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/ McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C„ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1940 ittelJ WHO^S NEWS THIS WEEK Br LEMUEL F. PARTON (Consolidated Features—WNU Service.) N EW YORK.—One of the greatest philippics of William'Pitt was his famous denunciation of that foul word, “democracy,” . which had . -- . a* . come into the Merwtn K. Hart English lan- Join* in Attacks guage “from On •Democracy sewers of Paris.” To him its only associations were homicide and madness. This de partment has noted recently 11 com parable attacks on this subversive word from similarly respectable and authoritative sources. The latest is the address by Merwin K. Hart, at the Union League club in which Mr. Hart “suspected” that the word was eased into the country, subversively, by the Communist Internationale in 1935. This thesis, which may devel op into something of an Amer ican “knltnrkampf,” is based on the contention that the founding fathers set np not a democracy, bnt a republic, and that the word, “democracy,” is insepa rable from Dubious Marxist as sociations. Mr. Hart also insists that the Marxists have kidnaped the word “liberal,” which was - all right until it got into bad company. Mr. Hart is president of the New York State Economic council. He has been for many years a vigorous and hard-hitting assailant of radical ism in any form. He shells the “subversionists” from his estate on Pippin hill near Utica. His targets have been labor unions, child labor legislation, social insurance, social ized medicine, compulsory health insurance and extravagant expendi tures for public education. Graduated from Harvard in 1904, Mr. Hart has made his . business career in insurance, law and manufacturing. He was gassed in the war, is a li censed aviator and a patron of aviation. He urges national dis- -. eiplice. In his Union League ad-' ‘ dress he warned us that we are becoming too soft to stand up against the “tougher products that result from a fascist educa- CIR ERIC COATES was the first ^ British composer to treat mod em syncopation seriously, and write compositions in the quickened beat. „. _ . Many bricks Sir. Coates of were thrown Quickened Beat in his direc- Cets Last Toot H 0 * *>7 his classical con freres, but now he gets the last word—or the last toot. They gear their whirling war machines to his “hot licks” tempo, broadcast to the forges and workbenches. It is speed-up music and workers and machines catch the pace. A favorite piece is his recent “Calling All Workers” in which he says he sought to capture the spirit of the ‘‘wonderful British people in their war effort.” It is a tribute to the surpris ing adaptability of the British at a time when their traditional work-beat was supposed to be something like “Auld Lang Syne.” Significantly, war and rumors of war stir lively music and frantic dancing, as attested by the historic dance of the Carmagnole which has been the forerunner of European wars and revolutions, the jazz out break before our entry into the World war, and the present swing craze. At any rate, Sir Erie is in tune with the times and by all accounts Old England is, too, as her war production hits a machine-gun tempo to the beat of a swing baton. Sir Eric was a romanticist arid classicist, which makes his change % of pace all the more interesting. For many years, he was the prin cipal viola in the Queen’s Hall or chestra. He gradually gained emi nence by his numerous orchestral works and songs and became a Fel low of the Royal Academy of Music in 1922. One of his best-known songs is “I Pitch My Lonely Caravan at Night”-—a mood ironically at vari ance with London’s night-time mus- •Ings just now. He is the son of a back country surgeon. His avoca tion is photography which passion he indulges even when the bombs are falling. |Y 1905 Joseph A. Rosen arrived 1 at Michigan State agricultural college from Russia with fifty cents and a few grains of rye. The fifty cents blossomed into the education af Dr. Rosen and the handful of lye spread over 1,500,000 acres in Can ada and the United States, the high est yielding rye in the world known as “Rosen rye.” Today Dr. Rosen, as head of the European Refugee colony in the Dominican ‘ Republic reports things are going swim mingly in this new home base for