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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C„ JANUARY 23, 1942
SPHERE was a time, not so many
dynasties ago, when the New
York Giants were the most valu
able franchise in baseball—worth
more than almost any stock on the
big exchange. Now the same Giants
are in a spot where it may well take
a million dollars to bring them a
first-division ball club, where the
success of the Brooklyn Dodgers
kept them floating neck deep in the
surf.
It is a far and eerie cry from
McGraw’s Giants of 1905 to Mel
Ott’s Giants of 1942 and the home-
run hitter from Gretna, La., has a
long and rough pull upward to get
them on the old camping grounds.
That 1905 delegation was the first
batch of McGraw Giants I ever saw
in action, and it still remains in
memory among the best in the
game. At any rate, you’ll find no
MEL OTT
stronger battery work today than
Mathewson and McGinnity pitching
to Bresnahan.
There was plenty of Irish on that
Giant squad—McGinnity, Bresnahan,
McGann, Devlin and Mike Donlin,
to mention only a few. It was the be
ginning of a new Giant history that
was packed with merry sagas up
until the last three years when Bill
Terry’s material dropped to the sec
ond-division class and floundered out
of polite baseball society.
The Giants, in their day and time,
have had such pitchers as Mathew
son, McGinnity, Wiltse, Ames, Mar-
quard, Tesreau, Nehf, Schupp—and
the great Hubbell. They have had
such ball players as Devlin, Bres
nahan, Donlin, Beauty Bancroft,
Heinie Groh, Pep Young, Buck Her
zog, Larry Doyle, Bill Terry, George
Kelly, and a long line of others well
up on the list. It is different now.
Ott’a Job
No one can expect Mel Ott to
reach into the dugout and bring forth
a miracle. These are tough rebuild
ing days for any owner or man
ager.
Ton’ll read where the Dodgersneed
maybe two or three additions—
where the Cardinals can stand pat—
where the Reds need a few changes
—where the Pirates need pitchers
—bat the Giant need takes in the
pitching staff, the infield and the out
field.
Mel Ott is a smart, keen baseball
man who knows his trade. But he
will need at least 10 or 12 new, good
ball players before hp will be back
in old Giant territory, around the
top. And good ball players are not
picked up around the first comer.
It is hard enough to get one or two
good new men, much less 10 or 12
or more.
Someone has let the Giant ma
chine go to rust. It will take a large
bale of money to have it shining
again. MacPhail at Brooklyn has
proved the job could be done. But
he found no substitute for money
on his way up. For that matter,
Tom Yawkey and others have found
that even money isn’t always quite
enough, no matter how much you
spend.
The Changing Years
I can take you back to the days
when the Yankees were struggling
on the old hilltop and the Dodgers
were just another club in the Na
tional league. At this time the
Giants were the Mt. Everest of
baseball. Under McGraw they were
winning 10 pennants. The Yankees
and Dodgers were trying to get out
of the second division the greatei
part of the time.
Last fall the Yankees and Dodgers
met in the World Series show with
the Giants so deep in the second
division that it took a deep-sea diver
to locate their bodies.
Just who it was that let the Gianta
go to seed—Stoneham or Terry—
isn’t so important now if the right
move is made to bring them back.
But the point is that the Dodgers
and the Cardinals are already
strongly fixed around the top—the
Reds have the pitching that may
again carry them close—the Pirates
and the Cubs have been building for
another upward surge. It is easy
enough to understand the killing job
Mel Ott faces in clearing most of
these hurdles, especially if first
baseman Babe Young goes into the
army.
Kathleen Norris Says:
Women Pay Great Price for Indiscretion
(Bell Syndicate—WNU Service.)
My married life teas perfect until a man I knew in college turned up in our
neighborhood. The story of our affair is not new. All the lessons in the world can't
save me from what is going on now.
By KATHLEEN NORRIS
O LANGUAGE is strong
enough to convince young
boys that theft and forg
ery are wrong. And not merely
wrong in being punishable
crimes. Wrong because of what
they do to a boy’s character,
even if he is never found out.
