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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C„ APRIL 10, 1942
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Eleanor Roosevelt
V. S. HEALTH
Several months ago, I spoke at
the Town Hall in New York city
with various other people, on a sub
ject which seemed important to all
of us—“What Must We Do to Im
prove the Health and Well Being of
the American People.” The Town
Hall offered prizes for 1,000-word
essays by adults, and by young peo
ple below the age of 21. 1 have
just heard that the first prize in the
adult group was won by Dr. Jacob
Sobel, a well-known New York pedi
atrician.
He based his essay on the point
of view that only the nation which
has healthy children has a future
as a nation, and included a detailed,
specific plan for a better health and
education program. The reason I
am telling you of this particular es
say is that his premir ,eems to me
one which we should consider very
carefully today.
The tendency is to feel that any
thing which is not directly connect
ed with war production, the build
ing of ships, airplanes or other mili
tary equipment and the induction
into the military services of an ever-
increasing number of young men, is
of no importance in the war effort.
If we fall into this misapprehension,
we may find ourselves not only
handicapped in winning the war, but
very much handicapped in winning
the peace.
The best machinery in the world
has to be handled by intelligent peo
ple, and unless we continue the serv
ices we have set up for better
health, education and recreation for
the children and young people of
today, not only the future of the war,
but the future of the country is in
danger.
We should learn something even
from our enemies. Germany has
paid great attention to the very
things which we are already neg
lecting in our haste to make war,
something which can only be won
on a military basis and has nothing
to do with what happens on the ci
vilian side of the picture. Just the
other day, I found in the crowded
industrial areas near San Diego and
Los Angeles that one of the most
agitated questions was how day nur
series and nursery schools could be
set up. The lack of them slows up
production on the part of the women,
many of them mothers, who are em
ployed in the aircraft factories.
“Welfare activities” seem to have
military importance.
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Since I missed the morning plane
for San Diego, I took the train and
the trip was not without interest.
The first person to speak to me was
Mrs. Bancroft from San Diego. She
and her husband have written a book
on Southern California. They stud
ied the bird life of the region for
years, incidentally becoming very
familiar with the geography and the
Mexican people. Their knowledge
has been of use in our preparation
for defense and she was kind enough
yesterday to send me her husband’s
book, which I know the President
will enjoy.
.1 enjoyed also talking to a free
lance writer, who is evidently the
kind of man who does not think
that you can put your liberalism up
in camphor balls when the going is
hard and take it out unharmed when
difficulties come to an end. One
hears this argued so much these
days, that it is sometimes difficult
to decide where common sense and
patriotism end and self-interest be
gins.
Southern California is very beauti
ful with its flowers and waving trees
and houses covered with vines.
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‘WILL OF THE PEOPLE’
All travel today is more or less
uncertain and may be interrupted.
I discovered this on my trip across
the country, when just beyond Tuc
son, I learned that the plane was
almost entirely filled with ferry pi
lots. I think there were just two
other civilian travelers besides me,
who had been allowed to make the
trip without interruption. One of
the boys had an advance release of
Mr. Archibald MacLeish’s speech,
and it was passed around and read.
It led to much discussion, but
there was general agreement with
his thesis that the will of the people
determines the final outcome of any
war. I think the will of the people
is pretty well set in this country,
except for occasional slight confu
sions created by certain interests on
one side or the other. They may
succeed temporarily in gaining some
particular point of interest to their
group, out if we hold to the old the
ory that it is impossible to fool all
of the people all of the time, we
shall probably feel that whatever is
the truth will eventually reach all
the people.
AFFECTION FOR ‘HOMELAND’
Strangely enough, I suppose if you
live long enough in certain places,
their very familiarity makes you
feel an affection for them. In spite
of the beauty, which I acknowledge
and enjoy when here, I never have
any desire permanently to leave the
countryside which for me has been
“home” during most of the years
of my life. Nature is not so kind,
winters are hard, summers are
sometimes too hot, sometimes too
cold, the lot of the farmer and gar
dener is always a gamble, and yet
I like the change of seasons.
In Suits or Satin, Wartime
Brides Are Lovely as Ever
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
T HERE’S big news in the realm of
fashions for brides. We used to
speak of "the season for brides.”
Well, there is no special season now,
for the entry of an increasing num
ber of wartime brides into the pic
ture has changed all that. Weddings
are apt to happen any time, any
where, these days.
