Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, ^ C > TilURjSDA¥, NOVEMBER %7, 1941 . r Eleanor Roosevelt Notes of an Innocent Bystander: From James W. Barrett’s book on Joseph Pulitzer, the great newspa per publisher: “A journalist in JP’s (Pulitzer) conception, is a states man as well as a writer ... The basis of it was something more pro found than persistent curiosity about people and things. JP, of course, was the most incorrigible busybody of his day and age. His habit of asking questions about everything under the sun and demanding accu rate as well as immediate answers was an amusing and often annoy ing trait, but it was only a mech anism through which an eager, pre hensile mind was kept supplied with working material. He had an ob jective which he ! refused to put aside. As long as he lived, he want ed to inform and mold public opinion —not just for the sake of profits, but for the sake of progress in the direction where he thought America ought to be heading.” Our Incorrigible Busybody Dep’t.: Doesn’t Army Intelligence think that Great Britain has a severe case of brass-hat poisoning? . . . Aren’t the members of the Supreme Court now all pulling one way—at each other’s hair? . . . Did you know that the President changed the nickname for Morgenthau to ‘‘Six Per Cent Hen ry”? . . . What two Cabinet officers are suffering from make-up poison ing? (Their friends make up the stories, and they do the poisoning) . . . What invention can drop a sandbag down a chimney at 20,000 feet? And what Sec’y of War would like to do it to what Washington col- yumist? Why do the Supreme Court Jus tices call their edifice “the Mauso leum” when it isn’t that lively? . . . Hasn’t photography helped the Brit ish censors more than it has Holly wood? Wouldn’t this be an aid to Britain: To mail the photostats to your friends and let His Majesty’s gov’t keep the originals? . . . What Canadian official, who believes the war can be won by lowering wages, will shortly be elevated by a kick in the tail light? What size tank is giving the Gen erals a bigger headache than the Privates who steer them? . . . What Ambassador turned in an honest day’s work recently? . . . For what Cabinet post are there more volun teers than for the Marine Corps? And which Sec’y of State is vastly amused? . . . Isn’t it true that Jesse Jones loaned his brother $1.50? Any way, isn’t Jesse wearing his broth er’s gold watch? . . . Don’t they call Sec’y Ickes “personality plus” since his secretary said good morn ing to him? . . . Who defined a liberal as a guy who will forgive anything but a contribution to his campaign? . . . Aren’t the officers of the Pacific Fleet split squarely on the question of whether it will take three weeks or a month to “solve” the Jap navy? . . . What prominent Britishers have the jit ters since the Gov’t’s inquiry into foreign-owned bonds. The only thing in which Noel Coward was small fry . . . And isn’t it true that certain self-called Americans brag about their ancestors landing on Plymouth Rock—and act as though they had just crawled from under it? Mem About Toton: Memos of a Midnighter: Fisher men have told authorities that they’ve actually seen U-boats off the New England coast . . . That lovely Red Cross nurse in those new post ers (she’s marching with four men of the armed forces) is Hazel French of the Powers Pretty-Pretty Planta tion. Hazel won the nod over all the models who wanted the assign ment because of her beautiful brown orbs ... So what happened? The artist painted her eyes blue . . . There have been five new ditties with the title of Zanuck’s hit, all ending with: “How green was my valley—how blue was my heart.” That’s going to be quite a scandal over the refugee racket, dearie . . . It’ll involve naturalization and im migration high jinks which have a pretty terrible stench. It’ll wreck some prominent politicos . . . Are the authorities following up the sen sational charges about the Met- opera’s new star, a woman? Al legedly quite friendly with Quisling, Goering, et al . . . How good’s that talk about Marshall Field bidding for the Times and Post after his Chicago paper is launched? . . . Anything to the rumor about his PM taking ads, changing its format and price to 3c? Chicagoriilas, who were imported ! into Philly and N. Y. years ago to help in circulation wars—are now being recruited for action in Chicago —in case, etc. . • . Add comical ironies: A B’way guy who pulled al most every major sin on the statutes, and