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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.
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chool Lesson
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUI3T, D. D.
?ean of The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
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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.
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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.
• • •
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have had practical help from these
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JOSEPH ASPIMM
1. From the Greek sophos, wise,
and moros, fool.
2. Every word is a single sylla
ble, and one word may have hun
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tone of the voice denotes the dif
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3. A lyre.
4. Bath-sheba.
5. By taking any leftover food
with him when he leaves the
house.
6. At first sight; the first im
pression.
7. Yes.
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