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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C„ MARCH 27, 1942 Kathleen Norris Says: Don’t Believe All You Hear in Wartime (Bell Syndicate—WNU Service.) We began to prepare to blackout the living room, kitchen and pantry. By the light of one candle that belonged on a birthday cake tve pinned and nailed things into place. By KATHLEEN NORRIS HAT do you know per sonally of the brighter side of this war situa tion? It’s everybody’s business today to find that side, and pass along to his neighbor whatever tends to lift our hearts. For there’s a black shadow over the world, and until it passes we must help one another to see shining through it the same old guiding lights of faith, hope and charity. Here’s something that may save some of the women who live far in land some hours of anxiety. My home is on the Pacific coast, be tween San Francisco, on the north, and all the many army and navy bases that are strung along down to San Diego, on the south. After Pearl Harbor we had a bad scare, and we leaped into action with that passion of patriotism that stirred the whole country. Pearl Harbor’s tragedy was on a Sunday; on Monday night, just as a family dinner got under way, we had our first wild siren call for a blackout. Two minutes later the town lights were extinguished and everything went pitch black whether anyone liked it or not. It was a balmy December night, with stars. Everyone rushed out of doors and voices were heard at all the gates and gardens in neighborly fashion, and since many of these voices were young, I may as well admit that most of them were ex cited and laughing. People talked to one another as they never would do in broad daylight; a few women ex pressed uneasiness, 'out they were few, and the general tone was rather like that I remember at the time of the great earthquake of 1906. “Gee, something’s happening! Let’s get into it!” Gaiety in Blackout. After awhile we all went indoors and each in his own house began to arrange a blackout room. We se lected the living-room, kitchen and pantry. In no time, by the light of a candle that belonged on a birthday cake, we were standing on chairs pinning and nailing things in place, and going into gales of laughter as the unaccustomed inconvenience of total darkness began to make itself felt. And after awhile the lights came on again. The next blackout, a night or two later, imposed upon each household the necessity of complete darkness. And again the street was filled with friends chattering and laughing and looking up at the December stars. Newly appointed wardens made their rounds; husbands asked wives in undertones whether it would be all right to light a cigarette. To see a dim glow in a neighbor’s house became a sort of game. “There’s a light in your basement.” “Look, George, not a glimmer from the kitchen!” We’ve had one blackout since. It was brief, to cover—rumor said lat er—troop movements. We have war dens now, everybody is doing some thing, everybody is ready, but I have known only one woman to be really scared. She is anyway, and has been raising bogies to frighten her self for years. Years ago she selected a cook be cause she was a big, strong woman who would keep poor Elise from be ing attacked in the night. But when a terrible case was described in the papers of a single man who went into a house where six persons were peacefully playing cards, and killed the lot, Elise moved her family to a hotel. Now she’s moved them again, from the second to the fourth story, which, rumor again says, is THE SILVER LINING In a vivid account of her ex periences during a typical San Francisco blackout, Kathleen Norris shows that it is possible to see the brighter side of life even in wartime. It is, she be lieves, our duty to do so. War will bring inconvenience and, perhaps, hardship, but we will be better able to endure that hardship if we face it with a smile. To worry unnecessarily is not only foolish, but a waste of the time and energy we should spend on intelligent preparation for such possible emergencies as blackouts and food shortages. Remember that slogan of World War I?—“Look for the silver lin- the safest story in the ten-story building. San Franciscans aren’t discussing air attacks, nor worrying about them any more than to be prepared in every way for any and all un pleasantness. Life goes on in the nation’s most cheerful city, in the usual way. Life Is Unchanged. I’m giving this in some detail be cause good friends of mine in the East and in the Central states are convinced that we are living here in one jitter of terror, clinging togeth er in dark cellars at night, shudder ing through frightening days as we watch the menace of the skies. Noth ing could be further from the truth. “May God help you through these hours of horror,” writes an old friend of mine from Detroit. “If you could come to us with one or two of the precious grandchildren we would do our best to obliterate from your heart memories that must be frightful. Persistent