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I THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C„ AUGUST 7, 1942 WHO’S NEWS THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F. PARTON Consolidated Features.—WNU Release. N EW YORK. — At Fort Des Moines, where the first 330 en trants of the Women’s Army Aux iliary corps take up their quar- Col. Faith’• Faith ters ’ for ° ffl ' In WAAC Kick* Out Guardhouse cers’ train ing, there will be no guardhouse. Col. Don C. Faith, commandant of the corps, says “Standards of conduct of women are generally higher than those of men. We an ticipate no trouble. If there is, there will be a discharge, rather than dis cipline.” The tactful Colonel Faith, a genial Hoosier who used to be an army educator, will, how ever, allow a beauty parlor, if not a guardhouse. He says there’s no reason why women shouldn’t get a hair-do when they need it and there’ll be time out for that. But this doesn’t mean a soft time for the soldier- girls. There will be seven 45- minute classes a day and one 45-minute period of drill. The women who have qualified for officer’s training have been chosen from several thousand applicants. The full complement of the fort eventually will be about 25,000 wom en. They will serve in kitchen po lice, as barracks orderlies, clerks and messengers and in many other capacities in which men have been used. The tall, lean Colonel Faith, a trail-blazer in this kind of or ganization, takes his job easily and casually and gives assur ance that the women will be inducted smoothly into army routine. While he is friendly and informal in manner, he is known in the army as a careful and competent officer and, while the girls may get their hair-do and all that, there will be no slack administration of the corps. ‘‘They’ll do a grand job,” says the colonel. He has held an army commission 25 years, which experience includes service on the Mexican border and at Camp Logan, Houston, Texas, and in the first World war. He was on duty in the Philippines in 1922-23, and in Tientsin, China, in 1931-32. Great Britain has made a tre mendous success of its women’s aux iliary corps, which now includes about 7,000,000 women. Fort Des Moines is just a beginning for us, and Colonel Faith thinks we can do even better. More Difficult for Japs to Interpret Our Native Idioms ]V/fAJ. GEN. FOLLETT BRAD- ■*■''4 LEY, commanding general of the First air force, with headquar ters at Mitchel Field, N. Y., rates slogans as among the least effec tive of war weapons. He will have none of them around the field, not even “Remember Pearl Harbor.” He is, however, hospitable to native, home-grown idiom, just as it happens along, uses a lot of it himself and commends the boys “who keep the flies off the horse’s back,” referring to the aerial gun ners of his command in whom he *akes special pride. “Tha expression is not mine,” said the general. “It’s their own and it’s very apt. It is a light way of saying that they keep destruction away. If the aerial gunners weren’t up there doing their job every time one of our bombers goes out over the Lib yan desert or China or the Pacif ic, many of the bombers would fail in their mission and many would never get home.” This came up in connection with talk of this month marking the gen eral’s 23rd straight year in the air services of the army, and the fact that operating a fighter or bomber plane is a matter of a complex or ganization of human and technical factors, undreamed of when the gen eral first went aloft. “Every bombing mission is a matter of team work,” said Gen eral Bradley. “It is not by any means just a piloting job. The aerial gunner is a member of the team without whom the mis sion might fail. So is the bom bardier, the navigator, the engi neer and everyone else in the crew. The failure of one can mean the destruction of all.” He said he was getting a “splendid type of young men for all these jobs” and stressed his view that the war would be won by “straight shooting with bullets and bombs.” He was overseas in the last big war, both as an aerial gunner and pilot, having learned flying in 1912. A Na val academy alumnus from Omaha, Neb., with an extraordinarily diver sified career, he was transferred to the field artillery in 1912, in ord nance from 1914 to 1917, stationed at many air service fields, including the Canal Zone and schooled in sev eral army schools. Eleanor Roosevelt ‘CHARACTER’ LOANS I mentioned in one of my columns the state banks of Holland, which make loans on a character basis, and Mr. Harry R. Langdon of New York city has written to tell me about the Municipal Credit union to which^ 29,000 government employees belong in New York city. The interest rate paid to investors has been lowered, and at the same time the interest paid on loans by employees has been decreased, and the present interest rate is the low est in the country. This credit union has passed the $5,000,000 mark, and