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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C, FEBRUARY 27, 1942 Eleanor Roosevelt 'CONTRIBUTIONS’ I went one night to speak at a pa triotic rally held in one of the large churches in Washington. Those pres ent reiterated again their willing ness to fight and die for the United States, and recounted the part that the colored people had played in the history of our country during ev ery war. I never like to have us remember only our contributions as military contributions, because there are so many things which people have giv en in times of peace which are just as important to the development of the country, even when these horri ble days of war are upon us. All of our racial groups have made a vast contribution to the develop ment of the United States. Many of them have worked in our fields and have developed our agriculture. Without them the cotton fields of the South would never have been tilled and the wheat fields of the West would not have produced their abun dance. Our mines would not have been developed. Our factories would not have operated without the labor of the countless people who, once upon a time, came to these shores from Africa, Europe, the Near East and the Far East. It is not only i" these material ways that people jve contributed to the development of this country. Think of what has been given by writers, painters, actors, dancers and musicians to the general culture of the nation. No country is fully civilized which can not appreciate its artists. They make a contribu tion not just to the entertainment side of life, but to the educational, economic and spiritual sides. —Buy Defense Bonds— BAD NEWS Everyone I met seemed depressed over the news from Singapore. We have been told that we must expect reverses at the start, and yet we want victory at once. The Axis nations prepared their people for many years, physically and mental ly, for this struggle. They built up huge reserves of war materials. They laid their plans well in ad vance. The people who did not want war, tried to plan for a peaceful world. They conditioned their peo pie to peace. Those who foresaw, that, whether we wanted it or not, we might be attacked, had a hard time getting a hearing. No one wanted to spend money on things which might never be needed, and for that reason our preparation had, of necessity, to be slower. We should remember now, how ever, that day by day the opposition in the Pacific and in the Atlantic, in Europe, Africa and Asia, is wearing itself out far more rapidly than we are. Some day, when we have reached the full power of our produc tion, the day of victory for those who love peace, will come. Then we shall have to remember St. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans: “Dearly be loved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.” —Buy Defense Bonds— NAVAL HOSPITAL You might be interested to hear a little about the boys in the Brook lyn Naval hospital. Nearly a whole ward was filled with boys from the Normandie, who had been overcome by smoke or burned. They all seemed to be recovering, but the ex perience must have been a very un pleasant one. I also had an opportunity to talk for a little while with a boy who was very seriously injured on the destroyer Kearney. He is getting well and will be able to be about again, but his remark was that he wanted to “get back at them.” That is a wonderful spirit when your disabilities would free you from active service, but it is the kind of spirit which we may expect to find in all these young men. As I walked through the hospital, I told the doctors that I had a par ticular interest in the destroyers be cause my boy is on one. I noticed a smile on the faces of the boys nearest me, so evidently they have a feeling, too, for destroyer duty. I imagine there is greater opportunity for contact between men and offi cers on a destroyer and, therefore, a greater feeling of belonging to one big family. • • • YOUNG VISITOR We have a perfectly lovely baby spending a few days with us in the White House. She is 3% months old, the daughter of my cousins, Mr. and Mrs. W. Forbes Morgan Jr», and seemed completely engrossed in the President so long as he held her in his arms. • • • WOODEN PAILS The governor of New Hampshire, the Honorable Robert O. Blood, has sent me two wonderful wooden pails. They are called “Granite State Bom- Pails,” and he says: “We of New Hampshire are pleased to contribute in a small way to the national de fense program by furnishing a sub stitute which will conserve scarce material, such as metal, using our hurricane lumber and using labor of an average of 60 years of age as is found in our pail factories.” Suit Designs Feature Bright Color and Dressmaker Lines By CHERIE NICHOLAS DRIGHT colors, daring colors, ■*-' clear colors will help the Ameri can woman express her confidence and courage. No matter how simple a suit may be, it’s going to glorify color for all it’s worth. The colors for suits are really quite breath taking. Especially daring are the bright reds, the Kelly greens, light beige and golden yellow. Navy is highlighted with brass buttons, with snowy lingerie touches and with red- and-white accents. And watch for violet shades! So many will be in evidence you will probably feel as if you are looking through violet colored glasses. There will be violet hats, violet bouton nieres, violet gloves, suits of violet gabardine, wool mixtures and spun rayons. Just wait and see! The use of soft styling, as well as the emphasis on daring use of color, was brought out forcefully at the style preview recently presented to capacity audiences at the Mer chandise Mart in Chicago. Designers have apparently taken great care to stay away from any thing “mannish,” for women will be more eager than ever, this spring, to look their feminine best. Dress maker styles feature softly draped lines without sacrificing any of their tailored simplicity. Shown to the right in the above il lustration is a costume suit that is practical, functional and distinctly feminine. This is one of the new tie-belt fashions of the soft dress maker type for which a decideo preference is shown. Made of a stunning plaid, it has large patch pockets for convenience as well as “looks.” The back is belted in smart fashion. These lovely plaids come in blue and red, beige and brown, and also in beige, brown and green. Soldier blue is a far flung color this season. You will see it in hats, gloves, and, of course, in suits. The fitted reefer shown to the left in the above picture is of soldier blue. Smooth shoulders, comfortably cut armholes, loose sleeves and a high notched collar are smart style points. The novelty buttons are made of plastic overlaid with a gold design. A chic dressmaker suit of all wool in a delectable pastel shade is shown in the center of the group pictured above. This suit has the set-in belt which distinguishes the majority of smart suits this spring. Note the detachable bengaline collar. Youth ful collars of this type are predomi nate in casual neckwear fashions. A suit of this type invites all sorts of pretty accessories. It can be worn all day long, its “dressiness” de pending on the accessories you wear. The blouse may be simple and casual, of the costume type, or of one of the lingerie types. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Tuxedo Front Fashion decrees that women must maintain the charm of femininity, whether they wear uniforms, just plain workaday clothes, or more luxurious “off duty” apparel. Spe cial emphasis is placed on coats to wear over new spring print frocks and the little one-piece classic dresses. The attractive model pic tured above has the tuxedo revers destined for spring fashion triumphs. A fleecy, handsome wool in a beige shade known as “King” is used for this coat. Beige is to be a leading color this spring. Wood and Plastics Make Novel Jewelry Casual jewelry to wear with day time clothes is apt to be made of most anything these days. The most fascinating necklaces, bracelets and lapel ornaments are being made of shells. These are often delicately flower-like and tint ed in realistic colors. Ceramics and plastics are han died with deft workmanship. Medal lions of plastic bear clusters of flow ers in relief. Wooden jewelry is shown in pro fusion, some delicately wrought oi wood as thin and pliable as papyrus Others, especially the long necklace worn with slacks, are created ol chunky nuggets of wood painted in blazing colors. One studio is turning out exquisite pieces made of fish scales, each tiny scale wired (not pasted) to form wee boutonnieres. Favorite of the Young— Bright Printed Jerkins Two-piece dresses stressing the long-torso line are favorites with the younger set. The jerkin idea is also popular for it is, after all, in the long-torso class. One of the mosl popular ideas is the pleated skirt oi black or navy crepe which is topped with a long-torso blouse made of a bright print. The newest versions have the surplice fastening. Jersey Dirndl The teen - age youngsters are enamored of the new full, flounced dirndls that are made of bizarre printea jersey. Suspender bodice: are new and popular. The strap: are embroidered in gay peasant fashion. You will love the new fichu shawls that are crocheted in lacy, open mesh and self-fringed by hand Army Brides Thousands of weddings now tak ing place must necessarily be in formal owing to the stress of time and circumstance. Suits are already being displayed for the war bride who must do without the traditional wedding. Casey Stengel Bncky Walters L) ASEBALL may have a better phi- losopher in its midst than Casey Stengel, mandarin of the Boston Braves, but we doubt it. During the past few weeks we have put in considerable time hur dling the divots of leading stars with | Casey in tow, or vice versa, along the western border of bunkerland, discov ering each time new depths in the Sten gel philosophy. A certain star would plunk one into a trap, squawking bit terly when he found a heelprint. “Did he," asked Mr. Stengel, “ex pect to find the trap studded with a flock of wooden tees? Suppose some of these birds had to play from places I pick out from hole to hole?” It was no difficult job to swing Casey back to baseball. “The draft,” he said, “can make these two pennant races a big scramble. And I’m not referring to the Yankees. The main American league scramble win be to keep somewhere in sight of the Yankees. Any baU elnb that has DiMaggio, Gordon and Keller doesn’t have to bother much. But there can be a big scramble for second and third places. “We might find out, for one ex ample, whether the loss of Ted Wil liams hurts the Red Sox more than Feller’s absence hurts Cleveland. The Yankees suffer no such destruc tion. That’s the way it is in life. The breaks usually swing to the top, not towards the bottom.” In the National Casey looked for an even tighter race in the National league than 1941 had to show. “The Dodgers and Cardinals will be about as strong as they were a year ago. I believe the Reds can be bet ter, with the pitch ing they are sure to get. Just a few more base hits can make this club a tough contender back of Walters, Riddle, Derringer and Vander Meer. Those are four rough parties to face in any series. I feel sure the Cubs and Pirates will im prove. Maybe the Giants. I hope we do. “We have some pretty fair kids coming along—if they are not taken away in the draft. This is where the scramble comes in. No. one can say now how many more players will have to go by midsummer. And you’ll find few ball players turned down physically. They are a pretty healthy lot. “One big trouble with baseball,” Casey said, “is the little so many players seem to learn. They are usually big, fast and strong, and they appear to think that’s all there is needed to make a ball player. “Oh, here and there you find a rookie who is keen to learn Ms trade, to improve Mmself. But you don’t find this sort often. There are too many who either know it all or are too lazy to work at it in the hard way. “Good baseball is a smart man’s game. This is why many an old- timer will still hang on this season, and more kids will fall back. It should be a big year for the vet erans. I could use a fellow in Los Angeles by the name of Jigger Statz who is 43 years old. He is still one of the best outfielders in baseball and a pretty fair hitter.” The 1942 Season Philosopher and psychologist Sten gel looked forward to a good base ball year. “The average human mind,” he said, “can handle only so much trou ble and brooding. It needs some form of release now and then. The entertainment and the amusement baseball brings to millions will be badly needed. And this can in no way interfere with war work of any sort. “Workers in war industries can use an hour or two here and there to rest their nerves and get needed relaxation. All those needed for war service will be taken. They have been called in large numbers and they still will be called when ever and wherever wanted. But there will be others left—many oth ers—including older men with fami lies. Not so many of these will be taken, with so many unmarried younger men around. “And stars keep coming along. I remember they once said nobody could take the places of Wagner and Lajoie. Then we had Cobb, Speaker and Jackson. Who could take their places? Then we had Rnlh and Gehrig, Hornsby and others. No body could dll those gaps. But sud denly there were DiMaggio, Feller and Ted Williams. Also Pete Reiser, a great first-year man. And that Joe Gordon is no doormat around second base.” “Yes, they keep coming along,” Repression a Common Error. CEETHING over inside, ^ ing to hide it! Such inn ;, but try ing to hide it! Such inner crises become worse and worse for the woman who tries to control her “nerves” by repressing them. If you are high strung, you have more dynamic energy, keener sen sibilities than the average person. Do You Like Jingle Contests? 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