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THE SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C- JANUARY 2. 1942
Kathleen Norris Says:
Happy Marriage Demands Character
(Bell Syndicate—WNU Service.)
My husband began telling me of a pretty girl in an adjoining office. All the men
were crazy about her. When l expressed the hope she would soon marry he said
gloomily she had admitted she loved him.
By KATHLEEN NORRIS
HEN a mein is mental
ly defective, girls per
ceive his affliction, and
nobody wants to marry him.
But when he is morally deficient
there seems to be no way of see
ing it in time.
There ought to be. There
ought to be questionnaires and
tests for the husband - to - be,
simple questions as to wheth
er he respected the truth,
knew anything about the re
sponsibilities of marriage and
was prepared for its inevit
able concessions and sacri
fices.
For the happiest marriage is a
matter of generous adjustments, and
is bound to have its dark, difficult
and bewildered moments. Success
ful marriage is no accident; it is a
lifework. It demands courage and
character.
From his very early days a boy
ought to be trained to think of his
marriage. He ought to be told that
he will owe his wife honesty and
faithfulness. To be sure, the wed
ding service stresses this, in the
words “for better or worse, in sick
ness and in health.” But if back of
that pledge there is no home influ
ence, extended over years and
years, to implement that promise, it
means nothing.
Don’t Forget Marriage.
You mothers who are so anxious
about your small boys’ teeth and
manners, the schools they attend
and the friends they make, don’t
forget to include in your education
and care of them an occasional
serious talk about marriage.
If men were schooled to simple
decency in marriage I could not
receive such a letter as came to
me this week from “Daphne.”
“I am in real trouble and I hon
estly don’t know what to do,” writes
Daphne. “I have been married
three years, and am 23. Billy, my
husband, is 27; he is steady, works
in an automobile-parts shop and
makes a good salary. We have a
little boy 15 months old, and I am
expecting another child in February.
My parents live 700 miles away in
a small village, I am the only child.
We knew Billy for some years be
fore I was engaged to him. I have
loved him from my sixteenth year.
“After Alan was born he acted
rather queerly, seemed quiet and
went out alone a good deal, and
finally confessed to me that he had
‘fallen hard’ for a woman some
years older than he, a divorced
woman who had worked in the of
fice. She had, however, married
again, and Billy’s infatuation had
cooled. He explained his straying
away by saying that at home it
was all 'dust, didies, dishes and
babytalk,’ and no man liked that.
Shuns Responsibility.
“Well, after that I did all I could
to be interesting and keep the house
pleasant, and our baby was, and is,
an angel, no trouble at all, and al
most no crying. Billy says he likes
the baby, occasionally throws him
about or brings him a toy, but he
assumes no responsibility for him.
We employ a colored girl of 15, who
will sit with Alan evenings and help
me after school hours.
“We decided that Alan must have
a companion; we both wanted a
girl baby. I love children and al
ways have wanted them. At first
Billy was nice about it, saying that
we would have our family young and
enjoy them together, but about three
months ago he once again began to
MESSAGE FOR HUSBANDS
Most of Kathleen Norris’ mes
sages are addressed to wives;
but here’s one for their hus
bands. A girl who wouldn’t think
»/ marrying a man who is men
tally or physically defective, will
not hesitate to marry one who
has never learned to accept the
moral responsibilities of mar
riage. Perhaps she is not to be
blamed for that. It isn’t easy to
judge a man you have seen only
at his best. So it is really up to
the mothers and fathers of future
husbands to give them the moral
background they need, so that
they will bring to marriage the
decency, courage and sense of re
sponsibility without which that
marriage has no chance of being
a happy one.
seem absent-minded and depressed,
and I recognized the symptoms of
another affair.
“Pretty soon he began to tell me
about Marian, a pretty saucy girl
in an adjoining office, who had all
the men crazy about her. I hoped,
as in Carmen’s case, that she would
soon marry, too, but when I ex
pressed the idea Billy told me
gloomily that she wouldn’t, she had
admitted that she loved him. She is
just 18, has a flighty three-times di
vorced mother, and I suppose thinks
that handsome Billy is fair game,
babies or no babies.