never served a single day—is now in the Bastille for getting { caught in a floating crap game! ; The colyum certainly hopes that Japan will select as her friend the Fleet-minded American Navy, instead of the fleet-footed Italian Army. WOMAN'S ACTIVITIES One day from 10 o’clock until after five, the heads of many women’s national organizations met at the Labor Department auditorium. Miss Eloise Davison, who has been lent to the Office of Civilian Defense by the New York Herald Tribune, and who is in charge of all plans for women’s activities, ar ranged this meeting. I think it was one of the most interesting that I have ever attended. The speeches given in the morning by the various government officials were informative and interesting, and brought home many facts we need to know if we are going to do constructive work in our communi ties. I do not feel that we can over emphasize the importance of co ordinating all of our resources on a community basis to serve us now and in the future. • * * STRANGE REPORT A strange report comes to me from New England. It appears that volunteers are reluctant to go to work unless they can do some work which is distinctly a war-time oc cupation. They do not realize that improving social services in a com munity is basic defense work. Ev ery time any \olunteer takes a course in nutrition or child care, and sees that the community as a whole is better fed, she has done something which will be invaluable if we are attacked, and useful in the future as well. After the meeting, everyone came to. drink tea and coffee at the White House and to talk over the day. The consensus was that Miss Davidson had provided a very stimulating program. In the evening, my cousins, Mr. and Mjs. Douglas Robinson and some other fiends, went to see a new play, “Junior Miss.” It is light and amusing and I can think of no better way to take your mind off serious matters. In Lenore Loner- gan, I am beginning to look for the perfect “enfant terrible.” It must be almost second nature for her to play these parts. My only other friend in the cast, Mr. Alexander Kirkland, seemed to me to do his part very well. In fact, the whole east was good. * * * WAVE OF ECONOMY I received a rather pathetic lettei from a woman who runs one of the small specialty shops in New York city. She sells dresses and milli nery, and I imagine such things as costume jewelry, bags and acces sories of all kinds. She is worried for fear that a wave of economy will sweep over our people and that small businesses such as hers will be ruined. She says they do not want charity, they want to earn a living, and they want to keep their people at work, many of whom have been with them for several years. There are undoubtedly going to be economies practiced along many lines, but perhaps these small busi nesses, as well as bigger ones, will be able to find ways in which they can adapt themselves to the making of certain things needed in defense. They should apply at once to bu reaus set up in Washington, under OPM, for the purpose of giving them advice and consideration. Many of their employees may have to go into defense industries. If we go into high gear in defense production, there will undoubtedly be a shift in the type of employment which many people have, and a more general possibility of employ ment for people of middle age, as well as for young people without ex perience. I hope that no one, for the present at least, will curtail their usual buy ing, except where it is necessary. The kind of economy which is un dertaken because of a vague feeling of fear about the future, is bad psychology for us all. * * • STUDENT SERVICE One day in particular here was very busy. First, at the office, then at the White House. A number of people, came to lunch and then back to the office and finally home to entertain a group of people at a reception given in the interests of the International Student service. I am always amused when certain writers insinuate that this organi zation must have something wrong with it because I am associated with it. Of course, it existed long be fore I went on the board, and that board chose their general secretary, Mr. Joseph Lash, before I was asked to be one of their number. The names of those who sponsor this or ganization and are on the board, should guarantee its complete re spectability. That afternoon, Mr. Archibald MacLeish gave the explanation for his interest in the International Stu dents service, and an interesting talk. This was followed by an ac count of the work we hope to do in the Washington bureau. Finally, the general objectives and activities were explained, covering aid to refu gee students, work camps, confer ences on the campuses designed to awaken the young people to an in terest in exploring their reasons for a belief in democracy, and to bring together students and faculty in helpful discussions. