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/ THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C, MARCH 20, 1942 U. S. Gardeners Aid in Nation’s ‘Victory’ Drive Increased Number of Gar dens This Year Vital For Balanced Diets. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Uncle Sam’s wartime food needs have put the all-but-for gotten family vegetable garden back on the map. Millions of Americans are now poring over seed catalogs, checking tools and eyeing likely planting sites. Once the frost is gone, an army of gardeners recruited from farms, small towns and big cities will prepare the earth with spades and fertilizers. Then will come seeding, weeding and cultivating in a vast effort to produce plenty of fresh vege tables, F. O. B., the kitchen door. This effort is part of a great na tional Victory Garden program. In the weeks since Pearl Harbor, offi cials of the U. S. department of ag riculture have been consulting with gardening experts from every state. Organizations everywhere have pledged their aid—garden clubs. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Campfire Girls, 4-H clubs. As the program develops, activities will follow two major lines: 1. Farmers and their families throughout the United States will co-operate by planting 5,760,000 vegetable gardens. 2. Small town and big city dwellers will sponsor commu nity and school gardens, and wherever possible individual family Victory gardens. This newest move in the war on the Axis is reminiscent in many ways of the stirring days of World War No. 1, when back-yard garden- Miss Peg reaps the results of hav ing a garden of her own. The green beaus she is collecting will be deli cious at the family’s evening meal. ers did their bit to make good the slogan: “Food Will Win the War.” But there are wide differences, too, and it is hoped that many of the mistakes of the 1917-18 war garden program will be avoided this time. The last war demonstrated: that home gardening can contribute im portantly to the food supply. In 1917 alone, 1,150,000 acres of city and town land were under cultivation. By 1918 there were 5,000,000 gardens Red beets . . . beans . . . lettuce . . . carrots . . . tomatoes . . . are just a few of the vegetables this young lady, busy in her garden, can look forward to during the coming months. During those months the family will not only have fresh vegetables that will keep them healthy and strong, but there will be plenty left over to can and preserve for con sumption during the following winter. which produced 528,000,000 pounds of food. But there was waste and unneces sary sacrifice, too. Many a hopeful big city garden yielded nothing but blisters and backaches. In. some places park lawns, golf courses and public recreation areas were plowed up and planted to potatoes. Orna mental plantings in private grounds were sacrificed; flowers were for gotten to make room for vegetables; and gardens were attempted in con gested big city locations where suc cess was obviously impossible. Today an abundance of land is available for Victory Gardens with out sacrificing landscape beauty or the growing of flowers which are just as important to morale, as vege tables are to physical well-being. This is particularly true in small towns and in the suburban areas of big cities. Nutrition Is Watchword. Nutrition is the watchword of the present program. First of all, our ( soldiers must be well nourished. So must defense workers in fields and factories. Britain, Russia and our other allies must be kept supplied with food. But the program goes beyond that. A battle is being waged on the home front against malnutri tion. Regardless of how long the World war lasts, the nutrition battle at home will go on until every Amer ican is receiving enough of the right kinds of food. In considering the two main phases of the Victory Garden pro gram, the farm effort will of course be the backbone. Every farmer who can possibly do so will have a gar den where he can produce fresh vegetables and fruits for home use and have some surplus to market. Secretary of Agriculture Wickard summed up the movement’s philoso phy when he told delegates attend ing a recent conference in Washing ton: “This situation is different from 1917. Then the effort was to save food so there would be plenty for our troops in France. Now the need is for a balanced diet. When the farm family grows its own vegeta bles, it eats more and thus im proves the family’s health. We hope for an increase of 1,300,000 farm vegetable gardens in 1942. The goal we have set is 5,760,000. “Growing vegetables on the farm puts the food right where it is to be used; it doesn’t take any freight cars or trucks to move food to those families. Home vegetable gardens release more commercial vegetables for other purposes. Commercially canned vegetables are packed in tin —and we are short of tin.” As a reinforcement to the farm garden movement, the work of small town and big city gardens will help swell Uncle Sam’s food output. In communities large and small every family that has access to a favorably situated plot for producing part of its food supply is being asked to join a Victory Garden club. These town and city gardeners are being cautioned that their gardens must be economical; that every seed, every pound of fertilizer and every implement counts; that there must be no waste. The members of these garden clubs will meet and discuss their problems together and obtain guidance from experts. Pro visions are being made in many cities by the Civilian Defense