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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C, FRIDAY. AUGUST 9, 1940
WHO’S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
(Consolidated Features—WNU Service.)
KTEW YORK.—J. B. Priestly and
the U. S. A. got along nicely to
gether until his play, “Time and the
Conways,” began to make trouble
t\t • . r* , ,, in 1937. In
Voice of England this play, Mr.
Takes Jab at Our Priestly went
RadioCommenters metaphysical
and conjured
time into fourth dimentional un
reality. Perhaps because they had
long felt the urgency and reality of
a newspaper deadline, the Ameri
can dramatic critics didn’t quite get
it and scored the play as just so-so
and maybe not even that. Mr.
Priestly said they were rude and
boorish about it and challenged not
only their time sense, but their sense
of propriety and their fitness for
their jobs.
That must have gone deeply
under Mr. Priestly’s skin, since,
as the “Voice of England” at a
moment when time, at any rate
seems to be real, he takes a
short-wave, short jab at radio
commentators in this country.
He thinks that “people who are
not prepared to fight anything,
anywhere” should mind their
manners and not belittle others
who can and will fight. While
that may not necessarily make
“Time and the Conways” a good
play, it reveals Mr. Priestly,
and no doubt England, as ready
to meet all comers, and that
seems all to the good. Perhaps
when television comes, we’ll be
saying, “Smile when you say
that, pardner.”
This reporter, having once talked
with Mr. Priestly, can testify that
he has a nice smile. While his esti
mate of our present or potential
belligerency may have been some
what tactless, in his novels and
magazine articles he has shown
much more sound discernment of
the American scene than the writ
ings of certain other visiting Brit
ons, who kiss and run and there
after engage in long-distance smear
ing. He, at any rate, said his say
while he was here.
Mr. Priestly, 46 years old, took
honors in literature and history at
Cambridge, went to London from his
native Yorkshire and found the lit
erary ladder just an escalator.
His novel, “The Good Companions,”
was his first big success. This read
er thought there was deep insight
in his “Midnight in the Desert,”
written after his stay in Arizona,
with his family. In his routine
short-wave address, he stresses the
common cultural ties of England
and America, without being oily
about it and has seemed to this hear
er an effective special pleader. But
he does seem to look on our critics
as alien parachute-jumpers, or even
something less admirable.
•
'TP HE professor who pieces out the
-*• dinosaur from a single bone has
a distinct advantage over interpret
ers of world events. Nobody can
Jap War Minister £f pute hi t m '
„ This writer
Bears a Feather has just fin-
On His Shoulder ished reading
a magazine
article of 1934 about Lieut. Gen. Eiki
Tojo of Japan, in which it is made
clear that he is typical of the head
strong army caste, sure to destroy
itself, and that quickly.
But here today is General Tojo
named war minister in the new army
cabinet which seems bent on de
stroying anybody or anything rather
than itself. In the short view, at
least, the dinosaurs of totalitarian
ism are subject to laboratory obser
vation—but only in the short view,
close to a deadline.
Little is known about General
Tojo in this country, but avail
able data indicate that bis rise
to power will not be reassuring
to those who look for peaceful,
pleasant solutions of world dis
cord. His betes noir are the
. 1). S. A. and Russia.
Like Pericles of Greece, he ad
vanced himself by kicking up war
scares. He agrees with the doc
trine of Adolf Hitler, expounded in
“Mein Kampf,” that all alliances
are push-overs and that the only
tough and durable nation is the one
that stands alone. He is smart,
hard-boiled, resourceful and con
temptuous of theories, sentiments,
and negotiations. He is of an un
reconstructed feudal family, and has
been in the army since his early
youth.
Stubby, bespectacled little Yo-
suke Matiuoka, Japan’s new
foreign minister, is cut out of
the same cloth. At the Cniver-
sity of Oregon, he was an easy
conformist in superficial mat
ters, picking up sports-page idi
om and playing poker cleverly—
never caught bluffing. After he
led Japan’s contemptuous walk
out from the League of Nations
in 1933 he made no further ges
tures toward Occidentalism.
