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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C. FRIDAY. APRIL 12, 1940 WHO’S NEWS THIS WEEK Kathleen Norris Says: The Unluckiest Wife Isn’t Always The Unluckiest Woman (Bell Syndicate—WNU Service.) By LEMUEL F. PARTON (Consolidated Features—WNU Service.) "^TEW YORK. — Paul Reynaud, -L ' who was asked to form a new French cabinet, and successor to Premier Daladier, put through the D . n French - Brit- Premier Desires B ritish -French Monetary Union ish monetary and economic accord of last Dec e m b e r, and, even before the start of the war was an advocate of a close financial union between the two countries as the first bulwark of their joint defense. For several years, he has been studying Eng lish finance and history, insisting that both nations must abandon their old plan of remaining apart in the matter of monetary and economic relationships. He is a lawyer, financier and economist, minister of finance since October, 1938. In the chamber of deputies, he repre sents a “big business” section of Paris and has contended vig orously against “governmental meddling in business.” In 1935 and 1936 he made a courageous fight for the devaluation of the franc, an issue which is always loaded in France and always sidestepped by more cautious politicians. His business sagaci ty was demonstrated in the sum mer of 1929, when he warned all and sundry that a big smash was coming, and withdrew all of his securities from the mar ket. He is as direct, decisive and fiery as Daladier is ponderous and medi tative, and for many years has been making prophecies more gloomy than Cassandra’s foredoom of Troy, as he urged France to prepare ror the worst. He parts his hair in the middle, strings with the Alliance Democratique, a center group, and has never been classified as either right or left. He is said to be “too intelligent to be liked,” and does not seem to mind. He is small and alert, only slightly gray at 60, care- j fully groomed and the master of a verbal short jab which seldom in vites a return engagement for any- j one inclined to mix with him. He was a holdout on Laval’s deal to give Mussolini a green light in Ethiopia and in this connection i warned France that it had better j be looking to its empire. In poli- j tics since 1919, in the chamber since ; 1928, he was previously minister of finance in Tardieu’s cabinet. He ; comes of a family high in the moun- , tains of Barcelonnette, of a clan which has extensive holdings in sev- j eral foreign countries, including Mexico. Unlucky Women The unluckiest wife isn’t always the unluckiest woman in the world, according to this article by Kathleen Norris. For while some of the trials that married women are forced to go through are difficult indeed, many times things could be much worse. But at the same time problems do creep into the homes of families who seem to have apparent security. And so the story of Marjorie Mason is here discussed. It is the story of a young professor’s wife and the problem she had to meet. Faced with an unfaithful husband she is confronted with the problem of disgracing him for life by exposing him or leaving him and tak ing her children with her. She is advised to choose the sec ond plan. The emptiness of his home should bring this man to his senses. B UILDING more stately mansions for his soul, Fritz Mandl, the Austrian munitioneer, runner-up for Zaharoff, was interrupted by Adolf ... ni m Hitler. In a New Arms Plants New York Are Being Built municipal By Fritz Mandl court - “ Aus trian archi tect sues Mr. Mandl for payment tor designs for a new wing on his Alpine castle, when he was married to Hedy Lamarr, the screen star, now the wife of Gene Markey, Holly wood producer. The castle and the plans were a war casualty, but Mr. Mandl is sitting pretty in Argentina, the hidalgo of a great estate, and getting a fast running start with new steel and munitions plants in the land of the pampas. He fooled Hitler. His great arms plants, including the Hirt- enberg plant, were supposed to be worth about $60,000,000. That was a nice, fat grouse for the Nazi uimrod, but when Der Fuehrer moved in, he found the great plants just a hollow shell, the securities long since liqui dated and Mr. Mandl at a safe nose-thumbing distance with his former fortune remaining more or less intact. Now 40 years old, round-faced and merry, he was a playboy in his j youth, but stayed on the job in his later years. The