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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C„ FEBRUARY 27, 1942
Kathleen Norris Says:
Women May Have to Be Regimented
(Bell Syndicate—WNU Service.)
W AR IS W ORK
American women are willing,
even eager, to volunteer for war
service of one kind or another.
But after a little time many of
them begin to question the au
thority of those in command, to
demand smartly tailored uni
forms at the price of efficiency,
to find it more convenient to
plead a previous engagement
when that inevitable emergency
call comes and finds them just
“too tired" to make the effort.
War is work—hard work—for
everyone, and Kathleen Norris
believes that unless women vol
untarily toe the mark, they will
have to submit to the draft and
to military regimentation. The
bombs wont wait for you to fin
ish that “rubber." And the cry
of human suffering will not be
stilled by promises. W'ar is work,
and that work must be done now!
/ believe that within six months every woman and girl in the United States will
have to register. There will be training camps for officers and no more room for petty
squabbles that threaten women’s war work.
By KATHLEEN NORRIS
A LL American women want
to help the country now.
Thousands are enlisting
for service—any service. Nurs
ing, sewing, making bandages,
canteen work, entertainment;
whatever each one may do she
is eager to do.
But American women are not
drafted. They are not obliged to
register, state age and capabil
ity, and await the order to serve.
That has been the procedure
with men for generations. They
expect to obey, take orders,
work humbly in the lowest
ranks until they prove their
right to promotion.
Women volunteer eagerly enough.
But presently they question the right
of Mrs. Wilson to give orders; they
don’t know who ever told Mary Da
vis that she was boss. They want
a becoming uniform; and I have
heard lately of many who would
not report for duty until they got
that uniform. When an emergency
call came for certain others, who
had taken nursing courses and sud
denly were needed, several an
swered that they had engagements
or were playing bridge—yes, the
latter answer was actually given to
the anxious superintendent who
needed vital help to save life.
A San Francisco paper .had an
editorial that is a reproach to ev
ery woman in the state. It warned
women volunteers that they must
pull together, that they must stop
fighting for places of power or prom
inence, that they must avoid dupli-.
cation of service and concentration
of help in certain popular areas.
May Need Regimentation.
Does that same condition exist
among the women of your group or
neighborhood?
If so, and if it continues, the only
answer is government regimenta
tion of women as well as men.
When that comes, every woman
will do what she is told to do. The
women placed in authority over her
may be infinitely less capable than
she is herself, but she won’t be al
lowed to question orders or choose
her own way of doing her own job.
She will report where she is told to
report, on the minute, and she will
endure whatever conditions meet
her without any redress.
We are the geatest nation in the
world. But we never have been a
truculent nation, looking about for
excuses to make trouble with our
neighbors, and we have been rich
enough to be content with the poten
tialities of our own magnificent land.
Now that is changed. We must
meet attack from without, and even
if it takes us years to get our full
fighting power organized there can
be no turning back now and no half
way measures. And unless our
women can do their share without
actual military regimentation, ihey
must be prepared to be mobilized.
Utmost Is Exacted.
In every army there are, tempo
rarily at least, mistakes in com
mand. It would take a superhuman
commander-in-chief always to dele
gate authority to the right person.
Fitness for office is a thing of slow
growth, and fime is the one thing
we have not, just now. Neverthe
less, in a few weeks or months the
incompetent officer is moved to some
less important command; there is a
“shake-up,” and gradually the ut
most is exacted from a well-or
ganized, tightly knit, well-controlled
soldiery. Meanwhile the recruit
obeys, and keeps his mouth shut.
Jlynn GltambeA&i
Who Wouldn’t Come to a Dinner Like This?
(See Recipes Below)
Accent on Dinner
If they draft women, our sex will
learn more about discipline and au
thority in six weeks than most of us
experience in a lifetime. Life to
some women will seem one long out
rageous injustice. How many wom
en would have been silent, as the
boys were silent, over the conditions
in our first enormous army camps a
few months ago?
The conditions have been changed;
they are being steadily bettered, but
at first they meant almost constant
discomfort for the draftees. Cold,
boredom, mud, poor food, uncertain
ties of every sort were their life. But
they were in the army, and they
took it as a matter of course.
Are you ready, as a woman, for
that sort of thing? Or can’t we
women do our full share of war work
without being hammered into line?
I am afraid it will have to come
to that. I believe that within six
months or a year every woman and
girl will have to register; there will
be training camps for officers, and
there will be no more room for the
petty squabbles and jealousies that
threaten women’s war work today.
Quarreled for Power.
I say this because of my own ex
perience in an enormous organiza
tion of women a few years ago.
