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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. FEBRUARY 13, 1942
Kathleen Norris Says:
Women’s Share of War Is Service
(Bell Syndicate—WNU Service.)
DOING THEIR SHARE
Mary Cates might be someone
you know. She might be one of
your friends or neighbors. She
might, in fact, be you yourself.
She is a typical American moth
er, poorer than some, richer than
many. With three children to
take care of, neither she nor her
husband has much money to
spend on entertainment or luxu
ries. But they manage to buy de
fense stamps—not just once in
a while, when they think of it,
but every week. Mary knits, and
her little girls are also learning
to knit. Her stepson wants to
join the Marines. Simple, aver
age, everyday Americans, they do
their share to help our country
win the victory which may, at
long last, mean a permanent
peace.
Mary has knitted more than one hundred helmets. The small girls knit, too. They
art knitting those all-service garments that reputedly are most popular in any cold-
weather camp.
By KATHLEEN NORRIS
T HE American woman is
going to come of age in the
next few years. She is go
ing to put aside the grabbing,
boasting, playing, unthinking
ways of a child, and develop her
own consciousness and her own
soul.
She is going to waste less
food; buy fewer things that
she doesn’t want; stop throw
ing aside perfectly good gar
ments for newer garments;
stop flocking to poor shows that
she doesn’t care much about seeing
anyway.
She is going to learn the value of
the things she has always taken for
granted; things she has felt that ev
eryone has and she must have as a
matter of course. Money is going to
look quite different to her in the
next few years, and such common
places as a good dinner, a safe
home, firelight and books and friend
ly faces, suddenly are going to ap
pear to be the miracles they are.
All One Now.
And since immigration has stopped
short, and may not begin again for
a decade, we’re gradually going to
unify ourselves into a strong, na
tionally leveled people. Not Irish-
American any more, not Italian-
American, not belonging any more
to the varied lands that gave our
forefathers birth, but all one now,
devoted solely to our own country,
and the immortal principles that
have made her what she is.
We will not buy it cheaply, the
world-peace that must come out of
all this. There will be no nation in
the world that will not be bled white
before it arrives. But when it does
arrive, if it finds us understanding
ourselves and our neighbor and our
social obligations better, it will not
have been in vain.
This is the story of Mary Cates.
I know there are many women like
her, but she happens to be the ex
ample that has come to my personal
knowledge and I want the women
who “would love to do something
but don’t know how to get at it,” to
hear about her.
Mary is 34, the wife of a man
whose income is $2,400 a year. She
has daughters 8 and 10 years old,
and a stepson who has just volun
teered for service in the marines.
To begin with Mary saves two dol
lars a week, and takes two more
out of the paycheck each month, to
buy government stamps. She puts
these in her daughters’ names. She
made a house-to-house canvass of
her entire neighborhood—a rather
humble one—to pick up games and
packs of cards for the boys’ club in
the nearest, camp. She had printed
at her own expense a list of things,
often thrown away in the household,
that would be acceptable gifts for
soldiers. At Christmas time she had
six soldiers to dinner, and a small
present for each was on her tree.
Mary knits helmets steadily; she
has knitted more than a hundred
altogether. The yarn is given her,
but she does the knitting.
Children Help.
The small girls knit, too; they are
knitting those all-service garments
that reputedly are most popular of
all in any cold-weather camp. These
are first simply oblongs of knitting
about 24 by 22 inches. They are
sewed into tubes, to be pulled up
into the armpits to protect the en
tire body from cold, or to be drawn
over the head to keep throat, chest
and shoulders warm.
An old and faithful Red Cross
worker, Mary keeps up this obliga
tion, and she does not forget prayer.
Every morning before seven she
walks to church for 20 minutes of an
earnest service, and when she walks
home to start breakfast her face is
always bright.
But perhaps the finest thing about
Mary Cates is her mental, moral
and spiritual attitude. Her only
brother is out on the great north
Atlantic on a destroyer; Mary knows
in her heart what the news from
Don may be at any moment. But
she faces whatever may come with
complete fortitude.
She will do what she can, in the
years ahead, every day and every
hour; she will pray and work and
plan over each new duty, each
change as it arrives, and no one
will ever hear her complaining of
the world that is at war, or vainly
wishing that things could go back
to what they were.
Things won’t go back. They’ll
never quite go back. But perhaps
we’ll all be simpler and kinder, less
exacting, less rapacious, when this
tragedy is over. Perhaps the sacri
fices, hospitalities and generosities
of -war will be extended to days of
peace, and nobody will have ten
times too much of the necessities of
life, and nobody will have only one-
tenth enough.
