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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C,
MAY 29, 1942
Slacks Gain in Popularity
For Work and Leisure Wear
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
p'VERYWHERE women are feel-
■*-' ing an urge within to be prac
tical-minded in regard to “clothes.”
Entering new fields of work as so
many are during these strenuous
times, taking up new and arduous
jobs for the first time, women are
not waiting for fashion to tell them
what to wear, but spontaneously
they have adopted well-tailored
slacks and slacks suits as the prac
tical thing for voluntary defense
work, for factory work, for defense
farming and gardening, for first aid
and for the endless list of patriotic
activities now going on at high
speed.
Not that the enthusiasm for slacks
ends with tne utility aspect of the
what-to-wear question, for there’s
just as much excitement going on in
regard to slacks costumes to wear
in off-duty hours spent in leisure and
relaxation, or in active sports.
As a result of this unanimous de
mand for women’s slacks for every
day wear as well as for leisure mo
ments, designers have rushed to pro
duce a larger and more varied col
lection of attractive styles than ever
before in both costumes and “sep
arates.” An excitingly wide range
of attractive fabrics especially de
signed for these costumes has ap
peared in fine rayon constructions
which offer style, beauty and wear
ing quality at prices to suit any
woman’s budget and requirements.
Spun rayon reproductions of clas
sic linen, silk, wool and worsted
constructions are more interesting
than ever this season. In the popu
lar price range, slacks and slacks
suits appear frequently in spun
rayon fabrics of the linen, shan
tung and gabardine types, as well
as smart covert, hopsacking, flan
nel and fine-wale corduroy interpo
lations. For heavy manual labor in
factories, denim made to withstand
wear and tear scores high. This
serviceable never-wear-out material
comes in several smart colors in
addition to the traditional blue.
The vogue for bright shirts with
neutral slacks has inspired the
smart combination done in fine-
tailored spun rayon shown at the low
er left in the above illustration. The
slacks in light beige are full-cut.
The full-sleeved windbreaker blouse
in a lighter-weight version of the
same material is gaily plaided in
rose, green and beige. Other cos
tumes use contrasting shirts in spun
rayons or challis or jersey types.
Careful tailoring distinguishes the
easy-to-wear slacks suit shown in
the foreground on the seated figure.
It is in a fine linen-type spun rayon
which tailors beautifully and is both
cool and practical. The straight-cut
slacks are topped by a matching
short-sleeved shirt which can be
worn as a tuck-in blouse or as a
flattering hiplength jacket.
As smart and comfortable on a
defense job as it is at a summer re
sort the attractive slacks costume
at the top left in the above illustra
tion follows the fashion by teaming
contrasting colors of the same fabric.
Fine spun rayon in a chic linen
weave is used in red-striped beige
of the same material are in deep
blue.
Naw this season are tapered
slacks. Many women with slim fig
ures are adopting them for the sake
of streamlined flattery. In addition
to the more utilitarian styles the
tapered slacks are being made in
fine spun rayon acetate twills, in
acetate rayon sharkskins and also
in wrinkle-resistant alpaca weaves.
These are designed for leisure wear
after the manner shown at the top
right in the above picture. Here the
blouse of snowy acetate rayon crepe
reflects the South American gaucho
influence in its ruffled front. Worn
with s.im-lined slacks of sooty black
novelty-textured rayon shantung and
a bright red cummerbund the cos
tume is picturesque and flatter
ing.
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Smartly Checked
Fashion’s fancy is turning to
checks and plaids with renewed en
thusiasm this season. Unless you
have a coat or a dress or a blouse or
a suit of checked material in your
summer wardrobe, you are losing
out in “style.” There are new cot
tons in wool-like textures that make
up beautifully in suits that launder
perfectly. The new checked rayon
crepes, such as fashion the suit pic
tured above, are ever so goodlook
ing and very much in demand. A
monotone blouse that picks up the
color in the check and the band
trimming on the jacket add inter
est to this smart outfit. Very style-
correct is the sailor hat which car
ries the color of the check in its
bow trim and flattering veil.