These women were first of all for
peace, and, secondly, almost all
mothers of sons. But from the be
ginning they quarreled for place,
power and title. They wrote me
endless letters complaining of each
other. On several occasions they
took petty cases to court, once try
ing to prove that on* of their lead
ers hadn’t really been the first one
to think of the ideals of the league,
and at another time to challenge the
citizenship of a valued charter mem
ber.
Months were wasted while they
argued and threatened; on the occa
sion of our first annual convention
certain disaffected members threat
ened the delegates with warrants,
and warned us all by wire that our
meeting would be broken up by the
police. The millions—they were ac
tual millions—of peace-loving mem
bers faded away.
Men can’t get along and take or
ders without definite, unquestionable
authority. When the top-sergeant,
or the pip-squeak lieutenant, or the
unreasonable captain speaks, they
obey. In the ranks of our armies
today, humbly taking orders, are
some of the boys who, if they live,
will be our great men tomorrow.
The President of 1962 probably is
doing K.P. duty, turning out early
and gulping his camp coffee and
beans with the rest of them.
Dinner is the master meal of the day
and as such requires the most mas
terful stroke the
homemaker can
apply. With time
unlimited, this
master stroke is
not so hard to
bring into play,
but with days like
these which are
filled to the ut
most with activi
ty of all kinds,
time-saving hints and ideas for din
ner are important.
Planning a meal which can all
be baked is both time and money
saving. If you’re pinched for silver
and aluminum for cooking and serv
ing, you can use glasswares for
both the cooking and serving.
Today I’m discussing a dinner
that is equally adaptable for either
a family or company dinner. It’s
one of those meals that you won’t
forget because it’s always bound to
be successful from the point of view
of appetite appeal, ease in serving
and ease in cooking. Tuck these
ideas where they won’t gather dust,
for they’ll gather fame more easily.
*Lamb Roast.
(Serves 8 to 10)
5 to 6 pound leg of lamb
Garlic clove or slice of onion
Salt and pepper
Have a leg of lamb boned and
tied. Wipe with a damp cloth but
do not remove fell, the parchment
like covering over the meat. Rub gar
lic or onion (or onion salt, if you
have neither of those) over the
meat, then rub salt and pepper.
Bake in a slow (300-degree) oven,
allowing 30 to 35 minutes to the
pound. If a heat resistant glass
platter is used, the lamb may be
served from that.
•Franconia Potatoes.
' (Serves 8 to 10)
8 to 10 medium-sized potatoes
4 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
Cook potatoes in boiling salted
water for 15 minutes. Drain and
place in the oven around the meat
to finish roasting, about 40 minutes,
i Pour melted butter and chopped
parsley over potatoes when done.
Arrange with whole, cooked carrots
on platter and serve.
A hot bread on a cool evening
adds plenty of staccato to the menu,
and I would ad
vise serving it of
ten. This one is
especially appro
priate for the
menu today be
cause your oven
will be hot and
you can bake it
before you put in the meat.
Lynn Says:
Trying to tackle the winter
vegetable problem? Here’s a pa
rade of suggestions that will prop
up your meals:
Baked squash with small white
onions baked in the hollow. A
bit of cream sauce added just be
fore serving to the onions will
also perk up this dish. Sprinkle
with paprika for color.
Carrots: glaze these with
brown sugar and butter when
baking. For cooked carrots add
a bit of tartness with lemon juice.
Serve canned or cooked lima
beans with this smart mustard
sauce: 4 tablespoons butter mixed
with Vs teaspoon sugar, 1 tea
spoon ground mustard and 2 ta
blespoons lemon juice.
Beets like to be teamed up
with a Harvard sauce. Thicken
the beet liquid with cornstarch
and add a bit of grated orange
rind and juice for delightful vari
ation.
Sprinkle cooked asparagus with
grated Swiss cheese and brown
under the broiler.
Parsnips: parboil these, then
dip in egg and bread crumbs.
Fry until a golden brown.
Turnips: cook and mash. Sea
son with butter, salt and pepper
and a dash of nutmeg.
This Week’s Menu
Mixed Fruit Juices
•Lamb Roast
•Franconia Potatoes
Carrots
Fruit Salad
•Spice Bread Butter
•Caramel Crumb Custard
•Recipe Given.
•Spice Bread.
(Makes 1 quart loaf pan)
2% cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
Vx teaspoon salt
Vx cup sugar
*4 teaspoon cinnamon
y« teaspoon nutmeg
Vg teaspoon ground cloves
Vt teaspoon ginger
1 cup currants
2 eggs
1 cup milk
Yg cup shortening
Sift flour before measuring. Then
sift together flour, baking powder,
salt, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg,
cloves and ginger. Wash and drain
currants; mix into dry ingredients.
