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THE SUN, NEWBJaWW^S..C» FRIDAY, JULY 26. 1940 FIRfflAID AILING'HOUSE by Roger B. Whitman Kathleen Norris Says: Mother Was Firm Once; You Be Firm Now By VIRGINIA VALE (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) W HEN you see Para mount’s “Arise My Love,” with Claudette Col- oert and Ray Milland, you’ll miss the most thrilling thing that has happened so far in the filming of the picture. It occurred in the scene where Milland, Miss Colbert and Garland Lincoln, a veteran Hollywood stunt pilot, are scuffling beside a plane; Miss Col bert, who plays an American news paper woman in Paris, has a port able typewriter, and Milland is bat tling with Lincoln. Just as Milland struck Lincoln, a mechanic inside the cockpit of the plane knocked one of the throttles forward. The right motor was run ning, and the plane swung around, striking Milland and knocking him to the ground. Wires braced to the tail surface gashed his leg. He insisted that he could continue working, after a doctor had dressed ais leg, but Director Mitchell Leisen sent him home and shot around him for the next few days. * They’re de-beautifying Louise Platt for “Captain Caution,” be cause Bill Madsen, head makeup artist at the Hal Roach Studios, thinks that the average young screen actress, after being made up, looks just like all the other young ac tresses in the cast. So he did things to her that hadn’t been done for her previous screen appearances. She’s always tried to bide her high forehead; he empha- LOUISE PLATT sized it. She has a distinctive mouth, strong and wide—he did very little to it, instead of cutting it down. He gave her a complete new jaw line, took some of the spar kle out of her eyes by using small, heavy eyelashes at the ends of her own. And that's the way you’ll see her, playing “Corunna,” a strong- willed, determined girl who helps to fight the war of 1812. The artificial fog that hung like blown flour over the “Captain Cau tion” set at Hal Roach Studios dur ing the shooting of several se quences bothered members of the cast and crew; they complained that the oil mixture left a bad taste in their mouths. So the special effects men, always obliging, introduced vanilla into the fog. The result was worse than ever— even roast beef and ham sandwiches tasted like vanilla. The next day plain fog was used again, and cast and crew did no more complaining. * By this time motion picture stars ought to know what to expect if they go to South America. (Remember Robert Taylor’s visit?) The enthu siastic fans practically mob them, but the stars seem to love it. Errol Flynn is the latest of the visitors to find out how popular he is. In Port au Spain, Trinidad, at least 3,000 people stormed the airport to see the star of “The Sea Hawk”; later, while Flynn was dining, part ■of the crowd broke through police lines in the hotel lobby and streamed into the restaurant, over turning tables and chairs. A splin tered chair gashed Flynn’s leg so badly that it had to be stitched up. His clothes were almost torn from his back. At Bahia 4,000 fans greeted his arrival. That’s the way it’s gone everywhere that he went—it’s hard on the wardrobe, but fine for the box office! * Recently Frances Langford was just about to go on in the Star Thea ter program when she was notified that her husband, Jon Hall, had been injured in a powder explosion. Without being able to learn just how seriously he had been hurt Miss Langford sang her song and read her comedy lines, and then rushed to the hospital. ODDS AND ENDS C. Have you been listening to that neu Drew Fearson-Roberl Allen program, “ffashington Merry-Go-Round,” giving in timate glimpses of the nation's capital and what goes on there? .. . Melvyn Doug las, playing a Paris policeman in "He Stayed for Breakfast,” had to learn to salute, but the man who taught him was lefthanded, and Douglas got it in reverse. C. Rita Hayworth may be Hollywood’s best dressed girl, but in ”lt Happened in Paris," her last Columbia picture, she wears only t50 worth of clothes, and in "Before I Die,” her present one, she wears only a tawdry tlO evening dress. Soiled Wallpaper. Q UESTION: Wallpaper and ceil ing near one of our hot water radiators are darkened by a soot like deposit. Sometimes there is an odor in the room that resembles that of sediment of a hot water tank. Can these annoyances be remedied? Answer: The soiling of the wall paper is due to dust carried up by the current of hot air rising from the radiator. The odor is very like ly to be due to the repeated heating of dust and other material in the lower part of the radiator. Both of these troubles can be eliminated by keeping all parts of the radiator thoroughly clean. Soot Removers. Question: Would you please ad vise me the name of the powder that is used in oil burner furnaces to destroy soot and carbon? Where can I purchase this powder? Answer: There are various makes of powder sold as soot removers. They can usually be had from any of the ell burner dealers. The best way to get rid of a deposit of soot is with brushes or a v _-uum clean er. HewYy and frequent depositing of soot in a boiler is an indication of faulty adjustment in the oil burner, which should be corrected. Stack Stopper. Question: The glass stopper of a large cut-glass bottle is stuck fast. How can I loosen it? Answer: One thing to try is to put a drop or two of glycerine at the joint; in a day or two the