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) T. Jefferson, Farmer S OFFICIAL Washington hums with Uncle Sam’s defense prep arations, a group of stone masons are quietly putting the finishing touches on a stately, marble-domed shrine rising to completion as a me morial to Thomas Jefferson. The temple will immortalize Jefferson’s contributions to his country. Every citizen is familiar with Jef ferson’s greatest achievement—the Declaration of Independence. Many recall his authorship of the Bill of Rights, his unyielding devotion to religious freedom, education and de mocracy. Few Americans, perhaps, are aware of another of Jefferson’s achievements—his contributions to the development of modern, scien tific farming. As a practical farmer Jefferson was constantly on the alert for new ideas. He made his Monticello estate into a progressive experimental farm where new machinery, new methods, improved stock breeding, new crops and tests in restoring soil fertility were tried out. Over a pe riod of years he grew as many as 32 different vegetables at Monticello. The Sage of Monticello had many problems to contend with. The land he acquired was worn out by genera tions of bad agricultural methods in a single crop type of farm economy in which tobacco had been king. No attempts at diversification or ferti lization had been made. Unlike the THOMAS JEFFERSON (A bust portrait by Houdon, French sculptor.) farmer of today, who can get ad vice from his county agents, agricul tural college agronomist or experi ment station on whether his soil is deficient in nitrogen, phosphorus and potash, and then obtain the correct analysis of commercial fertilizer, Jefferson had to depend on talks with his neighbors and his reading of farm papers and books published in England. I When he learned something new about agriculture he recorded it in a “Farm book” he kept in his own handwriting. One account tells how to lay out experimental plots to test the effects of fertilizers. In these tests his plant foods were manure and gypsum. Unfortunately for him fertilizers, as we know them today, were not in existence. Writing to George Washington con cerning the run-down condition of his land after overseers had farmed it during his absence on public busi ness, Jefferson described the use of legumes as a soil conditioner. He discovered that clover, vetch and ; peas had a soil-enriching power, but ! did not understand that this lay in ' their ability to impart nitrogen to the land. Crop rotation was another meas ure he championed. “My rotation is ! tri-ennial,” he wrote to a friend, “that is to say, one year of wheat and two of clover in the stronger fields, or two of peas in the weaker, with a crop of Indian corn or po tatoes between every other rota- j tion—i.e., one in seven years. Under this course of culture, aided with manure, I hope my fields will re cover their fertility.” In addition to his pioneer efforts to put back into the soil fertilizing elements removed by constant crop ping, Jefferson waged a winning bat tle against soil erosion. With his son-in-law, T. M. Randolph, he prac ticed horizontal plowing and bedding on hillsides that is reminiscent of present day contour plowing. “Jefferson’s enlightened efforts at soil conservation and the bettering of farming methods entitle him to foremost rank among great Ameri can agriculturists,” says an official of the Middle West Soil Improve ment committee. “He had an in stinctive feeling that man should be a careful custodian of the soil en trusted to his care. His work in soil improvement, however, primi tive as it was, helped pave the way for modern soil science.” Jefferson s farm improvement pro gram included experiments in live stock breeding in co-operation with President Madison. His scientific knowledge was likewise applied t< the problem of improving farm mo chinery. Half a century before the steel plow was invented he designee! an all-metal plow with a mould board that turned the soil effective ly. Shaped according to mathemati cal computations, the mould boai\ met the least possible resistanc* ! from the