munitions works were a family holding, founded by his grandfather, Sigmund, and ex panded by his father, Alexander. He was an associate of the fallen Prince Ernst Ruediger von Star- hemberg in the Vienna putsch of 1934—not at all interested in politi cal ideologies, and smarter than the prince in both making a get-away from Hitler and from Germany as well as being able to save his for tune. N OT a refugee fortune, but the makings of a new one appears in the operations of Arnold Bern stein, who also found a hole in the Nazi line. A freighter of the Ameri canized Arnold Bernstein shipping ! lines bums at Baltimore, but it was j insured and his newly recruited j ships are running cargos to Europe ! and his fleet is expanding. He came here last October, from a Nazi jail, where a tangle over the mysterious blocked marks had landed him. At 51, a tall, pale, thoughtful man, ha sets a new start. Her husband told her that his assistant professor, a handsome girl of 23, loved him as deeply as he did her. By KATHLEEN NORRIS T HE unluckiest wife in the world isn’t, of course, the un luckiest woman. There are thousands of women in this coun try, and hundreds of thousands in other countries, whose lot is harder than that pf Marjorie Mason. There are women in your town and mine who have been fighting poverty all their lives long, living along the boundary line of want, able to give their children only the barest necessities of life, and worry ing constantly for fear that those necessities might not be always available. Women who have never known even a few days—a few hours —of luxury and beauty, of plenty and security. Women who have to refuse their small babies the fresh ness and comfort and safety small babies need; who have to refuse their growing children the toys, the clothes that more fortunate children take for granted; who suffer a thou sand deaths as the young men and women of the family demand cars and pocket money and college edu cation as their right. This in America. In Europe and in the Orient the situation is in finitely worse. Civilized Christian countries still see barefoot children begging in winter streets; China knows that every winter a million of her people will starve slowly to death, and a million more fall vic tims to the diseases that weakness, malnutrition, cold and hunger bring. Comparative Misery. So when I speak of the bitter trial that Marjorie Mason has been called upon to bear I am treating only of the comparative misery and humiliation that can come to a woman who has a comfortable home, fine children, a car, a club, friends, a good cook in her kitchen, books, leisure, enough money, good health, and—she says—“a real trust that God will help me through this difficulty if I am wise enough to heed His guidance.” Not much material from which to construct an appeal to your pity, is it? And yet there is no wife alive that won’t feel pity for Mar jorie when she hears her story. Marjorie is 32; she has been mar ried for nine years to a man she deeply loves. He is a professor, handsome, popular, successful, with a comfortable little income of his own to supplement his salary. The Masons live in a roomy house on a beautiful campus; there are three children in the family; a girl of seven, and boys of five years and one year. Marjorie has as assistant the fine colored mother of one of the undergraduate girls; she is free to do her part in campus work; mothers’ and alumni groups, hos pital, convalescent home, Shakes peare study club, dramatics. She not only teaches her daughter, but she belongs to a little circle of col lege mothers who take turns in amusing and watching the younger children on different afternoons. Marjorie’s life was all sunshine until some four weeks ago, when her husband, in one of those lux uries of confession that weak men so enjoy, told her that his assistant professor, a handsome girl of about 23, loved him as deeply as he did her. He was exultant over his con quest, and fatuously related to his wife the details of the affair in which the girl’s great love had over come her scruples. Bitter Injustice. “This sounds as nauseating to me as it does to you,” writes Marjorie, “but Arthur was like a crowing boy over it. I did what I could. Told him that he must be out of his senses to jeopardize his position, his whole life’s work in this way, to say nothing of the bitter injustice to me and to the children. I tried to put my own heartbreak aside; it was too late then for