glycerine may work down enough to loosen the stopper. Another idea is to ex pand the neck of the bottle by heat ing without expanding the stopper. For this hold the bottle horizontally and dribble some hot water over the neck. This must be carefully done, for otherwise there is a chance that sudden expansion would break the bottle. Oily Wallpaper. Question: A small lamp was placed so close to a wall that oil from the lamp shade ran into the wallpaper. How can I remove it? Answer: Cover the oil spots with a paste made of a non-burning spot removing liquid and fuller’s earth, powdered chalk, or some similar powder. Allow to remain until dry and then remove by brushing. If the wallpaper is soiled, this will leave a noticeable clean spot, in which case you should go over all of the wallpaper with a wallpaper cleaner to be had at a hardware store. Noisy Water Pipes. Question: Whenever a faucet is opened or closed, there are unpleas ant noises from the air in the pipes. How can this be overcome? Answer: If the noise is a rattle that occurs when a faucet is opened, the cause is a worn or loose washer. Replacing the washer will stop the noise. If the noise occurs when the faucet is being closed and is worse when the faucet is closed abruptly than when the closing is slow, the trouble is from lack of an air cush ion to take up the momentum of the water. This is something that can be corrected by any plumber. Sound-Proofing Ceilings. Question: In my apartment the ceiling plaster was replaced by in sulating board. What can I do to make it more sound-proof? Answer: Sound-pnofing an apart ment ceiling is a difficult thing to do, because much ,ot the sound trav els through the framework of the building. It will help to put on an extra ceiling of the same kind of board that is now used, supported on furring strips one inch thick. Heavy felt should be laid on both sides of the furring strips to give addition al sound-proofing. Poplar Stumps. Question: How can I get rid of poplar stumps? Answer: Saw the stumps off close to the ground, bore as many and as deep holes into them as possi ble, fill and refill with kerosene un til the wood is well soaked; then build a fire on each stump to ig nite the oil-soaked wood. Do not do this if there is anything nearby that might be harmed, for the heat will be intense. For an alternative, dig out a stump for as far below the ground as convenient, and cover with earth; poplar is a soft wood that rots quickly. Beach Cottage Walls. Question: What would you recom mend for the inside walls of a beach cottage? Outside walls are pine boards, shingled. Answer: You should use a kind of stiff insulating board that is moisture proof and that will not shrink and swell in the damp air near the shore. Some makes of these boards can be had with a protective treat ment of asphalt. Follow the manu facturer’s directions in filling the joints. For a finish, put on a first coat of aluminum paint, which can be followed by painting or paper ing. Cats. Question: How can I keep cats from digging up and destroying my yard? Answer: Spray the yard with a so lution of nicotine sulphate, which can be had at any seed or hard ware store. This is an insecticide, and will not harm vegetation; but cats and dogs hate the odor. <© Roger B. Whitman—WNU Service.) (Bell Syndicate—WNU Service.) On every political and social question they disagree. By KATHLEEN NORRIS I F EVERY husband was an unselfish angel, wives wouldn’t so often be con fused with questions of where their own duty lay. If every mother and father considered their growing chil dren as individuals, with sepa rate entities and rights, how much simpler the paths of those children would be! In short, if men and women weren’t faulty, stupid, blind hu man beings at all, but strong, self-reliant, self-sacrificing su per-men and women, my mail- bag would be considerably light ened of the problems young wives and sons and daughters write me, as they attempt to ad just life to suit themselves, and themselves to get along in life. One of the eternally unsettled questions is how much a daughter owes her father and mother when she becomes a money-earner and they are settling down into old age. “Philippa” describes her perplexi ties in a spirited letter. “I’ve been married six years,” writes Philippa, “and have a son of four and another baby coming. My husband is an eye specialist, and whether that’s a profession that ac tually affects the nerves, or whether Brownie would be nervous anyway I won’t pretend to say, but the fact remains that he is very often tense, exhausted and irritable. Not with me, but sometimes with Browning junior, or the dinner, or the tele phone or a hundred other trifles. Mother’s At Our House. “My mother has lived with us since my father’s death three years ago. She always had a comfortable home, two good maids, a car, clubs, garden, everything. All this van ished with my father’s death, for he left barely enough insurance to pay bills, and from the funeral she came home with me. I have one brother, but his wife is not congenial with my mother, and he has four children and a crowded home. “With a small boy to raise, and a busy husband whose meals are al ways movable feasts, I really have much to do. But Mother is exacting, and she will not concede anything. If friends come in to play bridge with her they often stay for a long rubber until dinner time. If she wants to shop I must go with her. If Brownie speaks sharply