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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C„ JULY 31, 1942 ■ EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP HYDE PARK, N. Y.—I went to New York city one day and had an interesting talk in the afternoon with a committee of home economics teachers working in the public schools of New York city. They have a summer workshop in which they are discussing school curricula. The home economics teachers feel that every child should have train ing in this subject in the seventh and eighth grades and one year in high school. They believe this training is valuable to both boys and girls. It is important in learning how to run their homes and how to live better, and for many will point the way to a foundation for a type of training which will give them op portunities for a variety of jobs. In the evening I went over to Brooklyn to a forum in the Girls Commercial high school, where Mr. Agar, vice president of Freedom House, Dr. Clyde Eggleton of New York university, and Mr. Clarence Streit spoke. It was an interesting evening and some of the questions at the very end were valuable. * * * HOUSING FOR NEWLYWEDS Next evening was spent going to Say brook, Conn., to visit my friends. Miss Esther Lape and Miss Eliza beth Read. On my way back on the train, I found myself sitting next to a charming young woman who was on her way to visit her brother in camp. We passed a number of govern ment housing projects and she sud denly said that one of the great needs of young married couples was for good housing at a cost of from $40 to $45 a month. It seems to me that this could be done by pri vate enterprise when the war is over in greater volume than has ever been done in the past. It is one of the things which will keep up our production of certain basic goods. Next day the rain came down in sheets and I was inclined to feel that the elements were very unkind, for v/e had planned an outdoor pic nic for the grownups and children. However, in the evening we had the picnic in the playroom and it turned out to be a very pleasant and informal evening. In the afternoon I spent an hour at the Hudson Shore Labor school, where they had a two- day conference on what trade union women can do in their homes to help the war effort. They covered nutrition and vari ous conservation projects, gas and sugar rationing and price regulation. I think everyone will get a much better concep tion of the reasons why these things are being asked of civil ians. This will be a help, (pr there is still a certain amount of confusion which should be cleared up. * * • FARMERS AND WEATHER HYDE PARK, N. Y.—Growers of fruit say we have had too much rain this summer and it has hurt the crops. Up in Rhinebeck, a project was started to provide pickers by bringing a group of young girls to gether to be paid by the farmers according to the amount they picked. Great difficulties have aris en because they have not had enough picking to pay for board and lodging. Many of them, of course, have counted on making a little money on the side. They felt, in addition, that they were performing a job that was useful to the country, since they had been told that labor was needed on the farm and was scarce. No one can control the elements, however, and the farmer is always subject to the ups and downs brought about by Dame Nature’s whimsies. I think it is the occupa tion above all others that is filled with unknown hazards and requires more wisdom, foresight and hard work than any other occupation in the world. Probably this is why it also carries such great compensa tions and rewards. Many a man who has made his way in other lines, remembers his boyhood on the farm with gratitude and joy./ • • * WARTIME FAMILY CARE HYDE PARK, N. Y.—At Vassar college, one morning, it was most interesting to have a glimpse of the large group of children who, with their parents, attend the three weeks session of the Vassar Sum mer Institute for Family and Child Care Services in War Time. The children were at lunch when the morning meeting closed and we went off to see each group—the two, three and four year olds, and two older groups up to the age of 12. One very small boy was placed in the comer of the room because, up to this time, he had always been in a high chair. Having walls on either side gave him a greater sense of security. It has been said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. If older children only realized this, they would be in a state of constant pride over the influence which they exert on the smaller ones around them. The more mature person is, of course, the one who serves as a pattern. If the pattern is