in a magazine called Tjie Bridge, which is the official publication of the Credit Union National Associa tion, Inc., there is an account of 25 years of service to government em ployees. These credit unions are growing all over the country, but they do not serve quite the same purpose since they are open only to certain groups of employees, and cannot be used by the average citizen in ? community. • • * YOUTHFUL DRAFTEES I have a letter which brings up a point that I have wanted to discuss in this column before. At one of my press conferences I was asked whether I would approve of the drafting of boys in the 18 and 19- year-old group. Frankly, of course, I hope we will not be forced to do this, because I feel that it is im portant, where boys show aptitude for further education, that they should have an opportunity to ac quire it. It is probable that in times of war where boys are not anxious for more education, they will en list since after the age of 18, enlist ment is possible. If it does become necessary, however, to use younger boys on a draft basis, I think it should be done with the greatest dis crimination. This mother who writes me from Atlantic City, N. J., points out that her older boy had three years of earning his own living before he en listed at the age of 21. I imagine that during those three years, she felt that he was safe-guarded by the fact that he was living at home and therefore could be watched over by his family. On the other hand she feels that her younger boy, who is 18, has never been anywhere ex cept where his family has taken him; so if he were thrown with a mixed group today, he would not have the experience to know good companions from bad, and might succumb to the influences which three years later would not touch him. In other words, she feels that her 18-year-old boy is still a child, and this, of course, is true in many cases. That is why I think draft boards, considering boys of this age, will have to consider first their physical development. Many an 18-year-old boy is strong enough to stand the strain. Others might not be. Sec ondly, mental and moral develop ment are important factors to be considered. These two things will depend largely on the types of schools and homes in which these boys have been brought up. If they have been sheltered and made some what too dependent upon their el ders, it would be too great a hard ship to plunge them immediately into military service, and they should probably have some inter mediary preparation. • • * NEW STUDENT OUTLOOK NEW YORK.—I left Asheville. N. C., one afternoon, after a very interesting and pleasant visit to the International Student Service sum mer institute there. Asheville college, which has housed the institute, was started about 50 years ago by the Rev. Mr. Pease, who founded the Five Point mission in New York city. When he retired he bought a farm near Ashe ville and shortly thereafter he and his wife took in five mountain girls, to help them obtain an education. From that little beginning grew Asheville Normal Teachers college, which was a denominational college! largely supported by church funds! up to a very short time ago. Most of its students come from a radius of a hundred miles around Asheville and belong to the proverbi ally large families of mountaineer farmers. The curriculum, therefore, has been arranged chiefly to meet their needs—home-making, hand crafts, a business coVrse, and courses which would prepare them to teach in the country schools These have been the things which these young people wanted and have had. They look like a bright and inteligent group, and not very different from the youngsters in our institute. The college needs to find new support, new friends who are inter ested in seeing that these young people get a more liberal education. They are strong and fine, and they are deserving of help in the educa tional field, even from people who do not live in their own state. A limited number of people have been interested in the past, but the college must make new friends, be cause the buildings need repairs, and more teachers are required. The president has a fine conception of what education for the world of tomorrow should h» Advance Collections Herald Narrower Silhouette for Fall By CHERIE NICHOLAS *TpHE big news as to fall style trends centers for the most part around the idea of slimness for the skirt silhouette. It’s quite all right and definitely style-correct to con tinue to wear the ever-beloved all- around pleated skirts through the summer-to-fall midseason period, but the moment fashion’s swan-song sounds the knell to summer and you know by the calendar that autumn is here in will come such an array of smart and figure-flattering nar row silhouetted skirts you’ll yield to temptation at the very first glance. In fact, the new slim, black frocks are ever so goodlooking for imme diate wear, and they’ll be smart right on through into fall