Pique Makes Lovely
Graduation Dresses
It’s time to begin to think of a
graduating dress which will later on
serve happily for general summer
wear. Designers are solving the
problem by using eyelet pique. It
is cool, it is pretty as can be, it
launders marvelously and all the
summer through it will most likely
prove your favorite dress. One de
signer does the clever thing by sup
plying two sets of buttons for vari
ety’s sake—white for graduation day
and red plastic strawberries for a
vivid accent later on in the sum
mer.
A white marquisette gown over a
rayon taffeta slip is suggested for
formal graduation and for summer
dancing in the months to come. A
yoke trimming and bows here and
there on the skirt of embroidered
organdie banding bring an added
note of charm into the picture.
Practical and lovely is a simply
fasliioned dress of sleek white jer
sey either left all white or enlivened
with vivid embroidery touches.
Parasol Brims Can Be
Worn Either Up or Down
Brims are made to flatter this sea
son. Designers are imparting sof
tening effects in the way of ruffles
of ribbon or lace that make a wide
brim still wider. Some of these
parasol brims are convertible into
any style you want them to be. You
wear the parasol brim as a face-
framing bonnet, or you can flip it
back to halo about your pompadour
in daring off-the-face fashion.
The newest models have crocheted
crowns. Large straw cartwheels are
definitely good style for summer.
Andrew Johnson
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Historic Tailor Shop
' | 'HE other day President Roose-
velt took time out from his grave
duties as Chief Executive of a na
tion at war to sign a proclamation
which gave to America another “na
tional monument.” So far as looks
are concerned, it is perhaps one of
the most unimpressive of our pa
triotic shrines. For it is a simple,
clap-boarded house with a big brick
chimney at one end and it was once
a combined home and tailor shop!
But this little structure in Greene-
ville, Tenn., is probably the most his
toric tailor shop
in all these Unit
ed States. For it
w%s here that An
drew Johnson
started on the
road which was
to lead him even
tually to the White
House in Wash
ington and to a
fame that is
unique. Of him it
has been said that
he was “the most
courageous and
consistent statesman of his day”
and “next to Lincoln, he did more
to preserve the Union than any oth
er civil official of his time.”
Moreover, Andrew Johnson had
one of the most extraordinary rec
ords of any citizen of the United
States. It is doubtful if any other
American, except possibly his fel-
low-Tennessean, Andrew Jackson,
ever occupied as many different po
sitions of public trust. During his
40 years of public life he held, with
integrity and ability, every type of
office under the Constitution—legis
lative, executive, judicial and mili
tary! Here they are: Alderman
(’827-30); mayor (1830-35); state rep
resentative (1835-39); state senator
(1841-43); United States representa
tive (1843-53); governor (1853-57);
United States senator (1857-63); brig
adier-general (1862); military gov
ernor (1862-64); vice president of
the United States (1865); President
of the United States (1865-69) and
United States senator (1875).
Such was the record of a man who
never went to school a day in his
life! Of all American “success sto
ries” it is doubtful if any can be
found to match that of Andrew John
son. Born in Raleigh, N. C., Decem
ber 29, 1808, Johnson lost his father
when he was four years old and,
by the time he was 10 years old and
apprenticed to a tailor, he was the
chief support of his mother and his
younger brother. After serving six
of the eight years of his apprentice
ship Johnson and his brother ran
away, whereupon the future Presi
dent was branded in a newspaper
advertisement as a fugitive from
justice with a price of $10 upon his
head. A year later young Johnson
returned to Raleigh, made a satis
factory adjustment with his bonds
man and then, obtaining an old
horse and wagon, took the family
and their scanty household goods
over the mountains into Tennessee.
At Greeneville he set up. his own
tailor shop in the little house, which
was recently made a national monu
ment, and as he sat cross-legged on
his tailor’s table he hired the edu
cated loafers of the village to read
history to him. But it was not until
he married Eliza McCardell in 1827
that he received any formal educa
tion—his wife taught him to read.
Soon after the outbreak of the War
Between the States, Johnson, at the
request of President Lincoln, gave
up his seat in the senate to be
come military governor of Tennes
see. Two years later he was chosen
as the vice presidential running
mate for Lincoln in an effort to
hold the border states. He became
President after Lincoln was assas
sinated and when he tried to carry
out the reconstruction policies of the
Great Emancipator, he was bitterly
assailed by the radical Republicans
who were determined to punish the
defeated Southern states for seced
ing from the Union.