“This was a terrible blow to me,
for his manner indicated that he was
well-pleased with the idea; but
worse followed. Yesterday, Monday
morning, I received in the mail a
letter from him saying that he is
not coming home again; he is stay
ing with Marion and her mother in
an apartment hotel. He says he has
never really loved me, that it was
all a mistake, that his mother will
take Alan and I must go to my moth
er until the new baby comes, and
that a lawyer has told him that all
he need allow me is $15 a week. He
says he will send that only if I
agree to a divorce.
“The shock of this has made me
frightfully nervous and I don’t know
what to do. I don’t believe his moth
er would take Alan, for she lives
with a married daughter who is not
strong. But what arguments can I
use to bring Billy back, and what
is your opinion of him?”
Refuses to Divorce Him.
My opinion of Billy could hardly
be printed in a family paper. The
writer of this letter lives in Sacra
mento, Calif., less than a hundred
miles away from me, and my an
swer was to drive up and see her
and have a personal talk. Shortly
afterward she stored her furniture
and went with her small boy to live
with her mother and father, and
the courts have told Billy to send
her $75 a month. She intends nev
er to grant him a divorce, and so
the matter will stand at a deadlock
for a long time.
But the misery of it, the heart
break and tears and loneliness and
sense of failure can’t be cured by
any such solution as that. Daphne
took all a girl’s dreams and hopes
into her married life. She loved
her little home, her husband, her
first baby.
There’s no cure for a man like
that. If this had come after 12, 15
years of marriage there might be.
He might then have lost his senses
for a while, only to recover and De
gin to realize the value of what hf
had tried to throw away.
Bustle of the Army Irks Icelanders
Stolid Folks of Reykjavik
Resent Intrusion of
Military Rule.
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND.—
Reykjavik, a capital that has al
ways wanted to be alone; has a war
jammed down its throat like a hot
potato and doesn’t quite know how
to swallow it.
Many of its citizens, stepping into
the streets to avoid crowds of stroll
ing soldiers and jumping back to
dodge honking army trucks, wish
the old days would return, when
the only foreigners were an occa
sional crowd of cruise tourists and
there wasn’t a soldier in Iceland.
It is a strange mixture, the rem
nants of a backwater Old World
civilization overrun by the strident
activity of the British and Ameri
can armies of occupation.
Sunday afternoon strollers listen
with a touch of bewilderment to the
creak of winches and shouts of sol
diers unloading one ship after an
other in the little harbor. Long-
bearded naval officers roam the
streets, waiting for the next convoy
to leave. American, English, New
Zealand, Norwegian and Scottish
men crowd the restaurants so Ice
landers frequently cannot even re
serve tables.
Military Rule Resented.
Iceland’s 120,000 residents lived
virtually cut off from the world
until the island suddenly became a
key spot in the Battle of the Atlan
tic. They are extremely proud that
their country was the world’s first
democracy, started in 930 A* D.
with the founding of the Althing
(parliament), and they find natural
difficulty in accepting the necessary
rule that military authority super
sedes normal civil life in such a
front-line fortress.
Many of them, however, are prof
iting handsomely from their virtual
ly uninvited guests. Stores are do
ing rushing business, taxicab com
panies are reaping miniature for
tunes, tables must be reserved in
the best restaurants hours in ad
vance and getting a haircut often
requires an hour’s wait.
The city’s two motion picture
houses are operating entirely on a
reserved-seat basis, and it is virtu
ally impossible to obtain tickets for
an evening performance after 1 p.
m. The theaters are known as
“Bio,” apparently a derivation of
the early Biograph days, and cur
rently are showing such American
features as “Drums Along the Mo
hawk” and “Dance, Girls, Dance.”
Bookstores have stocked large
supplies of English books and
weeks-old London newspapers to
meet the heavy demand.
Postcard sales have been so
heavy that it is difficult to find views
of Reykjavik and famous land
marks. The supply now consists
largely of an Iceland pony standing
on a hill and James Cagney in a
cowboy suit.
A treeless, drab city of concrete
and corrugated iron buildings,
Reykjavik suddenly became an in
ternational host at an embarrass
ing moment, since many of its
streets were tom up for the installa
tion of pipes to bring water from
a near-by hot springs into a city
wide steam heating project. The
pipes were a casualty of war,
however, and never left the dock in
Denmark.
The streets were filled up in the
best manner possible, but the inces
sant pounding of large British and
American army trucks—augmented
by heavy rains—has made them
muddy washboards.
Transportation demands are so
great that it is not an uncommon
sight to see American army majors
hitchhiking rides to and from the
city.