any outbreak of mine to do any good. For days I By VIRGINIA VALE (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) T HERE’S been a bit of knife throwing going on in Holly wood, and it’s been none too good for the nerves of the spec tators who are scheduled to act as targets. Paulette Goddard is trying her hand at it, in prepara tion for her role in Cecil B. De- Mille’s “North West Mounted Police.” She is scheduled to play “Louvette,” whom Mr. DeMille described as “a combination of Circe, Desdemona, Carmen and a black panther.” She always gets her man, and knife-throwing is part of her menace. So she’s been practicing around the studio. “It’s hard work,” she complained the other day. “I’m afraid I’ll knock off a finger or chop off a toe before I’m through.” “Probably my toe,” gloomily prophesied Bob Hope, who’s work ing with her in “The Ghost Break ers.” And over at Warner Brothers’ Steve Clemento is also hurling knives, in a comer of the set for "Torrid Zone.” An expert, he seemed to be in a bad dream, for the thing had come upon me like a thunderbolt, and the past was all spoiled as well as the future. “Arthur, as completely oblivious of any feeling of mine as he had been of ordinary decency and duty, asked me if I would have the girl at the house now and then, ‘so^ there would be no talk.’ This, I told him, was a physical as well as moral impossibility. I simply couldn’t do it. On this point we had our first serious quarrel. “Since then I have not spoken to Arthur directly. But for the chil dren’s sake a certain amount of civility must go on. Arthur con tinues to show nothing but com placency and high spirits. He tells me that if he and the girl had re sisted temptation—or love, as he calls it—then all three of us would be unhappy. As it is, I am the only miserable one, and ‘they don’t ex pect me to understand.’ The girl came to see me, and was tearful and explanatory and heroic. I don’t think I spoke at all in the 10 min utes I endured her company. “Arthur would be dropped from the faculty if this were known. His fine old father, president emeritus of another university, would die of grief. And how would my children be bettered by the shame of their father? But I can’t go on as things are. These few weeks have shown me that. Tell me what to do." Advice to Marjorie. Marjorie, the first thing to do is get out, and take the children with you. But not with any bitterness or threats. Say to your few close friends that you are taking the baby to the mountains. Or that the small daughter had two chest colds last year and you think it wise to try the shore. Not far from you there are lakeside summer cabins which rent in winter for as little as $10 a month. Find one and move. This will have a triple advantage. It will get you away from the im mediate contemplation of an insuf ferable state of affairs. It will scare the complacent philandering Arthur out of his wits; he will be lonely, disorganized and possibly brought to a realization of what wealth he had, and has done all he could to destroy. And lastly, it will terrify the girl. She may suddenly awaken to the truth that she has given everything for nothing, and is in a fair way to lose position and reputation. When Arthur comes to his senses, or rather, having obviously very little sense, when he appreciates that he has made an expensive and foolish mistake, then come back, forgive him, and resume the outer shell of the old happy, loving life. You may never want to share his room or his affection again; he could hardly expect that. But for the rest, take the blow that fortune has dealt you, as every woman must in one way or another, pick up the pieces, and face the future stronger in your own soul, if sad der in your hear* Household Neius BETTE DAVIS easily flips a knife into a wall 15 paces away. James Cagney and Pat O’Brien, stopping to watch him, noticed that there were two chalk marks on the wall, less than six inches apart, and that the knife went whistling neatly between them. “What do those marks mean?” asked O’Brien. “Those,” answered Clemento, represent your head and Mr. Cag ney’s. They’ll be that close togeth er when I throw a knife between them for the picture.” * Bette Davis owns her own home at last. She’s been in Hollywood for nine years, and lived in a dif ferent home each year—she’s never owned a house, a ranch or even a vacant lot. But before beginning “All This and Heaven Too” she bought what the salesman called “An American farm