Lift Your Hearts.
So lift your hearts, and get into
the side of this fight that does not
involve hate or revenge or ugliness
of any kind, but just loving and
serving. The situation is not of our
choosing; the decisions have been
made for us, and in that very fact
there lies a certain sorrowful satis
faction, a certain conviction that no
matter how difficult our path may
be, at least it has been made plain.
Many years ago I found some
lines of an old hymn. I’ve thought
of them often in the last few weens.
Here they are, perhaps imperfectly
quoted, but the spirit is there:
When you come to the Red Sea
place in your life,
When there’s nothing else you can
do.
There is no way back, there is no
way ’round.
There is no other way but through.
Then trust in the Lord with a faith
supreme,
’Till the dark and the night are
gone.
He will still the waves; He will
calm the storm
When He says to your soul, “Go
on.”
There is no other way for us now
but THROUGH. And we will get
through.
WHO’S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
(Consolidated Features—WNU Service.)
]SJ EW YORK.—Something like Ho-
ratius at the bridge, or the little
Dutch boy with his finger in the dyke
is the American Col. C. L. Chen-
. . ^. „ •» „ nault and his
Atr Circus Pilot American pi-
Has Wings Spread lots, guard-
Over Burma Road the J Bur :
ma road and
dropping the Japanese as fast as
they come.
Their score is more than 60 Japa
nese planes downed, including 24
bombers, with a possible sebre of
around 100, taking into account the
enemy planes hit but not downed on
the spot. They’re doing all this with
antiquated planes, and so far
they’ve lost only 10 of them.
Six years ago, Colonel Chen-
nault headed the army team of
precision acrobats which spread
heart-failure among the crowds
attending the Seventh Annual
Army Air races at Miami. He
and his mates, Lieut. J. H. Wil
liams and Lieut. William Mc
Donald, put on probably the diz
ziest air show ever seen and at
the same time a demonstration
of the amazing maneuverability
of airplanes under highly expert
control.
The colonel, a lean, dark, quiet,
wiry man, was 45 years old when
the above air show came off. He
retired from the army and holed up
in a neat little house at Waterproof,
La. He had his books and his dog
and he was going to enjoy life with
his friends. However, he kept up
his studies of air tactics and strate
gy, having written two authoritative
text books on these subjects.
In 1937, he was approached
by a representative of the Chi
nese government who proposed
that he become air adviser to
the Chinese government. This
led to his four years’ service in
China in which he organized and
commanded the present A.V.G.,
or American Volunteer group,
which is now outfighting the Jap
anese along the Burma road.
When he was here in January,
1940, he said that the Chinese planes
were liquid-cooled and at a great
disadvantage against any up-to-date
machine. A quiet, reserved officer,
with no dash of the swashbuckler
in his make-up, he says that he and
his boys can hold the road if they can
just get a few more fairly fash
ionable planes.
♦
'T'HE United States marine corps
-*■ did not need the saga of Guam
and Wake island as a reminder that
it if, an old established firm. The
S' U I L n corps is two
Gen. Holcomb Deep years older
In Tradition of then the
U. S. Marine Corps Present Unit-
ed States
government, and on November 10 of
this year will celebrate its 167th an
niversary.
Its anchor, globe and eagle em
blem and its “Semper Fidelis” have
been pretty nearly everywhere, and,
historically speaking, it will be old
stuff to the marines, wherever they
land.
Just now it has its highest
ranking commandant in history,
with the President’s elevation of
Commandant Thomas Holcomb
from the rank of major general
to lieutenant general. General
Holcomb, 42 years with the
corps, is a quiet-spoken, heavy-
set, business-like officer who,
like his “Leathernecks,” has
been around a lot and has a way
of making himself at home un
der inhospitable conditions.
His World war honors, won in
France, include a citation by Gen
eral Pershing, the Navy Cross, the
Silver Star, the Purple Heart and
the Legion of Honor ribbon.
He entered the marine corps
as a civilian. His rough-and-
ready military education later
was supplemented by a course
in the command and general
staff school in 1925. He sa#
service in China and the Philip
pines, back in the dawn days of
“manifest destiny,” and in the
World war he commanded the
Second battalion of the Sixth
marines in the St. Mihiel and
Meuse-Argonne offensives. He
was assigned to Cuba in the
post-war years and, by 1935, had
attained the rank of brigadier
general. In 1936 he was maffo
a major general and comman
dant of the marine corps.