They call him Japan’s Clive of
India, signalizing his long indus
trial outreach on the mainland.
Dark Sheer Print to Keep You
Cool and Chic on a Summer Day
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
IF YOUR summer
A clothes collection
lacks a frock of dark
sheer print (cloque
organdy is particu
larly good buy for it
neither wrinkles nor
needs ironing) you
are losing out on a
friend in need and indeed that
will faithfully serve on a blazing hot
summer day. During the torrid mid
summer season the big problem is to
dress'so as to keep cool and fresh
looking and smartly styled in ap
pearance all at the same time, and
the gowns that will do it is the
one made of a handsome dark gaily
patterned sheer print.
Once get the habit of having a
dark cool sheer print frock within
calling and it will become a tradi
tion with you. It is not only that the
comfort of a dark sheer keeps your
disposition sweet giving you poise
reflected in a self-satisfied expres
sion on your face, but a dark print
this summer ranks among the high
est in style prestige.
The way to get the most out of
your dark sheer frock is to fortify
it with several sets of accessories.
We know of a superbly chic dark
print recently acquired by a young
sophisticate that thrilled with possi
bilities. The coloring happened to
be deep wine, light green, with a
sprinkling of white on a deep rich
mossy green background. What in
terchangeable accessories did for
this frock in the way of chic and
charm and imparting a different
look tuned to occasion is a lesson in
color well worth noting.
A cunning trick about this gown
was its rather wide belt of self print,
across the front of which were sev
eral vertical slashes finished like
bound buttonholes. The idea was
to thread an inch wide ribbon in and
out of these openings to tie in loops
and streamers at one side. The
ribbon picked up a color in the
print and this keyed the color for
the entire accessory ensemble.
Gloves and draped turban of match
ing wine-red jersey added the touch
supreme.
A prime favorite this season, ac
cording to reports from fabric cen
ters, is the attractive cloque organ
dies, beloved because they stay fresh
in that their permanent crinkle gives
them a natural resistance to wrin
kling. Think of the joy and satis
faction in a dress you can dabble
out easily as a handkerchief, give it
a good shake, hang it up to dry
and presto in the morning a look
like-new dress awaits you. Being
dark in general tone you can wear
it almost anyplace, shopping, travel
ing and where you will, knowing that
your gown will fit into the picture
perfectly.
The two gowns pictured are just
the sort of dark prints that doll up
vaingloriously with versatile acces
sories. Dainty rosebuds are scat
tered over a dark sheer for the at
tractive dress to the right. The fine
washable swiss voile that makes it
is cut on slim one-piece lines with
smart all-around pleats in the skirt
and repeated in the tiny pleats flar
ing the lace trimmed neck. Perky
little velvet bows and crystal but
tons are pleasing highspots. The
beautiful draping qualities of fine
swiss cloque fast-color, flower-print
ed organdy has inspired the win
some frock shown to the left. Here
you see the new elongated bodice
line with style emphasis on sophisti
cated simplicity.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Cottons Are an
American Fashion
There is no need to ask yourself,
Shall I wear cottons? You’ll be far
too busy deciding just which ones
to wear. For cottons this season
are as necessary in a well-rounded
wardrobe as are lingerie and stock
ings.
Paris takes some of the credit for
the enormous acceptance of cottons,
and rightly so, but in the main
they are basically American. They
fit perfectly into the American ideal
of freshness and cleanliness. Most
cotton costumes are born and reared
in this country, from the planting of
the seed to the last stitch put into
the gown.
For That New Look
Follow These Tips
Your hair in a pompadour, your
beret or wide brimmed hat or bon
net-like toque worn far back on your
head giving accent to the pompa
dour. Your suit in the very smart
narrow lines that are coming in
ready for fall. Follow this formula
and you will look “new” as new
can be in fashion.
Copycat Fashions
Ape Men’s Attire
The loose, long lines, straight back
and low-placed pockets that charac
terize men’s jackets are exactly the
features that college girls are de
manding this season in casual sports
coats. Either they go to men’s stores
to buy these jackets or have them
copied in their favorite fabrics and
styles.