Johnson resisted every move that
they made until finally they used his
removal of Edwin M. Stanton, sec
retary of war, from his cabinet as
an excuse for bringing a bill of im
peachment. Happily for the country
they failed to remove him from of
fice—by the narrow margin of one
vote in the senate—and when he fin
ished his term of office in 1869 the
state of Tennessee showed its faith
in him by electing him to the sen
ate again six years later. He died
soon afterwards—on July 31, 1875—
and his Tennessee neighbors buried
him on a hilltop near Greeneville,
wrapped in an American flag, with
a copy of the United States Constitu
tion, which he had upheld so valiant
ly, serving as a pillow for his eter
nal sleep.
Johnson was one of the staunchest
defenders of the common man who
ever sat in the White House. When
he was nominated on the ticket with
Lincoln he is said to have exclaimed,
“What will the aristocrats do with a
rail-splitter for President and a tai
lor for vice president?” Once when
talking to some of the Nashville
aristocracy he said he believed me
chanics to be better than other men.
“Why, then, governor, did you make
lawyers out of your two sons?"
asked one of the aristocrats. “Be
cause they had not sense enough to
be mechanics,” replied Johnson.
\hf, Jlifttn GUamJteM.
Refreshments for the Class of ’42!
(See Recipes Below.)
Commencement Time
There’s a last-minute flurry of
hair brushing and straightening of
ties as Jane and
Billy get ready
for their gradua
tion exercises.
Yes, this is real
ly the year the
children are get
ting through with
school. It’s hard
to believe, isn’t
it? It seems like
just yesterday
that they started school!
Your role is that of sitting back
and beaming at their accomplish
ments, but, just as important, pro
viding the children with a party and
refreshments after commencement.
Simplest way of taking care of
refreshments is setting up a table
in the porch or dining room. Then
fill this with assorted breads and
cold cuts, add a few relishes for
good measure, and you have the
makings of a successful party. The
informality of this setting will p” ase
the children, and at the sam time
relieve you of extra serving. Let
the children help themselves and
take their own time about it, for
there will be plenty of conversation
to go with refreshment time.
Provide white, whole wheat and
rye bread so there will be variety
from which to choose. It’s smart
to have this already sliced for the
youngsters and it looks better on the
table.
The meat platter provides an at
tractive assortment of sandwich fill
er. Arrange in clockwise fashion,
the following: chicken pattie, cooked
tongue, meat loaf and liverwurst.
You can let the imagination of your
guests run freely with making their
own sandwiches, but in case they
run out of ideas, you might suggest
some of these:
Chicken pattie and boiled ham
with sweet pickle relish and lettuce
on whole wheat bread.
Meat loaf with tomato ketchup on
white bread.
Liverwurst and chicken loaf on
whole wheat bread.
Tongue and sliced cucumbers with
horseradish and mustard on rye
bread.
Balance the sandwich spread with
a salad of some kind. If the young
sters are boys, they will go for slices
of tomato on lettuce. For girls or
a mixed group, a molded fruit salad
will be tops:
Pineapple Carrot Salad Ring.
(Serves 6 to 8)
1 package lemon gelatin
1 cup water
1 cup pineapple juice
1 cup sliced pineapple
4 to 5 grated carrots (raw)
Lettuce or endive
Mayonnaise or french dressing
Heat water and pour over gelatin.
Add cold pineapple juice and set
aside to cool. Add grated carrot and
pineapple cut in tidbits. Place in
individual molds or a large ring
mold which has been rinsed in cold
water. Let jell, then turn out on a
bed of crisp lettuce or endive, and
serve with dressing. If a large mold
Lynn Says:
Did you know that it is perfect
ly proper to wash the American
Flag? Of course, you know it is
disrespectful to display a badly
soiled one, but perhaps you were
a bit worried about trying to
wash it.
A recent survey made by pro
fessional laundries reveals that
flags made of woolen material
should be washed and rinsed as
other woolens: squeeze the flag
through rich suds whipped up
with a mild soap and warm, sof
tened water of not more than 100
degrees Fahrenheit. Rinse in two
or three changes of lukewarm,
soft water.
Cotton flags should be rubbed
lightly, but only lukewarm soft
water should be used for the suds.