to the small boy, Mother instantly defends Browning junior, saying that Daddy has come home cross. If I arrange a dinner Mother vacillates, first say ing she will be present, then saying she may not. “She often goes down to the kitch en with critical suggestions for Anna. At the table sometimes she quietly refuses everything, and sighs. This makes my husband fu rious, even though I’ve told him that Mother has had a full meal at someone’s tea, an hour earlier. On every political and social question they disagree; Mother occasionally saying softly ‘you’re entirely wrong,’ after it’s all over. Stresses Poverty. “My mother wants to discuss ev ery small move of her life with me, read me long letters from old friends, ask me to telephone to make beauty parlor or club engagements. A cottage that she owns brings her in $25 a month, when rented, that is all she has. My husband most generously puts $50 in the bank for her every month, and sometimes my brother manages to add 5 or 10 dol lars to that. But she talks of her MOTHER-IN-LAWS Kathleen Norris offers advice to a newly married girl whose mother is threatening to break up their home. Her mother came to live with them, but is making herself unwelcome by continually directing their lives and in terfering with their plans; she is even "protecting” their little daughter. Miss Norris believes this problem can be solved in such a way that they will all be far happier. poverty continually, and reminds all our friends that Paul left her noth ing, and but for Phil and Brownie she would starve. It hurts me to have my father’s memory belittled, and it hurts Brownie to be continu ally smiling off her lavish praises in public. “At any suggestion of her mov ing to separate quarters she all but collapses. It never has been seri ously suggested, but her constant ‘where would I be but for these dear children of mine?’ gives me the chills whenever I nerve myself to propose it When an old friend was ousted by her children a few years ago Mother said ‘In Fanny’s place, I’d kill myself.’ She meant it, too. “Things are very bad just now because she resents my having an other child. I was quite ill when Browning was born, but it was be cause I had had severe flu and was badly run down. Now I am in per fect condition, and hope for sev eral more children. Will you tell me what I can say or do to smooth out this really uncomfortable situa tion?” A Threat to Happiness. I can only tell you, Philippa, what I have told countless other young wives in this column. Your mother doesn’t belong in your home any more than does any other inconsid erate, selfish old woman. Her pres ence there is a threat to your hus band’s affection for you, and your own married happiness. When your mother was prosperous and had an establishment and servants, it nev er occurred to her to save, to plan for this hour. She enjoyed luxury and extravagance; she expected al ways to be protected and important. Well, life isn’t like that. All of us outgrow our usefulness and im portance, and the only thing to do is to realize it, to get out of the children’s lives. To love, to help, to advise when they need you, that is the great privilege of age. But to fasten parasite-like upon them, blandly upsetting their domestic ar rangements, blandly delaying and complicating household affairs, com plaining, criticizing, spoiling the children, requesting endless favors, commanding bored interest—this is to do for your own children a dis service that even their deadliest ene mies would not attempt. This good lady should move her self and her affairs to the cottage aforementioned, and see her daugh ter only when that daughter can find time to run in for visits. If the long-suffering son-in-law can make that monthly allowance $75, which under the circumstances he will probably be only too eager to do, then Mother can live quite comforta bly, and enjoy real independence for the first time. Solution Requires Firmness. All the time she will know in hei heart that she DOESN’T BELONG IN HER DAUGHTER’S HOUSE. All the time she will remember per fectly that she couldn’t stand her own mother-in-law, 30 years ago. All the time she will be aware that Brownie is steeling himself to force Philippa to keep to her resolution to get Mother to move out, and that Philippa and Brownie will have an angry battle of words about it when they are alone. ■“"^IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQUI3T, D. D. ?ean of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. “ i Nei (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson for July 28 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts sl lected and copyrighted by International Council df Religious Education; used by permission. WEIGHING CONSEQUENCES A Principle of Temperate Living LESSON TEXT—Proverbs 1:7-10: Isaiah 9:11. 12. 18-23: Galatians 6:7-9. GOLDEN TEXT—GodUness Is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now Is, and of that which Is to come.