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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C„ DECEMBER 5, 1941
/~'RAIG WOOD, not only one of the
greatest of all our National Open
champions, but also one of the most
colorful and one of the smartest, has
a cheerful message for the march
ing army of golfers whose scores
range from 75 to 120, or up.
“Outside of trying to win the Open
championship, the Masters’ and a
few tournaments once more, my
main idea from now on along the
line of instruction is to bring a sim
pier game or a simpler style to the
player,” the Winged Foot blond
said.
Wood headquarters at the excel
lent Normandy Isle course at Miami
Beach where he operates a golf
clinic for the benefit of all sufferers
who would esteem it much bliss to
find the road from the rough and
Kathleen Norris Says:
Extravagance in Marriage
Is a Pitfall
(Bell Syndicate—WNU Service.)
CRAIG WOOD
the sand back to the fairways,
I wish you could see uhat my wife got for our baby. Perambulator, high chair,
crib, bathinette, sterilizing outfit, blankets—the cost was $200 more than our budget
for the child allowed.
By KATHLEEN NORRIS
H OW many young wives
would feel horrified and
shocked if their husbands
could be identified as the “Tired
Tim” who writes me this let-
where the carpet is green and j ter? If you happen to be a
TheNational Open champion, al-1 y 0un g wife the
though always a fine golfer, has j y° u to see one of the^ pitfalls of
reached the top spot over the harder
way. He has had to fight off the
bitterest type of luck, and found his
path forward and upward largely
through intelligent study in the mat
ter of improvement, and this has
helped to outfit him for helping oth
ers and giving sound advice.
A Few Methods
Just what does Champion Wood
mean by simpler or more direct
methods?
“In the first place,” Craig said,
“I can give you only a brief outline
here. I expect to take the matter
up in much greater detail later on.
“One main point is the matter of
how the club’s face comes through
the ball. There was a day in golf
when everything was pronation and
the so-called open face. I am now a
firm believer in swinging through
the ball with a squared or closed
face—which simply means keeping
the club face square to the line of
flight.
“I am also a firm believer now in
putting the main burden on the
hands, wrists and arms—not the
hips or the body. The less work the
latter do, the better off you are.
“Just watch Byron Nelson, in my
opinion the finest golfer we have
from tee to green. See how simple
his swing looks. It seems to be
all hands and arms controlling the
face of the club.
Forced to Improve
“Necessity,” Craig continued, “is
the mother of many things. In golf
it has become the mother or father
of improvement. I’ll tell you about
this part of it. Anywhere from fifty
to a hundred of the world’s finest
playing pros move from Florida to
California, then back across Arizo
na, Texas arid Louisiana to Florida
again. It is a desperate struggle
to break even, even if you win a
few. I’ve made as much as $2,500
on one of these winter tours, which
left me a profit of maybe $200.
“Then we began to find that par
wasn’t nearly good enough. You’d
average par for four rounds and fin
ish tenth or twelfth. We began to
discover that you had to beat par
by six or maybe eight strokes to
modern marriage a little more
clearly than you do.
I say modern marriage, be
cause marriage used to be quite
a different thing a hundred
years ago. A girl was so glad to
get a husband then that she
practically idolized him. Fami
lies were large, having from
eight to fifteen members. De
pendent mothers and unmarried
sisters lived with the young
wife, and all together the women
handled the tremendous burden
of domestic duties.
They hung out long lines of wash;
cleaned windows; fed chickens;
cared for babies; started children
off for school; wrestled with coal
ranges and dirty grates; made fruit
cake and bed quilts; took rugs out
to the yard and beat them; put up
fruit; nursed the sick, and in be
tween other jobs wrote voluminous
letters to dear old school friends.
It was natural in those days for
the older women of the household
to advise the younger, and to re
lieve the bride of too much house
hold responsibility until she knew
how to handle it.
But it’s different today. Each
bride launches out by herself. In
the following letter one young hus
band explains just where his wife
fails him.
Wife Had No Training.
“Bert is the most adorable girl
in the world,” writes Tired Tim,
“but she never had any training,
and monpy simply doesn’t mean
anything to her. We talked budget
before we were married, and
worked it out on paper, but she’s
never glanced at it nor given it a
thought since.
“We’ve been married two year^
and have a baby, seven months old.