Both wool and cotton flags should
be air-dried.
Textile experts at professional
laundries also point out that flags
raised outdoors naturally deteri
orate more quickly than those
displayed indoors. If a flag laun
ders well, its service period is
increased with frequent washing.
This Week’s Menu
Commencement Refreshments
Platter of Assorted Cold Cuts
Assorted Bread ‘Fruit Dreams
•Honey Lemonade
•Chocolate Covered Sugarless
Cake
•Recipes Given
is used, the outside may be gar
nished with fruit such as sliced
oranges, pineapple, and apricots.
No party is complete without con
fections of some kind because there
are moments
when you actual-
ly want to nibble
on something
t—jecA sweet. Here is a
recipe featuring
dried fruits noted
for their high
sugar content.
They’re easy to
fix and full of taste.
•Fruit Dreams.
(Makes 60 squares)
1 14-ounce package pitted dates
V4, pound nutmeats
14 pound figs
14 pound apricots
1 teaspoon grated orange rind
1 tablespoon orange juice
Put dates, nutmeats, figs and
apricots through the meat grinder.
Knead orange rind and juice into
the mixture. Roll with a rolling
pin into a square sheet 14 inch thick.
Cut in squares and dip into pow
dered sugar.
If your sugar ration does not ex
tend to making cool drinks with
sugar, here is a lemonade made
with honey. To make a really “par-
tified” drink, add a scoop of lemon,
orange, raspberry or pineapple sher
bet for the lemonade. Use carbon
ated water instead of plain and gar
nish with berrie- or fresh cherries.
•Honey Lemonade.
(Makes 1 serving)
1 lemon
1 to 3 tablespoons honey
1 cup water
Extract the juice from the lemon
and add the honey. To this add
cold water and ice to chill. Serve
this in individual glasses with a
slice of lemon on the rim of each
glass. Or, if you prefer using a
punch bowl, set the drink in that
(increasing the recipe to take care
of as many people as you are hav
ing), and let blobs of sherbet float
on top of the lemonade.
Cake ’n’ ice cream have high rat
ing among the younger set, so for
this occasion I would suggest the
following cake:
•Chocolate Covered Sugarless Cake,
214 cups sifted cake flour
2!4 teaspoons double-acting bak
ing powder
14 teaspoon salt
14 cup butter or other shortening
2 teaspoons grated orange rind
1 cup light corn syrup
2 eggs, unbeaten
14 cup milk
114 teaspoons vanilla
Sift flour once, measure, add bak
ing powder and salt and sift together
three times. Cream shortening with
orange rind; add syrup gradually,
beating well after each addition.
Add 14 of the flour and beat until
smooth and well blended. Add eggs,
one at a time, beating well after
each. Add remaining flour in thirds,
alternately with milk in halves,
beating we! 1 after each addition. For
best results, beat cake very well
after at each stage of mixing. Add
vanilla. Bake in two greased 8-inch
pans in a moderate (375-degree)
oven 30 minutes or until done. Cov
er with:
Chocolate Chip Frosting.
Place cake layers “on a baking
sheet, having one layer top side
down. Cover tops with semi-sweet
chocolate chips, using 2 packages.
Heat in a moderate (350-degree)
oven 6 minutes or until chips are
just softened. (The cake may be
frosted while warm. Heat only 3
minutes.) Remove from oven.
Spread softened chips over bottom
layer, letting chocolate run down
sides. Arrange top layer and spread
as before. Then spread sides evenly.
Have you a particular household or
cooking problem on which you would like
expert advice? Write to Miss Lynn Cham
bers at Western Newspaper llnion, 210
South Desplaines Street, Chicago, Illinois,
explaining your problem fully to her.
Please enclose a stamped, self-addressed
envelope for your reply.
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IMPROVED
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
S UNDAY I
chool Lesson
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D.
Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.
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Lesson for May 31
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
FRIDAY: THE DAY OF
SUFFERING
LESSON TEXT—Mark 14:32-34, 44-46; 15:
1-5.
GOLDEN TEXT—Not my will, but thine,
be done.—Luke 22:42.
