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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C, JUNE 12, 1942
Newest Beach and Swim Suits
Feature Dressmaker Influence
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By CHERIE NICHOLAS
Eleanor Roosevelt
VALUABLE RECORDINGS
A group who lunched with me one
day had the pleasure after lunch of
hearing recordings made by Mr.
Robert Vincent. These recordings,
which Yale university is preserving
for the future, will be most inter
esting historical documents.
With the co-operation of USO, Mr.
Vincent has visited many of our
army camps. He has recorded let
ters for many of our boys and sent
the records home so the recipients
may hear the voices of the boys
they love, even though they are
separated from them for many
months. I can well imagine that let
ter will be played over and over
again.
Mr. Vincent has also recorded
songs and pieces of music written
by the servicemen; some dedicated
to the President, some to the outfit
with which they are serving. He also
played for me Earl Robinson’s can
tata, as sung over the air by Paul
Robeson and the NBC chorus. He
told us that he had begun to do
these recordings at the age of 12,
and from the early discs, has found
a way of transferring some of the
voices which most of us had thought
were lost to posterity
He has something said by every
President since Crover Cleveland,
except President Harrison. I was
very much interested to hear a
speech by my uncle, President
Theodore Roosevelt. It sounded ab
solutely natural. Another record
made by my aunt, Mrs. Douglas
Robinson, was equally good.
There is one boy in the service who
does imitations of people and Mr.
Vincent had several of these, among
them an imitation of a speech by
my own husband. Some of the tones
were perfectly wonderful but on the
whole I think the boy had not prac
ticed long enough, so that a great
deal of it did not sound entirely
natural.
• • *
MLLE. CURIE VISIT
I returned to Washington one day
in time to welcome Mademoiselle
Curie and to receive several people
in the afternoon. Among them was
Miss Terese Bonney, who brought
some very remarkable photographs
as a gift to my husband for his li
brary at Hyde Park. They were
taken in various war-torn countries
in Europe. I am keeping these pho
tographs here for a time to show
to various people, because some of
them are really great contributions
to the realization of what war brings
in its wake.
It is always a joy to have Mile.
Curie here and it was extremely
interesting to glean from her some
of her impressions of the various
countries she has visited on her
extraordinary trip. She has a map
on which she has traced her jour
neys, and some one at lunch yes
terday, on looking over it, remarked
to me: “She has outdistanced you
many times.”
Mile. Curie certainly has both in
mileage and in the variety and in
terest of her travels. One looks at
this chic, well-groomed, delicate
French woman and marvels at the
calm with which she must have
faced many dangerous moments.
• • •
WAR WORKERS PLANNING
The next afternoon I went to a
tea given by the Democratic Wom
en’s council, to which they had in
vited groups of war workers from
the different agencies. They are
planning a series of such teas in
the hope that they will bring to
gether women who might not other
wise meet, and in this way make life
a little pleasanter for the newcom
ers in Washington.
That evening we had some young
people dine with us, because Miss
Patricia Mountbatten came to spend
the night. She will go back to Eng
land when she graduates from
school this spring, to join the army
of women workers of her own coun
try.
After dinner, a number of govern
ment officials came in to see the
moving pictures which Mr. Charles
Palmer brought back from his trip
to England. He went to study de
fense housing as it is over there
today. The most interesting devel
opments are in houses which, when
peace comes, can be enlarged and
changed so that they will look more
like the traditional English work
men’s homes.
Mr. Palmer says that in England
the war effort has had to be so
great, people have not had time to
develop substitutes and are, there
fore, going without a great many
things. Of necessity, this must tem
porarily lower the standard of liv
ing and we are fortunate indeed that
we have time to develop substitutes
for many of our needs.
• • •
COMMENCEMENT
The commencement exercises at
Washington college at Chestertown,
Md., were serious as such exercises
must be in these days, but very
beautifully carried out. The gov
ernor of Maryland gave the diplo
mas to the graduating class. Since
they were celebrating the 50th an
niversary of the admission of women
to the college on an equal basis with
men, it was fitting that the highest
academic honors were won by a
girl.
—Buy War Bonds—
/"JNE glance at the new bath-
ing apparel gives us the
heartening assurance that
there will be no lack of charm,
versatility or fashion interest
on the beach this summer. Wool
and rubber priorities have only
added fresh impetus to an already
important trend toward a wider use
of other fabrics this season than
usual to make up for the curtail
ment in other directions.