I wish you could see what Bert got
for the child. Perambulator, high
chair, crib, bathinette, sterilizing
outfit, blankets — it came to $200
more than our budget for him had
allowed. My salary is $85 a week,
but I carry insurance and contrib
ute $20 a month as rent for my
win. Naturally, everyone began to mother, who has a pension; also
try out certain experiments. None pay $87 for our house including taxes
of us could afford to stand pat on and amortization of debt, and about
wbat we had. We just had to get $40 more monthly for refrigerator,
better or finish one of these tours stove and so on.
anywhere from $1,500 to $2,000 out “These expenses will lessen as
of our pocket. j time goes on, but Bert already has
“One of the first things I had to found a larger place she likes better,
do was improve my putting. There 1 where we will have a room for a
YOU MAY HAVE TO PAY
If you are letting your hus
band worry about money—If
you spend his hard-earned sal
ary on beauty treatments, bridge
prizes and clothes—If you fail
to abide by the household budg
et you planned long before you
were married—Then, says Kath
leen Norris, you have failed in
one of your most important
duties as a wife. For no matter
how pretty you may look, if your
beauty shop bill is more than
your husband can afford to pay,
he won’t be pleased. No matter
how necessary that extra piece of
furniture may be, if it costs more
than it ought to, he’ll probably
hate the sight of it. In time you
may be the one to pay—in heart
break and tears.
Reuben James, Forgotten
XIT’-HEN the radio flashed word
** recently that a ship of the
United States navy had been tor
pedoed and sunk by a German sub
marine, it rescued from the obscu- j
rity which had engulfed it for more
than a century the name of one of
America’s- “forgotten heroes” and
gave it world-wide fame. For the
destroyer, which now rests on the j
bottom of the Atlantic with its crew
of nearly 100 officers and men, vie- j
tims of the modern “pirates,” was
named in honor of Reuben James,
“common seaman,” who once ziis- j
tinguished himself by an act of gal- ;
lantry and self-sacrifice in a battle
with the pirates of another era in i
the annals of the sea.
That was away back in the early
days of the republic when we were
at war with the Barbary pirates
of the north coast of Africa who
had been preying upon American
commerce for years. On August 3,
1804, young Captain Stephen Deca
tur led his command of three gun
boats into the harbor of Tripoli to
attack some of the pirate ships
which had taken refuge there.
Out to meet him came six enemy
boats, all of them manned and
armed twice as heavily as the
American craft. Undaunted by the
odds against him, Decatur urged
his crews to grapple with the pi
rates and board their boats. The
battle immediately resolved itself
into a desperate hand-to-hand strug-
never was a golfer great enough to
win while putting poorly. I did this
by finding a more comfortable bal
ance and by going more into the
pendulum idea. My approach putts
frequently keep running three and
four feet by the cup, but I’ll take
a chance on holding the next one
coming back.
* • *
“Trying for a shorter cut to lower
scoring,” Wood said, “we began to
find that one answer was the
squared or shut face. One excep
tion to this is Ben Hogan, who takes
a much deeper or fuller swing than
anyone else. Ben weighs only 135
pounds, so he has to use a much
longer arc to get those big drives.
And distance off the tee means a
We now have only dinner
maid,
help.
“Bert is hospitable, and nothing is
too good for her friends. In plan
ning menus she spares no expense.
‘Let's have steaks again, and a
mousse, and alligator pears,’ she
will say. Our friends are all better
fixed financially than we are, and
my wife likes to keep up with them.
Very Much in Debt.
“Last week my office boss told
me that they had considered me for
a promotion, but the fact that I was
about $2,300 in debt to doctor, hos
pital, dentist, florist, and so on,
seemed to them a serious thing and
they wanted an explanation. Fool
ishly, I told Bert this, and her an-
, , . . ,, ... swer was to appeal to her father for
lot m golf today. You can t keep m0 ney, ‘because Tim was being so
usmg number two irons and number; mean - xhe old malli very much wor .
four woods trying to hit a green | r i e( j j gave her a diamond ring of
five and four irons.
against an opponent using number I ^g,. mo t[ ler ’ s t 0 p awrlj and g er { ever
since has been anxious to redeem it,
for she naturally values it highly.
“Now don’t think,” the letter con
cludes, “that I am criticizing my
wife. But I am working hard, pret
ty well burdened, and not satisfied
to face a future which may be an
indefinite repetition of this sort of
thing. Can you make a .suggestion
that I can pass on to her in the
hope that she will take a different
attitude toward extravagance and
biUs?”
The trouble began many years
ago. Tired Tim, when Bert was a
little girl. Perhaps because she had
no mother she evidently grew up
feeling that she had only to want a
thing to buy it, and that there was
no relation between honest money
and dishonest bills. Thousands of
women much older than Bert have
this failing, and thousands of moth
ers let their daughters go ifito mar
riage without a hint of the serious
ness of this oversight.
