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THE SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C.. FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1940 'T'HE breaks in baseball can have two sides, just about the same as a plank. They can be good—and they can be much worse. It isn’t all a matter of milk and honey. There is the somewhat melan choly case of my old golf, bridge and fishing partner known as Dizzy Dean. Diz was as goofy as a coot in many ways, espe cially when it came to popping off, but he was a great pitcher and a grand fellow with whom to fish or play golf, which is no bad test. And he brought more color to the game through a comparatively brief span than anyone since Babe Ruth. Thinking of his recent somersaults in the box I turned back to his bet ter days. From 1933 through 1936, a matter of four major league years. Ole Diz won 102 ball games, an average better than 25 a year through four consecutive seasons. That was far away and long ago for Ole Diz. Grantland Bice The Glory That Was Dean’s In 1936 he was only 25 years old, six feet three inches in height, and weighed 189 pounds. With that free, easy motion of his, an almost per fect pitching motion, Dean appar ently had at least 10 good years left. He couldn’t miss. In addition to blazing speed, a sharp-breaking curve, and a change of pace, Diz had a cool, smart pitching head and his full share of heart. He had about everything a great pitcher needs. He couldn’t miss. Then the tragedy of 1937 came along when he first picked up an Injured toe. A short while later, lacking his full follow throngh, he blew a fuse in his pitching shoulder. Uncle Charlie Moran was umpiring the game that day when Diz devel oped the kink that has been called many names, from bursitis on down through the list of ailments and ills. Bought by Chicago, Ole Diz won only seven games in 1938 and only six games in 1939, pitching almost exclusively with the old bean. His fast ball couldn’t break the cuticle of a custard pie. The wonder is that he could win any games at alL From the Cotton Fields Being naturally lazy, Diz then be gan to put on weight and this was no great help. He moved from 189 to 220 in two years. Diz came up the hard way—maybe too hard a way. He told me once that he and Paul and his father, after picking cotton from “sun to sun”—sunup to sun down—had only a can or two of sar- Dizzy Dean dines and crackers for their daily and only meal. The odd part is that Paul Dean collapsed about the same time as Diz. They came up together, an Inseparable pair, and they blew the heights together. There was an un usual family hookup between these two brothers that carried along through big years and bad years. I’ve been with both when Dizzy argued that Paul had more stuff “than I ever had.” And Paul would come back, “I never was in Dizzy’s class.” Dizzy never minded being called Dizzy—but Paul, a quiet, shy, retir ing fellow, never liked to be known as Daffy. That was a nickname Paul resented bitterly. The average fan likes Dizzy Dean. The average fan likes color. Dizzy gave him a whirl of excitement and fun for several years. I’ve been asked many hundreds of times whether or not Dizzy had any thing left, how much he had saved. What Will Happen? i I don’t know. His wife, Pat Dean, has been smart enough. But Dizzy was never any too careful with bis money. I’ve seen Babe Ruth take him for $100 a day on the golf course, giving Dizzy all the handi cap Ole Diz asked for. I know oth ers have taken him for much more. Dizzy has much more confidence in his golf swing than the Dean swing ever justified. In fact, his golf game depended far more on cool nerve and vast de termination than it ever depended on a bad swing, which started from a flat-footed stance and usually end ed in a terrific slice. But he could pitch, chip and putt. And he never quit or gave up hope. Dizzy, the four-year headliner, now has a nice home and a small farm outside of Dallas. Unless some form of miracle takes place his main pitching days seem to be over. Three years is a long time to rest an arm that shows no signs of coming back. Once in a while the kink disappears, as it lid in the case of Lefty Grove. No one can make me believe that Dizzy isn’t giving all he has at ev ery start, for I never saw a com petitor who drew a bigger thrill out of winning—and who was quite as low after a defeat. Kathleen Norris Says: Be Worth Wanting Girls And Youll Be Wanted (Bell Syndicate—WNU Service.) “Tom" said this girl, **we have to take my kid brother to Grandma's. And Mama wants me to stop and get her some vanilla. Isn't this fun! This is the first time we've been to a movie together!