or ganization for the establishment of community gardens in which plots are assigned to families that do not have fertile garden soil of their own. Schools and organizations are pro moting the program. How big a job is it to put in a garden and make it produce suc cessfully? Simple to Garden. It’s relatively simple, according to gardening experts. They point out that with modern knowledge of soils, plant foods, new tools and the im proved vegetable varieties devel oped by plant breeders, it is possi ble to grow fresh vegetables for the family in a favorable location with only a few hour’s light exercise each week. The secret of effective gardening lies in the size of the plot. Too big From industrial centers and other defense localities now working at top speed for the nation’s Victory program, the excellent business condi tions found there are overflowin' into the more rural sections of the United States as the above map shows. As farm crops and rural pro duction increases better business conditions will show in the “fair” areas of the U. S. American Farmers Now Making Wartime Plans Faced with the biggest demand for agricultural products in the his tory of the nation, American farm ers today are planning—preparing— and working toward the single end of producing the crops, livestock, dairy products, fibers and other raw materials to meet wartime needs, writes L. G. Elliott, president of the LaSalle Extension university. More food will be required by our military forces. Demand from our allies is constantly growing. While production has been in creasing, the prices received by farmers for what they sell have also b-jen rising. Average prices are now the highest in 13 years. Prices which the farmers pay have also been go ing up, but not quite so rapidly, and the ratio between prices received and prices paid is steadily becoming more favorable. It has already reached the goal of parity, and the policy of the government is to main tain prices at around that level. In that way, farm income will be kept at the average rate. Fresh radishes for salads are what this young lady is gathering. Her Victory Garden will give the neces sary balance to the family’s daily meals. a garden is likely to be neglected. One just large enough, producing the vegetables a family needs and no more, in balanced proportions can be kept well without hard work. Another secret is in not trying to grow too large a variety. One au thority suggests six different vegeta bles as a basis—tomatoes, snap beans, carrots, cabbage, lettuce and greens. All are high in food and vitamin value. Moreover, tomatoes, beans, carrots and greens can be easily canned. These gardening experts will tell you one more thing—that you’ve got to feed the soil if you expect it to produce for you. This means pro viding it with plant food. And this is just as true if you garden on the farm or in town. The average farm er knows by experience with field crops that fertilizer will enhance the size of his crop, increase its re sistance to disease, improve the quality and promote all-around hardiness. He will apply that knowledge in making his Victory- garden contribute to the national defense. The city gardener can profit by the farmer’s experience. The three fertilizer elements most needed for plant growth are nitro gen, phosphorus and potash. These elements are mentioned in this or der in the analysis of commercial fertilizer. “For effective gardening use,” said one authority, “it has been found advisable to apply the ferti lizer before planting time, mixing it in thoroughly with the soil when the first spading or plowing is done. The quantity to apply will vary with the soil type, but the Victory Gardener will be safe in using 5 pounds of a mixture such as 5-10-5 to each 100 square feet of garden. Once having undertaken its gar dening project, the average family will reap dividends far exceeding the crop of vegetables at harvest time. Of prime importance in war time is the morale factor. Garden ing is a morale builder without equal anywhere. There is no better anti dote for war “blues” than a session with a hoe. Gardening provides a release from the worries and nerv ous tension of long hours spent at a desk or in the machine shop of a munitions factory. It gives the housewife a change of pace from the routine of domestic duties. ■fey, Eleanor Roosevelt CHILDREN’S PAINliNGS I wish very much that the chil dren’s paintings, which I saw on exhibition at the Metropolitan Mu seum of Art in New York city, could be sent to other cities throughout the country. The little refugees cared for by the Quakers in camps and schools in various parts of Eu rope, have done some very interest ing work. Some of their paintings are som ber, a few reflect the war scenes these youngsters have lived through, but, considering the fact that so many of them have come from bombed cities in France or other parts of Europe; it is remarkable how cheerfully some of them paint their new surroundings. They seem to lose themselves in country joys. If this exhibit could be shown in different parts of the country, I think it might inspire in many peo ple the realization of what may be accomplished by feeding, clothing and housing children away from the horrors of war. Just a little security and enough to eat can do so much for the next generation. So, when ever the opportunity comes to us, let us help those who help the chil dren. • • • FITNESS FOR FREEDOM One day, with the greatest inter est, I read the ‘Survey Graphic” for March, entitled “Fitness for Free dom.” The