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THE SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C, FEBRUARY 6, 1942 Kathleen Norris Says: This Gentleivoman Should Wed Chauffeur (Bell Syndicate—WNU Service.) My father for several years has had a chauffeur named Tony Benito. He is a simple man who has a wonderful mother and family. Tony and I love each other. My mother would be crushed if she knew this. By KATHLEEN NORRIS ERE is a letter from a young girl that might make some mother thoughtful. Linda sends me her picture with her letter, and it is the picture of a sweet, sensible, pretty creature. She makes no complaint; she only wants some advice. But I think she has been badly treated, and that it is the fault of a selfish father and mother. “When I was quite little, mother and dad made much of me; I felt that they loved me,” writes Linda. “But when I was 10 another man appeared in the fam ily, was there continually, taking mother to lunch or dinner or danc ing; I didn’t like him very much, and neither did dad. Soon mother explained to me that dad was go ing away; it made me feel strange and lonely, but of course I was only a child, and when mother married the man I will call Van she ex plained to me that it only meant that I had two homes now and three persons to love me instead of two. “For a year dad and I and my nurse lived ♦ogether. Mammy and 1 did the cooking and we were all very happy. But then dad married, and although Elise was kind to me and gave me presents, she talked about my mother’s treatment of my father, said she had been cruel to him and worried me so that I was really ill. Mother was expecting a baby then and could not have me so I went to a hospital and from there for years to boarding-school. “My father has always been care less about money, and every quar ter I would have to write and re mind him to pay my bills, which I think accounts for the fact that I am pretty shy to this day. I hoped to be with my mother in vacations, but instead they arranged for me to go to camp every year. Inherited Money. “Please don’t think I am com plaining,” the letter goes on, “but I loved my parents and my home and I used to feel very lonely. My father was divorced again last year; and as I pleaded to be able to be with him and make a home for him he agreed. At 18 I came into some money my grandmother left me; that meant that he and I need have no money troubles. I came home Christmas a year ago and for a few weeks I was completely happy, going downtown independently, hav ing my own car, and feeling free. But my father has changed, is rare ly at home, and so I see little of him. “But my mother was very much annoyed at this arrangement; she said that having sacrificed me all these years for my education she felt that I should be with her, and help out with the family finances. My little half-brother was a strong, beautiful baby, but he got infantile paralysis, and will always need care. “Van, my stepfather, is not much of a success in business, and my mother misses the luxuries to which she had been accustomed. Altogeth er she is in a nervous state, and yet she cannot get another divorce because she would get no alimony this time. Love Comes to Linda. “Now here is my question; My father for several years has had a chauffeur named Tony Benito; he is a simple man who has a wonder ful mother and family. He was married, widowed 10 years ago. I have been to his mother’s home sev eral times. They have a restaurant FOR PARENTS ONLY Kathleen Norris’ advice, this time, is for the parents instead of their erring and wayward chil dren. Here is a case where an apparently blameless child has been denied the love and secur ity she needs by the selfishness of her parents. Unwanted when she was growing up, she is now claimed by both parents for the sake of the money she inherited from her grandmother. But she is in love with her father’s chauf feur and wants to marry him. And, surprising as it may be to some, Kathleen Norris advises her to do just that. She may be embarrassed by Tony’s limita tions, and she will not have the luxuries she has always knoivn, but she will have love and a family bound together by sim ple good-heartedness. Her par ents, divorced for many years, cannot even offer her a home, and in return for the nothing they can give her, they would probably expect to claim all her time, attention—and money. which the father, daughters and another son manage. “They are uneducated people, I suppose, talking very little English, and living a very natural home life, with babies, dogs, old grandparents, plenty of good food and good wine, and plenty of love. “Tony and I love each other. We are happy together. My father prob ably would want to kill him if he knew this, and I know my mother would be crushed. “If we married I would take what money I have and invest it in a ga rage, which Tony has long wanted to buy. We could go along for a few years comfortably on what was left, until he began to make money. We both want children, for all the Benitos love them, and I could nev er be happy without them. “Shall I refuse Tony and ask Dad to let him go, join my mother and become a nurse to my little half- brother, whom I would come to adore, I know, or make this mar riage? Please help me.” Parents Want Her Now. Now, you