University of South Carolina Libraries
41 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK. S. C.. THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1940 By VIRGINIA VALE (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) P ARAMOUNT is paying out quite a lot of money be cause it’s not safe to take a chance on an elephant — or rather, on a herd of elephants. You see, though Hollywood has plenty of practically ev erything else, it’s short on elephants; rounding up a thousand unusually pretty girls would be child’s play compared to putting your hand on a dozen of the animals just when you wanted them. That’s why O. C. Stratton, Para mount property department head, has arranged to feed 12 of them from now until next summer, when the filming of “Moon Over Burma” is scheduled to begin. The elephants belong to the de funct Hagenbeck and Wallace Cir cus, whose receivers agreed to keep the stock on the West coast if the studio would foot their board bill. So the pachyderms are quartered at Camarillo, Calif., devouring dollars’ worth of hay daily—and it is hay- while preparations for “Moon Over Burma” goes on. The story opens in Mandalay and shifts to the teak plantations of Rangoon, where the elephants will be shown hauling the heavy wood, while Paramount for gets about buying hay and just pays rental fees. * When you see “Cornin’ Round the Mountain” you can close your eyes and pretend you’re at home listen ing to the radio—there are eight well-known radio names in the cast. Bob Burns, of course; Pat Barrett, PAT BARRETT whom radio fans know as “Uncle Ezra”; William Thompson, the “Old Timer,” and Harold Peary, the “Gildersleeve” of “Fibber McGee and Molly”; Don Wilson of Jack Benny’s program; and Jerry Colon- na of Bob Hope’s; Marjorie Bauers- field, the air waves’ “Mirandy”; and Cliff Arquette, who’s likely to bob up on almost any broadcast. & Bill Phillips, of the Warner Broth ers studio, reduced 27 young girls to tears the other day, and got paid for it. You’ve guessed why, of course—he’s the makeup man on “All This and Heaven Too,” and they were shooting the scene in which Bette Davis tells her pupils the sad story of her life and makes them cry. So Phillips stood off at one side and blew menthol fumes at the girls, and they wept buckets-full of tears, right on schedule. —*— If you’re going to New York for the World’s fair this summer, re member Metro’s Information Cen tre, located in the city—on the little island at Forty-sixth street between Broadway and Seventh avenue. The attendants will supply you with in formation about the city and the fair, (last year they helped more than a million persons,) give you free guide books and guide pam phlets, and speak to you in any one of 11 different languages if need be. Also, there is a visitors’ registry at the booth—you can put your New York address on file so that your friends will know where to find you. Metro deserves a lot of thanks from its friends all over the country for this. * Del Sharbutt, announcer for Lan- ny Ross, is being ribbed by his friends because of a mishap while playing softball. He was playing first base with a team composed of members of the staff of Columbia Broadcasting System. A ball was hit slowly to him, and Del whirled to throw to third base for a double play. The throw was wild; it hit the pitcher on the shoulder, bounded back and struck Del on the head. Wonder why softball seems to have such a fatal lure for radio announc ers. & ODDS AND ENDS C. Truman Bradley, announcer on the Bums and Allen program, was signed re cently for his most important screen role; he'll portray one of five millionaires in RKO’s "Millionaires in Prison." - C. Paramount will make "Aloma of the South Seas" with Dorothy Lamour in the role created for Gilda Gray—though it wasn’t a good picture when the shimmy ing Gilda did it, years ago. 41. Oscar Levant, of "Information Please," has a featured part in "Ghost Music," Bing Crosby’s next. A GET-TOGETHER FOR THE GANG (See Recipes Below) Whether it’s games for two or the whole crowd, you can flatter the go- ing-on-19 set by serving unusual refreshments that carry an air of so phistication. They needn’t be a bur den on the chief cook, either, if she masters a few short cuts in pre paring them. Sandwiches, salted nuts, olives and radishes, little cakes and coffee make a spread that appeals to any age, and that is sure to be acclaimed by enthusiastic youngsters. Serve decaffeinated coffee, so that youth ful enthusiasm needn’t be