the victims of aggression abroad. Household Neuis LET’S SWING INTO FALL (See Recipes Below) Three cheers! It’s fall again! Now Is the time to perk up your home a bit, to scan through Dame Fashion’s news notes, and to dress up your table a bit with new and old-time favorites. As each season comes we always heed its call by planning foods suit able for serving at that particular time of ^the year. We try to rush spring by setting forth very crisp, cool, and fresh vegetable salads. Throughout the summer, when ap petites wane, cooling beverages and light foods are most popular. But with cooler weather that is here at last, appetites pick up, and the family is more than ready to discard their favorite light er meals for something more , sub stantial that will provide new en ergy for school and fall activities. Many of the foods we serve are those that your mother served, and her mother before that time, but we can give new flavor to them, new and attractive ways of serving, and a 1940 style. • • • A tiny sprinkling of ginger over roast beef gives it a yummy flavor. Meat loaf may be baked in a ring mold and served with parsley po tato balls in the center. Pour a bottle of gingerale over ham for baking, and baste occa sionally. When using jelly or jam as a fill ing for layer cake, spread each lay er very thinly with soft or creamed butter first. This keeps the jelly or jam from soaking into the cake. If you add a few drops of mint extract to whipped cream it makes a delicious topping for chocolate cake. Apple Pie. % cup shortening V\ cup boiling water 1% cups flour 1 teaspoon salt % teaspoon baking powder 4 to 5 tart apples (peeled and sliced) % cup sugar Dash cinnamon or nutmeg Place shortening in a warm bowl, pour boiling water over it and cream thoroughly with a fork. Place flour, salt and baking powder in flour sieve and sift gradually into the creamed shorten ing and water mixture. Mix thoroughly. Make up into a dough ball and chill. To make apple pie, divide pastry, roll out and line pie plate with first half. Peel and slice the apples, ar range in alternate layers with sugar and cinnamon, or nutmeg. Top with pastry and bake in a hot oven (450 degrees) for 10 minutes; then reduce oven heat to 350 degrees and bake approximately 35 minutes longer. Serve warm with a wedge of cheese. Golden Carrot Ring. ' (Serves 5-6) 1 tablespoon onion (minced) 3 tablespoons butter 1 cup soft bread crumbs 2 eggs (well beaten) 1% cups milk 2 cups raw carrots (grated) 1 teaspoon salt Dash pepper Brown the onion in the butter. Re move from - fire, and add crumbs. Place in a mixing bowl, and add well-beaten eggs. Mix well. Add milk, carrots, salt and pepper. Pour into well greased ring mold and bake in a moderate oven (350 de grees) for about 40 minutes. Turn onto heated platter and serve im mediately. Stuffed Ham Steak. (Serves 5-6) 2 cups soft bread crumbs % cup seeded raisins (chopped) % cup walnut meats (broken) % cup brown sugar % teaspoon dry mustard % cup butter (melted) 2 large slices smoked ham inch thick) Whole cloves Combine the crumbs, raisins, nuts, sugar, mustard, and butter to form a dressing. Place one slice of ham in a shallow baking pan, and spread dressing on the ham. Place a second slice of ham on top. Stick whole cloves into the fat. Bake in a slow oven (300 degrees) for aboul 1 hour. Dutch Cream Cookies. (Makes 4 dozen) % cup butter % cup sugar 1 egg % cup sour cream Ya teaspoon soda 3 cups flour 1 teaspoon lemon extract Cream butter and add sugar. Add egg and beat thoroughly. Dissolve soda in cream and add to mixture. Add flour to make a dough which can be easily handled. Chill over night. When firm, slice into thin slices. Bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees) for 10 to 12 minutes. Date Butterscotch Pudding. (Serves 5-6) 2 cups brown sugar (light) 3 tablespoons cornstarch Ya teaspoon salt % cup cold wate/ 1 cup boiling water 1 egg- 3 tablespoons butter Yz cup dates (chopped) Combine brown sugar, cornstarch, salt, and cold water. Add boiling water and cook until thickened, stirring constant ly. Remove from range and pour over slightly beaten egg. Cook about a minute longer. Add butter and dates. Poqr into sherbet glasses and chill before serving. Serve plain or garnished with whipped cream. Cinnamon Apple Salad. (Serves 5) 2 cups granulated sugar 2 