earth. Jefferson also d« j vised a seed drill, a hemp brake and a primitive threshing machine Meet the Pot Roast — Juicy and Tender (See Recipes Below.) Savory Meals Pep up the personality of your meals by serving meats more often as the weather becomes frost- nipped and cold er. Meats are sy nonymous with good, wholesome, hearty meals be cause they’re sat isfying and filling. Meat sets good tone to the meal qnd rounds it out to give you a sense of complete ness when you’ve finished eating. Meat is honest and straightfor ward both in flavor and purpose. Its abundance of vitamins and min erals really come through and give you sustaining energy. All in all meat contains nine out of the thir teen food essentials of a normal diet: First is protein and meat’s pro teins are complete. They help to build or repair body tissues which you wear down every day and keep you on good maintenance level. It has iron the oxygen carrier, copper, iron’s partner and the builder of hemoglobin. Meat has phosphorus that helps calcium in building good teeth and bones and helps give you energy. Meat has fat, too, producer of more enetgy and heat. As for vitamins, meat is an im portant source of four: vitamin A, the resistance.and growth vitamin; thiamin (vitamin Bl) which helps the body translate sugars and starches into energy; riboflavin, of which meat is the top source, that helps prevent nervous disorders, and finally nicotinic acid, which prevents a nervous digestive disorder known as pellagra. Fortunately for economy’s sake, the lower-priced cuts of meat are just as good for these minerals and vitamins as the higher-priced ones. / Today’s column gives you tricks and tips on how you can use them for savory meals and have them juicy, tender, and full of flavor. First call is for pot roast which you can make just as desirable as the best steaks and chops: *Pot Roast With Vegetables. Wipe meat with a damp cloth. Brown in hot fat and add one or two small onions sliced to meat while it is browning. Season meat with salt and pepper. Combine Vz cup catsup with 1 cup hot water and add to meat. Place in a roaster or cast- iron skillet or pot, cover tightly, and allow to simmer gently 45 minutes to the pound. Add more water if necessary. Whole carrots and onions may be added to the meat and cooked with it the last 45 minutes of the cooking period. LYNN SAYS: You’re going to sell nutrition to your family not just because of its virtues but by attractively gar nished, well-cooked food. Here’s how: Whenever possible serve the vegetables with the meat, as browned potatoes, whole carrots, browned onions. These can be placed around the meat for ef fective coloring. Radish roses with parsley brighten almost any kind of meat platter. Spinach, chopped, seasoned and mixed with white sauce can be made into nests or mounds and served around meat. Baby beets may be scooped and filled with green peas served around the meat or on a plat ter by themselves. Ham can be scored in circles for a change by using a small cookie cutter and a maraschino cherry placed in each circle. Cir cles look best if they overlap. Bananas or pineapple slices broiled make a tantalizing ac companiment to baked ham, roast beef or lamb chops. Slices of orange topped with a smaller slice of jelly is excellent for meat platters. THIS WEEK’S MENU •Pot Roast Carrots Browned Potatoes Apple, Celery, Raisin Salad Bread and Butter Beverage Baked Custard, Strawberry Jam Sugar Cookies •Recipe given Veal is tender and delicate and de serves careful cooking. Breaded Veal Cutlets. (Serves 6) 2 pounds veal steak, cut in 6 pieces 1 egg Cornflake crumbs 1 small onion, chopped Salt and pepper 4 tablespoons lard 1 No. 2Vz can of tomatoes Dip pieces of meat into the egg and cornflake crumbs which have been seasoned with salt and pepper. Brown in hot lard on both sides, us ing a heavy frying pan or skillet. Add tomatoes and chopped onion, cover and cook slowly for 1 hour. Variation: Make as above omit ting tomatoes and onion. Add 1 cup of sour cream after meat is browned and cook for 1 hour. Thick en the sour cream gravy with flour and water and serve. A cut which you may not have used is lamb shanks, but I assure you they are simply delicious when braised. They’ll be a good food dol lar stretcher for you this season: Braised Lamb Shanks. (Serves 6) 6 lamb shanks 2 tablespoons lard Salt and pepper 1 cup celery 1 cup carrots, cut fine, if desired 1 cup green beans, cut fine, if desired Brown the lamb shanks in hot