World 9 s Largest Photo-Mural
Masking the entire east wall of New York city’s Grand Central sta
tion, this gigantic photo-mural, largest in the world, was designed to
further sale of U. S. defense bonds and stamps. It graphically illustrates
“What America has to defend and how to defend it.” The vast photo
montage was created with 22 prints selected from more than 20,000
from the photographic section of the Farm Security administration.
TIMID DANNY MEADOW MOUSE
j Minute" ' -Ups
By Gabrielle
The dry skin needs moisture and
rich feeding emollients. Apply a
coating of your richest cream.
Leave on for a minute. Wring out
a Turkish towel in hot water. Apply
the warm, damp towel to the throat
and face. Repeat cream application
and towel pressure. Go over the
skin with a cleansing tissue. Now
apply cream rouge and powder. The
dry, drawn skin will fairly “bloom”
with soft color!
(Ledger Syndicate—WNU Service.)
p\ANNY MEADOW MOUSE is
timid. Everybody says so, and
what everybody says ought to be so.
But just as anybody can make a
mistake sometimes, so can every
body. Still in this case it is quite
likely that everybody is right.
“You see, it’s this way,” said
Danny as he sat on his doorstep one
sunny morning talking to his friend,
old Mr. Tood. “If I wasn’t afraid I
wouldn’t be all the time watching
out, and if I wasn’t all the time
watching out I wouldn’t have any
more chance than that foolish red
ant running across in front of you.”
Old Mr. Toad looked where Dan
ny was pointing, and his tongue
darted out and back again so quickly
that Danny wasn’t sure that he saw
it at all, but when he looked for
the ant it was nowhere to be seen,
and there was a satisfied twinkle in
Mr. Toad’s eyes. There was an an
swering twinkle in Danny’s own
eyes as he continued.
“No, sir,” said he, “I wouldn’t
stand a particle more chance than
that foolish ant did. Now, if I was
big and strong like Old Man Coyote,
or had swift wings like Skimmer
the Swallow, or was so homely and
ugly that no one wanted me like—
like—” Danny hesitated and then
finished rather lamely, “like some
folks I know, I suppose I wouldn’t
be afraid.”
Old Mr. Toad looked up rather
sharply when Danny mentioned
homely and ugly looking people, but
Danny was gazing far out across
the Green Meadows, and looked so
innocent that Mr. Toad concluded
that he couldn’t have had him in
mind.
“Well,” said he, thoughtfully
scratching his nose, “I suppose you
may be right, but for my part
fear seems a very foolish thing.
Now, I don’t know what it ^s. I
mind my own business and no one
ever bothers me. I should think it
A Good Day’s Work Well Done
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When she was 10 months old, little Helen Zapf received an Irish setter
puppy. Now Helen is 214 years old, and the Irish setter is the mother of
the cute puppies you see drying here on the line after their bath.
would be a very uncomfortable feel
ing.”
“It is,” replied Danny, “but, as I
said before, it is a very good thing
to keep one on guard when there
are so many watching for one as
there are for me. Now, there’s Mr.
Blacksnake and—”
“Where?” exclaimed old Mr.
Toad, turning as pale as a toad can
turn and looking uneasily and anx
iously in every direction.
Danny turned his head to hide a
smile, for if old Mr. Toad wasn’t
showing fear no one ever did. “Oh,”
said he, “I didn’t mean that he is
“You see it’s this way.” said Dan
ny as he sat on his doorstep one
sunny morning.
anywhere around here now. What I
was going to say was that there is
Mr. Blacksnake and Granny Fox and
Reddy Fox and Redtail the Hawk
and Hooty the Owl and others I
might name always watching for a
chance to make a dinner from poor
little me. Do you wonder that I’m
afraid most of the time?”
“No,” replied old Mr. Toad. “No,
I don’t wonder that you are afraid.
It must be dreadful to feel hungry
eyes are watching for you every min
ute of the day and night, too.”
“Oh, it’s not so bad,” replied Dan
ny. “It's rather exciting. Besides,
it keeps my wits sharp all the time.
I am afraid I should find life very
dull indeed if, like you, I feared
nothing and nobody. By the way,
see how queerly that grass is mov
ing over there. It looks as if Mr.
Blacksnake—why, Mr. Toad, where
are you going in such a hurry?”