All of which means for swim wear
a glamorous and exciting collection
of graceful and flattering suits in a
wide range of intriguing materials
with very special emphasis on hand
some rayon weaves which include
such interesting textures as shan
tungs, jerseys, luxurious looking
crepes, taffetas, failles and many
other types. Calicoes and ging
hams, too, have their place in the
swim suit realm, as do piques, fine
sharkskins and many other striking
novelties.
Another important new angle to
beach wear and swim-suit fashions
is the dressmaker influence which
prevails throughout their styling.
That is not surprising, for the wide
spread use of a surprisingly long
list of fabrics would inevitably call
for dressmaker technique in their
styling, and you may be sure the
designers are making the most of it.
You can swim this year in a softly
draped or moulded dressmaker suit
of fine rayon crepe or sleek jersey,
or be gay and perky in a trim,
bare-midriff halter and shorts cos
tume of brisk acetate rayon shark
skin. You’ll see, also, “little girl”
ruffled suits irt crisp rayon taffeta,
gingham or quaint calicoes. There
are tailored princess styles galore
in such rich materials as the new
and very fashionable failles and
shantungs which offer a range of
most lovely brilliant and dusky col
ors.
The swim suits pictured in the
above illustration subscribe to the
new dressmaker trend in versatile
moods. Note the pert fash
ion at the top left in the group. The
fact that it is fashioned of a fine
rayon shantung in a sooty black is
significant, for black is the smartest
thing you can wear in play clothes.
Black linens, thin black mesh
weaves and black shantungs are
also ultra chic for town wear in tai
lored jacket suit or two-piece jacket
dresses. A thin white edging at
neck and hem accents the rich
black of the shantung that makes
this flattering princess swim suit,
with its “bra”-topped bodice, slen
der waistline and gracefully flared
skirt. The narrow self-fabric sash
ties at the front.
The vogue for fluid, molded lines
has inspired the charming two-piece
bathing suit shown at the upper
right, which uses soft-draping ace-
tate rayon jersey in a striking navy
and white print design for its sur
plice-draped “bra”-top and new
shirred-on dirndl skirt.
Very gay for beach or swimming
is the flared one-piece suit at the
lower left. It is intriguingly styled
of rustling rayon taffeta in a tiny
green and white check. Sprightly
self ruffles outlined with navy rick-
rack braid trim the brief skirt and
flattering heart-shaped decolletage.
The beautifully tailored two-piece
bathing suit in crisp white rayon
sharkskin seen on the figure reclin
ing in the foreground to the right is
trimmed with bows and a wide band
of coin-dotted navy rayon crepe. The
use here made of polka dots car
ries out the newly fashionable use
of dots as trimming for accessories,
and for whole costumes.
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Party Finery
Even this six-year-old isn’t too
young for a beauty lesson that
makes flowers its theme. See the
pretty posy in her hair. Young
girls, and children, too, are taking
to wearing flowers in the hair in
stead of hair ribbons. As to the cun
ning bouquet she is carrying in her
hand, it is a replica in miniature of
the one her mother will be wearing.
Yes, indeed, matching bouquet of
snap dragons, carnations and sweet
heart roses make charming gifts for
traveling or far-away soldier hus
bands and fathers to wire to mother
and daughter when the calendar
points to a birthday or some other
very special event. Flowers, like the
bright colors being featured this sea
son, help to cheer both the wearer
and those who see her looking so
daintily charming. And it’s her duty
to look charming!
Many Still Prefer
Black - and - White
Regardless of all the fuss being
made over vivid color and plenty of
it, many women are turning enthu
siastically to black and white.
They consider the costume ensem
ble ideal that includes a black and
white print frock done in the latest
manner of side drape, finished off
with a pleated frill and pleated col
lar fitted to a low neckline. This is
topped with a black straw wide
brimmed hat crowned with waxen
white gardenias. The shoes (low
heeled pumps) and the bag should
be in glistening patent leather.
Cotton Lace Suits Join
List of Summer ‘Musts'
Lace is good news these days, for
it is one item that is not on the gov
ernment "want list.” Very swank for
summer is cotton lace in a large
sporty pattern made into jacket and
skirt suits for summer day wear.
You can get bewitching suits with
skirts pleated for action, topped with
jackets of the favorite long-torso
type that so beautifully slenderizes
your figure. In navy these lace suits
are too attractive looking for words,
and for dressy summer wear a white
or wheat-color lace suit gives you a
costume that will take you anywhere
with an assurance of being account
ed among the best dressed.