checked in a demand for second cups; and pass lengths of stick cinnamon in stead of spoons to stir this tempting brew. By all means flatter the so phisticated teensters by using your best demi-tasse cups. An assortment of sandwiches can be made in short order if you cut the bread lengthwise, after remov ing the crusts, and buttering. Spread the filling on one big slice, top with another, and cut into half a dozen small sandwiches. You can make attractive little cakes that will look as handsome as the French chef’s “petit fours” by cutting a plain loaf cake or plain layers into small shapes. Then cover with frosting, and decorate with candied fruit. After-Dinner Coffee or Demi-Tasse. (Extra Strength.) Use 1% hpaping tablespoons de caffeinated coffee, regular grind, for each cup (% pint) of water. Make by any method desired. If using de caffeinated coffee drip grind, meas ure well-rounded tablespoon instead of heaping tablespoon. Rolled Sandwiches. 1 loaf bread (very fresh for rolling) % cup butter (thoroughly creamed) 2 packages cream cheese 2 tablespoons cream % teaspoon salt Red and green liquid food coloring Remove crusts from a fresh loaf of bread. Cut entire loaf in thin slices lengthwise. Butter each long slice and spread % of each slice with a filling made of cream cheese moistened with cream and tinted pink with red food color. Spread the other half with moistened cheese tinted with green food color. Roll like a jelly roll and wrap in a tea towel wrung out of cold water. Chill and then cut into thin slices for serving. Orange Jiffy Cakes. % cup butter 1 cup sugar 2 eggs \Vz cups cake flour l 1 /^ teaspoons baking powder teaspoon salt Vz cup orange juice Grated rind—1 orange Cream butter and add sugar slow ly while beating constantly. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing thor oughly. Mix and sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt, and add alternately with the orange juice and grated orange rind. Bake in greased muffin tins in a moder ately hot oven (375 degrees) for ap proximately 20 minutes. Cornucopia Sandwiches. Slice fresh bread in ^-inch slices. Trim off crusts, so that each slice is about 2Vfe inches square. Spread with softened butter, and any de sired sandwich filling. Roll, to form a cornucopia or horn. Fasten with toothpicks. Chill well before serving. Fort Atkinson Ginger Creams. (Makes 3 dozen 1%-inch squares) x fz cup shortening 2 tablespoons sugar 2 cups flour % teaspoon soda Vx teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ginger 1 cup dark molasses 1 egg (separated) 1 cup boiling water Cream shortening and sugar to gether. Sift flour, soda, salt and ginger, and blend with the creamed mixture using a pastry blender or a fork. Add molasses and egg yolk and beat well. Then add boiling If you’re planning a menu espe cially for men, be sure to read Eleanor Howe’s column next week. Whether you’re chairman of the “Eats Committee” for the Busi ness Men’s club, or planning a supper party for Dad or a high school age son, you’ll find hints on how to be successful, in this column next week. There’ll be menus and tested recipes, too. water, gradually, and beat well. Fold in stiffly beaten egg white. Spread batter in greased jelly roll pan (about 11 by 16 inches) and bake in a moderately hot oven (375 degrees) for approximately 18 min utes. Cool and frost with boiled icing. College Cakes. % cup shortening IVi cups granulated sugar 2% cups cake flour 1 teaspoon baking powder V % teaspoon soda _ % teaspoon salt 1 cup sour milk 1 teaspoon vanilla 4 egg whites Cream shortening, add sugar gradually, and beat well. Sift the flour, baking pow der, soda and salt together, and add to the creamed mixture alter nately with sour milk and soda. Beat egg whites until stiff and fold into the batter. Spread in shal low, greased cake pan and bake in a moderate oven (365 degrees) for about 25 minutes. Cool and cut cake into fancy shapes with cookie cutters. Ice with pastel* tinted College Icing. College Icing. 2 cups granulated sugar Ya teaspoon cream of tartar 1 cup hot water 1 pound confectioners’ sugar (approximately) Cake coloring Cook sugar, cream of tartar and water in a saucepan until a thin syrup is formed (226 degrees). Cool slightly. Then add confectioners’ sugar to make an icing of pouring consistency. Add coloring, then pour icing over the cakes, covering them entirely. Decorate as desired. Old-Fashioned Filled Cookies. (Makes about 30 cookies.) 