Wrong in boyhood, because the
stolen quarter or the forged
school excuse are steps to more
serious forgeries and thefts, and
once schooled well in those di
rections it takes heroic fortitude
—it takes indeed a complete
change of personality, to resist
later temptations.
In the same way I wish I
could find words impressive
enough to help girls to see just
how great is the price women
have to pay for that thrilling
“giving in” to the young lovers
of school and college days.
If your husband told you, one of
these cosy winter evenings, that dur
ing his senior year at college he
supported himself entirely by steal
ing and forging, you would be hor
rified. You couldn’t laugh it off, tell
him that it didn’t make the slightest
difference to you. You could not
honestly say, “I love you for what
you are, dear, not for what you
were.”
Having sold his honor once, you
would feel—and the world would feel
—he might sell it again. And in ex
actly the same way a man knows
that a girl, who was reckless in giv
ing her favors in girlhood, is not go
ing quite suddenly to attain an en
tirely different position toward what
ought always to be the sacred sym
bol of her ■ honor.
These are old-fashioned phrases,
and to girls mine seems an old-fash
ioned attitude. But 1 can , assure
them that, viewed in the light of
later years, they will see the whole
thing differently. It would be easier
for a young wife to explain to her
husband that she lifted some money
out of the department-store cash
register when she was working there
years before her marriage, than to
explain that she was intimate for a
few months with one of the men who
is known to her husband in business.
Buried Secrets Reappear.
Of course, if she can avoid it, and
hope permanently to avoid it, a girl
doesn’t tell her prospective husband
these things. But that security isn’t
always as sound as it seems. Hardly
a day goes by without bringing me
a desperate letter from some young
wife who has supposed her secret
long forgotten and buried.
Many of these women say that,
feeling it would be more comfort
able to admit to the affair before
marriage and start on an apparent
ly honest basis, they have softened
the story by saying that the man
was "someone you never met. He
died the following year.”
This does smooth things over for
the moment. Few men, especially
in anticipation of an immediate
marriage to an adored woman, will
waste time on jealousy of a dead
man. But matters are much worse
when the perverse turn of events
brings this man into contact with
the family again, and the unsuspect
ing husband is perhaps cordial to
him. So that the wife must either
make a clean breast of the whole
thing, or put up with the insuffer
able situation of having a secret
with one of the guests of the house
that would crush her husband’s
pride and faith in her if it were made
known.
NOT WORTH IT
No amount of good advice will
keep some girls from saying to
themselves “Everyone else does
y, why shouldn't l?” So they
willingly give away their future
security and peace of mind. Per
haps they do “get away with it"
for a while. But sooner or later
they must come face to face with
their earlier indiscretion, only to
find that it really wasn’t worth it
after all. Be sure to read Kath
leen Norris’ advice to the “J. G.”
of this letter, a happily married
woman whose girlhood folly
threatens to destroy her home
and the love of her invalid hus
band.
Such a case is that of “J.G.,” who
writes me from Georgia:
“When I married my husband, I
loved him,” says her letter, “but
now after 11 years of unclouded hap
piness I know that my early love
was only a shadow of what real
love could be! He is not a strong
man; we live for our garden, our
books, and our one daughter.
"Reggie was invalided after a
terrible bout with pneumonia four
years ago, and we took what capital
we had and bought a tiny farm,
which my nine-year-old Rachael and
I have brought to the point of being
an asset rather than a liability.
Meanwhile Reg had started writing,
little bookish essays at first, for
which he was not paid; later more
ambitious literary studies, one of
which is to be published in book form
in the spring. Our lives were per
fect—perfect perfect, until a man I
used to know as a coUege student
turned up in the neighborhood.
“The story of our old affair is no
new one to you. I thought it con
cerned only ourselves. I was away
from home for the first time, and
‘every other girl did it, why not I?’