parents who submit lov ing sensitive small girls to the mis eries of your own marital failures and the wretchedness of partings and changes among those who seem to them faultless, what do you think of the father and mother who shoved Linda about without any considera tion for her loving little heart, her child’s love of stability and security, and her child’s confidence in her own family? Now that she is no longer a re sponsibility and a bother they want her. Now that she is an heiress both father and mother could use her money. And now she has sought companionship and love in strange places and is likely to go out of their lives forever. My advice to her is to marry Tony. She will be many times em barrassed by his limitations; she may have to apologize for him and for her family. But she will have love; a real mother and real sisters and broth ers, amusement, distraction, com- j panionship, and probably adoration from her husband. She 'vill have children; good strong children born of peasant stock, and she will build a home around them, and have the picnics and trips and birthdays and mothering that her own childhood was denied. WHO’S NEWS THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F. PARTON (Consolidated Features—WNU Service.) N EW YORK.—Randolph Evem- ghim Paul, who is preparing the treasury’s new tax program, is a suave, pleasant man with somewhat — ... .. ,, the manner Tax Authority Hat of a kind i y No Good Word for doctor who Taxation System ‘ e ^ ‘ is not nice medicine but we’ve got to take it. He has written probably as much on taxes, and with as full authority, as any man in Ameri ca, but we can’t find he ever said a good word for them. In his book, “Law of Federal In come Taxation,” published in 1934, he said: “It (taxation) is an evil which is in direct propor tion to the rate of taxation im posed, and in these days of re sumed high rates it is more im portant than it has been for many years.” We had suspected as much, and just now it is apparent that Mr. Paul hadn’t seen anything then. He is a New York lawyer, with the firm of Lord, Day and Lord, and for the last four years has been Sterling lecturer on taxation in the Yale university school of law, previously having lectured at Harvard. It is as special adviser to Secretary Mor- genthau on taxation that he is now outlining the tax program. He was appointed to the post of full-time adviser on December 12 of last year, after past part-time service in this capacity. He is believed to be wary of any prescription by which an over-dose of taxation not only would fail as an antidote for in flation but might bring worse evils. He is a native of Hackensack, N. J., educated at Amherst college and the New York university law school. He became a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York last June. In his treasury ad visory capacity he is a dollar-a-year man. ♦ T T’S hard luck having a rubber 4 shortage just when we need rub ber head lines. Pity the poor copy- reader trying to work in this one: ,, , — . , . Jonkheer Al- He'a Trimmed to idius Warm _ aldus Lam- bertus Tjar- da van Star- kenborgh Stachouwer. He is the governor general of the Netherlands and commander in chief of all the Dutch armed forces of land, sea and air which are bagging perhaps more than their full share of Japanese in the opening encounters of the war in the Pacific. Fit, Though Name Could Take a Cut His person has none of the re dundancy of his name. He is trim, fit, energetic and hard as nails. At 52, blue-eyed and blue- blooded, a cold, precise realist, trained in the world’s toughest school of administration, hf is an ascetic in his personal habits, an abstainer from liquor and to bacco—all this in refutation of the common stereotype of the fat burgher smoking a meer schaum pipe. The governor general of the Dutch East Indies has virtually absolute powers. But five years is the limit in which this dictatorial mandate may be exercised, and the crown, wary about dictators, may recall the governor general for inefficiency or malfensance. That’s how the can ny Dutch get efficiency in their co lonial empire, with a check-rein and a martingale on it. The governor’s term was up last December, but the Dutch saw this war coming and con tinued him indefinitely in of fice. At the same time, they au tomatically solved the problem of full centralization of wartime authority, the integration of land and air forces and of industrial and military effort. Only on one other occasion, in the first World war, has the term of the gover nor general been thus extended. The governor, born in the Nether- land Indies, studied law, entered the diplomatic service, became gover nor of his native province, served at six foreign capitals, including Washington and became president of the university from which he was graduated. His wife is a former Baltimore girl, Christine Marburg, the daughter of a former United States ambassador to Belgium. A knowing friend of this writ er, who spent two years in the Far East, tells me that Gover nor Stachouwer has achieved a miracle of organization and dis cipline in pulling together the European and Eurasian Hol landers and Indonesians. “And,” my friend added, “the natives are with him. That’s going to be important in this war. They have organized jungle