opening article, entitled “Health Front in a People’s War,” by Dr. C. E. A. Winslow, should not be missed. I want to bring one quotation to you here: “There are those who tell us that long range planning is irrelevant to the present issue—that we should think at the moment of nothing but winning the war. There are others who see in the war emergency a golden opportunity to serve their own vested interests and to get rid —as they hope, for all time—of all this socialistic nonsense. “There have been wars in the past in which this happened. But this is not that kind of war. This is R war so arduous and difficult that it can only be won by a united people, by a people who know that the civilization for which they must be ready to die is, in truth, worth dying for.” The other article I was particu larly interested in was by Dr. E. C. Lindeman, called “Pursuit of Happi ness in Wartime.” This, too, I hope none of my readers will miss, for it deals with a subject we must not forget, no matter how many difficul ties we have to meet. • • • DEFENSE BOND PLAN There is a method of increasing the sale of Defense Stamps and Bonds, which has been developed by Northwestern university. I find it is being followed in one way or an other by various institutions and groups. The plan which Northwest ern has started, offers its alumni the possibility of helping both the government and the university at the same time. Investment of the gifts they give, in Defense Bonds, will be a start in the fund to finance the university’s development through their century plan. The Grand Lodge of Massachu setts Order of the Sons of Italy in America have sent me their maga zine. I think they should be con gratulated on their purchase of $50,000 worth of Defense Bonds. Their final goal is much greater than this, and shows a determina tion on their part to have civilians at home, by their sacrifices, support the Italian-American boys, who are fighting in our services everywhere in the world. In this magazine, I enjoyed par ticularly the photographs of some of the Massachusetts boys with the little descriptions which they had sent in of their activities. * • • PATRIOTIC FLOWERS I have received the first collec tion of red, white and blue flower seeds, and hope to plant them in the garden at the big house at Hyde Park and at my cottage. This pres entation launched the British-Amer- ican Ambulance corps drive to raise, by the sale of these one-dollar packages, the money to buy ambu lances for use abroad. Little Joan Manning, who belongs to Troop 213 of the Girl Scouts, New York city, presented me with a very patriotic red, white and blue, old-fashioned bouquet, showing what delightful flowers we can grow next summer. There are not only flower seeds on sale, but vegetable seeds as well. These packages contain 13 different varieties of vegetable seeds. Un fortunately, we cannot have patriot ic colors in vegetables, but it is just as patriotic to grow them, be cause they will help to feed us the kind of food which we all need. * * * NEW YORK VISIT I had a busy day in New York city. First I spent an hour with a friend who has not been very well, and then I ordered some necessary spring clothes, though I must say the weather did not seem very spring-like. It was just about as cold and windy as it could possibly be, but I have to look ahead and be prepared for spring in Washington. At 12:30, Mrs Vanderbilt Webb and Mrs. Noyes came to see me and then I went to the Cosmopolitan club to speak at the members’ lunch. Suede Answers the Call for Pretty but Practical Fabrics New Defense Jobs Opening Each Day By CHERIE NICHOLAS 'TPHE necessities of wartime -*■ economy have challenged women to make very selective choices in the way of timely and ap propriate dress. In preparing the new collections, those entrusted with the responsibility of creating clothes tc meet these demands are motivated by a desire to maintain charm and attractiveness while al ways keeping in mind, however, the urgent call for practical wearabil ity. Particularly in the matter of materials women must buy now with an eye to the future. In this search for practicality plus chic and charm, it is with the ut most enthusiasm that designers of note are turning to richly colorful suede as highly desirable for dresses, suits, coats, hats, shoes and accessories. Arguments in favor of suede rest not only on its attractive ness, its subtle softness and its ready adaptability, but from the ut terly utilitarian viewpoint there is nothing to surpass suede and the various leathers now so successfully used in costume design. To demonstrate that a complete wardrobe of apparel done in serv iceable, ' colorful, ever-flattering suede can be made to serve for al most every occasion in a busy wom an’s life, we are illustrating here with a trio of coat, dress and sports wear fashions. Note, also, that this group of suede apparel convincingly demonstrates that smart clothes to day reflect a tailored simplicity that is nevertheless unfailingly feminine. A graceful classic coat of suede is shown to the left in the above picture. It will prove an investment that will pay big dividends in style and will be good from ene season to another. That’s something to be considered in buying, now that so large a percentage of wool and other materials must be diverted into oth er channels to help win the war. Centered in the group illustrated above is a beautifully fitted frock done in a lovely, dusty pink suede. Here again is reflected the charm of simple lines and detail. This dress has