McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, April 24, 1941, Image 6
Eleanor Roosevelt
Out-of-Doors Days
Our two days in the country were,
on the whole, very peaceful and I
think we accomplished a good deal.
I was outdoors all one morning look
ing at trees and planning where to
put in shrubs and plants, both at
the President’s cottage and my own.
By noon it began to rain really hard
and so, at two-thirty, I did not re
gret delivering a speech indoors at
Vassar college to a group of girls.
I saw a good many of my neigh
bors and read a good many things
which I have been carrying around
in my brief case for some time. I
was back in New York city by five
o’clock the next day and went to the
meeting of the Men’s Faculty club
at Columbia university.
It seemed rather presumptuous to
address people on a subject as large
as: “What Is Really Happening in
the United States Today,” many of
whom knew much more about this
subject than I possibly could. I real
ized, however* that what I had to
say was merely a preface to an
open discussion.
It proved to be a very interesting
evening, more profitable to me prob
ably than to those who listened to
me start it off! President and Mrs.
Nicholas Murray Butler were kind
enough to come to supper and I en
joyed seeing them very much.
I took- the night train back to
Washington.
GRADUATES
One afternoon, I received a group
of winners in an essay contest from
Lancaster County, Pa. They were
such bright looking young people
and evidently were enjoying their
trip to Washington. Then we gave
the annual tea for the graduating
classes of the various schools. I
think the group should be congratu
lated, for they came past me more
rapidly than any other group that
has ever been here.
UNION NOW
At dinner that night, Mr. Clarence
Streit talked to us a little about his
lectures on his plan “Union Now.”
After dinner, Mr. Theodore Dreier
showed us some of his slides of
Black Mountain college, near Ashe
ville, N. C. This is a most unique
educational experiment, where the
students and faculty are not only
building their own buildings, but
really are attempting to demon
strate democratic procedure in an
educational institution.
Then the movie, “Men of Boys
Town,” was shown and made a tre
mendous impression on everybody.
I had to leave for a time to broad
cast for the Federal Employees’
council, but could tell on my return
what a moving story it is.
COMMON SENSE
There is an editorial in Common
Sense for this month, which I think
will do a valuable service in stimu
lating thought and argument. It is
entitle4 “Whose Sacrifice?” I am
going to quote one thought here:
“Sacrifice is indeed called for. But
it is the sacrifice of the old meth
ods of unplanned, competitive, mo
nopoly profit-seeking business, and
not the sacrifice of the bread and
butter of the poor.”
That is a large statement with
which many people will agree whole
heartedly. The difference always
arises as to how we shall achieve
the ends which almost anyone will
concede are desirable. The edito
rial makes some valuable sugges
tions. Some of the statements are
open to argument. But, after all,
the value of anything which is writ
ten lies largely in its challenge to
further thought and study. I hope
a great many people after reading.
this month’s Common Sense, will do
some constructive thinking.
CONGRESSIONAL WIVES <
I had a very pleasant luncheon
one day during the week with the
wives of the members of the Seven
ty-third congress, who came to
Washington in 1933 when we did.
Then I received some 200 members
of the Daughters of Patriots and
Founders at the White House. After
that I took the plane to New York
city.
I spoke at the dinner given by
the New York city board of educa
tion to hear the conclusions of
months of hard work and innumera
ble reports, made by groups of doc
tors and educators on the care and
education of handicapped children.
It is a study made in New York
city, but of value to the whole coun
try.
Changes have come about in med
ical care, more knowledge is now
at hand and certain new techniques
must be developed in order to give
handicapped children the best pos
sible opportunity for education and
future usefulness in life. I hope
many people will read this report,
since we have, I believe, some
6,000,000 handicapped children in the
country.
FRIENDS OF CHILDREN
The next noon I spoke on a broad
cast which is being inaugurated by
the Friends of Children Incorporat
ed. Once a week they will broad
cast an American play for children.
It will go by shortwave not only to
British children, but to other chil
dren throughout the world. Up to
this time, the Friends of Children,
Inc., have been sending boxes of
clothes to children in England, but
they felt that there was need for a
message which would interest the
children themselves and tie them
closer to children in this country. |
McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1941 .