If you are wondering about the
fate of the bride in gleaming satin
and masses of billowy tulle who has
always been the pride and joy of
the fashion world, you may rest as
sured she will grace the springtime
picture as radiantly lovely and pic
turesque as ever. From style cen
ters everywhere comes the news
that, while there will be a continu
ous program of informal weddings
because of rush orders to soldier
grooms to return to their posts of
duty, yet there is definitely a con
tinued trend to big weddings.
For the formal bride who is for
tunate enough to have a preten
tious wedding in the time-honored
way, the exquisite gown pictured in
the foreground of the above illus
tration is a masterpiece of all that
goes to make up a “picture.” There
is infinite charm in this stately wed
ding gown of gleaming ivory white
satin, enhanced with a yoke of
Alencon-type lace. The snug-fitting
basque is prettily, sleeved with
short puffs of the satin which add
to the youthful technique employed
all through the costume design. The
Victorian bouquet complements the
quaint charm of the gown and, the
short bridal Veil. This bridal bou-
quiet is of white roses and pompom
chrysanthemums, with a deep red
rose as a touch of romantic mod
ernism. The bride’s flowers are
traditionally the groom’s responsi
bility, but it is the bride’s privilege
to specify her preferences, and it
is readily to be seen that the bride
pictured here made a most excellent
choice.
The bride who is real news this
spring is the bride who is going to
be married in a simple little suit
in a hurry-up wedding because of
army regulations and the uncertain
ties of the soldier-groom’s recall to
headquarters. Thus a new expres
sion, “suit wedding,” has been
coined, and to meet its requirements
designers are giving of their best
to create costumes that will make
the simple wartime bride as lovely
and charming as the stately bride
who is privileged to enjoy all the
pomp and glory of a more formal
wedding.
Ingenious designing resulted in
the suit dress pictured to the right
in the above illustration. It is a
triumph of soft tailoring and is be-
guilingly feminine and definitely
fashion-right. It boasts two lives,
for it serves both as a suit and as
a charming dress when the jacket
is removed. This New York crea
tion is of navy wool with attached
blouse top of red crepe, gaily print
ed in vivid blues and greens which
matches the jacket lining. A jaunty
hat of white fabric trimmed with red
and white fringe completes the en
semble.' The gloves and footwear
are perfect selections.
For a young girl who is planning
a quiet wedding the simple crepe
frock with its cunning jacket ef
fect, as shown centered in the above
picture, is ideal. Of either navy or
black (black with lots of white is
very smart), it will look girlish
and “sweet” relieved by deep white
lace half sleeves. The lace is re
movable. However, the high note
of charm is the matching lace hat
which gives the “pretty bride” look
as convincingly as any Arrangement
of orange-blossoms and tulle that
might be devised.
Bright Squares
The new prints are superb in color
and technique, and they have the
look of uniqueness about them which
every woman covets. Here, illustrat
ed above, is a print that qualifies
on every count as a winner. This
New York creation of black crepe,
simply fashioned, is scattered
with large red and white squares.
The skirt is marked by softly gath
ered front fullness. The bodice is
graceful and easy fitting. The
wide belt, with its huge buckle, is
of black patent leather. Of especial
interest is the hat, for it is charac
teristic of an important style trend.
Its flattering fan-pleated brim is
bordered on the upper side with
navy grosgrain ribbon. The white
linen-weave straw is very smart.
Short of Materials?
Designers Say 4 No"
To those engaged in apparel in
dustries has come an unprecedent
ed challenge to make the adjust
ments necessary to carry on a pro
gram of conservation of materials
in accordance with wartime priority
rulings. The reaction to this chal
lenge is most heartening. There ap
parently will be no lack of fashion
interest but really a gain in new
ideas and new ways of making the
most of materials at hand.
Silk or no silk, nylon or no ny
lon, we are going to have flattering
and wearable hosiery of the sheer
est of sheer lisle or fine gauge ray
on. As to “pure silk” silks, what
is being achieved with rayon and
other synthetics is a revelation.
Achieve Maximum Style
With Minimum Yardage
The restriction on materials has
spurred designers to create fash
ions that require minimum yard
age. So look for slim silhouettes
and shorter jackets styled so in-
triguingly you will be converted to
the idea at first glance.
The new side-saddle drapes are
so amazingly slenderizing they are
destined to enjoy definite style pres
tige.
Gray and White
Watch the fashion parade and
note the preponderance of gray
suits, dresses and coats. Gray has
become such a hobby with fashion
we will be seeing more of it than
we have seen for many a season.
Gray hats with white accents are
outstanding, as is the all-white hat
with a gray suit.