The simple truth is, any woman
who lets her husband worry about
finances is a poor wife. This seems
like a sweeping statement, but it
is true. To be only a money spend
er, squandering his hard-won sal
ary cheerfully on beauty parlors,
frock shops, theaters, club lunches,
bridge prizes, is to fail in your job,
and more marriages go on the rocks
because of this inexplicable stupidi
ty on the part of intelligent women
than because of any other one thing.
It doesn’t matter how fresh,
groomed, curled or frocked you are,
or how charming your house is,
with the new hangings, the new
china, the chromium chairs and the
Venetian blinds. If your husband is
worrying about money, he hates it
all.
Husbands Like Serenity.
For men, surprisingly, aren’t
fussy about furniture. They love
comfortable old chairs, familiar
lamps, “Dad’s old desk” and
“Mom's old spoons.” They even get
to like the dresses of yesterday;
many a wife has been exasperated
to answer, “I’ve had it three years,” |
when an affectionate husband com- j
ments admiringly upon her costume. |
What a husband likes is serenity
at home, a woman content and busy,!
bills paid.
I remember one young wife who
“fell madly in love” with the pic
ture of a nude girl by a stream. It
was in the “September Morn” era.
The picture cost $30&. It was no
prettier than the picture on the gro
cer’s calendar that year, but she
wanted it, and she had to have it.
She paid installments on it for more
than a year.
Her husband hated it, and friends 1
made fun of it. She told them she
was just storing it for Emily. Her
husband, run down and anxious,
died of pneumonia that winter, leav
ing an estate of something less than
$2,000. Almost one-tenth of that had
to go for the picture. I hope she
felt it was worth while.
Reuben James saves the life of
Capt. Stephen Decatur. (Drawn
from the famous painting by Chap-
pel.)
gle in which the pikes, axes and
cutlasses of the Americans were
pitted against the scimitars and
daggers of the corsairs.
Within a short, time Decatur and
the crew of the gunboat which he
commanded personally had cleared
the deck of the pirate ship. But bad
luck had overtaken the captain’s
younger brother, James Decatur.
The leader of the pirate boat
which he boarded had pretended to
surrender, then had shot James
Decatur through the heart. Seeing
this. Captain Decatur, mad with
rage, shouted to some of his men to
come with him in pursuit of the mur
derer. Another officer and 10 men re
sponded to his call and within a few
minutes they overtook the energy’s
ship.
Led by Decatur, they sprang
aboard and cut their way through
the corsairs toward their leader.
The captain, a giant of a man,
swung savagely at the young Amer
ican with a pike which he was using
as a broadsword. Decatur, trying
to cut the blade of the pike from the
shaft, snapped his cutlass at the hilt.
Dropping his useless weapon, he
closed in, seized the pirate captain
around the waist and back-heeled
him for a heavy fall.
As the two struggling men went
down on deck, one of the pirates
rushed forward and raised his scim
itar to deal the American captain
a death blow. But before the weapon
could descend, Reuben James,
although badly wounded, sprang for
ward and threw himself across
Decatur’s shoulders. The keen
blade of the long, curved sword
slashed across James’ head, inflict
ing a terrible wound. But he had
saved his commander’s life.
James eventually recovered. Later
when asked to name his own re
ward, he is said to have scratched
his scarred and battered head and
murmured bashfully: “If it’s all the
same to you, Cap’n, let somebody
else give out the hammicks. It’s a
business I don’t like.” And with that
classic remark Reuben James steps
off the page of history, his name to
be all but forgotten until 137 years
later when a German torpedo sent
his namesake to its watery grave.
In a certain sense, Reuben James’
heroic self-sacrifice was in vain. True
he saved Stephen Decatur for even
greater service to his country later.
But it is also true that he saved
his commander’s life only to have
him lose it as a victim to the code
duello which Decatur hated but
which he was not brave enough to
disobey. So in 1820 when his erst
while friend. Commodore James
Barron, who believed that Decatur
had slandered him, challenged him
to a duel, Decatur met him on the
“field of honor” and died from the
wound received there.
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* * •
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Use of Days
To awaken each morning with
a smile brightening my face, to
greet the day with reverence, for
the opportunities it contains ; to
approach my work with a clean
mind; to hold ever before me,
even in the doing of little things,
the Ultimate Purpose toward
which I am working; to meet men
and women with laughter on my
lips and love in my heart; to be
gentle, kind and courteous through
all the hours; to approach the
night with weariness that ever
wooes sleep and the joy that
comes from work well done—this
is how I desire to waste wisely
my days.—Thomas Dreier.