Innocent Bystander:
Th# Front Pages: Matsuoka’s let
ters home from Berlin and Rome
can’t be very cheery. Kokumin, a
Tokyo rag, admits that with the So
viet Union and the U. S. sitting up
to take notice “Japan at present is
facing a situation where no optimism
is warranted” . . . But Walter Du-
ranty, now in Tokyo, doubts that the
Bolos will get their feet wet. Rus
sia, he cabled the Times, is still re
garded as “the biggest of the terri
fied neutrals” . . . Mates of a local
editor, who highlights the Nazi gains
and smothers the good news from
Britain, have labeled him the Berlin
censor . . . It’s a curious thing
about the death of the Lone Ranger.
Even the papers that carried it on
their Page Ones emphasized that
Earle Graser’s death would be kept
secret!
The Ethics of the Week: Colum
nists are calloused from the wrist-
spankings administered by their
betters, who heckle their “ethics”
. . . You can imagine what one col
umnist was thinking about when he
saw published in some ethical jour
nals the photos and stories of a Brit
ish warship that limped into N. Y.
Harbor for surgery ... It was only
week before that the Navy Depart
ment sent a letter to all newspapers,
columnists, radio broadcasters, et
al, urging them to kindly omit men
tion of naval vessels in the interest
of national defense ... It certainly
is to be assumed that British war
ships are included, since this Gov
ernment is committed to “aid Eng
land short of war” . . . Just whom
were these ethical editors trying to
scoop—those unethical rascals, the
columnists?
Notes of a New Yorker:
Mickey Mouse, the star of “Fan
tasia” and other epics, had a hand
in that coup d’etat which put the boy-
King Peter on the Jugoslav throne
... A Mickey Mouse comic strip
(depicting the adventures in a myth
ical kingdom) was banned by the
censor from the Belgrade newspaper
“Politika” in Dec. 1937 because it
was felt that Mickey’s adventures
too closely approximated the situa
tion between the boy-King and his
ousted uncle. Prince Regent Paul
. . . According to the strip, the evil
uncle of the boy-King Mickey was
plotting to seize the throne by or
ganizing a military conspiracy de
signed to put him in power . . . The
stench created by the banning of the
strip, and the subsequent expulsion
of the N. Y. Times correspondent
Hubert Harrison (for writing an un
favorable story about it) gave Brit
ain her first clue to the pro-Nazi
sympathies of Paul . . . From then
on, British diplomacy knew how to
act, culminating in the Big News of
the overthrow in Jugoslavia.
We spoke of a French Air Force
Captain the other day. He was de
ported to Canada so lie could get
back to Britain and fly against the
Nazis again. He writes: “Dear Mr.
Winchell: I learned how you and
friends intervened for me. I will be
in Canada tomorrow and back on
the ‘right side’ of Europe soon to
help settle our account with Mr. Hit
ler and his gang. It took me a little
over three months and a half to suc
ceed, but it’s done now. Just think.
I left occupied Paris December 10th!
After a round trip via Marseilles,
Casablanca, Martinique, Miami,
New York, etc. to get within 250
miles from Paris. A little detour of
over 7,000 miles. Traveling under
the rules of ‘The New Order’ is no
cinch. I have had plenty of time to
enjoy my Winter cruise. Forty-five
days between Miami and New York
is quite a record for any aviator.
Thanks for everything. Capt. Jean
d’Ary, Dominion Aeronautical Ass’n,
Ottawa.”
L. Lochner, chief of the Associated
Press in Berlin, is sizzling at the
Nazzy Press Corps. Because they
forbid foreign newsmen to file sto
ries in the eve’g but permit radio re
porters to broadcast at any time . . .
Add “The Bigger They Are the Nicer
They Are” stories: Paul Robeson
dropped into Cafe Society Uptown
and enjoyed Jack Gilford’s amusing
stuff. The comic ha^ to leave hur
riedly after his performance and
Robeson got no chance to congratu
late him . . . Robeson, however,
waited for the next show, two hours
later, merely to shake Gilford’s paw
. . . Can you imagine some Broad
way hams doing that? . . Coney
Islanders expect the Parachute Jump
(formerly at the Fair) to be the big
gest attraction Steeplechase Park
ever had ... A Senator now insists
that Hitler doesn’t worry him . . .