good, the imitation is helpful. Common Sense Will Help Smash Summertime’s Heat Dress Lightly, Eat Little but Often, Relax, Don’t Get Too Much Sun at One Time, Is Way to Keep Cool. By CLIFF LANGE Released by Western Newspaper Union. Don’t let the heat get you down! Don’t let it keep you from working, or eating or enjoying your spare time. Don’t let it keep you from sleeping and getting that so very necessary rest. Science and 1942 ingenuity have gone a long way helping you combat the heat waves. Com bine this with the basic aid of for getting the temperature, and you’ll be well on the way to whipping those red hot, “mid-summer blues.” True, you can’t do much about lowering the sizzling temperature. You can do a number of things to help keep yourself cool as you go through your daily routine. For instance, the first thing to remember to do is to “dress cool.” Don’t wear heavy, tight fitting clothing. Clothing has been devised—from the time when animal pelts were the style both for man, woman and grown-up children—as a protec tion from the elements whether sun, rain, snow, sleet or biting wind. Don’t use winter style of dressing for the summertime. Shed some of those clothes! You ladies who are handy with the scissors, needle and thread can whip together some dandy summer work, play or “visiting” dresses easily enough these days. There is still plenty of dress material to be had. Ready-made dresses are also plen tiful, and reasonably priced, too. Take a look at your favorite store. You’ll see both plenty of dresses, and material to make them. There is nb reason, either, why the men, young and old, shouldn’t be dressed to combat the heat. Many men, when asked why they are dressed so “hot” in the summer time, usually give an answer which seems to suggest they “hadn’t thought about it” or “were too busy” to do anything about it. Mean while they continue working with the sweat rolling down their tem ples. Men are slow in changing to new, even a more comfortable style of clothing. Those that aren’t so con servative aren’t getting shoved around by the heat this year like their more backward brethren are. They were more willing—i.e., the married men, the fathers—to see their daughters going around in shorts, rather than themselves. When really it was the men, not the women that needed them! Maybe, when shortages in cloth, dress goods begins to appear, which it hasn’t, as yet, it will be the usual thing for the men to be wear ing them. What difference does it make whether they are worn driving —King Cold— This method of keeping cool (or cold, if you prefer) is just one of many hundreds of ways available. This young fellow has a look of doubt, a stiffness of form which causes a person looking at him to wonder whether this is the best method to defeat the heat of sum mer. Perhaps it is just a spirit of contemplation which has overcome him—lifted him above a./ mortals, away from mundane thcaghts. Or is it? the tractor, working in a factory, or rolling a truck down the highway. Like clothing, food in the su/nmer- time has much to do about keeping one from being knocked out, figura tively or actually. Don’t eat so much “heavy” food even though you do have to eat plenty of food, either be cause of your job, or your nature. “Eat but little, but often” holds more true for summer time than any time of the year. That “little, but often” holds for the so-called light foods which you see advertised in your grocery, meat shop, fruit store and delicatessen. In the summertime is when “acid conditions” get you quicker than any other season. It is such a con dition which affects you both in your ability to work, and capabilities of Uuum-Humh! And this is an ice cream cone. It could be vanilla, peach, lemon, tutti-frutti, or perhaps pineapple. It doesn’t make that much difference, though. The man behind the ice cream cone is important. That man is hot. He wanted to do something about it. He did. He bought that ice cream cone. He is now about to give it a genuine workout. When he was a little boy he learned that this was one of the more suitable ways of cooling off. He also learned that the hotter the weather the more you eat of them, and also the quicker you have to eat them or they drip over your hands. enjoying your activities during the heat of the day. Check up on yourself. See how much of the food you are eating is “acid” producing If you aren’t sure, ask your doc tor. He’ll be able to tell you without much ado. A trip straight to the druggist from his office in case he has pre scribed for you either to coun teract an acid condition, or pre vent one, is then in order. If you haven’t noticed already, at the druggists you’ll see many prep arations