Frankly Feminine
Hat styles tend to be frankly fem
inine. Even the huge brims are
supple and becomingly manipulated.
Some of the newer little hats are
mostly a labyrinth of bandeaux with
which to anchor tiny forward-pitch
ing flower pieces to the head.
T HIS may be disturbing news for
Larry MacPhail, who doesn’t
disturb easily or softly. Sam
Breadon, owner of the Cardinals,
says this 1942 collection might be
the best Cardinal team of all time.
“We had a great team in 1926—
the year we trimmed the Yankees,”
Sam remarked. “We had another
great team in 1931, and still an
other in 1934 when the Gashonse
Gang with Dizzy Dean and Pepper
Martin were riding high. But it
wouldn’t surprise me to see this
bunch we are looking at now turn
out to be our all-time top. This is
certainly the best pitching staff we
ever had, and one of the best all-
around teams in every department.”
“MacPhail says his Dodgers are
much stronger than last year and
after a few early flurries should
never be headed,” we told Breadon.
“His Dodgers had better not have
too many early flurries,” Sam said.
“Brooklyn has a good ball club, but
we have a better one. We have bet
ter pitching and more speed. And
if our club had any more spirit
it might explode. Billy Southworth
has the entire squad hustling to the
limit—and I can tell you now those
Dodgers will be seeing Red Wings
in their broken dreams this sum
mer. They’ll be after those Dodgers
from the first game to the finish.
Everything Necessary
“Look this ball club over,” Bread
on said. “We have all the catching
any team needs, and the best pitch
ing staff in either league, so far as
both quality and quantity go.
“You’ll be hearing from this kid
Poliet all season. He isn’t 21 yet,
but he works like a ten-year veteran.
He hasn’t blinding speed, and he
hasn’t any back-breaking curve ball.
But he is smart, cool, cunning and
a tough fellow to beat.
“And Poliet isn’t the only one.
We have at least ten high-grade
pitchers, although one or two could
use a little more experience. Mun-
SAM BREADON
ger has a world of stuff. You know
about Wameke, White, Cooper,
Lanier, Shoun, and Krist, who won
all the ten games he pitched last
year.
“Trade our infield for the Dodg
ers? Nothing doing. Hopp and
Sanders are both good first base-
men. Crespi, Marion and Brown are
ball players of top rank. They give
us one of the best infields we ever
had.
“In my opinion, Terry Moore de
fensively is the finest outfielder I
ever saw. He can cover all the
ground that Speaker or DiMag^io or
anyone else ever covered—and may
be a few yards more. And Moore
is also a .300 hitter. He is a ball
player who has never received the
publicity he deserved. If Terry
hadn’t been hurt in the stretch last
fall we’d have been going away from
Brooklyn at the finish.
“Enos Slaughter is another fine
outfielder. And keep your eye on a
kid called Musial. Hopp can play
the outfield as well as first base.
And Hopp can hit and run.”
These are the disturbing items we
think Larry MacPhail should know
about. Sam Breadon gives Mac
Phail credit for being one of the
smartest showmen, promoters and
handy guys baseball has seen. But
Breadon has an idea that Mac
Phail has underrated this Cardinal
team, and the Dodger chief with
Leo Durocher may be in for a num
ber of nervous shocks.
It Might Have Been
“I don’t think they quite under
stand just what would have hap
pened to the Dodgers if we had had
as many of our regulars in action
as they had last year. It might have
been distressing—quite distressing.
It might not even have been close.”
From here we turned to the spirit
of Cardinal players through the
years. They have been the Notre
Dame of baseball.
“We’ve looked for two things,”
Breadon said, “speed and spirit. We
want ball players who love to play
baseball, who like to hustle and who
are out to win. Last year the Cardi
nals were crashing into fences, dug-
outs, anything in the road, to win
a ball game.
“In that Southwest country from
where many of the great ball play
ers come, baseball is the greatest
game in the world. Football is next.
Most of them, like Dean and Martin
and many more, come up the hard
way. They know how to take a
beating and come tearing back.”
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blackouts window draperies were
hung well over walls to give rooms
a sunny spacious effect. The same
idea may now be used to keep
light in at night. A cornice taking
the place of a picture moulding is
smart for both modern and tradi
tional rooms and gives anchorage
near the ceiling for rod, or pole.
This sketch shows how one
homemaker made cheerful, soft
green sateen blackout draperies,
repeating a tone in the chintz of
the new slip covers. They are
edged with cotton cord fringe in
a darker tone.
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