— I Timothy 4:8. An intelligent approach to life calls for an understanding of prin ciples governing thought and action. Our lesson for today recognizes that every act and thought of man brings consequences, either good or bad. Man himself must make the deci sions of life, and what he sows he must also ri;ap. Matters of crucial importance to modem young people are involved in our lesson. They are asking these days, “Shall I listen to God’s voice, or is that just old-fashioned nonsense? What about obeying par ents? Should I drink intoxicants? ‘Everybody’ does—why should I be different? Of course, I don’t want to be a drunkard or ruin my future life, but x’d like to have ‘my fling’— can’t I have it and still avoid dis astrous consequences?” The answers to these questions are in our lesson. May God help young people to find the right answers, and enable every teacher to present the truth clearly and ef fectively. I. Safe Counsel (Prov. 1:7-10). No sane person wants to make a fool of himself. He is looking for the right way and will lend his ear to good counsel. Here it is—“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge” (R. V., "wisdom”). Fear of God is not a cringing ter ror, but a sincere appreciation of His wisdom and a desire to do His will. The best counselors a boy or girl has are father and mother. Only a fool will pass up the golden oppor tunity of profiting by their experi ences and avoiding their mistakes, and will miss the opportunity of car rying forward their high hopes. Those who fear God and honor their parents will not be misled by the enticement of sinners (v. 10). They just will not “consent,” and that settles it. II. Steps to Ruin (Isa. 5:11, 12, 18-23). Isaiah lived and ministered in a time of prosperity, which led to drunkenness and immorality. This in time led, as it always does, to the decay and destruction of the na tion. We face similar moral con ditions today. Let us not shut our eyes to the lesson so oft-repeated in history and in false security go on to national ruin. We need outspoken and deter mined opposition in civic, social and religious circles to the liquor traffic and to all the vices that follow in evitably in its train. The portion of our lesson from Isaiah vividly por trays the downward path of the drinker of intoxicants. Ponder it well, young man and young woman. III. Seedtime and Harvest (Gal. 6:7-9). Everywhere about him man sees the inexorable operation of the law of cause and effect, of tpwing and reaping, and yet he listens to the lies of Satan and of his own lustful heart and tries to convince himself that the law may be suspended in the realm of the moral and spiritual. Sowing to the flesh always brings corruption. No matter how well ed ucated, no matter what his position in life, or his family connection, the man who takes his first drink has started on the road to a drunkard’s grave. Statistics reveal that the victims of drink come from every strata of society and every circum stance of life. Young people, the sure way to avoid the consequences is to not take the first drink. Sowing to the Spirit brings “life everlasting.” That, too, is always true. There is also another pre cious truth: namely, that by turning to Christ the one who has begun on the downward path may stay the ruinous hand of sin upon his life. Taking Christ as his Saviour, he finds regeneration and renewal of life. The Works of the Lord Praise ye the Lord. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation. The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.— Psalm 111: 1, 2. As Lambs Among Wolves Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes; and salute no man by the way. And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be unto this house.— Luke 10: 3-5. One Point of View If ,we can not hope that life will be all happiness we may, at least, secure a heavy balance on the right side. The God Within “God worketh in you.” This im plies the actual presence of God at the center of our being. HOfffc SEW Ruth Wyeth Spears oJS? \jp 0 ATneck finished and sleeves Hr/ 1 f \ \STITCHED IN BEFORE UNDER w/ \ VAarm seams are SEWN UP- 1 SEAM EDGES PINKED f I BOTTOM PINNED 1 A F ,RST THEN 1 /■ MOP-PINS ARE I |L REMOVED AS TOP IS v O STITCHED A QUICK vf \Y/HEN war came to Finland a ’ * Red Cross group to sew for refugees was started in our com munity. The feeling that our home needs were more important was so strong that exactly two work ers came. When the Low Coun tries were invaded more joined. Now, 12 or 14 women meet faith- ^Isk Me Another 0 A General Quiz The Queatioiu 1. What is the origin of the word sophomore? 2. What is peculiar about the Chinese language? 3. Duncan Phyfe’s best known carved motif on furniture pictures what? 4. Who was the mother of King Solomon? 5. How does a guest at an Es kimo dinner show that he enjoyed the meal? 6. What is meant by prima fa cie? 7. Have diamonds ever been found in meteorites? The Answer* fully and make about 50 woolen dresses every week, in sizes 9 to 14. The group is financed through gifts of money and material which they themselves have solicited. They bought the simplest dress pattern that they could find and then eliminated every unnecessary detail. “Work for quantity—don’t bother with a collar or pocket,” the county Red Cross leader urged. I have just sketched here some short cuts used to speed up pro duction; and as I write this, look ing out of my studio window over a beautiful and peaceful garden, I am trying not to think of winter and what it will be like in Europe when some child is wearing this little blue woolen frock. • • • EDITOR’S NOTE: Readers who have had practical help from these articles and Mrs. Spears’ Sewing Booklets 1, 2, 3 and 4, will be pleased to know that Book 5 is ready. They are a service to our readers, and a charge of 10 cents is made for each one, to cover cost and mailing. Send order to: MRS. 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