The 15 years between that time and
this have been disciplinary years,
and I know they have made me a
finer and wiser woman than anything
that was promised by the nature of
that girl of 19.
“But all the lessons in the world
can’t save me from what is going on
now. I suppose you would call it
blackmail. Victor amuses Reggie,
who calls him a ‘rough diamond,’
and Victor wants to come and live
with us. He has no job, no money,
no ambition. He has grown heavy
and lazy, but on the three occasions
when he has called hq has, as I say,
made himself amusing, and outlined
what he would like to do with the
farm to develop it.
“Oh, Reg wouldn’t divorce me or
leave me,” the letter concludes, “but
his faith in me, his pleasure in what
he calls my ‘lily’ girlhood, would re
ceive a terrible shock. He is not
strong; he cannot go about as other
men do. He has so few pleasures!
His utter pride in Rachael and me
is the greatest of them all.”
I’ve written "J.G.” telling her that
the only way out is the way of full
confession. That means she can dis
miss the odious Victor in no uncer
tain terms and then resume her hap
py way of life with no further refer
ence to the cloud that has come up
so suddenly. Victor will have her
old letters, of course, and she the
sting of old memories. And Reg will
have to replace his idealistic love
for ^lis wife with something less
fragile—less perfect.
I wonder what her answer would
be today if she could hear that girl,
of 15 years ago, asking, "What's the
difference?”
THE PAPERS OF PRIVATE
PURKEY
Dear Ma:
Well from what I read in the
I papers and hear on the raddio I
gess the boys in the army are a lot
cooler then the folks back home in
civilyun life. I hope you and pop
half not had a breakdown liste.-ung
to all them air raid warning tests
and trying to follow all the different
orders. The army has one thing on
the civilyun, it don’t have to work
in so much confusion.
• • •
I got your letter about dad being
a air warden. I knew he wood want
to do his bit but I half to laugh when
1 think of him ordering anybody to
keep away from windows as he is
always in a window looking out
most of the time.
• • •
I wish you could realize what a
change has come over the boys here.
They now want to fight anywhere
and most anybody will do. But they
put Japs at the top of their list.
The more news we get about the
treacherous stuff at Pearl Harbor
and the brave work of our boys the
soarer we get. Sergeant Mooney
when he read about the Japs using
a two-man submarine said it was
probably no sub at all but just one
of them barrels they juggle in the
circus. And he says even two .Taps
in a sub would only be about half a
man anyhow.
4> * *
They serprised us all right but
they got a serprise coming and how.
I just heard a definition of a isola
tionist. A isolationist is a fellow
who thinks a net under a trapese is
foolish on account of he is only a
spectator anyhow.
• * *
Well I see where the draft age
is to be extended to 44 which dis
poses of any idea I may get out
soon witch I don’t want to do no
more anyhow. A few weeks ago I
was kicking like all the rest of the
boys and asking what was the sense
of all this time in a army with no
body to fight but now that we got
more people fighting us at one time
than ever before it all is different.
• « *
You may laugh mom but this is
a fact that we ain’t been worrying
half about what happens to us in the
war lately as we been worried pbout
the folks back home with all them
mayors broadcasting orders at once.
I could picture you rushing around
shopping for sandbags and pop hav
ing a fit because he couldn’t find out
how to shut off the gas in case of a
raid. Still you better follow instruc
tions as best you can as nobody can
tell what may happen only I wish
the mayors could be as calm as the
people. I tuned in one night when
Mr. LaGuardia was talking. It was
such a cool calm talk I almost felt
the war was over but you could of
knocked me over with a feather
when he wound up his talk by say
ing: “Well, I don’t expect any at
tack TONIGHT. The weather is
unfavorable.” What a crack that
was. I hope it did not scare you
any.
• • •
There is a lot of rumors around
camp and I think something is up,
but I don’t know where we may
get sent. Nothing would serprise
me and 1 don’t care no more where
I go as long as it gives me a chance
to do my bit for the greatest country
on earth. And I hope when we see
action it won’t take no umpires to
find out who won.