That’s not surprising. Hitler never
worried Laval, either.
The Aid to the Allies Committee
is dubbing the America First Com
mittee: “The Chicago Tribune First
Committee” . . . Sign seen in the
window of an agricultural imple
ments store: “Have you got Ants
in your Plants?”
H. McLemore, the sports colyum-
ist, is leaving UP to join a syndi
cate. He will do a column about
general things, not sports . . . El
mer Davis is going to London . . .
Ralph Ingersoll will be booked for a
lecture tour.
istorical
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Heroes of San Jacinto
’T^HE Battle of San Jacinto, which
-*■ won Texan independence from
Mexican rule, had two outstanding
heroes. The Lone Star state claims
both of them as her own and, to
help perpetuate their fame, has
named one of her leading cities for
Sam Houston and one of her coun
ties for “Deaf” Smith. But four oth
er states also claim them.
Virginia points with pride to the
fact that Sam Houston was born
near her town of Lexington on
March 2, 1793, but Tennessee is
equally proud of the fact that his
boyhood was spent within her bor
ders, that he fought the Creek Indi
ans under her Gen. Andy Jackson,
that he was made agent for the
Cherokees, who had once adopted
him into their tribe, and persuaded
them to accept a new home beyond
the Mississippi.
Then Tennessee sent him to con
gress in 1823, re-elected him in 1825
and in 1827 chose him as her gov
ernor. She gave him one of her
fairest daughters as his bride and
was greatly mystified when his
young wife left him and he, with
re-election in 1829 certain, suddenly
resigned his office and left the state.
At this point in his career, Okla
homa claims him, for he lived with
the Cherokees there and niarried an
Indian woman, Tiana Rogers.
After spending several years with
the Indians, Houston went to Texas
to take part in her struggle for lib
erty and on his birthday in 1836 be-
Sam Houston, President of the Re
public of Texas. (From a minia
ture made in 1837 or 1838.)
came one of the signers of the Texas
Declaration of Independence. Chosen
commander-in-chief of the Texas
revolutionary army, Houston made
good that declaration seven weeks
later with his victory over Gen.
Santa Anna at San Jacinto.
Visit the state capitol in Austin to
day and you will see there a huge
painting which depicts “The Sur
render of Santa Anna.” At the foot
of a tree lies Sam Houston with his
bandaged leg stretched out on the
blanket upon which he is reclining.
Standing before him is the slight
figure of the conquered and humili
ated Mexican leader. Seated on a
stump beside Houston is a buckskin-
clad figure, his long rifle resting
across his knees and one hand
cupped to his ear to catch his lead
er’s words to the defeated enemy.
This stalwart frontiersman is
“Deaf” Smith.. Erastus Smith was
the name his parents gave him when
he was born in New York state. But
by the time he had joined the Texas
patriots, deafness had already over
taken him and so his comrades in
arms called him “Deaf” Smith (only
they pronounced it “Deef”!)
As a scout, Smith had performed
invaluable service for the leader of
the Texans during their retreat.
Several times he brought in Mexican
prisoners from whom Houston ob
tained information about Santa
Anna’s movements. Finally, when
Houston had maneuvered the Mexi
can dictator into following him to a
battlefield of his own choice and
was ready to attack, he sent Smith
and a companion to cut down Vince’s
bridge across Buffalo bayou.
On the afternoon of April 21 Hous
ton drew up his line of battle. Sud
denly a horseman came dashing up.
His mount was covered with mud
and foam. Swinging an ax over his
head, he shouted: “I have cut down
Vince’s Bridge—Now fight for your
lives and remember the Alamo!”
The Texans did both so well that in
20 minutes Sam Houston had won
one of the most astounding victories
in American history. Out of a force
of 783, the Texans lost only six
killed and 24 wounded. Estimates
of the Mexicans’ losses vary, but
the Texans claim 630 killed, 208
wounded and 730 prisoners, a total
of 1,568. By this one stroke Texas
won her freedom.
