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i THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C„ FRIDAY APRIL 7, 1939 IN THE WINK OF AN EYE Two-Ton Tony to Tread the Boards The natural or refies ’/ink of an eye lasts from % to % ol a second, according to measurements taken by eye-movement, photography un der the supervision of Dr. J. F. Neu- mueller, Southbridge, Mass. The sly wink lasts from H to ^ second. France Guards African Empire Against Aggression from Libya Tunisia, key to French territorial power, is guarded against Italian conquest ambitions by native soldiers who trol the Libyan border day and night. Two-Ton Tony Galento, Orange, N. J., heavyweight contender, re cently embarked on a theatrical career. Signing his contract in a New York theater, Tony got right into the spirit of the thing by serenading Linda Yale, a model. The serenade was brought to a close by Mrs. Galento, left, who decided to put. a stop to the nonsense. World Aggressors Headache to Map Makers 11$ M'-;: mm Household Hints DvBETTY WELLS 'T'HE young lady daughter in the -*■ Miller family decided recently that she wanted to do her room over into a studio. Her mother smiled indulgently but gave her con- sei:t, and everybody was surprised at how smart the room turned out to be. , Walls and woodwork were painted (by Young Miss Miller herself) in a soft blit definite putty color. The old bedstead she discarded entirely, setting mattress and box spring on legs in one corner of the room. To frame this she used a width of quilted turquoise chintz on the wall outlined with a narrow wooden m r I PtH 7' ^ mmm ^' ftii. ■■■ With a new Europe, a new Asia and the possibility of a new Africa in the making, map-makers of America as well as the rest of the world are finding it«a gigantic task to keep abreast with the constantly changing po litical frontiers. One man—Adolf Hitler—has caused the cartographers untold headaches. They spend months correcting all their charts, changing names, revising colors and ordering new prints. Then in three or four days the maps are worthless except for reference works. Boundaries have again been changed. Globe maps, pictured at the left, are more difficult to correct than flat maps, and present problems altogether different. But West Point Was Never Like This SAFETY PRECAUTIONS If Italy controlled Tu nisia she could master the Mediterranean. Rec ognising this danger, also worrying that Germany may aid Italy in this new- • est territorial drive, France takes elaborate precautions in Tunisia. Above: A detachment of soldiers string barbed wire before one of the new fortifications in the Mareth line along the Libyan frontier. Left: An impressive display of tanks on parade early this year when Premier Edouard Daladier visited Tunis. iyr ■ f ‘ * lllFAr,?’ v v • : mjp? \ / f\ .n ■; V' -W\- i fib. Lawrence Breckedorff, one of 20 West Point cadets who recently spent a week-end as guests of the National Park college at Forest Glen, Md„ gets the very best of service from Niki Manos, Jean Fox, Betty Bevan and Hilda Cato, left to right, students at the girls' school. The future generals reported a very entertaining trip. The British government’s new gai mask for children under two years of age as it was demonstrated re cently in London. The mask has a bellows attached to furnish the baby with air. ‘Stork Special’ Wins Close Race to Hospital . tm IF hen Italy first began unofficial clamoring for Tunisia, the Italian travel bureau in Tunis (above) was well smashed up dur ing demonstrations. This happened eagly last De cember following Count Ciano’s remarks in the Italian chamber of depu ties. In the intervening three months Paris' has made Tunisia almost as impregnable as the fa mous Maginot line which guards France from Ger many. Since the Tunisian frontier is largely moun tainous, like the view shown at'right, an invad ing army from Libya would have intense diffi culty scaling peaks and fighting off artillery. 5 ; IPIP ? " .... .... sil slii t '■ t: ■ iMm . zm ii® mm . , >■ a’ • v‘ ■ When Postmaster William M. Jones of Villa Grove, HI., found roads closed by floods, he appealed to the Chicago te Eastern niinnU railway to rush his wife, expecting the stork momentarily, to Tuscola where the nearest hospital was located. Having no other equipment bandy the division superintendent hooked up this caboose, tender and locomotive and rushed the stricken mother to Tuscola. The baby, a boy, arrived two hours later, attended by Dr. R. W. Taylor, raUway physician. Postmaster Jones waves “all’s weU and thanks’’ to Engineer William Mercer who piloted the “stork special.’’ . A corner of a bed-sitting room. molding and with a book shelf at the comer. A flounce of turquoise around the bottom of the bed and a spread of a modem nubby weave fabric in putty color finished off this comer of the room in good style. Extra odd cushions were in rust, and so was the quilt. The very nice walnut dresser that had been in the room was retained, minus the mirror, and used with wall shelves above it. A new desk was added to the room, a walnut knee hole type, and a small radio as well. A pair of small easy chairs were hand-me-downs from the liv ing room as was a good-sized has sock. With fresh slip covers in rust they did nicely here (and gave mother a good excuse to have new ones for the living room). A large unframed mirror filled the space between the two windows. For the floor, a new rug in a putty color two-tone pattern was a permanent investment, for it would go in various later incarnations of the room. New lamps were added too—with turquoise pottery bases and plain white shades. At the windows the curtains were of plain white voile with a shaped valance covered with' quilted turquoise chintz and cloth window shades of that new sunny yellow. This note of yellow repeated the predominant color in some water colors of flow ers that were framed on the wall. Isn’t that a pleasant room for a girl who likes to have a place for her own club meetings and get- togethers? It even does nicely for bridge. Yet it serves all the prac tical needs of bedroom and study. • * • For a Very Little Girl. “Please