Suffering such as no man ever
faced came upon our Lord in the
night between Thursday and Friday
as He prayed in Gethsemane. Ha
tred and condemnation were poured
upon Him as He went through the
mockery of false trials on Friday.
The important events of last
week’s lesson had taken place, the
precious words of comfort and as
surance had been spoken, and now
as midnight brings the darkness of
night to its deepest hue, the Son of
Man goes alone into the depth of the
garden where we see Him
I. Sorrowful unto Death (14:32-34).
This Scripture portion uses many
words to convey the depth of His
soul’s agony, as though it were im
possible to express it in the faulty
medium of speech. So it is, for our
Lord here experienced something
far more serious than a dread of
physical death. He was not a cow
ard. He was not afraid to die. But
now His soul was about to have put
upon Its spotless sinlessness the
stain and dishonor of the world’s
sins.
As Krummacher says: “Some
thing approached Him which threat
ened to rend His nerves and the
sight of it to freeze the blood in
His veins.” Little wonder that He
was “sorrowful even unto death”
(v. 34). It should break our hearts
to see His loving heart break!
Since this was the road the Mas
ter trod, should not His servants
tread it still? Service for Christ may
call for passing through deep and
chilling waters, but never as deep or
as cold as those of Gethsemane.
Jesus took with Him into the gar
den the three who were closest to
Him in the circle of disciples. He
counted on their fellowship and sym
pathy in His hour of anguish. Mere
ly to have them near Him, to know
that they were there to watch and
pray even though they could not
share His holy burden, was to be a
comfort to Him.
How ignominiously they failed.
The spirit was willing (v. 38), but
the flesh took the upper hand, and
they slept! He was alone with His
Father when He prayed that if it
were possible the hour might pass
from Him, but in true and beautiful
submission said, “Not what I will,
but what thou wilt.”
II. Betrayed With a Kiss (14:44-46).
To betray the one who had done
nothing but good, who had loved
him and served him even in the
washing of his feet, this would have
been far more than one could have
expected of even the sin-blackened
heart of a Judas. But he filled the
measure of his ignominy to over
flowing by betraying his Lord with
the sign of affection—a kiss.
We know that we may not stand
on the same ground as our Lord
even here, for, whereas He had done
nothing to merit betrayal, we at our
best are not able to stand forth
without fault. Nevertheless, great
is the hurt when we face the be
trayals of life. It may be one
whom we have befriended, who has
been the object of our loving thought
and care, and who in the hour when
he thinks to gain himself some ad
vantage or avenge some fancied
wrong strikes us in the back, even
as he smilingly professes to be a
friend. Shall we be embittered in
soul and give like for like? God for
bid! Let us rather say as Jesus did
to Judas, “Friend, wherefore art
thou come?” (Matt. 26:50).
III. Condemned by Hatred and
Cowardice (15:1-5).
We have only a partial picture
of the betrayal of Jesus in our les
son, but it is typical of all that took
place, for it reveals the hatred-in-
spired false witness of the Jews,
which, combined with the cowardice
of Pilate, resulted in His being con
demned to death.
Pilate was convinced of His inno
cence, but because of the pressure
by Jewish leaders he was in a dif
ficult position. He was afraid to
follow his convictions, feeling that
it was more expedient to yield to
the will of the populace. So he lost
his great opportunity to write his
name large among the heroes of
history.
Many there are who follow in Pi
late’s steps. They know what they
ought to do with Jesus, but fearing
the comments of friends or the pos
sible loss of earthly advantage, they
let Him be crucified afresh by their
unbelief.
The Jewish leaders and those
whom they had misled hated Jesus
with a malicious hatred which made
them relentless in their determi
nation to destroy Him. Now they
had their quarry at bay and they
were determined to close in for
“the kill.”
They have their present day coun
terpart in those who have so long
rejected Christ that they have be
come embittered against Him.
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600 Men in the Moon
There is not just one man in the
moon, but 600, and they are ac
companied by nine women, ac
cording to Who’s Who in the Moon,
a publication which was recently
issued by the British Astronomical
association after three years of re
search.
All 600 have had craters, walled
plains or mountains oni the moon
named for them, and in future
these names will appear on every
map of the satellite. They include
great scientists, explorers, heroes
or philanthropists who have aided
observers of the planets in the last
300 years. Only eleven are still
alive.
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