* 9 By KATHLEEN NORRIS WOMAN in our town, af ter nine childless years of marriage, adopted a baby boy. She and her husband be came so infatuated with the charms of the tiny Keith that a year or two later they adopt ed a brother for him. Never were parents so hap py as these two in their hand some boys. John Macgregor came home every night to play with “our kids” and help put them to bed. Nell Mac gregor boasted everywhere of the smartness of “the chil dren.” And when Keith was three and Bruce two, Nature stepped in and sent the Mac- gregors a boy of their own, and this morning when the ages of their small family are five, four and two years I am in formed that there is to be another child. Stop Worrying. This happens so often that it makes one realize that the minute a woman begins to stop fretting, and worrying, and thinking exclu sively about something, is often the very moment when she is near est to attaining it. Over and over again the years, in which a woman talks and worries and hopes for a child, are wasted years and when she becomes absorbed in some thing real and forgets her yearnings, the contrary baby decides it is time to start on its way. It is the same way with the un married woman whose whole thought is a fear of spinsterhood and a desire to secure a beau. She ema nates some element that repels a man’s interest; she creates about her an atmosphere that is destruc tive to a love affair. Such a woman places far too much importance upon the whole thing. She can’t take love naturally; she is always thinking of it, construing the most innocent friendly advances of any man, into serious declarations, frightening him off with her own too- eager response. Looks Play Minor Role. Hundreds of women, whose ages range from 24 to 40, write me every year about this problem. Sometimes they send their pictures, to prove to me that they are good-looking. As if looks had anything to do with it! But they think looks have. And many a time it is her fussiness about her appearance, her embar rassed apologies for her hair or her old hat, or that maddening little patch of poison-oak on her cheek bone that make a man know that here is a born old maid, thinking of nothing but herself. Or rather, think ing of nothing but the impression the man is getting of herself. She can be natural and simple and cunusing, with comfortable silent in tervals, in the presence of anyone else. But the minute a man is around she goes stiff, self-conscious and silly; tittering, saying things she doesn’t mean, painfully shy one moment, wildly reckless the next, al ways presenting to him not only her least natural side, but making an impression that is absolutely un fair to herself. Develop ‘Comfortableness.’ The real basic trouble is that such girls make men too important. The man knows it, and while it flatters his secret pride, he goes for com fortable friendships to the other girls those cheerful casual souls who don’t mind his seeing them with a cold in the nose, with an old coat, with errands to do. If there is one qual ity a man likes in a woman it is “comfortableness.” He likes to be made to forget himself, forget that he is openly announcing himself as an admirer of this woman, forget everything except the pleasantness of companionship and the fun and joy of a good time. The other night, on- an evening wall;., I passed a small lighted house from whose doorway a tall girl was briskly emerging. A young man was waiting in the garden shadows for her, and as she approached him she was calling back a message into the house. "Mary, if you read my book don’t lose the place; I will, Mama! I Iwill, Dad. Tom,” said this girl, joining the waiting swain, “we have to take my kid brother to Grand ma’s, because my sister's here with her baby. And Mama wants me to stop and get her some vanilla; I promised I’d make a chocolate cus tard for Dad tomorrow. Isn’t this fun!” she went on, as she and the young man went toward his car, “d’you realize this is the first time we’ve been to a movie together?” The Full Life. The first time. But if I know men it wasn’t the last. For in her easy, joyous way she’d told him that she loved her family and needed them, and they needed her, and that even a beau didn’t put her father’s, moth er’s, sister’s, brother’s comfort out of her mind; that she was interested in plenty of things other than the excitement of having a man take her to a mo\ie. To be able to extend simple friend liness to male friends, as easily as to women friends, is a real gift. But if it is not a natural thing it can be cultivated. The secret is to be a whole, complete person yourself, not waiting for another person to round out your entity. The moment a woman finds life full and satisfying, some man turns up who wants to break in on that happy, contented life, and share it. She is absorbed in books, friends, work, hobbies, plans. Next summer she is going to do wonderful things; next win ter she has been promised that ador able apartment she’s had her eye on for two years. Friday night is sym phony night and Tuesday night is the hilarious Spanish class, on Sun day she always goes out to her brother’s place and they picnic or do something with the children. She has a victrola, a radio and a car and one or two of those male stand bys who are not beaus, exactly, but who are always on hand for escort duty on real occasions. Challenge to Men. When an eligible man meets a woman whose life is as well-rounded as this, a yearning to upset her smug little apple-cart takes possession of him. She doesn’t need him, and so he has to convince her that she does. He asks her curiously why she, at 32, has not married, and she can answer with perfect truth and seri ousness that she’s been too busy— she likes men, really she does, but she never seems to have any time to think of marriage! But surely she’d like a home, and kids of her own? Well, ye-es, of course. But then so often things don’t turn out right. And she is so comfortable, with her fire and her books and her friends— He then must set to work to con vince her that she is all wrong. A woman doesn’t know what happi ness is until she marries. He’s al ways thought he didn’t want to mar ry, himself, but as a man gets old er and sees the happiness of his friends— And from that point on, all is smooth sailing. THOSE WEEK-END JAIL TERMS f“Under a new law the courts in New York state may let prisoners serve jail terms on a part-time basis. If the convicted man has a job and must serve thirty days, a judge may let him serve it week-ends or on oth er specified days.”