The Continental congress set up
the marines, the oldest branch of
the American armed forces. Away
back in 1802 they took Derna, in
Libya, recently taken by the Brit
ish. They were fighting pirates in
the Dutch East Indies in 1835; in
Tripoli in 1840 and Formosa in 1867.
Their range has been north and
south from the Arctic to the far
South Seas, and east and west
around the globe. Without dispar
agement to other forces they have
come to symbolize tough fighting
prowess and capacity for fast catch-
as-catch-can milling anywhere.
This Valentine Cake Goes Straight to Your Heart!
(See Recipes Below)
Cupid’s Day
Hearts are king for a day and
with these magic little symbols you
can do up some
magic tricks that
will make small
entertaining a tri
umph. You can
have a party if
you like in the
Valentine theme,
or you can work
in the decorations
of hearts, Cupids,
red-and-white or
pink-and-white color schemes in just
serving refreshments.
The idea is to be festive and just
gay enough to put you and your
family in a good mood. So plan
to be on speaking terms with Valen
tine’s day with the star selections
I’m including in today’s recipes.
If you’re really planning a party,
any number of ideas offer them
selves as a gracious part of the en
tertainment. For instance, if you’re
far enough north to have ice, an
ice carnival is fun. A masquerade
in which the guests come dressed as
some of Cupid’s famous victims goes
over well. A card party featuring
games such as “Hearts” or “Old
Maid” might answer your needs, or
perhaps a dance with heart and cu-
pid decorations in crepe paper.
•St. Valentine’s Day Cake.
3 cups sifted cake flour
3 teaspoons double-acting baking
powder
Yt teaspoon salt
Vi cup butter or other shortening
lYz cups sugar
1 cup milk
Yi teaspoons lemon extract
4 egg whites, stiffly beaten
Sift flour once, measure, add bak
ing powder and salt, and sift to
gether three times. Cream butter
thoroughly, add sugar gradually and
cream together until light and fluffy.
Add flour alternately with milk, a
small amount at a time, beating aft
er each addition until smooth. Add
lemon extract. Fold in egg whites
quickly and thoroughly. Bake in
heart-shaped pan, 9 by 9 by 3Vi
inches in a moderate (350-degree)
oven 65 minutes or until done.
Spread rose-tinted Seven Minute
frosting on top of cake. Sprinkle
moist sweetened coconut on sides of
cake while frosting is still soft. Dec
orate top with cardboard arrow and
a heart of coconut.
Seven Minute Frosting.
2 egg whites, unbeaten
lYi cups sugar
5 tablespoons water
1V4 teaspoons light corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla
Rose vegetable coloring
Combine egg whites, sugar, water
and com syrup in tojj of double boil
er, beating with
rotary egg beater
until thoroughly
mixed. Place
over rapidly boil
ing water, beat
constantly with
rotary beater and
cook seven min
utes or until frost
ing stands in peaks. Remove from
boiling water; add vanilla and beat
until thick enough to spread. Tint
with vegetable coloring.
•Valentine’s Day Salad.
(Serves 6)
Pimiento
114 teaspoons gelatin
2 tablespoons cold water
Valentine Day Supper Party
•Chicken Loaf With Mushroom
Sauce or
Assorted Cold Meat and Cheese
Bread or Rolls Relishes
•Valentine’s Day Salad
•Meringues With Strawberry Ice
Cream or
Ice Cream Molds
Coffee
Children’s Valentine Party
•Heart-Shaped Sandwiches
Hot Chocolate
Ice Cream or Sherbet
•St. Valentine’s Day Cake
•Recipes Given.
Lynn Says:
Valentine ideas are practical
for the celebration of anniversa
ries even after St. Valentine’s day
is past.
Recently I saw an anniversary
celebration at which a cranber
ry mold was used. Cranberry
jelly cut in heart shapes was
placed around the big mold. The
number of small hearts cor
responded to the number of years
the couple had been married.
The heart-shaped cakes and
molds of -ice cream are much in
use for anniversary celebrations
and carry out the idea effective
ly. Heart-shaped candies may
also be used to decorate whipped
cream or desserts.