• • 4i
Well take care of yourself, do not
let those air raid hints scare you
too much and say a prayer for me
now and then as this is the kind of
war when they will all be needed.
Your son,
Oscar
• • • ’
THE INNER CALL
(“Hitler says an inner call caused
him to take supreme command.”—
News item.)
He orders this and orders that—
He leaps into the newest brawl;
He rages, acts or stands quite pat. .
According to “the inner call.”
He hastens to his mountain place
Or leaves it with no word at all;
He gallops, or he slows his pace . . .
Responding to "the inner call.”
He makes a plan, then cuts it out;
He quits the front to hire a hall;
He turns from confidence to doubt...
It’s all a case of “inner call.”
Oh, on some future day he’ll find
He’s bashed his head against the
wall;
The reason will then be defined . . .
’Twas nothing but that “inner
call!”
• • •
“Both Germany and America had
depressions. But while a German
experienced an immense regenera
tion of labor, trade and art, Roose
velt did not succeed in altering
anything.”—Adolf Hitler.
As Elmer Twitchell asks, “What’s
that guy smoking anyhow?”
• * •
Elmer Twitchell says he under
stands that when the war hit that
country the Wild Man of Borneo
hoisted the white flag, came in on
the run and asked protection from
civilization.
IMPROVED
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
S UNDAY I
chool Lesson
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D.
Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Lesson for January 25
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
THE TEMPTATION OF JESUS
LESSON TEXT—Matthew 4.1-11.
GOLDEN TEXT—For we have an high
priest . . . (who) was in all points tempted
like as we are, yet without sin.—Hebrews
4 15.
“We have sot a high priest that
cannot be touched with the feeling
of our infirmities; but one that hath
been in all points tempted luce as
we are, yet without sin” (Heb. 4:15,
R.V.). We recognize that Jesus was
tempted as the Messiah (see Matt.
4:3, 6) and as One who had no sin,
and yet He was tempted in all points
as we are; and we may learn from
His temptation how to meet tempta
tion and be victorious over it.
I. Temptation.
It is the common lot of all man
kind to be tempted (I Cor. 10:13).
The strongest ana most noble of
men are subject to it; angels were
tempted — yes, even Jesus was
tempted. We need to know about
temptation, so we note
1. What It Is (v. 1). Temptation
is of the devil. It is, as Principal
Fairbairn expressed it, “seduction
to evil, solicitation to wrong. It
stands distinguished from trial thus:
trial tests, seeks to discover the
man’s moral qualities or character;
but temptation persuades to evil, de
ludes that it may ruin. God tries.
Satan tempts.”
Note that temptation is not sin,
but yielding to the temptation is sin.
We are told by James (Jas. 1:13-
15) that man is tempted by his own
lusts. He also tells us that God may
permit temptations or trials to test
our faith (Jas. 1:2, 3), but His pur
pose is only to prove us able to
stand. God does not suffer us to be
tempted beyond endurance, but pro
vides a way of escape (I Cor. 10:13).
2. How It Works (vv. 2, 3, 5, 6, 8,
9). Satan has only three tempta
tions, although he is a master at
giving them different appearances.
The temptation of Jesus followed
the same threefold line as that of
Adam and Eve (Gen. 3:6), which is
described in I John 2:16 as the gen
eral temptation of all men, namely,
“the lust of the flesh, the lust of the
eyes, and the pride of life.” Observe
how Satan worked on Jesus: (a) By
appealing to the flesh (vv. 2, 3).
Jesus had fasted 40 days, and Satan
took advantage of that fast to sug
gest that He use His divine power
of creation to satisfy His hunger.
To do so would have been to deny
His very mission on earth.
Satan observes in man the normal
appetites of his body, excites them
to a high degree, and then tempts
him to satisfy them in an improper
way. (b) By appealing to pride (vv.