1 cup shortening 2 cups brown sugar 4 cups rolled oats 1 teaspoon soda % cup boiling water 1 teaspoon vanilla extract VA cups flour 1 teaspoon cinnamon Cream shortening and add sugar gradually. Add rolled oats. Dissolve soda in hot water, and add to creamed mixture with the vanilla. Add flour and cinnamon, and mix well. Chill, roll out very thin, and cut into rounds. Place a teaspoon of date filling between 2 cookie rounds and press edges together with a fork. Place on greased cookie sheet and bake in a moderately hot oven (375 degrees) for about 15 min utes. Date Filling. 1 cup dates (chopped fine) a A cup sugar 3 tablespoons flour 1 cup hot water 1 teaspoon lemon extract Combine ingredients and cook un til thick. Cool. Here’s a Booklet Every Hostess Needs. Eleanor Howe’s cook book, Easy Entertaining, will give you menus and tested recipes for other “Teen Age Parties.” There are hints for planning picnic lunches, and beach parties, too, and suggestions for for mal and informal entertaining of ev ery kind. Send 10 cents, now, to “Easy En tertaining,” care Eleanor Howe, 91S North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, and get your copy of this usefuj book. (Released by Western Newspaper Utlon.) OP5 SEW 4^" Ruth Wyeth Spears <±3£ > A/IR. AND MRS. NEWHOUSE looked out over their back yard and were in no mood to plant an acorn and wait for it to grow up to give them summer shade. Mr. Newhouse bought some sec ond-hand pipe for a song and made a sketch for the frame of a shelter like the one I have shown at the upper right. He had a plumber cut and thread the pipe so it could be put together easily. ' The pipe frame was painted bright blue. Then Mrs. Newhouse selected green and white striped awning material ior the top. This material was 30 inches wide and 12 yards were needed. About 15 yards of bright blue bias binding were used for the scalloped edge. The method of fastening the awn ing to the frame is illustrated. The fabric loops were made of the awning material stitched in place through heavy woven tape. Whether you have a new home or an old one, 10 cents to cover cost and mailing charges on Mrs. Spears’ Sewing Book No. 1 can save you many dollars. In it are complete directions for slip cov ers, curtains, bedspreads, dress ing tables and many clever and original things that may require the aid of Friend Husband to drive a nail or two. Write today and ask for Book No. 1. Address: MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS Drawer 10 Bedford HiUs New York Enclose 10 cents for Book No. 1. Name Address LOST YOUR PEP? Here Is Amazing Relief of Conditions Due to Sluggish Bowels , If you think all laxatives act alike, just try this all vsgstabls laxative. mild, thorough, refreshing, invigorating. De pendable relief from sick headaches, bilious spells, tired feeling when associated with constipation. M/rllwt.rl Diolr a 25c box of NR from your WlthOUt RISK druggist. Make the test—then If not delighted, return the box to us. We will refund the purchase price. That’s fslr. Get NR Tablets today. Nature’s Touch One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.—Shakespeare. Use in Unity Things worthless singly are use ful collectively.—Ovid. AT GOOD DRUG STORES CMA&LxAl sm out 3AinQ^^^^B(essedReUelL RHEUMATISM^BAGa S f A N D AIM IfiSlRESliP *saVssV«V>V«y«V<* mm Yes, Sir! The famous Firestone Standard Tire, choice of millions of motorists for safety, quality and long, dependable mileage—now at a 25% discount from list price. At present low prices you can sa,ye money by equipping your car with a I whole set of new Firestone Standard Tires—the value sensation of 1940! Get Our Low Prices on Truck' Big opportunity to save money on the operation of your truck! Let us show you the big, long- wearing Firestone Standard Truck Tire —you will be amazed at its Includes Other Sizes Proportionately SENSATIONAL NEW LOW PRICES 'Firestone CONVOY TIRES IT’S SENSATIONAL! THE NEW POLONIUM SPARK PLUG Patented radioactive electrodes M| A EACH assure quicker starting, smoother motor operation. SETS MONEY BACK GUARANTEE FOR DEPENDABILITY YEAR 'ROUND ■ QUIP WITH A Tirtstottt EXTRA POWER BATTERY Exclusive construction features provide longer life and extra power. Only battery made with all-rubber separators. THE SEE YOUR NEAREST FIRESTONE AUTO SUPPLY AND SERVICE STORE OR FIRESTONE DEALER Listen to The Voice of Firestone every , See Firestone Champion Tires made in the Firestone Factory Monday evening, N, B. C. Red Network " and Exhibition BuMing at the New York World’s Fair