Black Lace
There is a new fashion developing
which is worth while considering.
It is the blouse that is made of the
most exquisite black lace you can
find in the stores. Make it up sim
ply but effectively. Wear it in the
afternoon with a black satin or taf
feta skirt and in the evening with a
diaphanous chiffon skirt in lovely
pastel coloring.
FIRST-AID
to the
AILING HOUSE
by Roger B. Whitman
Roger B. Whitman—WNU Features.
MOSQUITOES ENTER HOUSE AT
NIGHT THROUGH CHIMNEY
FLUES
“ A LTHOUGH my living-room is
tightly screened,” writes a
correspondent, “we find many mos
quitoes in it, especially at night.
In spite of careful watching, we
have not seen any coming through
the screens, and are completely puz
zled as to how they get in. Can
you make any suggestions?”
If there is a fireplace in the room,
and being a living-room there prob
ably is one, the mosquitoes are un
doubtedly coming down the chim
ney. At night when the room is
lighted, the flying insects see the
glow down the flues, and are attract
ed by it. The remedy is to keep the
throat damper closed; or if the fire
place has no throat damper, the
throat connecting with the flue can
be stuffed with newspapers. I feel
sure that this precaution will end
the trouble. Of course, with a fire
going, the insects will not come
down. Naturally if the fire is to be
lighted on a cool evening, the damp
er must be opened, or the newspa
pers taken out.
Cellar Wall Finish
Question: My cellar walls are tint-
id with something that I believe
comes from acetylene gas. A sec
ond coat is needed*. Can you tell
me what the material is and where
I can get more of it?
Answer: That material is actually
a form of lime and is left over when
acetylene gas is made from calcium
carbide. This gas is used for weld
ing and for other purposes, and
welders are usually glad to give
away the residue that comes from
the generators. Companies making
the generators, as well as the pro
ducers of calcium carbide, issue
booklets describing the many uses
for carbide residue, including white
wash.
Hornet’s Nest
Question: There is a hornet’s nest
in a crack in my roof, directly above
my back porch door. I am in con
stant fear of being stung. How can
I get rid of it?
Answer: Tackle the job ai dusk
on a cool evening, when the hornets
will be partly dormant. Using a
spray filled with kerosene, approach
the nest quietly, and force the spray
violently into the crack. Tho hor
nets will be stunned before they can
get out. The crack can then be
plugged with putty or otherwise. Be
fore starting, you should observe
carefully to note whether or not
there is another opening to the nest,
so that also can be closed.
Too Much Humidification
Question: Last summer I added a
humidifier to my heating plant. The
humidity varies from 30 to 40 per
cent. The guide ce.ils 40 to 60 per
cent normal. My v/indows steam up
considerably and the woodwork is
fitting black. What should I do?
Answer: Your percentage of hu
midity is evidently too high. The
black on the woodwork is mildew.
Shut off the humidifier for a few
days and give the house a chance
to dry out. You should turn on the
humidifier only to the point at which
the windows just begin to cloud
over. That is your limit.
Sealing Sappy Wood
Question: When resinous wood is
used for clapboards, is it only the
knots that need shellacking to pre
vent bleeding into the paint? Should
the shellac be sandpapered before
painting?
Answer: All resinous places
should be sealed. But before shel
lacking wash liberally with benzine
to clear all of the surface pores of
the resin, so that the shellac can
soak in. Sandpapering will be nec
essary only when the shellacked sur
face is smooth and glossy.
Seasoning a Dutch Oven
Question: I recently purchased a
cast iron Dutch oven which I cannot
use because rust forms as it is being
used. Some one told me that such
a utensil has to be “seasoned.” How
is this done?
Answer: One method is to render
a chunk of beef suet in the Dutch
oven, then rub the hot fat into all
parts of the oven while it is hot. Let
it stand for a half hour, then wash
with soap and water. Do not use
scouring powder.
Attic Insulation
. Question: Where can I get infor
mation on the insulating of two
rooms that I intend to build in my
attic?
Answer: All manufacturers of in
sulating materials issue instructions
for the insulating of attics, both with
and without rooms. You can get
these instructions direct from the
manufacturer, from lumber yards
and from dealers in building ma
terial.
Cutting Linoleum
Question: We intend covering our
interior cellar steps with linoleum,
each step individually. Can you ad
vise how to cut this linoleum
straight?