Western Atmosphere
A scarf clip with a distinctly west
ern air is the fierce looking bull’s
head cut out of leather.
Attractive Belt
By VIRGINIA VALE
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
R ITA HAYWORTH won a
victory when Director
Charles Vidor offered her a
chance to become Brian
Aherne’s leading lady in “The
Lady in Question.” Because
the sultry-eyed actress wears
clothes so well she’s been la
belled “the best dressed girl
in filmland.” And because
she’s what she is, she found
herself in dapger of acquiring an
other label—that of a glamour girl.
But the lovely Rita wants to act.
If you’ve seen her in “Susan and
God,” with Joan Crawford and
Frederic March, you know that she
can do it, too.
But in that one she was beautifully
dressed. She wanted a role that
would give her a chance to show
what she could do in spite of being
dowdily dressed. Vidor certainly
gave it to her in “The Lady in
Question.”
Her entire wardrobe for this one
cost less than $45. A drab suit,
shoes with run-over heels, and a
very simple afternoon frock—that’s
what this “best dressed” young
woman was given to wear. She was
delighted. But she couldn’t go
dowdy all the way—she had to wear
silk stockings.
Remember Marie Wilson, the cun
ning blonde who was clever enough
to put herself across in Hollywood
by playing dumb? Her most recent
picture was “Boy Meets Girl,”
which isn’t exactly recent, after all.
She has just concluded a 20 weeks’
personal appearance tour, and now
she’s back in pictures; you’ll see
MARIE WILSON
her in “Virginia,” playing a neu
rotic young New York society wom
an who wants to buy an historic
Virginia plantation owned by Mad
eleine Carroll and transform it into
a night club.
*
Grim fate pursues Bette Oavis on
the screen. She’s died, gone insane,
lost her eyesight, faced certain
death on a plague-ridden island,
been murdered, and caused a scan
dal that rocked the world. In her
new picture, “The Letter,” she
starts right out by killing a man.
However, her roles haven’t affected
her private life—she’s taking rhum
ba lessons in her free moments.
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PkECIDEDLY young, and just as
fresh-looking as a spray of ap
ple blossoms, this frock (8680) will
be lovely in silk print or flat crepe,
with airy white frills. Notice how
cleverly the frills are used to ac
centuate the torso which is not
only the newest news in silhou
ettes, but potent to give you the
long, limber look for which we’re
all striving. The full skirt, little
pairs of buttons down the front
and sash bow add to the youthful
charm of this frock.
With your big hat and patent
shoes, it will make you look as if
Strange Facts
!
Unstable Pound
Odd Chicken Coops
All Sworn In
!
C. In some parts of China, weight
instead of price of food fluctuates
with market conditions. For ex
ample, a housewife always pays
the same price for rice, but she
gets a “big pound” when it is
plentiful and “a little pound” when
it is scarce.
Speaking of free time—Raymond
Gram Swing (whom Radio Guide re
cently named “the wisest and most
scholarly of the war commentators”)
has had but two free weeks for vaca
tion in the past four years. And
with the European situation what it
is there’s no telling when he’ll ever
again have time off.
C. Such places as old city ware
houses, factories, breweries, ho
tels and churches provide housing
for more than 40,000,000 egg-lay-
| ing chickens in tiers of individual
: cages equipped with feed, water
and egg-tra: sportation troughs.
For instance, a $1,000,000 Florida
hotel that failed a short time ago
is now a “chicken coop” with 60,-
000 caged hens.
A honeymoon that was delayed for
five years started recently, when i
Laurette Fillbrandt (“Virginia Rich- ;
man” of “Girl Alone”) and her hus- 1
band, Russ Young, finally departed
for Hollywood and points north. He’s
a radio announcer, and ever since
their marriage, when he wasn’t
booked to announce she was com
mitted to acting—getting 16 free
weeks together was something of a
triumph.
Include in your collection a belt
of the type pictured and we’ll wager
it will be the one you like best and
will wear oftenest. The present pre
vailing vogue for ruffles and the ut
terly feminine touch is reflected in
the styling of this belt. The artistry
and originality that distinguishes
this model is apparent at first j
glance. Wear it and you will find it
is especially slenderizing. To achieve
this clever effect Criterion molded
the belt and its engaging little ruf
fled tabs from velvet-smooth cape-
skin with a hidden adjustable clasp,
which assures a style that will fit to
perfection.