“I’ve just remembered an impor
tant engagement with my cousin,
Grandfather Frog, at the Smiling
Pool,” shouted old Mr. Toad over
his shoulder as he hurried so that
he fell over his own feet.
Danny chuckled as he sat alone
on his doorstep. “Oh, no, old Mr.
Toad doesn’t know what fear is!”
said he. “Funny how some people
won’t admit what everybody can see
for themselves. Now, I am afraid,
and I’m willing to say so.”
(Associated Newspapers—WNU Service.)
Swastika on Pottery
The swastika has been found on
American pottery as far north as
Greenland’s furthermost tip; ironi
cally, on old Hebrew fired clay as
well. The Indians, it is generally
known, used it as a symbol of good
luck.
Rider Falls 40 Feet,
Lands on Mattress
NEW WATERFORD, N. S.—
Alex Poirier went for a ride on
his bicycle and ended up by rid
ing over a 40-foot embankment.
Below there was nothing but a
rocky shore—and an old mattress.
Spectators who saw Poirier dis
appear over the cliff rushed to the
shore to pick up the body, but
found him unhurt on the mattress.
Says House of Commons
Must Be Entirely Rebuilt
OTTAWA.—The British house of
commons building will have to be
completely reconstructed after the
war as a result of Nazi bombing,
Ralph Assheton, parliamentary un
dersecretary to Labor Minister Er
nest Biven, said in an interview
here.
Assheton said the house of lords
chamber survived but nothing short
of rebuilding would do for the lower
house.
“As a barrister, I feel sad in par
ticular over the destruction of the
temple—that home of lawyers for
so many years,” Assheton said.
“When the war is over there will
be much for architects to do, and
I hope they will be worthy of their
trust.”
What to D<
BY PHYLUS BELMONT
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Want to spend a novel evening
and one your friends will remem
ber? Invite about four couples who
know each other fairly well to sup
per and let each of them provide a
course of the meal.
Naturally, you, as hostess, will
probably serve the main course,
which might well be chile con carne,
spaghetti or chow mein or some
other one-course main dish at which
you excel. Your guests can provide
cocktails, should you want them;
someone else may bring attractive
hors d’oeuvres, another salad and
another dessert and beverage.
(Ledger Syndicate—WNU Service.)
Rural Youth Put Movies
First in Entertainment
LAFAYETTE, IND.—Movies are
the biggest lure in the entertainment
program of rural youth, with danc
ing a weak second, according to a
survey made by Dr. Lynn Robert
son of Purdue university.
Dr. Robertson said that rural
young men see an average of 36
motion pictures a year, and young
women about 34. He estimated that
the farm youths spend about $43 a
year on entertainments.
WE ARE MAINTAINING A ‘FIFTH COLUMN ARMY’—RATS!
OAKLAND.—The United States is
maintaining a “fifth column army”
of 250,000,000 rats at an annual cost
in damaged food and property of
50 cents to $2 per rat.
Dr. W. B. Herms, professor of
entomology and parasitology at the
University of California, told the na
tional convention of pest control op
erators that rodents and pests are
doing enough damage in the nation
to undermine the national defense.
He declared that the staggering
total of their damage is $1,000,000,-
000 annually, or enough to supply
the navy with 10 superdreadnaughts
every year.
The greatest destruction by ro
dents and pests, he declared, are
inflicted on food, clothing, furniture
and housing materials.
With *he rats causing a loss of
more than $300,000,000 annually, he
said that insects come next, with
an annual sabotage to stored grain
and milled products of $300,000,000.
“Especially during the present na
tional defense period,” he said,
“vast stores of milled products are
assembled at numerous canton
ments, as well as great quantities
of clothing and stocks of building
material, where rats do more dam
age than professional saboteurs of
an enemy nation might be able to
accomplish. It is here that weevils,
moths and termites get in their
deadly work.”
The total damage to clothing by
moths he placed at $20,000,000 an
nually, while the damage to build
ings by termites was estimated at
$40,000,000.
Prof. Hermes insisted that new
methods of pest control must be sub
stituted for those used at present,
which have proved to offer an un
satisfactory measure of protection.
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Result of Zeal
Through zeal knowledge is got
ten, through lack of zeal knowl
edge is lost; let a man who knows
this double path of gain and loss
thus place himself that knowledge
may grow.—Buddha.
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Worn Creatures
We ought not to treat living
creatures like shoes or household
belongings, which when worn with
use we throw away.—Plutarch.
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