T F YOU have been admiring
-*■ peasant frocks—here’s one for
fall which hits a new high in
charm and smartness. The long
bodice buttons up the front to a
round, high neckline which is to
be trimmed with bright colorful
braid. Repeat the same on the
three-quarter sleeves and around
the top of the hem of. the swirly
Christmas givers who want to
be sure their gift is well received
have been turning more and more
to cigarettes and smoking tobacco
as gifts most appreciated by any
smoker. Their welcome is always
far greater than the modest cost
involved. Naturally, Camels, as
America’s favorite cigarette, and
Prince Albert, the world’s largest-
selling pipe tobacco, head the
smoker’s gift list. Camels have
two gift packages—the carton of
ten packages of “20’s” specially
wrapped, and a gay package con-
taimng four “flat fifties.” Prince
Albert is featured in the pound
tin and the pound glass humidor,
dsc
both handsomely
packed.—Adv.
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A quiz with answers offering
information on various subjects
1. What state's capital is the
largest in the United States?
2. Approximately how long is
the period of the moon’s revolu
tion about the earth?
3. What great actress had a leg
amputated in 1915 but returned to
the stage afterwards?
4. Can dolphins swim at birth?
5. Who made famous the adage:
“Speak softly and carry a big
stick”?
6. What amendment to the Con
stitution includes the important
“due process” clause?
7. In what sport does the par
ticipant rarely see his quarry until
after it is captured?
8. In Spanish America, what is
meant by a hacienda?
9. When was the United States
flag first used in warfare in
Europe?
Largest ‘V’
A giant V-shaped forest of fir
trees, which stands on a hillside of
southern England and measures
more than a half mile along each
side, was planted in 1887 to com
memorate the sixtieth anniversary
of the reign of Queen Victoria, says
Collier’s. Today it is considered
a “V for Victory” emblem and,
as such, is the largest in the
world. n
The Answer*
1. Massachusetts (Boston).
2. Twenty-seven and one-half
days.
3. Sarah Bernhardt.
4. Dolphins are expert swim
mers from the time of birth.
5. Theodore Roosevelt.
6. Fourteenth (“Nor shall any
state deprive any person of life,
liberty, or property without due
process of law”).
7. Fishing.
8. A country estate.
9. The first time the United
States flag was used in warfare in
Europe was by the American Ex
peditionary Forces of the World
war, but it was not taken into the
zone of the advance.
Cigarettes and smoking tobacco
have moved rapidly to the fore
front as ideal Christmas gifts with
Camels as America’s favorite cig
arette and Prince Albert Smoking
Tobacco, the world’s largest-sell
ing smoking tobacco, well to the
fore. The beauty of these gifts for
smokers lies in the fact that their
cost is modest and their welcome
always assured. Local dealers
have been featuring Camels in the
carton of ten packs of “20’s” and
a special gift of four “flat fifties.”
Prince Albert is available in the
humidor specially wrapped for
Christmas giving.—Adv.
Blessing in Disguise
Nowthen—I see where the de
fense tax bill puts a new tax on
rouge.
Afterall—Well, it ought to keep
more people out of the red.
Telling Him
“nothing but the law makes me keep
my hands off you.”
“nothing but the law makes you keep
your hands off a lot of things."
Some' girls rather like the
strong, silent man — especially
when his money does the talking.
That’s Two
“Willie, what is the plural of
man?”
“Men.”
“And the plural of child?”
“Twins!”
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cream. Almost in
stantly sets up gen
tle counter-irritant action,
speeds local circulation. Inb
medicated vapors help you relax and
sleep! Rub tonight with Penetro,
get better rest . . . one of Nature's
greatest cold misery fighters.
PENETRO FOR
GOLDS’
COUGHS
soothes,
nhaled
PENETRO
Happiness at Home
Happiness grows at our own fire
sides, and is not to be picked in
stranger’s gardens.—Douglas Jer-
rotd.
For Only 10/Now
Less than
a dose
be as directed on label
Dr. Hitchcocks
LAXATIVE POWDER
Dominion Over Self
You can never have a greater
or a less dominion than that
over yourself.—Leonardo Da Vinci.
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Lacking Will
People do not lack strength!
they lack will.—Victor Hugo.
RHEUMATISM^mbaTo
Our Imagination
Sentiment is the poetry of tho
imagination —LaMartine.
EVERY TIME. THEY'RE EXTRA
MILD AND THEY’VE GOT THE
FLAVOR THAT ALWAYS HITS
THE SPOT”
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THE SMOKE OF SLOWER-BURNWG CAMELS CONTAINS
28^ LESS NICOTINE
than th<* average of the 4 other largest-
selling cigarettes tested—less than any of
them—according to independent scientific
tests of the smoke itself! f*
G4MEL
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