Add well beaten eggs, milk and
melted shortening to dry ingredi
ents. Stir only until just well com
bined. Pour into a greased loaf pan.
Bake in a moderate (350-de -X-e)
oven for about one hour.
Caramel flavoring flirts witi: cus
tard in this dessert idea. But what’s
especially nice
about this one is
that you can bake
it along with the
bread since both
require the same
oven tempera
ture. Custard’s best baked in indi
vidual cups and the custard unmold
ed onto the dessert plates when
ready to serve:
•Caramel Crumb Custard.
(Serves 8)
V4 cup sugar
Yg cup boiling water
3 eggs
1 cup sugar
% teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
3 tablespoons melted butter
1 cup coarse dry bread crumbs
(crusts removed)
Yg cup caramel syrup
Make a caramel syrup by melting
% cup sugar in a skillet, very slow
ly, and allowing to cook until a
golden brown. Remove from heat
and add boiling water slowly. Re
turn to heat for 10 minutes or until
completely dissolved. Separate eggs
and beat yolks until lemon colored.
Gradually beat in 1 cup sugar, salt,
syrup, milk and butter. Add bread
crumbs and fold in stiffly beaten
whites. Pour into eight glass cus
tard cups. Place in a pah of hot wa
ter and bake in a moderate oven
(350-degree) about 40 minutes.
Serve warm with whipped cream.
Speaking of planning menus that
seem to fit both company and fam
ily dinner occasions I thought you
might like a few suggestions. Here
are foods that fit each other be
cause of their flavors blending to
gether so smoothly, because of their
balance and contrast in texture and
flavor. They’re easy to keep in mind
and fix at a few hours’ notice:
Menu I.
Consomme With Lemon Slice
Lamb Steaks With Gravy
Spinach Ring With Browned
Potato Balls
Apricot and Cream Cheese Salad
Orange Rolls
Baked Alaska
Menu II.
Cranberry Juice
Pork Shoulder Roast
Baked Squash
Green Peas Perfection Salad
Whole’ Wheat or Graham Bread
Dutch Apple Cake With Hard Sauce ,
Menu III.
Tomato Soup
Baked Fish With Lemon Slice
Scalloped Potatoes
Grapefruit and Orange Salad
Hot Biscuits
Spiced Watermelon Rind
Chilled Fruit Ice-Box Cookies
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RAND for January sewing
right now, and good to repeat
again this summer is the princess
frock for little girls offered in Pat
tern No. 1516-B. The same pat
tern also shows you how to make
overalls, rompers and a bonnet!
As all mothers know, little girls
look their very best in a princess
frock, the silhouette of which is
flattering to chubby and slim fig
ures alike. And so easy to make
too! The neckline here is , cut
square, the sleeves are short and
puffed. The frock will be ador
able in a gay flower printed or
plain color cotton trimmed with
perky ric-rac and a set of match
ing buttons.
Another garment you’ll rush to
complete for your little daughter’s
midwinter wardrobe are the over
alls—cunning and practical too.
Later this season you will add the
quickly made rompers.
• • •
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Size 2 (rock requires I’i yards 35-inch
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Store mayonnaise in a cool but
not too cold place in the refrig
erator. If chilled mayonnaise is
apt to separate.
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Don’t let leaves and dirt pile up
around exposed wood at the foun
dation level of the house. It en
courages rot.
• • •
Never overheat the water in
your hot-water heater. Not only
does it waste fuel, but it also en
courages rust. A temperature of
120 degrees to 130 degrees Fahren
heit should suffice.
• * •
Here is a new way to use mince
meat. Spread a one-inch layer
of mincemeat on a sheet of rich
biscuit dough. Roll it and quickly
fit it into a greased loaf pan. Bake
30 minutes and serve with lemon
sauce.
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1. Why is a small pocket knife
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2. The solid part of the earth is
known as what?
3. What result is obtained by
multiplying 5 x 6 x 0 x 10?
4. Is the science of fingerprint
ing practiced in China?
5. What is the only walled city
in North Amer-ca?
6. What sainted woman is said
to have given her kerchief to
Christ as he carried his cross to
Golgotha?
7. The Philippines are named
for the king of what country?
8. What ship was carrying Hen
ry Hudson when he explored the
river named for him?
9. How many divisions of the
A.E.F. served in France during
the First World war?
10. On what street is the White
House in Washington, D. C.?
The Answers
1. Because it was formerly used
to make and sharpen quills for
pens.
2. The lithosphere.
3. Zero.
the Fourth century.
5. Quebec is the only walled
city in North America.
6. Veronica.
7. Spain (Philip II).
8. The Half Moon.
9. From June, 1917, until No
vember 11, 1918, 42 divisions of the
A.E.F. saw service on the Western
front.
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