and incessant fear is a destroying thing, and God knows we would relieve you all of some of it if we could.” Well, one can’t exactly laugh at sympathy as sincere and distressed as that, but it is impossible to keep from laughter when such a letter is read at the week-end gathering of the clan. Pearl Harbor naturally smote us all with consternation, and for a few days there was some flurry of apprehension; again it was like the earthquake, immediately after which people did rush about franti cally asking, “What shall we do? What’s coming next? What will hap pen if—if—if—” But within a few days—almost a few hours—everyone settled down to help, to serve, to philosophize and— yes, to enjoy the crisis. God forbid that anything should be termed “enjoyable” in war. War is all bad. But we are fighting for what is good, good for everyone, and if neighborliness, sharing, serv ice, courage are born of it, let us not minimize their eternal values, values that will long outlast the war. My hope is that if states in our own country can have so exaggerat ed an impression of things out here, some of the other atrocities reported of life everywhere, in England, Rus sia, China, in the oppressed and conquered countries, are less in ac tuality than we fear. We hear fright ful details, and alas! some of them are true. But remember, when you feel your heart heavy, as you think of it all, that many of them are not true. So take for your motto the familiar prayer, “sursum corda,” which means, “lift up your hearts.” The great war may be like our first Cali fornia blackout; a brief confusion, a sudden sound in the night of neigh borly voices and young laughter un der the stars, and then—suddenly, the blessea light again. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson BY HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D. Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson for March 29 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. THE TRANSFIGURED CHRIST MEETS HUMAN NEED LESSON TEXT—Luke 9:28-43a. GOLDEN TEXT — And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God.— Luke 9:43. Glory and grace go together. Spirituality finds meaning in serv ice. Holiness is faith in action. Every fine emotion should be trans lated into conduct. This is the message of our lesson as it presents the transfigured Christ and the disciples, moved beyond in telligent words by His transcendent glory, going forth into the valley to meet the need of demon-ridden hu manity. I. Amazing Glory (w. 28-36). To three of the disciples came the privilege of seeing in the mount the outshining of the deity of Christ through the humanity of His flesh in such amazing glory that Peter could think of nothing more wonder ful than to prolong the experience by tarrying in the mount. One could wish that it were pos sible in presenting this lesson to get over into the thinking of those who read or hear, a proper conception of the glory of our Christ, but words seem to be such weak and in sufficient instruments. One would cry out—“Look at Him—the Son of God with the transfigured face—and the light of heavenly glory shining forth in a dazzling whiteness” (lit erally, like lightning). If men would only look upon Him, they would see how untrue are those who take from Him His deity, who speak of Him as only a good man or a great teacher. He, our Saviour, who took upon Himself the limita tion of our flesh, was and is eternally God. Significant it is to note that with Him on the mount were Moses and Elijah. The former had died (Deut. 34:5, 6) and the latter had been translated without death (II Kings 2:11), but both were alive, recog nizable, intelligent, interested in the redemptive work which Christ was to work out on the cross (v. 31). This definitely denies such false theories as soul-sleep or annihilation at death. But the vision of glory becomes a means of blessing as we see II. Amazing Grace (w. 37-43a). Like Peter, there are marty folk who think that the thing to do is to remain on the mountaintop, just en joying the vision of glory and the delightful fellowship of Christ and the redeemed. They do not learn such things from Christ or from the Word of God. The next day (v. 37) He and the disciples met the cry of an anguished father whose boy was possessed of a demon and who had found no help (v. 40). Look then upon the one whose unspeakable glory has just been revealed in the mount, who has just had the ap proval of God the Father (v. 35), who now in amazing grace meets the need of this humble child! There is the grace of God, manifest in the One whom we as Christians profess to follow. Let us like Him bring the glory of God and (in His name) the power of God to bear upon the need of men. It seems to the writer of these notes that God is waiting to do a new thing in the midst of human suffering and sorrow — working through His disciples. We need first of all to know Him ourselves, as our own Saviour and Lord. Then we need a vision of His glory, flooding our souls and transforming our lives (Rom. 12:1, 