lay in the fact that these leaders were not interested in knowing the truth, but only wanted to make Jesus out either to be dis loyal to His own people because He advocated paying tribute, or a traitor to Caesar because He ad vised rebellion against taxation. They coated their clever bait with unctuous flattery, a device which is still common among those who would mislead God’s people. Ob serve that even though they did not believe what they said, they did speak the truth about the Lord Jesus (v. 16). His answer is complete, final, and unanswerable. He has that kind of an answer to every honest ques tion of man. In this case He clearly states that one who lives under an established government, enjoying its protection, using its money in trade, and so forth, is to be loyal to every proper obligation to that govern ment. God and the things of God must come first, but a right atti tude toward God will reveal itself in a proper attitude toward govern ment. Why does not some nation realize that the answer to destructive polit ical and social theories is—win the destructive agitator to a living faith in Christ and he will become your strongest force for God and coun try. The real answer to commu nism (and every other anti-Ameri canism) is Christ. III. A Right Attitude Toward Our Neighbor (w. 34-40). We have talked a good deal of late about being good neighbors, and certainly everyone should do every thing possible to encourage the good neighbor policy in his own commu nity and throughout the earth. But why does not the good neighbor pol icy work? Read the parallel pas sage in Luke and you will see how man tries to dodge his responsibil ity. See Luke 10:29 and observe the answer of Jesus in Luke 10: 30-37. A good neighbor is not one Who is seeking some kind of “You favor me and I’ll favor you” arrangement. He does not see the barriers of race, creed, or color. He is ready to help anyone, anywhere, at any cost. It is recognized that only the man who loves God with all his heart will be able thus to love his neighbor as himself. The world does not so much need treatises on neighborliness as the winning of men and women to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and thus to a whole-hearted love for God which will inevitably express itself in a love for his neighbor. When this comes to pass, we shall have true neighborliness in the world. Let us send the gospel to all na tions, that they may become first of all good Christians, then good cit izens, and good neighbors. The Questions 1. The United States-Canadn boundary line is the longest un fortified boundary in the world. How long is it? 2. Is the name “Confucius” Chi nese? 3. How long have advertising mediums been used? 4. How many gallons of maple sap have to be evaporated to pro duce one of sirup? 5. Which President made the shortest inaugural address? 6. What animals change their fur or plumage to white in winter? The Answers 1. The boundary line is 3,898 miles. 2. “Confucius” is the Latinized form of K’ung Fu-tze, which means “the philosopher or mas ter k’ung.” 3. Egyptian picture advertising over 4,000 years old have been dis covered. The earliest newspaper advertising is said to have been in Germany in 1591. 4. About 35 gallons. 5. Washington. His second in augural address consisted of but 134 words. 6. Ermine, ptarmigan, Arctic fox, and polar hare. SPEED'S OKAY IN FiyiNS- BUT FOR THE 'EXTRAS' IN CIGARETTE PLEASURE, GIVE ME SLOW-BURNING CAMELS. THEY'RE EXTRA MILP AND EXTRA COOL! JKSiSSSSSSSs ' :3 : l ; f: ' PAUL COLLINS, President of Boeton-Maine Airways, Inc. S CIENCE points the way and the experience of millions of smok ers confirms it: For the important extras in smoking pleasure, stay ore the slow-burning side. The slower- burning cigarette that gives you ex tra mildness, extra coolness, extra flavor—and extra smoking per ciga rette...per pack—is Camel. In recent laboratory tests, CAMELS burned 25% slow-? er than the average of the 15 other of the largest-sell ing brands tested—slower than any of them. That moans, on the average, a smoking plus equal to ^SMOKES PER PACKf FOR EXTRA MILDNESS, EXTRA COOLNESS, EXTRA FLAVOR— Camel