to prevent, allay, or stop the personal outward discomforts due to the heat. Talcum powder, salt tablets, soaps, sunburn salves and oils— such are just a few of the many articles available which are almost a necessity around the home during the torrid time. It is during these hot months when the very youngest, and the oldest suffer the most. Infants, not being able to express their displeasure at being uncomfortable in any other way than their only way, a reason able crying spell, or a healthy wail, should be closely watched. They should be dressed with a minimum amount of clothing. Ei ther next to nothing, or nothing. The coolest side of the house, or out on the porch, or in the shade be neath the tree is the spot for them. The old folks even though less apt to complain about the heat are more susceptible to it than those ‘War Nerves’ Even Disturbing Children The war has created for children many serious problems which Amer ican parents and teachers must face, Dr. Clifford E. Erickson of the school of education, Northwest ern university, asserted in a lecture of the summer session series at the Evanston, 111., university. Basing his conclusions on re search studies and confidential docu ments regarding the effect of the war on English children, Dr. Erick son warned that under present con ditions it is impossible to protect children from many life situa tions which have formerly been “tabooed.” In many cases we can no longer keep children from knowledge of death, dying, disease, wounds, birth, sex, and human nature in the raw,” he said, adding that as a result children are emotionally dis turbed. Best Way This is one of the nation’s favorite ways of cooling off. It doesn’t make any difference whether yon swim in a private pool, a park, river, pond lake or sea—it does the trick. The summer son, in seeming re taliation, shows its resentment on thousands of swimmers every day by giving them a severe case of sunburn, or blistering. Enjoy your swim, but don’t take too much of the sun at one time. who complain. They, too, should be made as comfortable as possible. They, too, are the ones who should be reminded that what they for merly used to do, “just to help out,” shouldn’t be done in the hot weather. For there is a debilitating effect of the sun quickly noticeable on the aged and weak. One of the pleasures of the sum mer months are the outdoor picnics, the family reunions, the parties and fishing trips both for the youngsters and the grownups. Although rubber restrictions will cut down on many of the long auto trips on such picnics and outdoor excursions, it won’t —at least it shouldn’t for the ingenious—cut down on the out ings held in the nearby woods, or even in the side, or back. It is on such picnics, and side-yard excursions that real summer time meals, old style “Dutch Lunches” can be served. Meals having sal ads, cold cuts, cheeses, lemonade, iced-tea, iced-coffee, and other fruit juice drinks. The little extra equipment needed for such meals that break the monotony of eating indoors all the time is available at any of the local retail stores. It used to be during the not far past days that it was thought necessary to travel 15 to 50 miles to a favorite picnic spot. There there would be the steak fry on the fire pits, or the weiner roast. Today, with plenty of room avail able, alongside or behind the house, or in the field or woods near home, there is no reason why similar “pic nic” equipment isn’t available. The war hasn’t stopped, in fact, couldn’t stop, American ingenuity. Many times, too, in the desire to cool off there were long trips to distant pools, or “favorite” spots on lakes and rivers. Today, when ra tioning has stopped that there is no reason why the shower equip ment at home shouldn’t be given an extra workout. You know, just because it used to be only the kids who had a good time with the outdoor shower is no reason why you couldn’t enjoy one, too. Of course if you dislike the idea of imitating the kids and en joying the whirling spray, why not rig up an outfit for you and the rest of the older persons. Such an outfit could be dropped from one of the trees in the yard, or attached to a post used for the washline. This war has brought the peo ple of the nation more closely together than at any time since the advent of the automobile. This year there’ll be more local entertaining, visiting, and genu ine social life than ever before. Common sense will take care of most of the heat’s oppressiveness. That which can’t be taken care of should be treated as a matter of fact. A matter of, “Well, this is the summertime. It should be hot.” This summer has seen, and will continue seeing until the days