Answer: For best results linoleum
should be cut with a knife made for
the purpose It has a curved blade
and the edge is very sharp. The
New York office of any of the lino
leum companies can inform where
it can be purchased. Before you
cut the linoleum, mark it off with
a pencil to help keep a straigh*
line
A Bride’s Cake to Greet You at the Reception!
(See Recipes Below.)
Wedding Receptions
After the “I do’s” have been said,
and you have remembered to wear
something borrowed, something
blue, and something, new, besides
throwing your bouquet to some
lucky bridesmaid, you are ready for
the reception.
The reception is among the more
elaborate forms of entertaining, but
because of our
wartime status,
this year’s event
will undoubtedly
be more simple.
Simplicity, how
ever, does not im
ply lack of charm
or graciousness,
indeed, it often
enhances it the more.
White is the color for brides, so
use your linens or damask on the
wedding table. Flowers may be
white calla lilies in crystal or silver
centerpiece, or other delicate pastel
flowers used with plenty of white to
carry out the theme. Have your
candles, white, too, as the occasion
is somewhat formal.
At most weddings the trend is to
have other refreshments besides the
traditional white cake cut by the
bride and the necessary assistance
by the groom! If you are baking
the cake at home—and it will be
good if you do—plan to have a small
pastry tube for the frills and deco
rations with celluloid or paper fig
ures of the groom and bride as a
decoration.
Chicken, because of its bland fla
vor and general adaptability, is the
answer to your refreshment prob
lem. Chicken in a molded egg ring
makes the table a picture, and your
guests can easily serve themselves:
*Chicken in Molded Egg Ring.
(Serves 8)
2 tablespoons unflavored gelatin
% cup boiling water
Vi cup cold water
114 cups mayonnaise
4 tablespoons lemon juice
teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon grated onion
Vi green pepper chopped
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
12 hard-cooked eggs
1 recipe of chicken salad
Soften gelatin in cold water for 5
minutes and dissolve in boiling wa
ter. Cool. Add mayonnaise, lemon
juice, salt, onion, green pepper,
parsley, and 10 eggs, chopped. Cov
er bottom of mold with one inch
of the mixture. Slice remaining eggs
and arrange slices around side of
mold. Add remaining mixture and
chill until firm. Unmold on lettuce,
fill center with chicken salad and
garnish with salted almonds and to
mato wedges. Serve with mayon
naise or french dressing.
Chicken Salad.
2 cups cooked, diced chicken
French dressing
Vi cup diced celery
Vi teaspoon onion juice
Vi cup shredded, toasted almonds
Marinate chicken in french dress
ing for an hour. Drain. Add re
maining ingredients with just enough
salad dressing to moisten. Season
Lynn Says:
Here’s help to solve your gift
problems for the bride: Linen
minimums include the following:
8 sheets, 6 pillowcases, 2 pairs
blankets, 2 wool coverlets, 2 bath-
mats, 8 bath towels, 8 face cloths
and 12 linen hand towels.
For the dining room, the bride
will need 2 dinner sets with 6 to 8
napkins, 3 breakfast or luncheon
sets, 6 to 8 extra dinner napkins,
12 tea napkins, and 2 hot plate
mats.
If possible, the bride should
have a set of 6 in each of the
following pieces of china. If she
expects to set up housekeeping on
a larger scale, this list may be
expanded to 8 or 12 pieces. China
set includes: salad plates, soup
plates, cups and saucers, dinner
plates, sauce dishes, bread-and-
butter plates. For serving dishes
the following are “musts”: 1
large platter (for meat and vege
tables), 1 covered dish, 2 open
vegetable dishes, tea and coffee
pots, and sugar and creamers.
This Week’s Menu
Wedding Reception
*Chicken in Molded Egg Ring
•Bride’s Salad
Hot Rolls and Biscuits
Salted Nuts Preserves Olives
•Bride’s Cake Coffee
•Recipes Given
with salt and pepper to taste. Chill
well.
Make the reception a really mem
orable occasion by serving a beauti
ful Bride’s salad, all fruity and
creamy with the Egg Mold. Here’s
how to do it:
•Bride’s Salad.