teaspoons cinnamon \Yz cups water Red vegetable coloring 5 medium sized apples (peeled and cored) Bring sugar, cinnamon, and wa ter to the boiling point and add suf ficient vegetable coloring to tint mix ture bright red color. Drop apples (peeled and cored) into boiling syrup and cook until apples are tender but firm. Remove and chill. Serve on bed of water cress and fill core of apple with diced celery and chopped nuts. Serve with roque- fort dressing. Scrambled Eggs and Mushrooms. (Serves 5) 2 tablespoons butter 6 eggs (slightly beaten) Yz cup milk or mushroom liquor' 1 cup canned mushrooms (sliced) % teaspoon salt Dash pepper Heat butter in frying pan over low burner. Combine eggs, milk or mushroom liquor, sliced mushrooms and seasonings, and pour into frying pan. As mixture cooks, stir with a spatula, forming creamy flakes. Cook for^nbout 5 minutes, or until eggs are firm but tender. Bacon Baked Spaghetti. (Serves 6-8) Yz package spaghetti 6 slices bacon Yz cup raw onion (cut fine) lYz cups tomatoes 1 cup cheese (grated) Yz teaspoon salt Ya teaspoon pepper Boil spaghetti until tender in boil ing salted water. Drain. Cut bacon in small pieces and fry until light brown in color. Butter casserole, and place alter nate layers of spaghetti, bacon, onion, tomatoes, and cheese in the casserole. Season each layer with salt and pepper, cover top layer with grated cheese and dot with butter. Bake approximately 30 minutes in a moderately slow oven (325 de grees). Household Hints. Have you ever stopped to realize that every single one of us includes several hundred ordinary, homely household tasks in our daily routine? Miss Howe has just given you a few of her time-savers and hints; but she also wants to share her fa vorite home-making trade secrets with you. All yoii have to do is write to Eleanor Howe, 919 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, for her book, “Household Hints,” and enclose 10 cents in coin. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.l By VIRGINIA VALE (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) S AYING that the first fea ture-length film made by the March of Time is im portant is like saying that the history of our country is im portant. “The Ramparts We Watch” is living history; the nonprofessionals who appear in the story that is played out against the background of the stir ring events of 1914-18 are just people like all of us, thinking and talking as we do now. Since the film was released in a limited number of cities a new end ing has been given it, one so dra matic that the picture is made dou bly effective. Despite protests of the German embassy, sections of the Nazi propaganda film, “Feuere- taufe,” (“Baptism of Fire”) have been incorporated at the end of the picture. The Nazi film, designed to “soften” countries such as Norway, Holland, Belgium and France which Germa ny was about to conquer, was seen by the March of Time as a warning of what free countries were up against today. But UFA, German state film trust, imposed impossible demands for censorship. Then it was learned that the British govern ment had confiscated English lan guage copies of the film at Bermuda. Full title to the film was transferred by the British government to the March of Time. In this German film, a Stuka bomber dives on a railroad station —and you seem to be in it. War saw is razed, the German war ma chine moves relentlessly. Your daily newspaper’s headlines come alive for you. —*— Jeanette Nolan was the victim of one of the worst things that can hap pen to a radio ac tress, the other day. Of course, the worst thing is missing a broad cast. The next worst is an attack of hiccoughs. It happened to Jeanette just be-' fore she was to* broadcast on the Court of Missing Heirs. She drank water. She held her breath. People beat her on the back. And still she hiccoughed. Finally Director John Loveton had an inspiration. “Just heard that John didn’t show up for rehearsals at ‘Meet Mr. Meek,' ” he remarked casually. By John he meant John McIntyre, Jeanette’s husband. She was so frightened that she forgot her hiccoughs. —&— The American Federation of La bor had decided tentatively to pro duce a motion picture based on the life of the great labor lead er, Samuel Gom- pers, who for many years head ed the A. F. of L. Paul Muni is slat ed for the leading