lard. Season with salt and pepper. If you’re using vegetables, place them in the bottom of the casserole and add a small amount of water. Put in the lamb shanks. Cover and cook in a slow oven (300 degrees) 2 hours. Kidneys are right up there among the top-notchers as a source or ribo flavin, preventer of nervous diges tive diseases. They’re good broiled with bacon and good also in this de licious savory loaf: Kidney Loaf. (Serves 6) 1 pound of beef kidney 1 cup milk 8 slices bread V* cup bacon drippings 3 slices bacon 1 small can pimientoes Salt and pepper 3 tablespoons grated onion Vz teaspoon powdered sage, if desired Wash kidney in cold water. Drain well and grind, using internal fat. Pour milk over bread and soak. Combine all ingredients except ba? con and mix thoroughly. Line bot tom of pan with uncooked slices of bacon, add meat mixture and pack firmly. Bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees) for IV2 to 2 hours. What could be better than spare- ribs with barbecue sauce as a tasty meat dish on a cold night? Bake the spareribs brown and crispy and brush them with the sauce for a dish you’ll long remember and enjoy looking at: Barbecued Spareribs. (Serves 6) / 5 pounds spareribs Brown spareribs under broiler. Cover with the following sauce and bake about 2 hours in a covered pan in a slow (325 degrees) oven. Barbecue Sauce. 1 small onion chopped 2 tablespoons lard 2 tablespoons vinegar 2 tablespoons brown sugar 3 tablespoons lemon juice s 4 cup catsup 3 /4 cup water Salt and pepper 1 teaspoon paprika Dash of ground cloves and cin namon Brown onion in lard and add rt» maining ingredients. Brush ovef spareribs. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) t I I Pattern 7114. DE up-to-the-minute in gay slip- pers you’ve crocheted your self! Both these smart styles are done in afghan yam and have simple pattern stitches. They’re good bazaar items, too. * • * Pattern 7114 contains Instructions for making them in any size; illustrations of them and stitches; materials needed. Send your order to: Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept. 82 Eighth Ave. New York Enclose 15 cents in coins for Pat tern No Name Address Pull the Trigger on Lazy Bowels, with Ease for Stomach, too When constipation brings on acid in digestion, stomach upset, bloating, dizzy spells, gas, coated tongue, sour taste and bad breath, your stomach is probably "crying the blues” because your bowels don’t move. It calls for Laxative-Senna to pull the trigger on those lazy bowels, combined with Syrup Pepsin for perfect ease to your stomach in taking. For years, many Doctors have given pepsin prepa rations in their prescriptions to make medicine more agreeable to a touchy stom ach. So be sure your laxative contains Syrup Pepsin. Insist on Dr. Caldwell’s Laxative Senna combined with Syrup Pep sin. See how wonderfully • the Laxative Senna wakes up lazy nerves and muscles in your intestines to bring welcome relief from constipation. And the good old Syrup Pepsin makes this laxative so com fortable and easy on your stomach. Even finicky children love the taste of this pleasant family laxative. Buy Dr. Cald well’s Laxative Senna at your druggist today. Try one laxative combined with Syrup Pepsin for ease to your stomach, too. Higher Vision Happy those who here on earth have dreamt of a higher vision I They will the sooner be able to endure the glories of the world to come.—Novalis. Mom HUE- HAIR TONiC 77TE -£A5Y-GRIPB0TTl£ifzis 10*25* Expressed Beauty Beauty is expression. When I paint a mother I try to render her beautiful by the mere look she gives her child.—Jean Francoia Millet. Relief At Last ForYourCough Creomulsion relieves promptly be cause it goes right to the seat of the trouble to help loosen and expel germ laden phlegm, and aid nature to soothe and heal raw, tender, in flamed bronchial mucous mem branes. Tell your druggist to sell you a bottle of Creomulsion with the un derstanding you must like the way it quickly allays the cough or you are to have your money back. CREOMULSION for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis BUREAU OF STANDARDS • A BUSINESS organization which wants to get the most for the money sets up standards by which to judge what is offered to it, just as in Washington the govern ment maintains a Bureau of Standards. •You can have your own Bureau of Standards, too. Just consult the advertis ing columns of your news paper. They safeguard your purchasing power every day of every year.