—News item.) • • • “When I read items like this in the papers these days I never know for certain wheth er I am reading the funny papers or a report of an actual fact,” de clared Elmer Twitchell today. “Maybe sentenc ing men to the hoosegow for breaking the laws and then arranging it so the sentence won’t interfere with their lives very much is a swell idea, but it still leaves me dizzy. • • • “I always thought the idea of a jail sentence was to teach a law breaker a lesson and make him feel crime didn’t pay, but if a fellow who cracks a safe, sticks up a bank cash ier or ambushes a peaceful pedes trian knows that, even if convicted, the jail term won’t be much of a hardship, I give up. * * • “The whole theory of punishment used to be that it would at least cause some inconvenience. The authorities used to hold that a term in stir was bound to take an of fender away from his regular pastimes and industries. Nobody seemed to feel that these terms should be arranged so the prisoner would hardly notice ’em. • • • “It Is going to seem fanny to me, at least, when I read of a judge saying: ‘I find you guilty as charged and sentence you to 60 days in jail. Would you like to serve it all in one lump?’ • • • “Naturally the prisoner is going to reply: ‘Well, I tell you, yerronor, I have a job when I work at it, and it would be a favor to me if I could get back to it and go to jail only after my working hours.’ “ ‘Just how would you like this jail term arranged?’ the judge is going to ask. “ ‘I do not work Tuesdays or Fri days, judge. Tuesdays I go to the ball game, but I would be willing to go to jail Fridays. It rains on a lot of Fridays, anyhow.’ • • • “ ‘Well,’ the judge will say, 'un der this new law I guess Fridays in jail for you will be all right. Would you be able to fix it so you could report at the jail Thursday nights?’ “ ‘Not very well,’ the prisoner will reply. ‘My work is rather tiring and I would rather go to jail early Friday morning, say around ten o’clock.’ “ ‘Couldn’t you make it eight o’clock?’ the judge will plead. “ ‘Not without great inconven ience,’ the prisoner will reply. “ ‘Very well, I will compromise and make it nine o’clock,’ the judge will reply. • • • “It is all very interesting if some what disturbing,” concluded Mr. Twitchell. “I hope the rest of the country don’t copy the idea.” • • * MEMORY I remember once, so long ago, A sweet springtime in the rain— When a boy took me out riding Whom I never met again. We drove into the country. Where the fields with grass were green. And saw a weathered apple tree— The first one we’d ever seen. It’s boughs were bridal robed in white. There in the rain it stood. The boy stopped near and wondered If a few stolen blossoms would Destroy its grace and beauty— If it still would be the same. I can smell the rain-washed petals. But I cannot recall his name! —Sue Saltus. • • • Add similes: He was running faster than if he had received an offer of help from England. • • • Dewey may be the bright star in the G. O. P. heavens, but look closer and you will see the Will- kie Way. • • • A soup proof necktie has been perfected. Somebody is always worrying about what happens to the soup. • • • DIALOGUES Q.—How are things at home? A.—Well, we’re not getting on so well since my wife’s mother came to live with us. Q.—The old fifth column, eh? • • » Ex-Kaiser (greeting the German troops in Holland)—What detained ▼on’ IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY 1 chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D. Dean of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson for June 9 HCW* SEW /if'— Ruth Wyeth Spears Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education: used by permission. EZEKIEL TEACHES PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY LESSON TEXT—Ezekiel 33:7-16. GOLDEN TEXT—So then every one of 04 •hall give account of himself to God.— Romans 14:12. Personal responsibility is a sub ject well worthy of careful and re peated consideration. We talk so much about social, national or racial responsibility that we are prone to forget that the social or der, nations and races, are made up of individuals. The Bible, while recognizing the relationship and re sponsibilities of nations and social groups to God, rightly stresses in dividual responsibility. It is man who is made in the likeness and image of God. He is the one who has fallen into sin, and he needs the regenerating grace of God in the Lord Jesus Christ. It is man who stands responsible to God, both as an individual and as God’s repre sentative in carrying His message to others. I. Man’s Responsibility lor the Lives of Others (w. 7-11). Ezekiel had the official respon sibility of a watchman sent by God to his own people in their captivity in Babylon. His was a special call: ing, and yet is it not true that, ac cording to the teaching of the New Testament, every Christian is called to be a witness, a winner of souls, and a watchman? 