role. It is said that Mr. Muni will be paid $25,- 000 for his work. The picture will in all probability be made in New York city. * Most of the big stars of Holly wood are married or past 35, but among those who will qualify for the draft are John Howard, Orson Welles, Broderick Crawford, James Stewart, Lew Ayres, John Carroll, William Holden, Bob Preston, Eddie Albert, Jeffrey Lynn and Dennis O’Keefe. Wayne Morris still doesn’t know whether he’s married or di vorced. * Thursday night will soon become mere important than ever so far as radio is concerned. You can hear Fred Waring, “Good News,” the Al drich Family, Bing Crosby, Rudy Vallee, and after October 10 West- inghouse’s Musical Americana will join the ranks. * How would you like to stand by and see somebody fireproofing the clothes that you were going to wear a little later? That’s what happened to Ray Milland, William Holden and Phil Brown, of Paramount’s “I Wanted Wings,” recently. The pic ture is being filmed at the govern ment flying field at San Antonio. Brown, a flying cadet, crashes in a basic training plane, and the other two rush in and pull him from the flaming wreckage. * Jeanette Nolan Paul Muni ODDS AND ENDS C. The Record Players, a company of actors headed by Wendell Holmes (of radio’s “Big Sister” and “Myrt and Marge”) is being formed to record the great plays of the ages and distribute them to schools and cultural groups throughout the nation. At first a limited number of recorded plays in album form will be distributed free. Holmes’ idea is to make the world’s famous plays avail able to every home or group having a phonograph, and to open a new field for actors and actresses. C. Paulette Goddard is resting up after “Second Chorus.” HCW-iq SEW Ruth Wyeth Spears V. * • t , » • iiiiii) SUMMED TAPE LOOSE LEAF BINDER BOOKLETS WITH TABS ATTACHED YyHENEVER I make a trip to ** New England I like to bring back something to remind me that there have been about 15 genera tions of homemakers in America since John Alden and Priscilla set up housekeeping in Plymouth col ony. This time my treasure was the pair of ancient fiat irons you see here in use as book ends for my work-room library of loose leaf binders. Setting them up remind ed me that I have been wanting to show you my method of fastening booklets in ring binders. I use %-inch wide gummed tape. Pieces 2^-inches long are folded in half. The fold end is stuck to gether and punched. These tabs are placed on the rings of the bind er and booklet stuck between the open ends. We are inveterate booklet collectors on all sort- of subjects. Frequently we cover binders with fabrics or interesting papers so they look attractive on the shelves in any room. • * • NOTE: Here is a good suggestion for keeping the series of sewing booklets which Mrs. Spears has prepared for our readers. There are five booklets avail able and a new one is published every other month. No. 5 contains direcUons for 30 different homemaking ideas. In- Perseverance The old saying is that all things come to those who wait. Change this so as to make it declare that nearly all the good things are pos sible to those who will persevere long enough in seeking them, and you will have an important state ment which does not at all exceed the limits of truth. If, too, you should turn it around, the converse of it would be equally true; for without perseverance we need have no expectation of either ac quiring much or being of much service to our fellow-creatures. eluding new fall curtains; useful holiday gifts, and description of the other book lets in the series. When you write for your copy of i.’ >ok 5 be sure to enclose 10c to cover cost and mailing. Send order to: MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS Drawer !• Bedford Hill* New York Enclose 10 cents for Book 8. Name ., Address WR0LM5k What Time Brings Time is the nurse and breeder Of all good.—Shakespeare. HOST TO mo ST Baltimore's newest, largest and finest hotel—700 rooms, equipped with every luxury and modem conveni ence. Fine restaurants serve the world-renowned food that 1ms Baltimore a Mecca lor “gourmets"; bars and lounges feature drinks mixed in the time-honored Maryland manner. Bates from $3 to $6 single. Co-operation Heaven ne’er helps the men who will not act.—Sophocles. 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