house”; she says it reminds her of her childhood home in New England. It’s just five minutes from the studio. It’s also just a little too near the Los Angeles river, which overflowed its banks a few years ago, washing away several homes in the vicinity. Martha Scott and William Holden, two of the stars in Sol Lesser’s “Our Town,” consumed 32 straw berry ice cream sodas during the making of the love scenes for the picture, and at the moment wouldn’t care if they never saw another one. But Frank Craven, who finished 10 cans of tobacco in his pipe during his scenes, just went out and bought more for his personal use. There’s an entire Hollywood novel in a press announcement that was sent out a while ago, before Linda Darnell started east. “Miss Darnell will be accompanied to New York by her mother, Mrs. Margaret Dar nell,” it stated, “but her father, who is a clerk in the DaUas post office, will remain on the job back in Texas.” Apparently even the fame of his very beautiful daughter doesn’t dazzle Mr. Darnell. Priscilla and Rosemary Lane re ceived a substantial offer to become platinum blondes—and turned it down! A representative of more than 5,000 hairdressers made it; he said that a scheme is being pro moted to revive the platinum blonde craze introduced by the late Jean Harlow, and that several other stars are being approached with the same offer. It includes a royalty in addition to the flat advance sum. Recently the students of Blue Ridge college, New Windsor, Md., selected Albert Dekker as the “Per fect Profile of 1940.” Dekker won a narrow victory over Nelson Eddy; the girls selected him because his was the profile that impressed them most when they inspected the photo graphs of the contestants, which included every male star in Holly wood. What they didn’t know was the man they chose as appears in his current picture, “Dr. Cyclops,” with his head shaved and his nose obscured by a pair of glasses. LAMB CHOPS EN CASSEROLE MAKE A “BUSY-DAY DINNER” (See Recipes Below) Busy-Day Meals There’s something about the first warm, sunny days of spring that makes a woman don her working clothes, roll up her sleeves and get started on house cleaning. In spite of all the work involved, spring cleaning does give your spir its a lift. And it’s very apt to spur you on to such heights that unless you’ve planned your cleaning cam paign with all the finesse of an army general, the end of house cleaning is likely to find you with a shining, immaculate house, but an exceed ingly weary body and a very dis turbed family! But with a definite plan of action to guide you, even your meals can be served on schedule, and they can be good meals; a simple meal with a hot main dish that can be partly pre pared the day before, is one solu tion to the problem of how to keep your family well fed and happy even at house cleaning time. Plan a meal that requires little watching, one that is easy to serve and one that won’t be spoiled if it isn’t eaten on the stroke of 12:00. Serve the meal“help-yourself-style,” using paper plates and napkins, be- cause these are the things that make hot meals practical even in the thick clean-up by flying brooms and dust mops. You’ll find worthwhile suggestions for busy-day meals, below. Spanish Roll. Round steak, 2*4 inches thick 1 No. 2 can tomatoes 1 small can mushrooms 1 medium onion (cut fine) 1 green pepper (cut fine) y 4 teaspoon cayenne pepper 4 whole cloves Dash of allspice bi teaspoon salt Noodles Dredge steak with flour and sear on both sides. Place in casserole, and add toma toes, mushrooms, onion, green pep pers and season ing. Cover and bake about 21.4 hours in a slow oven (300 de grees) . Half an hour before serv ing, boil some noodles in salt ed water. Drain. Place steak on large platter, sur round with noo dles, and cover with the sauce. Busy-Day Cake. (Makes one 8-inch cake) y« cup butter 1 cup sugar 2 eggs Vi cup milk 1 teaspoon flavoring extract 1% cups flour (cake flour pre ferred) , 1% teaspoons baking powder V* teaspoon salt Soften the butter by creaming, rhen add sugar, unbeaten eggs, milk, flavoring extract, and the dry Ingredients which have been sifted together. With a rotary beater or electric mixer, beat for 2 or 3 min utes, or until the batter is light and very smooth. Pour into greased pan 8 by 8 by 2 inches deep, and cover evenly with the following mix ture: % cup sweet chocolate (grated) Vz cup nut meats (cut fine) Bake in a moderate oven (350 de grees) for 35 to 40 