(Serves 8)
1 large can pears
1 large can white cherries
Vi pound almonds
1 large can sliced pineapple
Vi pound marshmallows
Drain and cut fruits. Chop nuts
sind cut marshmallows with a wet
scissors. Make the following cooked
dressing:
Yolks of four eggs
Juice of one lemon
Vi cup evaporated milk
Vi teaspoon mustard
Combine all ingredients and let
cook over hot water until the mix
ture thickens. Cool. Fold in 2 cups
whipped cream. Combine with fruit
(well drained), add nuts and fold
in marshmallows. Place in a mold,
in the refrigerator overnight. Serve
surrounded with endive or lettuce.
Now, the cake for the reception!
This is a light butter cake, deli
cately flavored as befits the occa
sion:
•Bride’s Cake.
3Vi cups sifted cake flour
IVi teaspoons double acting bak
ing powder
IVi cups butter
2 cups sugar
1V4 cups egg whites, unbeaten
V4 teaspoon vanilla
Vi teaspoon almond extract
Sift flour once, measure, add bak
ing powder, and sift together three
times. Cream butter thoroughly,
add sugar gradually. Cream to
gether until light
and fluffy. Add
egg whites, Vi
cup at a time,
beating three min
utes after each
addition. Add
flour, a small
amount at a time,
beating well after each addition. Add
flavoring and beat vigorously. Turn
into a 10-inch tube pan which has
been greased and lined on the bot
tom, sides and around the tube with
heavy, waxed paper. Bake in a
slow (275-degree) oven 1 hour; then
increase the heat slightly to 300 de
grees, and bake 50 minutes longer,
or until done. Insert favors, if de
sired, wrapping each in waxed pa
per, and pressing into small slits in
the cake. Spread ornamental but
ter frosting smoothly on top and
sides of cake. Decorate with sim
ple borders and rosettes of the frost
ing, and trim with silver dragees.
Serve on silver tray or platter with
delicate sprays of fern, cosmos, or
bridal wreath. Place special bridal
favors on top of cake; or, tie small
wedding bells or other favors to
white ribbons and intertwine through
sprays.
Ornamental Butter Frosting.
4 tablespoons butter
5 cups sifted confectioners sugar
2 egg whites, unbeaten
2 tablespoons cream (about)
1V4 teaspoons vanilla
Vi teaspoon salt
Cream butter; add part of sugar
gradually, beating well after each
addition. Add remainin ; sugar al
ternately with egg whites, then with
cream, until of right consistency to
spread. Beat after each addition
until smooth. Add vanilla and salt.
Spread cake. Make rosettes and
borders with frosting forced through
the pastry tube. Makes enough
frosting to cover the above cake
and to use for decorating.
Have you a particular household or
cooking problem on which you would like
expert advice? Write •o Miss Lynn Cham
bers at Western Newspaper Onion, 210
South Desplaines Street, Chicago, Illinois,
explaining your problem fully to her.
Please enclose a stamped, self-addressed
envelope for your reply.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Eerie
“Why do you always sing the
same song?”
“It haunts me.”
“No, wonder. You’ve murdered
it.”
So That’s It!
It was at a musical comedy. “Why
are all the men in the front rows bald-
headed?" she asked.
“Because they bought their ticket*
from scalpers," he replied.
She Gave It to Him
“You’re looking downcast, old!
man. What’s on your mind?”
*’A piece of my wife’s.”
“There was a time when I be-,
lieved my husband, but that was
before we were married.”—Wife
at court. A case of “wed” and
found wanting.
Same Jean
Jones—They say brunettes have
better dispositions than blonds.
Jinx—Bunk! Jean has been,
both, and I never noticed any dif-|
ference. 1
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And look at the Silver Lining
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DON'T LET
CONSTIPATION
SLOW YOU UP
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EXPERT
BUYERS
# In bringing us buying Information, as
to pries that or. balng askod for
what wo Intend to buy, and as to Iho
quality wo can oxpoct, tho advertising
columns of this newspaper perform a
worth while service which saves as
many dollars a year.
D It Is a good habit to form, the habit
of consulting the advertisements every
time we make a purchase, though we
have already decided just what we
want and where we are going to buy
It. It gives us the most priceless feeling
In the worlds the feeliifl) of being
adequately prepared.
D When we go Into a store, prepared
b-forehand with knowledge of what Is
ofrsrsd and at what price, we go as
an expert buyer, filled with self-confi
dence. It Is a pleasant feeling to have,
t.M feeling of adequacy. Most of the
unhappiness In the world can be traced
to a lack of this feeling. Thus adver
tising shews another of Its manifold.
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