the new soft shoulder line and a trimming of brown suede for the belt and a touch of it at the neck. The hat and bag are made of the same rose shade. Brown suede shoes and gloves complete the outfit. Leather for sportswear always carries a definite note of style and charm and at the same time has no peer when it comes to sturdy wear ing qualities. The attractive sports costume shown to the right in the above picture is typical cf the we?t- ern ranch styles that are so popular this season. Here you see an en semble done in three pieces, the skirt in gold-flecked tweed, the blouse in a plaid of the same gold with green and white, the leather waistcoat in green suede. In the way of accessories, the tiny sailors made of pastel suedes are combined with matching suede gloves. Just now the violet shades are being heralded as first in fashion for spring. For a springlike look, choose a pastel plaid suit with violet tones in its coloring. Wear with this one of the new violet suede sailors adorned with a generous cluster of violets. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Pine Cones Of rayon fabric which packs eas ily, the all-purpose resort dress illus trated above uses Florida pine-cones and needles for its print motif. This winsome fashion comes in lily-white prints on lively blue, green and car roty tan grounds, or in the same attractive colors on a white ground. It has a smart peplum and fashion ably collared low-cut V-neckline. Wrap-Around Solves Fastener Problem With the scarcity of metal because of priority rulings, the resourceful ness of designers has again been challenged to the point where neces sity becomes the mother of inven tion. All of which, in the final analy sis, reacts to the good fortune of fashion’s followers. For-it is certain that the current vogue for tie-it- yourself fastenings brings with it a new and fascinating styling. There are the new skirts that drape to one side where they tie without aid of a slide fastener, hooks and eyes or button fastenings. A dou ble duty dress is made in one piece for casual wear. For “dress-up” there is an extra apron effect that you can tie on in a jiffy. Many of the smartest coats are self-tied wrap-overs. Blouses are fashioned, also, with surplice fronts that tie to one side. Some jackets and many blouses tie in a series of little self fabric bows down the front. Your Gloves Cant Be Too Colorful These Days More color in gloves is the spring forecast. Which means we are go ing to wear gloves with our spring outfits in such audacious colors as Kelly green, bright red, purple, cerise, vivid blue and bright pink. Gloves also will be made of the same print as that in your blouse, dress or hat. The fact that novel materials will be used for gloves also adds to their interest. Straw Ensemble Novelty tie, belt and three-strand necklace ensembles, all crocheted by hand of synthetic straw, are made to be worn with a related sweater. Pretty snoods are also cro cheted in a lacy, open mesh stitch, with special attention to matching the colors to the peasant skirts with which they are ensembled. IF YOU can’t be in the army or navy, why not try for a defense job? After brief—and free—train ing you can help fight our battle with rivets and dies! Workers are needed in every section. That goes for women, too! With production speeding up and men joining the services, women have a chance for every sort of defense job. * * * Our 32-page booklet tells what agencies are giving these and other defense courses, lists typical defense jobs, sections where they can be found and addresses where you can register for work. Send four order to : READER-HOME SERVICE 635 Sixth Avenue New York City Enclose 15 cents in coins for your copy of GETTING A DEFENSE JOB. Name Address Two Surnames In countries having Spanish cus toms, a man’s surname is fre quently followed by that of his mother’s family, says Collier’s. This occurs in the case of Mex ico’s President Manuel Avila Camacho, whose father was an Avila and whose mother was a Camacho. Hence he is always re ferred to as Mr. Avila or Mr. Avila Camacho, and not Camacho alone. GIVE YOUR COLD THE AIR Get quick relief the famous Penetro Nose Drop 2-drop way. Helps open up cold stuffed nose. Generous sizes, 25c and 50c. Use only as directed. Do You Bake at Home? If you do, send for a grand cook book—crammed with recipes for all kinds of yeast-raised breads and cakes. It’s absolutely free. Just drop a postcard with your rame and address to Standard Brands Inc., 691 Washington St., New York City.—Adv. DON'T LET CONSTIPATION SLOW YOU UP • When bowels are sluggish and you feel irritable, headachy and everything you do is an effort, do as millions do — chew FEEN-A-MINT, the modern chewing gum laxative. Simply chew FEEN-A- MINT before you go to bed—sleep with out being disturbed—next morning gentle, thorough relief, helping you feel swell again, full of your normal pep. Try FEEN-A-MINT. Tastes good, is handy and economical. A generous family supply FEEN-A-MINTTo* Brave and Temperate No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleas ure the highest good.—Cicero. COLDS quickfy 4+bl LIQUID TABLETS SALVE NOSE DROPS COUCH DROPS ’Tacti. off -o ADVERTISING • ADVERTISING represents the leadership of a nation. It points the way. We merely follow—follow to new heights of comfort, of convenience, of happiness. As time goes on advertis ing is used more and more, aad as it is used more we all profit more. It's the way advertising has— of bringing a profit to everybody concerned, the consumer included