Are you one of these movie fans
Who implore the stars to do some
thing on the screen that will really
be a message to you? If you are,
you annoy your favorite star no end.
George Brent has one of those
fans, a girl who wants him to tap
his cigarette three times on an ash
tray at least once in each picture,
just to let her know that he was
thinking of her. He did it as a gag
in one picture, and regrets it—says
since then she’s been so insistent
that he’d be muscle-bound if he ac
ceded to her demands.
C. Horses have been known to die
from seasickness, female apes
have grieved themselves to death
over the loss of a baby and human
beings have developed such in
tense melancholia from homesick
ness that it has proved fatal.
C When witnesses are sworn in
the law courts of Germany, all
other persons in the room, includ
ing the judges, likewise rise and
raise their right hand.—Collier’s.
PARTM ENT
you had stepped from the pages
of the latest fashion book—and it
proves once more that to get real
individuality as well as newness,
you’ll be wise to make your own.
A step-by-step sew chart makes
the easy pattern even easier.
Pattern No. 8680 is designed for
sizes 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20. Size 14
requires 3% yards of 39-inch ma
terial without nap and 2% yards
of ruffling. Send order to:
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Reveller Had Had Enough
To Do With the Stranger
The reveller came home with a
wicked-looking eye.
His wife was perturbed.
“Oh, dear!” she exclaimed.
“How did you get that awful
black eye?”
The man parked himself in a
chair. “It’s an odd story,” he
sighed. “I was standing on a
street corner, minding my own
business, when a perfect stranger
walked up and clipped me right on
the eye.”
“That’s ridiculous,” frowned his
wife. “A perfect stranger walk
ing up and giving you a black
eye! Did you ask him why he
did it?”
Tlie husband shook his head.
“Of course not,” he returned.
“Why should I butt into a stran
ger’s business?”
Vague Happiness
In vain do they talk of happi
ness who never subdued an im
pulse in obedience to a principle.
He who never sacrificed a present
to a future good, or a personal to
a general one, can speak of happi
ness only as the blind do of col
ors.—Horace Mann.
Gems of Thought
T VALUE my garden more for
4 being full of blackbirds than
of cherries, and very frankly
give them fruit for their songs.
—Addison.
Classical quotation is the pa
role of literary men all over
the world.—Johnson.
Good breeding is the blossom
of good sense.—Young.
The conscious utterance of thought,
by speech or action, to any end, is
art.—Emerson.
What you do not want is dear
at a farthing.—Cato.
The men that blushes is not guile
a brute.—Young.
Whispered Secrets
As everyone is pleased with im
agining that he knows something
not yet commonly divulged, se
cret history easily gains credit;
but it is for the most part be
lieved only while it circulates in
whispers, and when once it is
openly told, is openly refuted.—Dr.
Johnson. ,
Corrupted in Time
There was never anything by
the wit of man so well devised, or
so sure established, which in con
tinuance of time hath not been
corrupted.—Archbishop Crammer.
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Nothing can make a man hon
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Little Affectations
Affections naturally counterfeits
those excellencies which are far
thest from our attainment, be
cause knowing our defects we ea
gerly endeavor to supply them
with artificial excellence.—John*
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Persian Toques to
Be Autumn Style
Persian toques, intricately draped
and twisted, are among the first
new models shown by Legroux
Soeurs for autumn. They are made
of printed velvet, printed jersey
I and a cashmere print.
Pretty Brenda Marshall (now
working in “East of the River”) gets
regular letters from a youth who
wants her to mention his name just
once during the picture. And Jane
Wyman receives roses to wear.
When the roses arrived when she
started work in “Tugboat Annie
Sails Again” Jane took steps. She
wrote him that she couldn’t do it if
she wanted to, because she has to
do what the script tells her to, that
she has rose fever and can’t stand
the flowers—and besides, that she’s
married.
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