5, 6). God had promised to keep
Jesus “in all his ways” (Ps. 91:
11), but casting Himself from the
temple was not one of God’s “ways”
for Him.
The devil wants us to be presump
tuous and call it faith, and this is
his pitfall for one who really wants
to believe—cause him to become a
fanatic and substitute foolish pre
sumption for faith, (c) By appeal
ing to the eyes (vv. 8, 9). By show
ing Christ the kingdoms of the earth
in some kind of striking panorama,
or moving picture, he offered a short
cut to their rule by a brief act of
worship of him, rather than by way
of the cross. The devil showed his
real purpose here. He wants wor
ship—he wants us to bow to him in
stead of to God.
II. Our Lord Was Victorious Over
Satan.
We, too, can triumph in His bless
ed name. To do so we need to study
the way of victory.
1. How to Gain It (w. 4, 7, 10).
Three steps appear: (a) By the
right use of Scripture. If our Lord
needed and used that weapon, how
can we possibly do without it? How
can we use it if we do not study it,
and hide it in our hearts (Ps. 119:
11)? (b) By complete dependence
upon God. Every Scripture used
by Jesus against Satan honored God
the Father. We cannot fight Satan in
our own strength. Luther was right—
“Did we in our own strength confide.
Our striving would be losing.”
The real victory for the Christian
is to bring Satan to the foot of the
cross. Christ defeated him complete
ly there, and we may plead that
victory, (c) By denouncing Satan.
Jesus sent him on his way. We
may do the same, in Jesus’ name.
It is always a serious error to argue
with Satan, or even to discuss mat
ters with him. He is not divine,
but he is a supernatural being with
knowledge and cunning which are
too much for us. Meet him with
Scripture, honor God by your faith
in Christ, then “resist the devil, and
he will flee from you” (Jas. 4:7).
2. What It Brings (v. 11). When
the defeated devil left Christ, an
gels came and ministered to Him.
The overcoming of temptation brings
victory, peace, and blessed rest.
This is ever true in the life of the
believer. Temptations victoriously
met make one stronger in meeting
the next temptation. There is al
ways a next one, for we read (Luke
4:13) that the devil left Christ only
“for a season.”
UOUSEHQLD
UMTS
Don’t open cans or chop ice in
the sink—you will damage the
enamel.
• • *
Don’t keep green bananas in the
refrigerator. They ripen at room
temperature.
* * *
If you like the flavor of cloves,
try adding a few whole ones to the
fat in which doughnuts are fried.
* * •
Paintbrushes, when not in use,
should be soaked in turpentine and
washed in warm soapsuds before
they are stored away.
* * *
Moisten dry stove polish with
vinegar instead of water and your
stove will take on a better polish.
Keep spices tightly covered and
away from the heat. Otherwise,
much of the flavor may be lost.
• • •
It is time to change the water
in the goldfish bowl when the
water is so warm fish come to tile
top of the bowl for air. Goldfish
like to be kept cool.
Treading on Air
Even when the bird walks one
feels that it has wings.—Lemierre.
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After a palm reaches a height
of only about eight feet, its trunk
rarely increases in diameter, even
when the tree grows to be more
than a hundred feet tall.
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Vitamin 0—400 Units lint.) Vitamin Q—40-VJ Units (Sh. Bear.)
Vitamins B|, D and G ate not appreciably lost in the oven,
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For Great Cause
No man is worth his salt who is
not ready at all times to risk his
body, to risk his well-being, to risk
his life, in a great cause.—Theo
dore Roosevelt.
Actual sales records in Post Exchanges and Canteens
show Camels are the favorite cigarette with men in
the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps.
THE SMOKE OF SLOWER-BURNINa CAMELS CONTAINS
28% Less Nicotine
than the average of the 4 other
largest-aelllng cigarettes tested — less than
any of them —according to independent
scientific tests of the smoke itself l
CAMELS
THE CIGARETTE OF COSTLIER TOBACCOS