2). Then, we must put that glory and that power to work through our lives. The one who fol lows Christ cannot be satisfied to rejoice in his own salvation and not reach out to win others. He cannot rest in the peace of soul which Christ gives and not put forth his hand to those who struggle in “life’s wild restless sea.” He must (as Matt. 5:16 puts it) let his light so shine in the darkness that men may find their way to the Father’s house and thus glorify the name of God. God does His work in the world through redeemed men and women. He is always seeking those who, having seen the glory of Christ and with His grace upon them, are ready to be used of the Holy Spirit for His glory. “What the church needs today is not more machinery or better, not new organizations or more novel methods, but men whom the Holy Ghost can use—men of prayer, men mighty in prayer. The Holy Ghost does not flow through methods but through men. He does not come on machinery, but on men. He does not anoint plans, but men” (E. M. Bounds). Need Compassion I do not know how any Christian service is to be fruitful if the serv ant is not primarily baptized in the spirit of a suffering compassion. We can never heal the needs we do not feel. Tearless hearts can never be the heralds of the Passion. We must pity if we would redeem. We must bleed if we would be the ministers of the saving blood.—J, H. Jowett. Make a Delicious Spinach Ring With Leftovers (See Recipe Below) Conserving Food As the quotation “Food will win the war and write the peace” gains prominence, homemakers all over the country are beginning to real ize that they must do their part in making the most of the food at hand. v Your first step in conserving food will come when you plan your menus and shopping. If you are not in this habit, then start now to prac tice the true economy that comes only with this kind of planning. You will rarely have bits of leftovers that are difficult to fit into the menu if you provide a place for them. Your second step in conserving food will come in proper storage. No matter how careful a shopper you are, if you do not provide the fa cilities that keep food from becom ing decayed, wilted, or soiled, you will not have done your part. Refrigerator Storage. Milk, eggs, butter, cheese, meat, opened canned food, or leftover food, require the cold of a refrigerator to keep them in good condition. Fresh fruits and vegetables also retain their freshness and moistness in the icebox. Place them, after they are washed and carefully dried on the racks or in their special compartments. Lettuce and other greens keep best when stored in damp cloth bags. Protein foods such as eggs, cheese and meat need the controlled cold of the refrigerator to keep their protein from decomposing. Uncooked meat may be left uncovered or covered lightly with waxed paper. Cooked meat should be covered. Cheese may be wrapped in a waxed paper or cloth, and covered with a thin film of butter if you expect to keep it for a long time. Keep eggs away from strong foods to prevent their porous shells from absorbing odors. Leftover food remains usable if kept in covered containers. Canned foods w"l be perfectly safe to use even if left in the cans in which they come. Canned fruits keep best in their own liquid or syrup, olives best in their own brine, and pimi- entoes will not become molded if left in the oil in which they come. The problem of keeping an egg yolk or two after the white has been used is easi ly solved if you just leave the yolk in a half of a shell and cover it with the other half. Several egg yolks or several whites can be placed in a glass jar and kept well covered. Take stock of your refrigerator frequently so no food remains there for too long a time. Even though you are careful about storage, do not expect food to retain its good condition indefinitely. Storing Cookies, Cakes, Bread. Crisp cookies will retain the crisp ness if you place them in a loosely covered tin or box to permit the free Lynn Says: You can be smart about the way you use leftovers. Here are a few ideas: Save leftover vegetables from dinner, wash the butter off and use in salads combined with celery, lettuce and dressing. IJse other vegetables for stews, meat pies, and casseroles. Leftover roasts slice nicely so you can have them cold or serve hot with leftover gravy. Meats combine well in casseroles, cro quettes, stews, soup and salads. Meat juices and bones com bined with a few vegetables make up nicely into soups. Clarify fats (bacon drippings, lard, suet, or chicken fat) by heating and adding 1 peeled, sliced potato and cooking until fat stops bubbling. Strain through a double cheesecloth, and store. Substitute % cup clarified fat for 1 cup butter in recipes. Pour cooked cereals leftover from breakfast into jars or pans. Slice, fry and serve with syrup. Leftover egg yolks are good for custards, mayonnaise, sauces and frosting. Leftover egg whites are excellent for angel food cakes, frostings, meringues and sauces. This Week’* Menu Hot Consomme ♦Spinach