• * •
The soldiers in Houston’s army
were given grants of land in the new
republic which was founded soon
afterwards and which elected Hous
ton as its first president. Smith was
given an additional honor by being |
allowed to take his pick of “any
(public) house and lot in the city of
Bexar” and by being ordered to the
new capital of Houston to have his
portrait painted. However, he died
shortly afterwards and, although
Houston made a search for the por
trait several years later, it was nev
er found.
/uf Jltftut GUamLe^i
To prevent metal salt-shaker
tops from corroding, cover the in-‘
side of the tops with paraffin.
* * »
BAKED BEANS—AN AMERICAN TRADITION t
(See Recipe Below)
To keep down the cost of operat-l
ing a mechanical refrigerator it is
important to watch the frost on
the cooling unit and defrost as
often as it is necessary.
* * •
Never scrape kitchen utensils)
with a knife. Use a stiff brush,
dipped in scouring powder to re-i
move stains and burns.
• * *
When running rods through youri
curtains put a thimble on the' endi
of the rod. It will run through*
more easily.
* • •
For best results in painting a;
new brick wall, use a paint made
with a Portland cement base. It
comes in powder form and is 1
mixed with water.
* • •
Nut meats may be removed
from the shell without breaking
the kernel if hot water is poured
over the nuts and allowed to re-i
main through the night.
* * *
CHURCH SUPPER THOUGHTS
Cock a weather eye at the next
social event on your list. ’Tis a
church supper, you say? Mmmm
. . . one of those delightful affairs
that simply wouldn’t be missed!
I know . . . one of my fondest
memories is the home town church
supper, always famous for its food,
especially Parker House rolls and
baked beans.
Perhaps you are one who thinks
of beans as a plain or ordinary dish
and, for that reason, hesitate to
serve them at a dress-up affair. If
you are, I think I can help you
change your mind, for properly pre
pared baked beans are a delight
which deserve a place in the top
flight of fine cooking.
If you are rushed for time and
can’t bake your own beans, there
are always the
canned varieties
at your grocer’s.
Their meal-in-a-
minute possibili
ties shouldn’t be
overlooked. And
then, too, they’re
a “feast for the
least”
To be really different, you may
want to experiment with seasonings
until you develop an individual fla
vor in the canned product. It’s
amazing the variety of “taste
treats” you can achieve.
One of the flavors so many like
in canned beans is curry. While
the beans are heating slowly, a tea
spoon of curry powder is sifted over
the top and mixed gently through the
beans. When thoroughly heated, a
piece of butter is added and when
that is absorbed, the beans are
ready to serve.
An entirely different flavor is de
veloped by adding a tablespoon of
vinegar and several tablespoons of
brown sugar to two cups of beans
while heating thoroughly. Likewise,
the piece of butter is added just
before serving. *
An adaptation of this latter “taste
treat” is featured in this week’s
church supper menu suggestions.
Here it is:
*Deviled Beans in Buttered Noodles.
(See Picture at Top of Column)
2 No. 10 cans beans or 10 No. 2 cans
8 ounces of fat
1 pound chopped onions
2 14-ounce bottles catsup
3 A pound brown sugar
8 ounces horseradish
1 ounce salt
Vi teaspoon pepper
Heat the fat. Add onion and cook
until slightly browned. Add remain
ing ingredients and heat thorough
ly. Serve in a bed of buttered noo
dles. Makes 50 servings.
• * *
Because cooking in quantities does
present problems, it’s best to plan
a menu of foods that can be easily
prepared and served. Guess wfe all
LYNN SAYS:
When planning meals for large
numbers
DO try to determine as nearly
as possible the number of people
to be served, as it is more eco
nomical to have no leftovers . . .
this is, of course, if only one
meal is to be served.
DO have a well-balanced menu.
Too much variety will result in
your guests heaping their plates
with a conglomeration of food
. . . they’ll want to taste every
thing!
DO choose foods that won’t
spoil if they must stand for 15
minutes or even longer.
DO have committees who are
responsible for collecting the lin
en, china and silverware, setting
the table, preparing the different
parts of the menu and waiting
on the table.
DON’T forget to appoint a
clean-up squad.
DON’T attempt to increase an
ordinary recipe more than once.