armies of their own and they’re going to be bard to take. The governor has been tough but he has been fair and he is no tyrant.” Jlifttn CUatfiMeAdi Invitation to Dinner—Tasty Onion Soup (See Recipes Below) Let’s Serve Soup Something hot, something to warm up the system and something to stir the appetite into action so it can enjoy the meal it self—this is soup. Good companion to a dinner on cool nights or main dish for a luncheon, this is the reputation soup has acquired. So give a lift to your meals and get the appetites off to a brisk start. These savory soup recipes will help you: *Onion Soup. (Serves 4 to 6) 2 slices bacon, cubed 4 sweet Spanish onions 2 tablespoons flour 1 quart milk Salt and pepper Stale bread Grated American cheese Fry cubed bacon slowly over low heat, stirring constantly until fat is extracted. Lift out crisp bacon bits and set aside. P.ace thinly sliced onions in pan with some of bacon fat and saute until clear and ten der. Sprinkle flour over onions, blend, add milk and crisp bacon. Stir constantly over direct heat or cook in double boiler until soup thickens slightly. Season with salt and pepper. Serve in soup plates with croutons made by toasting stale bread in oven. Sprinkle grated cheese over bread just before serv ing. Flavor’s the important thing in soup, and you’ll know just to what extent when you try: Split Pea Soup. (Serves 6 to 8) 1 cup dried split peas 2 quarts cold water Ham bone with a little meat on it Vs small onion Salt and pepper Soak peas overnight, drain and cover with the cold water. Heat to boiling point, add onion and ham bone. Simmer 2 to 3 hours or until tender. Remove ham bone and sea son. Serve with crisp toast. If you’re having a rather heavy meal and are considering omitting the soup, don’t forego the pleas ure of having a light, clear soup because it’s just the thing for heartier meals. Here’s a soup that can be made in advance and heated just before serving. Its excellent flavor is inspired by a careful com bination of seasonings. Clear Tomato Soup. (Serves 6 to 8) 1 quart brown soup stock 1 can tomatoes V* teaspoon peppercorns 1 small bayleaf 3 cloves 3 sprigs thyme 4 tablespoons butter 2 sprigs parsley V\ cup each onion, carrot, celery V\ cup raw ham, diced Salt and pepper Cook onion, carrot, celery and ham in butter 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, peppercorns, bayleaf, cloves, thyme and parsley. Cover and cook slowly 1 hour. Strain care fully, add hot stock and season with Lynn Says: Good soups deserve attractive accompaniments. Here are some popular ideas: Thin slices of lemon, chopped parsley, thin slices of avocado, slightly salted whipped cream, toasted almonds. In the bread line you can really do a lot of tricks, such as cutting the bread into fancy shapes with a cookie cutter, then toasting and sprinkling on soup before serv ing. Rings (made with doughnut cutter), animal shapes, hearts, stars and diamonds are popular. Cheese sticks are good too and are made by sprinkling grated cheese on bread strips, broiled and served hot. Chopped chives or chopped parsley either by themselves or sprinkled over the salted whipped cream add color to soup platters. This Week’s Menu •Onion Soup Meat Loaf , Baked Potatoes Julienne Beets Cloverleaf Rolls, Butter and Jam Orange-Pineapple Salad Chocolate Peppermint Tarts Coffee Tea Milk •Recipe Given. salt and pepper. Chicken Bouillon. (Serves 8) 3 to 4 pound stewing chicken 2 chicken feet 3 to 4 quarts boiling water 3 stalks celery or V* cup diced celery root 1 onion, sliced Salt and pepper Nutmeg Clean chicken and cut into small pieces. Scald chicken feet. Skin and remove nails. Pour boiling water over chicken, feet, celery and onion. Cover and simmer about 3% hours. Remove chicken, strain stock and season. The chicken may be used creamed, in casseroles or wherever cut, cooked chicken is called for. Lentil soup has long been among the high-rank ing favorites. Be cause it has sub stance such as the lentils them- selves, meat or even sausage, it’s exceUent served as a main dish, especially for Sunday night suppers: Lentil Soup. (Serves 6 to 8) 2 cups lentils 3 quarts cold water 2 pounds brisket of beef or ham bone 1 stalk celery, diced 2 onions, cubed 2 tablespoons fat 2 tablespoons flour Salt and pepper Pick over lentils, wash, and soak overnight in cold water. Drain, cov er with cold water, and cook with the meat for IVs hours. Add celery and onion and cook for 2 hours. Blend melted fat and flour, season, then add IVs cups stock and cook un til thick. Add rest of stock and serve with a slice of rye bread, sprinkled with cheese and toasted until the cheese is melted. Lentil soup is good also with smoked sau sage or frankfurters in place of the meat listed above. Another good soup that makes a meal in itself is this: Deep sea oys ters are especially flavorful for this: Oyster Bisque. (Serves 6) 1 pint oysters IVz cups water Salt and pepper 2 cups milk % cup dry bread crumbs 1 tablespoon butter 1 tablespoon flour 1 onion, chopped fine 1 stalk celery, chopped fine 1 sprig parsley, chopped fine Cook oysters in their own water and liquor until they curl. Add on ion, celery, parsley and simmer gen tly for 20 minutes. Scald milk, add bread crumbs and cook for 15 min utes in double boUer. Put mixture through a sieve. Melt butter, blend in flour and seasonings. Add milk and crumb mixture. Rub oysters through a sieve and add to milk mixture. Serve with soda crackers. Quick soups may be concocted from cans. Here are some combi nations guaranteed to please: 1 can tomato soup, 1 can pea soup 1 can tomato soup, 1 can chick en soup 1 can chicken soup, 1 can cel ery soup X can consomme, 1 can tomato juice 1 can chicken soup, 1 can mush room soup 1 can tomato soup, 1 can as paragus soup 1 can mushroom soup, 1 can chicken broth (Reieaseci by Western Newspaper Union.) IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUWDQUIST. D. D. Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson for February 8 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used bjr permission. A BUSY SABBATH IN CAPERNAUM LESSON TEXT—Mark 1:21-34. GOLDEN TEXT—I was In the Spirit on the Lord's day.—RevelaUon 1:10. The Sabbath of the Jew and the Lord’s Day (Sunday) of the Chris tian were both intended to be days of rest. The ordinary activities of life were to cease and one trfras to be free to worship and to rest. The manner in which a man uses this God-given day of rest is a remark ably accurate indicator of his spiri tual condition. We have before us the account of a very busy Sabbath day which our Lord spent in Capernaum, the city in which most of His mighty works were done, but which ignored Him and His teaching to its own destruc tion (see Matt. 11:23, 24). As we look at our Lord’s activity on that day we learn what we may do with our Sundays to make them bear fruit for eternity. We find Him in three places. I. In the Church (w. 21-28). The Sabbath day found our Lord with His people in the synagogue, their place of worship. The serv ice of worship was probably for mal and lacking in spiritual vital ity, but none-the-less He was there. What have we to say if we miss the opportunity for fellowship and serv ice which church attendance brings us? Observe that because He was there He (as a distinguished relig ious teacher) was called upon to teach the people. He taught them in the serene consciousness of His divine authority, and the people were delighted and astonished at His message. . We may not serve exactly as He did, but if we pre sent ourselves in God’s house on His day we will find the way opening for us to share in the worship. Jesus not only spoke, but He per formed a miracle. Certain it is that we could not do what He did, but we can be ready to give ourselves in service as well as in worship, or in speaking. There is much work to be done in the church, and God’s people should be ready and will ing to do it. II. In the Home (w. 29-31). From the synagogue Christ went into the home. How appropriate! We too should go from the church to the home, always bringing with us the strength and blessing of the worship service. The daughter of a great preacher and Bible teacher said the thing she most loved in her father was that he did not give out the “cream” of his Christianity in his meetings and bring home the “skim milk.” Too often we fail to bring into the home the power and beauty of the service in the church. We who have been very sweet and spiritual in the church should not come home to be sour and crabbed. Jesus brought a blessing into Peter’s home, miraculously healing his mother-in-law of a great fever, setting her free to serve. Here again we cannot do what He did, but we can, in His name, bring pow er and blessing into our homes. III. In the City (w. 32-34). From the home the ministry of Jesus reached out to the entire city. As the strict laws forbidding travel on the Jewish Sabbath were set aside by the coming of sundown, not only the city but the entire country side brought their sick and needy to Him. The scene staggers the imagina tion as one attempts to conceive of this coming together of troubled hu manity for the Master’s touch. Mark tells us that He healed many; Matthew, that He healed all. and Luke, the physician, is emphatic in saying that He healed every one of them. We may learn from this incident that our Christian faith, which has been developed and strengthened by our time of worship and service in the church, should not only reflect itself in the home, but should reach out into the life of the community in which we live. The primary in terest of the Christian in his city or the place of his residence should be spiritual, a desire to bring to bear upon the people of the commu nity the power of the gospel. There is, however, a secondary responsibility which is of much im portance and that is the extending of Christian influence into every phase of school, social, political, and business life. It is said that when D. L. Moody came into a bar ber shop the entire course of the conversation changed. The Chris tian should have an influence on problems of social welfare, the work of the public schools, the proper con duct of business in the community, and surely upon its political life. It is said that if every Christian in America would vote according to his professed convictions we could put the saloons out of business in a single election. Why not do it? famous TT/unfas ZINNIA, Giant DetbU Ultad- Sl>eciaMy tested blend of finest colors. Huge double blooms all summer. 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