IVfe cups cottage cheese
Ys cup finely chopped celery
Salt and pepper
Dash of cayenne pepper
Lettuce and other greens
Place a border of thin strips of
pimiento around the bottom of heart-
shaped molds. Place small hearts
cut from pimiento in center. Dis
solve gelatin in cold water and fin
ish dissolving over hot water. Add
cottage cheese, mix well, then cel
ery and seasonings. Fill molds, chill,
and when firm unmold on lettuce.
Extra special describes some
dishes perfectly, and such is my
verdict for this chicken loaf:
•Chicken Loaf With
Mushroom Sauce.
(Serves 10 to 12)
1 4-pound chicken, stewed, meat
diced
lYs cups chicken broth
1 cup milk
3 eggs
Salt and pepper
Yi cup bread crumbs
Pimiento
1 cup rice
Cook rice in boiling salted water
until done. Do not rinse. Beat egg
yolks slightly, add to rice. Then
add chicken, bread crumbs, chicken
broth, milk, stiffly beaten egg whites
and seasonings. Butter a loaf pan
and dredge with extra bread
crumbs. Lay strips of pimiento all
along bottom of pan diagonally. Add
chicken mixture. Bake in a mod
erate (350-degree) oven IVi hours in
a pan of hot water. Allow to stand
Yi hour in pan after taking from
oven before attempting to unmold.
For mushroom sauce, canned
mushroom soup may be used. Fla
vor with the juice of a half lemon
and a dash of nutmeg. If you de
sire to make a mushroom sauce,
make 2 cups of medium white sauce,
! add 1 cup sauteed, chopped, canned
or fresh cooked mushrooms. Season
this with lemon juice and nutmeg.
Meringues, crisp and chewy, are
unexcelled for desserts when main
courses _are on
the hearty side.
They lend them
selves to all types
of decorations
and in this in
stance, you can
serve them filled
with strawberry
ice cream or one
of tho red ices.
•Meringues.
(Makes 10 shells)
6 egg whites
3 4 cup granulated sugar
!4 teaspoon salt
Yi teaspoon vinegar
Yg teaspoon vanilla
Add salt and vinegar to egg (
whites, then beat until foamy. Add
vanilla, then add sugar, two table
spoonfuls at a time, beating steadily
all the while until whites are very
stiff. Spoon onto ungreased sheet
and hollow out centers. Bake in a
slow oven (250-degree) on an un
greased cookie sheet for 1 hour.
Cool.
•Heart-Shaped Sandwiches.
Use whichever kind of bread you j
prefer, and cut into heart shapes :
with a large heart cutter. Butter
and fill with desired filling.
Two choice fillings which carry
out the Valentine theme are these:
Ham put through the grinder or
chopped fine and mixed with finely
chopped celery and pickle, mois
tened with mayonnaise. Jellies or
jams in red blended with cream
cheese are also attractive.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
T HE soft detail of the ruffling at
the deep V neckline of this
dress adds much to its charm
and femininity. Well planned for
the larger figure with its generous
ly full bodice and slimming skirt
raised at the waistline, this dress
meets every requirement for a
smart style to wear under a win
ter coat. It may be suitable in
terpreted in silk or rayon or wool
crepes in plain weaves, failles or
satin.
• • •
Pattern No. 8066 U designed {or sizes
36 to 52. Size 38, short sleeves, requires
*Vs yards 39-inch material; 5 yards 35-
inch; Ilk yards machine-made edging tor
neckline. For this attractive pattern send
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Elevation and Merit
There is merit without eleva
tion, but there is no elevation with
out some merit.—La Rochefou
cauld.
IDomiGetsHPprson
Do you sit and think, or lay awake |1
nights, worrying? Maybe you If
aren’t eating foods which would ■■
keep you well and strong. An
undernourished person is apt to
worry instead of work. Vitamin p'
B1 and Iron in VINOL encourages
appetite. Your druggist has
VINOU
n
Point of Contrition
To err is human; but contrition
felt for the crime distinguishes the
virtuous from the wicked.—Alfieri.
Van (amps
The best for the least
- a savory feast
PORK.ind BEANS
Eating Customs
At least one-third of all the
people in the world still eat their
meals while sitting on the floor or
ground, while the same number,
not all of which belong to the
same races or countries, eat with
their fingers.
Actual sales records in Post
Exchanges, Sales Commis
saries, Ship’s Stores, Ship’s
Service Stores, and Canteens
show that with men in the
Army, the Navy, the Ma
rines, and the Coast Guard
the favorite cigarette is
CAMEL
THE CIGARETTE OF
COSTLIER TOBACCOS