cool off, plenty of local picnics in which various successful means to com bat the heat have been achieved. You can do more about taking care of the heat by actually doing something to counteract the effects of it. Talking about the weather, about “how hot it is” isn’t doing you any good, nor the person saying it. You got to help yourself, and those not able to help themselves, if you want to let Mr. Sun continue work ing while you do. TN SPITE of record heat—relax and enjoy life in this open top princess line frock! It has straps only over the shoulders and is cut to emphasize your slim waist. Hemmed above the knees this style makes the smartest of tennis dresses! Regular length, it is a wonderful heat defier, and, worn with a jacket, is a smart costume for any daytime occasion. • • • Pattern No. 8157 is in sizes 12 to 20. Size 14 dress and jacket requires 5 yards of 39-inch material, 12 yards ric rac. All-Day Dress. T ONG straight lines running ' from shoulder to hem of this dignified frock give it a smooth silhouette which is flattering for every wearer. The detailing of the side piecings and the soft gath ers at the waist add style interest too, to a model which is ideally suited to the season’s smartest cotton materials—printed pique, linen, lawn or rayon prints. It is easy to decorate the neckline, too, with clips, a flower or a pretty necklace! Pattern No. 8141 is in sizes 36 to 52. Size 38 requires 4& yards 39-inch ma terial. Send your order to: SEWING CIRCLE P CITTERN DEPT. Room 1116 211 West Wacker Dr. Chicago Enclose 20 cents in coins for each pattern desired. Pattern No Size Name Address ’ASK MS 01 l ANOTHER [ l l A General Quiz 7 p— O- P* O- O- P- O— P- P* P- P* P- P* P*P* P- P* P* P* The Questions 1. Which are the world’s tallest people? 2. Who was Atalanta? 3. What is the meaning of the stage direction “omnes exeunt”? 4. How many states were ad mitted to the Union during the Civil war? 5. What are the heaviest things known? 6. What is a touchstone? The Answers 1. The Shilluks, living in the Egyptian Sudan. They average nearly seven feet in height. 2. A beautiful mythological crea- tuie, fleet of foot, who challenged her suitors to a race, death being the penalty of defeat, her hand the prize. $. All go out. |. Two—West Virginia and Ne vada. 5. The very faint stars in our sky called “white dwarfs.” One cubic inch of a “white dwarf” may weigh 500 tons. 6. A stone used for testing the purity of gold or silver. Any stand ard or test for determining the quality of something. Medical officers have loi.% rec ognized tobacco as an aid o mo rale among our armed forces. Surveys among the men them selves have shown that tobacco is their favorite gift. If you have a friend or relative in the Army, Navy, Marines, or Coast Guard who smokes a pipe or rolls-his- own, nothing would be more ap preciated than a pound of his fa vorite tobacco. Prince Albert, the world’s largest-selling smoking to bacco, in the pound can is rec ommended by local dealers as an ideal gift for men in the service.— Adv. Total of Past The present is the living sum- total of the whole past.—Carlyle. That’s What Judge—What possible excuse did you have for acquitting that mur derer? Foreman of Jury—insanity. Judge—What, all twelve of you? Brussels sprouts prove that the best part of cabbage can come in small packages, but can still spread as violent a smell. Same Result “Are you a college man?” “No; a horse stepped on my hat.” True to Form “If I refuse you, will you com mit suicide, Cecil?” “Well, that’s been my usual custom.” Advice to Young Mothers: Be sure to dress baby properly in hot water—Houston paper. A bit complicated for comfort, we’d venture. To Save Argument Professor—Can you prove that the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the two sides of this triangle? Student—No, sir. But I’m will ing to admit it. lis no fun to have MALARIA ! WIItTCRSMirtfS Ton 1 c? /Ci, HOUSE FLIES KILL BABIES STOP FLIES AND GERMS WITH LOW-COST JANGLEFOtij FLYPAPER Flies are enemies. They feast in dirty places. Then they fly in and light on your food—and YOU and YOUR family eat their filth from garbage and privy!-No wonder we have so much summer sickness from germs that are carried by flies! stop flies and you STOP SICKNESS CARRIED BY FLIES! A» Grocery, Hardwan a ad Drug Store, TANGLEFOOT Fly Paper "Jf catches the Germ as well as the Fly!” 'BOMBERS ARE MY BUSINESS . says MISS CHILTON BASS riveter In Consolidated bomber assembly plant IMPORTANT TO STEADY SMOKERS: 7/te smoke of s/ow-burnfaf contains tessmeorme •ban that of the 4 other largest-selling brands tasted — lass than nay Of them — according to Independent sdontMc tests of the smalm Itselff