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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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,