tell me,” writes Andrea M., “whether my ideas for my little girl’s room are all right. I haven’t much to spend and will have to do most of the work myself, with some help from my husband. “1 had thought of white walls and white woodwork with ceiling pa pered in light blue design spangled with pale stars. This ceiling will be dropped about 18 inches, with the paper continued downward that far. I’ll buy a new child’s bed in white enamel and thought a light blue candlewick spread might be pretty for it. But I’ll have to use an old chest with a coat of white paint. “I suppose it’s silly in a room for such a little girl, but I think it would be awfully sweet to have a small dressing table here with a Tunisian natives watch modern fighting tanks on parade. Painting under difficulties. miniature mirror, a white dotted swiss skirt and a big blue sash bow in the front. I’d thought of a little bench painted white with a light blue cushion. I have a small love seat I’d thought might be pretty in a slip cover of light blue cotton. Perhaps we could have a valance of the blue cotton, then curtains of white dotted swiss. “Rugs are a problem. I’d really like a good rug here, !:ut I don’t see how I can afford one for some time. So I’ll have to compromise on light blue rag rugs which I can keep looking very clean by running them through the electric washer often. “Now then, what do you think of my plan? What changes would you make? Will the effect be too white and blue?” This room sounds very nice to me. If it were intended for any body else, it might seem too wide- eyed and naive, but for a very little girl, it should be charming. And I think the dressing table will be the joy of her life. You could drape the mirror with dotted swiss too, and have a blue bow at the top. • By Betty Welle.—WNU Service. Select Proper Brash Before undertaking a paint job,’ be sure you have the proper brushes for the needs which will arise. Toothsome Baking Powder Biscuits Homemade Kind Are Best} Advice From an Expert Rub stiff By EDITH M. BARBEJi U OT, flaky, tender, so tender that A - 1 they melt in the mouth—that describes biscuits as they should be. Unfortunately, all do not come up to these specifications. You may differ vHth me in yonr experiences, but I have never had a good baking powder biscuit at any tea room or restaurant. Homemade biscuits are not all in the same classification. Generally, I find that those which are stirred up in a few minutes are best. It is apparently no trouble at all to blend the flour, baking powder and salt with the shortening, either by hand or with a, couple of knives or pastry blender. - These experts seem to know by* instinct just how much liquid to add to make the dough easy to handle. There is one thing I have noticed and that is that champion biscuit makers never scant the shortening. This is one place where the level measurements which modern cooks use need not be too meticulous. Now about the kind of shortening. It seems to make little difference whether you use lard, a hardened vegetable fat or butter, just so that you use enough, and mix it so well with the flour that no lumps are distinguishable. Just enough milk to hold the mixture together nicely should be added quickly. The dough may then be put on a floured board and patted out or kneaded just two or three times to make K smooth enough to handle. „ Here’s where that extra shortening does its good work. * Poor” biscuits will be tough, if handled much, but “rich,” biscuits are above such considera tions. Biscuits. 2 cups flour 3 teaspoons baking powder % teaspoon salt 5 tablespoons shortening % cup milk (about) Sift dry ingredients together. or cut in shortening with a knife. Stir in milk. Work lightly into smooth dough. Knead and roll or pat out about half-inch thick on a floured board. Cut into rounds, put on baking sheet and bake at (450 degrees Fahrenheit) for 10 to 12 minutes. Rich Muffins. Vi cup shortening Vs cup sugar 1 egg 3 cups flour 4 teaspoons baking powder Vs teaspoon salt 1 cup milk Cream shortening, stir in sugar and beat in beaten egg. Mix and sift together flour, salt, baking pow der and add alternately with the milk. Pour into well greased muf fin pans (12 or 16). Bake 25 minutes in a moderate oven (375 degrees Fahrenheit). Make 18 medium-sized muffins. Fruit Rolls. Biscuit dough 2 tablespoons softened butter cup brown sugar Vt, teaspoon cinnamqp Vs cup chopped raisins Roll the dough one-quarter inch thick, spread with the butter and sprinkle with the sugar, cinnamon, and raisins. Roll like a jelly cake, cut in three-quarter-inch pieces, place close together in a greased pie tin and bake in a hot oven (450 de crees Fahrenheit) 15 minutes. Bran Muffins. 2 tablespoons shortening Vt cup sugar 1 egg 1 cup flour % teaspoon soda Vi teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 cup bran 1 cup sour milk Cream shortening and sugar to gether, add the egg. Mix and sift flour, soda, salt and baking powder. To the creamed mixture add the bran, then the milk, alternately with the sifted dry ingradients. Pour into greased muffin tins and bake in a moderate oven (375 degrees Fahrenheit) for 20 minutes. If sweet milk is used instead of sour milk, omit the one-half teaspoon of soda and use three teaspoons baking pow der. Fopovers. % teaspoon salt • 1 cup flour 1 egg 1 cup milk Mix the salt and flour, beat the egg slightly and mix with the milk; add to the dry ingredients. Beat only enough to mix well and pour into hot buttered gem pans or cus tard cups. Bake in a hot oven (450 degrees Fahrenheit) 30 minutes, then turn out the fire or open the door and keep in the oven for 10 minutes. Iron or earthenware is better than agate or tin for baking popovers. Plain Muffins. 2 cups flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 2 tablespoons sugar 1 egg 1 cup milk 2 tablespoons melted fat % teaspoon salt Mix and sift the dry ingredients. Beat the egg, pour the milk into it, and stir gradually into the dry in gredients. Add the melted fat and fill the greased muffin pans three- quarters full. Bake 20 to 30 minutes in a moderate oven (375 degrees Fahrenheit). • Bell Syndicate.—WNU Sarvlca,