Proportions of ingredients change
as recipes become large, and it’s
no simple matter for an ama
teur to guess at them. Unless you
have recipes designed to serve
large numbers, it’s safer to make
quick breads, cakes and cookies,
according to standard family size
recipes.
THIS WEEK’S MENU
Supper for Fifty
♦Deviled Beans in Buttered
Noodles
♦Perfection Salad
Hot Rolls or Boston Brown Bread
♦Fruit Whip
Coffee Tea Milk
♦Recipes Given.
agree on that. So, with this in mind,
here are recipes that will comple
ment your very important main
dish:
♦Perfection Salad.
Soak 10 tablespoons of gelatin
(five envelopes) in 2Vi cups cold
water for five minutes. Add 2%
cups mild vinegar, 10 tablespoons
lemon juice, 10 cups boiling water,
2Vz cups sugar, and five teaspoons
salt. Stir until dissolved and set
in a cool place. When mixture be
gins to stiffen, add five cups finely
shredded cabbage, five cups diced
celery, 10 finely chopped pimientos
and 30 small sweet pickles, chopped
fine. Pour mixture into shallow pans
that have been rinsed with cold wa
ter. When “set,” cut into squares
and place each square in a lettuce
cup and top with mayonnaise. You
will need 5 or 6 large heads of let
tuce for 50 servings.
♦Fruit Whip.
1 quart fruit pulp
1 quart sugar
4 egg whites
% cup lemon juice
Put fruit pulp, sugar and unbeat
en egg whites into a mixing bowl
and beat until stiff. Chill. Serves
50. (In this quantity, dessert whips
should be made with a power beater
or mixing machine).
• * •
When feeding a crowd, the mar
keting problem may present difficul
ties. You will need six dozen rolls
(depending on the size) to serve
50. As to beverages, put these
amounts on your list: three pounds
of coffee, Vi pound of tea or three
gallons of milk — each of these
amounts will serve 50.
' • * •
Supper over, what next? Enter
tainment, of course. Half the suc
cess of a party lies in the “after-
dinner” program.
And why not a radio party? Ar
range the stage to represent a
broadcasting studio . . . with micro
phones, clocks and other radio para
phernalia.
The tables where guests are seat
ed should represent the radio sta
tions of the Amer
ican Network . . .
a table for each
state of the Un
ion. Each one
should be marked
by its call letters
(MINN for Min
nesota, MASS for
Massachusetts, etc.) . . . and each
one appropriately decorated—minia
ture orange grove for California,
wheat field for North Dakota r ma
ple sugar trees for Vermont, a
large pot of baked beans for Massa
chusetts, apple orchard for Oregon,
dairy scene for Wisconsin, planta
tion scene for Virginia, etc.
Guests are seated at the table rep
resenting their birthplace. (This will
work wonders in mixing up your
crowd).
If each group is small, several
states may be combined into one
station, such as Station NEG (New
England group), or Station NWG
(Northwest group).
A master of ceremonies, dressed
to represent Uncle Sam, invites all
stations to tune in for the “coast-
to-coast” broadcast. The program
may be as varied as the talent
available. A full hour show, con
sisting of music by instrumentalists
or an orchestra . . . singing by a
quartet or soloists ... a dramatic
sketch . . . etc.
A novel addition to your program
would be a Professor Quiz type. Ask
for volunteers to answer the ques
tions submitted by the audience.
A prize can be offered for the best
answers.
Commercials and time signals
should be interspersed throughout
the program. These may be an
nouncements of forthcoming meet
ings, services, etc.
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If short of eggs when making
scrambled eggs for the gang, add
a tablespoon of fine bread or
cracker crumbs for each egg short
—up to half eggs and half crumbs.
* • •
Never wash a tea strainer or a,
teapot in soapy water. Wash and
rinse in clear water always. <
• • •
Winding wool is difficult if thera
Is no one to hold it. Put two flat-!
irons on a table at a sufficient dis-'-
tance apart to allow the wool to be{
tightly stretched. Then wind over
the irons, just as if someone was
holding it.
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One’s Neighbor
The most pious may not live
in peace, if it does not please his
wicked neighbor.—Schiller.
For the Cause
It is the cause, and not th«|
death, that makes the martyr.—I
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