minutes. Lamb Chops en Casserole. (Serves 6) 8 lamb chops y« teaspoon salt Few grains pepper 15 small new potatoes 2 lbs. fresh peas, (2 cups shelled) cup water 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon butter Cut fat from the chops, sprinkle hem with Vi teaspoon salt and few ■rains pepper and brown slightly on >oth sides. Arrange the chops around the sides of a shallow cas serole, 2 quart size. In the center, place the scraped new potatoes and shelled peas. Add water, sprinkle with salt and put bits of butter over the top. Cover the dish and bake in a moderately hot oven (375 de grees) about 1% hours, or until the vegetables are tender. Old Fashioned Rice Pudding. Vi cup rice 1 cup sugar 1 quart milk Vz teaspoon salt Wash rice and mix with 1 cup sug ar, 1 quart milk and salt. Place in hot oven (425 degrees). Stir into pudding frequently the brown crust that forms. As it thickens pour in Vz cup milk. Bake for about 1V4 hours and serve hot or cold. All in One Dinner. (Serves 5-6) 3 cups raw potatoes (sliced) 2 teaspoons salt Vi teaspoon pepper 6 loin pork chops 3 cups Spanish onions (sliced) 1 tablespoon butter 1 can condensed tomato soup IVt cups sweet milk In a greased casserole arrange a layer of the sliced potatoes. Season with salt and pepper. Then add a layer of pork chops and season these with salt and pepper. Cover with a layer of onions. Dot with butter and season. Add additional layers of potatoes, chops and onions, as needed. Combine the tomato soup and the milk and pour into the cas serole. Cover, and bake in a mod erate oven (375 degrees) for about 1V4 hours. Spring Salads for Spring Tonics. No sulphur and molasses need ed for a spring tonic, when you serve spring salads! Next week Eleanor Howe will give yob some of her own favorite, tested recipes for simple and delicious salads, fruit salads, vegetable salads and molded salads, too. Be sure to read this column next week. Apple Crisp (Serves 6) 6 tart apples (peeled and sliced) V4 cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon V4 cup water Vz cup general purpose flour Vz cup white sugar 3 tablespoons butter Pare, core, and slice apples. Put in a greased baking dish. Mix to gether the brown sugar and the cin namon, and sprinkle over apples. Pour water over all. Mix together the flour and the sugar, and cut in the butter. Sprinkle this crumbly mixture over the apples. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) 50 to 55 minutes, or until ap-iles are ten der and top brown. Pa’s Lima Beans and Sausage. 1 pound country sausage 2 medium sized onions (sliced) 1 can lima beans 2 cups canned tomatoes 1 teaspoon salt Vz teaspoon chili powder Shape sausage into flat cakes and pan fry, with the onions, until the sausage is done. Drain off all but Vz cup of the fat, add remaining ingredients and simmer for 30 minutes. Get Your Copy of ‘Household Hints’ Now. This busy house cleaning season is when you’ll appreciate, most, Elea nor Howe’s exceedingly useful book let, “Household Hints.” In it you’ll find suggestions for cleaning painted kitchen walls, and oil paintings; hints for removing old paint and varnish; tricks to try when washing windows and you’ll find 350 simple, easy-to-use, tried and true helps for house cleaning and every day house keeping. To get your copy of this booklet, send 10 cents in coin to “Household Hints,” care Eleanor Howe, 919 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Bonnet, Sun Suit and Frock for Tot U SING this one clever pattern (1928-B), you can make a pretty complete play wardrobe for your young hopeful. It includes a scrap of a sun-suit, a sweet little frock, and a nice, scoopy, eye shading bonnet, and every one of the three trifles takes practically no time to make. They’re all just as comfortable to play in as they are cute to look at. The sun-suit consists of straps and gathers in the back, and is perfectly straight in the front. The yoke of the frock is extended into wings of kimono sleeves, and rows of braid trim* every possible edge of both the frock and the bon net. Simple as it is, the pattern includes a step-by-step sew chart as well as complete directions. Gingham, seersucker, percale and chambray all come in colors which are particularly nice for tots’ play togs like this. Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1928-B is designed for sizes 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 years. 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