1. The Watchman’s Commission (v. 7). His appointment is by God. and the warning words he is to speak are given to him by God. Every true preacher and teacher of the gospel should be a God-called man, presenting the Word of God. Otherwise, his ministry will have little meaning and no real power. The same is true of every Chris tian; a personal touch with God must precede his efforts to win others to God. 2. The Watchman’s Responsibility (w. 8, 9). Being a watchman is not a duty that one bears lightly, for it has grave responsibilities. Lives are dependent on the vigilance and faithfulness of the watchman. Even those who watch over worldly goods or who guard the safety and comfort of others are held by us to a high measure of responsibility and are liable for misfeasance or care lessness in office. What about those of us to whom the destiny of eternal souls has been committed? Read the solemn words of verses 8 and 9. 3. The Watchman’s Message (w. 10, 11). The Jews who were in cap tivity because of their sin and failure were despondent. They saw no ray of hope; they were under the over whelming burden of their sin. The message of God’s watchman was one of hope to the repentant people. God is gracious toward the sinner and has no pleasure in punishing him. “Why will ye die?” places the responsibility squarely where it be longs—on the sinner himself. II. Man’s Responsibility for His Own Life (w. 12-16). A CERTAIN Miss Fixit, and that was not really her name, inherited a house full of furniture that was not old enough tc be either quaint or antique. One day she sent for my little Book No. 4, and there she found a sketch show ing how to plot a room color plan based on a rug, or a picture, or a piece of drapery material with good coloring. Miss Fixit had a picture that she had always loved because of its beautiful colors. Just for fun, as a sort of game, she made a room color plot,based on that picture. Then she sudden ly realized that, after all, color is very cheap—anyone can have all they want of it for very little money. That was really a turning point in the life of Miss Fixit. This old rocker that she made over is merely a sample of what may happen when a clever young lady is bent upon bringing color into her life. The chair has been paint ed a pale turquoise blue, and the seat cushion and back are covered with an inexpensive chintz in tur quoise; cherry red; primrose yel low and deep green, with red bias bindings. I wish every reader interested in choosing colors for her home might have a copy of my Book 4. It contains an illustrated rule for making a room color plan, based on the colors in a picture; a rug; a vase; or a piece of drapery ma terial with lovely colorings. The rule is so clear and easily under stood that I am sure every reader of these weekly articles would be delighted to have a copy. To get your copy, send 10 cents in coin and ask for Book 4. Address: MRS. Bedford RUTH WYETH SPEARS Drawer 10 Hills New York Enclose 10 cents (or Book 4. m pa Address WHITE PETROLEUM JELLY In Flexibility Resolve rather to err by too much flexibility than too much perverseness, by meekness than by self-love.—Hammond. 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It rather refers to the one who has made an outward show of being righteous. Confident of himself, he has then fallen into careless living, and ali at once his true character is revealed in outright wickedness. That man cannot then draw on his past record as though it were a bank account to be used to justify him in his hour of failure. Righteous ness is a matter of the heart. It is ■ spiritual rebirth, expressing itself in changed conduct and consistent living, not only yesterday and to day, but also tomorrow. 2. Real Repentance Accepted (w. 13-16). God was ready in Ezekiel’s day to accpet the genuinely repent ant man and woman. Infinitely more precious and warm is the wel come that Christ now gives to sin ners who turn to Him, for He, our blessed Lord, has now worked out the way of salvation on Calvary’s tree. ‘In’ Not ‘For’ Am I to thank God for every thing? Am I to thank Him for be reavement, for pain, for poverty, for toil? ... Be still my soul; thou hast misread the message. It is not to give thanks lor everything, but to give thanks in everything.—Dr, G. Matheson. They Shall Return to the Lord And the Lord shall smite Egypt; he shall smite and heal it; and they shall return even to the Lord, and he shall be entreated of them, and shall heal them.—Isaiah 19:22. Selfishness What makes selfishness such a deadly sin is that it is such a self- deceiving one. Belief and Unbelief Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief in denying them.—Emerson. Safety in Depth Lowliness is the base of every virtue, and he who goes the lowest builds the safest.—Bailey. Get this FREE B/B££f For over 70 years grateful people all over the South have trusted Wintersmith’s Tonic for the relief of Malaria. To convince YOU, we are offering this complete, 761-page Holy Bible, FREE. 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