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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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
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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.
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The nervous curate had ar
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“And for three days and three
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He blushed, stair mered, stopped,
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Once more he was covered with
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“And for three days and three
nights Jonah was in the society of
the whale.”
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