Ring with Shrimp Sauce Grape, Peach, Banana Salad Whole Wheat Bread Butter Baked Apple Stuffed with Raisins Coffee Tea Milk •Recipe Given circulation of air. Soft cookies re main moist if kept in a well-covered tin or jar with an apple or slice of lemon, orange, or grapefruit to pro vide additional moisture. Change th'i fruit every several days. Tight containers which close out the air are recommended for keep ing cakes at their best freshness. Cover them with waxed paper, too. A bread box scrupulously cleaned at least once or twice a week with soap and water, and dried thorough ly contributes in large measure to the freshness of bread. Keep in a Cool, Dry Place: Coffee, spices, flour and crackers need dry, cool storage in tightly covered containers since they are affected by air. Use metal or glass containers for them. When crack ers get soggy, crisp them in the oven for a few minutes and they will be as good as when you bought them. Fats which are so valuable at present should be treated with the best of care so they do not become rancid. Store them in a glass jar or crock and place in a cool, dark storeroam. Storing in the Cellar. You are extremely fortunate il you have a cellar for storing pur poses. Now with home and defense gardening gaining in popularity, you may have vegetables to keep for lat er use. If the cellar tends to be come warm, leave the windows open at night, closed during the day. Cook to Save Food Values. Poor cooking may cause the big gest kind of waste in food. Perhaps you roast your meats at too high a temperature and cause them to shrink more than necessary. Be careful to watch tempera tures and time in roasting or cooking meats. Meat, cheese, eggs and milk are all pro tein foods which should never be cooked too long or at too high tem perature since this causes the pro tein fibers to become tough. Measure water carefully when cooking vegetables so you do not have to throw any out and lose valuable minerals and vitamins into the kitchen drain. As soon as food is cooked serve it immediately as standing or overcooking causes loss in food value. Cook with covers as much as pos sible except in the case of green vegetables which lose their coloring if covered. Starting the cooking of vegetables with boiling water will cut down cooking time. Our recipe of the day is a good example of how you can combine several kinds of leftovers into one delicious main dish. The spinach may have been left over from yes terday’s dinner, the shrimp from a luncheon you gave, and the bread crumbs rolled from stale bread. ♦Spinach Ring With Shrimp Sauce. (Serves 6 to 8) 3 cups cooked spinach 1 teaspoon grated onion 1 tablespoon butter 1 teaspoon salt 14 teaspoon black pepper % teaspoon paprika 2 eggs 3 cups cream sauce y 2 cup fine bread crumbs 1 to 2 cups whole canned shrimp Chop spinach fine and add grated onion which has been browned in butter. Season with salt, black pep per, paprika and add the well beat en yolks. Mix the spinach with 1 Vi cups cream sauce and fold in well beaten whites. Place in a buttered ring mold and dust with bread crumbs. Place in a pan of hot wa ter and bake in a moderate (35-de gree) oven for 20 minutes. Loosen by pressing spinach from side of mold. Heat shrimp with remaining white sauce and serve in center of spinach ring. If you would like expert advice on your cooking and household problems, write to Lynn Chambers, Western Newspaper Union, 210 South Desplaines St^ Chicago, III. Please enclose a stamped, self-ad dressed envelope for your reply. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) 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Scientists tell us that the energy contained in one ounce will boil a thousand tons of water, and they are trying to liberate the energy stored in uranium so that we may have a cheaper form of power than ever before. Pure uranium is so deadly that it has caused the decomnosition of nitrogen oxide when >. -p sed to it at a considerable distance. The disintegrating effect upon human tissue is even greater, so all ex periments must be conducted with great caution, and for safety, minute quantities of diluted ura nium are used. TRYi HAIR TONIC- SHE'S A “SELF-STARTER” CORN FLAKES 74* — — itoifaLpr MILDRED INWOOD. United Airlines dietician, plans the tempting meals served in United’s luxuri ous Mainlinets. She says: “Delicious flavor's the main reason I like the ’Self- Starter Breakfast'*. But that dish also has what it takes to help start me off feeling my best. Kellogg’s Corn Flakes are the big favorite with our passengers, too.” SAVE WASTE PAPER ★ 1 Uncle Sam Needs Your Waste Paper Save It for the Local Collector WHEN YOU SAY C/GARETTES TO ME, THAT MEANS CAMELS. THEY'RE THE FAVORITE WITH NAVY MEN I LIKE EVERYTHING ABOUT CAMELS. AND THEY'RE MILDER BY FAR W THE NAVY THEY SAY: CAMELS/ Actual sales records In Ship’s Stores, Ship’s Service Stores, and Canteens show the favorite cigarette with W men in the Navy (and Coaat jfl L» \'A Guard, too) is Camel. CAMEL THE CIGARETTE OF COSTLIER TOBACCOS