and winter. These charming dresses, styled as they are with utmost simplicity, are ushering in a new era in cos tume design, one that patriotically makes fabric conservation its theme. Valiantly and victoriously have de signers met the challenge to create beautiful fashions out of minimum yardage. Once you’ve donned one of these figure-flattering narrow sil houetted gowns, suits or coats, as the case may be, you’ll be all en thusiasm for the new order of things, for it is a fact that the nar rowed silhouette is one of charm /ind chic. A suit tailored of black bengaline or a dress fashioned of sleek jersey in either black or lush colors fash ioned after the manner of the smart modes pictured in the above illus tration (each is within the new fabric-saving rulings) gives the per fect answer as to what to wear now and on through the midseason days. In fact, these fashions are scheduled to function smartly far into the future. The suit pictured to the right is an important fashion in that it is tailored of black bengaline, and it’s bengaline that fashion-alert women are clamoring for this season for their best looking suit. You’ll be starting your fall wardrobe going in the right direction if you buy a ben galine suit. Suits of this kind take kindly to accents of lovely lacy lingerie neckwear and it’s also smart to wear accessories which give the vivid touch. The front full ness of this skirt is typically “Autumn 1942” in its styling. The jacket is a newly inspired version which stresses up-to-dateness. The dresses shown are New York creations which observe all the niceties demanded by discriminating taste. The gown centered in the above picture shows its new-school origin in its slenderness and clas sic simplicity. The fact that it is made of sleek rayon jersey in a lovely mint-julep green is signifi cant, for much importance is at tached to greens on the fall color card. A semi-surplice bodice with draped detail outlines a V-neckline, and subtle shirring is stitched into the front seam of the bias-cut skirt. The hat follows the trend to wide flattering brims. The dress to the left in the above picture interprets a stunning ver sion of the new pegtop silhouette. Perhaps no word in the skirt realm is being repeated oftener than “peg- top” these days, for most of the newer skirts definitely reflect its influence. Developed of the now- so-fashionable sleek rayon jersey, this dress may be accepted as among the smartest offerings fash ion has to make. Its unusual, softly draped sleeves are caught on the shoulders with flattering self fabric ties. The general air of style assurance of this dress makes it outstanding. The becoming hat with its soft matching veil is of green baku. Released by Western Newspaper Union. Practical Trio For gardening, tennis, cycling or what-have-you in the way of hard work or sports, here is the ideal out fit. Overall shorts of blue cot ton denim, with a calico print blouse and a wrap-around skirt, are ready to meet every demand. It’s the type of clothes everybody’s calling for now that there’s work to be done, something dependably wash able, chic and becoming, and at tuned to all occasions, whether they be work or play. This outfit will hold good “for the duration ” Helps Give Variety To Work Costumes In planning and designing practi cal clothes for the thousands of womfen now engaged in wartime fac tory work, every effort is being made to avoid regimentation or sug gestion of monotonous uniforms. Thus, much importance is attached to color, as it offers variety and cheer. Necessarily certain requirements must be observed in behalf of safe ty. For instance, most factories stipulate that women and girls wear slacks or coveralls or jumper slacks carefully styled so that nothing will catch in the machinery. Covering for the head is required to keep the hair protected. Dresses are out of the picture, with a ban on culottes or skirts. Banned also are toe-less or heel-less shoes and lon^* finger nails. Blouses must be simple, so that no frilly details get caught in the machinery, but they may be, and are, very colorful. Quilted Fashions Enthusiasm for things quilted ex tends to every phase of fashion Quilting as designers are employ’inf it gives novelty to hats, will give, warmth to coats this fall by bright colored quilted linings, is used for large flat pockets and offers clever novelty ensembles which include hat, bag and jacket sets. For Trimming There will be a generous use of embroidery this fall and also of ap plique design. And again designers are lavishing fringe on dressy frocks in unique and attractive ways. Passing of a Pioneer W HEN death claimed William Henry Jackson recently at the age of 99, it not only ended the ca reer of a remarkable American but it also snapped one of the few re maining links between the present and the historic past—the past of the Old Frontier. For Jackson, pioneer photographer and painter and often called the “first news photogra pher,” was the first to make a pic torial record of some of the scenic wonders of the West, it was his fcamera which recorded for future generations the likenesses of some of the most famous Indian chief tains of the Plains wars, and it was his views of the unexplored Yellow stone, taken back in the seventies, Young Jackson and his working outfit along the line of the Union Pacific in Wyoming in 1869. which were instrumental in causing congress to declare that region a national park. His life-span of nearly a century Corresponds almost exactly with the history of photography. The son of an amateur daguerreotypist in New York, where he was bom April 4, 1843, he experimented with that newly discovered “art,” then did some of his most important work with the cumbersome wet-plate methods of photography and ended his career in this modern era of candid cameras, color film and television. His right to the title of “first news photographer” is based on the fact that in 1896 he made a round-the- world trip for Harper’s Weekly and sent back to that publication the photographic results of his 18 months’ journey. But it was for his activities in the West that he was most noted in the fields of photography and ex ploration. After serving in the Union army, he went west—to St. Joseph, Mo., then the end of the transcontinental railroad. There he got a job as a bullwhacker, driving ox team.': uj Montana. After a year of this, Jackson decided to start up in the business he knew best. So he went to Omaha and there in 1868 he and his brother set up a “photo graphic studio.” Omaha was then booming with activities connected with the build- Williatn Henry Jackson, still snap ping pictures in 1940 at the age of 97. ing of tl-e Union Pacific railroad and this gave young Jackson a chance to satisfy his taste for adventure. For the next year he went up and down the line of the U.P. photo graphing scenes in the wild country along the route of the new railroad. These pictures attracted the atten tion of Dr. F. V. Hayden, head of the United States geological survey of the territories, and resulted in Jackson’s being appointed official photographer for the survey. After finishing his work with the geological survey Jackson settled in Detroit. For 25 years he was con nected with the Detroit Publishing company and played a prominent part in launching the souvenir post card business, in which the 40,000 negatives assembled throughout his 40 years of activity formed the ma jor basis of output in that industry in 1898. These 40,000 negatives are now in the possession of Ford Mu seum's Edison institute in Dearborn, Mich. Jackson was the first to photograph the Grand Tetons in Wyoming, the Mount of the Holy Cross and the Mesa Verde cliff dwellings in Colo rado, the Hopi villages in Arizona and many other scenic spots which have since attracted millions of tour ists West every year. Many of his original negatives are still in the files of the Geological Survey of the department of the interior and some of his viev/s made by the old wet plate process are considered artis tically superior to the work of present-day photographers using the most modern equipment ON .THE HOME from: RUTH WYETH^PEAR^jg^6> ROOM WITH SLANTING WALLS AND LOW CEILING SMALL PATTERN AND BORDER MAKES ANGLES LESS DIS TINCT* CURTAINS FROM CEILING TO FLOOR ACCENT HEIGHT OF ROOM YF IT ever seemed to you that the walls and ceiling of an attic room were coming down on your head you know how the owner of this room felt before she began to experiment a bit with wallpaper and furnishings. Large samples of wallpaper were thumbtacked in place to test them. Stripes only accented the slant of the walls. Plain papers brought out angles with sharp shadows. Large designs made the room seem smaller. Wide borders made the ceiling appear to be even lower. But when a paper with tiny evenly spaced pattern and nar row border was tried all these de^ fects seemed to melt away. The long curtains with ruffles on three No Prospects for the Disagreeing Young Lady This story was told of Winston S. Churchill by Gertrude Atherton: “Shortly after he left the Con servative side of the house (of commons) for the Liberal, he was taking a certain young woman down to dinner, when she looked up at him coquettishly, and re marked with the audacity of her kind; “ ‘There are two things I don’t like about you, Mr. Churchill.’ “ ‘And what are they?’ “ ‘Your new politics and mus tache.’ “ ‘My dear madam,’ he replied suavely, ‘pray do not disturb your self. You are not likely to come in contact with either.’ ” HOUSEWIVES: ★ ★ ★ Your Waste Kitchen Fats Are Needed for Explosives TURN ’EM IN! ★ ★ ★ sides also helped to make the ceil ing seem higher. Pink and whit® striped material to repeat the wallpaper color was used for the chair cover and dressing table skirt. The chair is a remodeled rocker and the orange crate dress ing table has hinged arms. Direc tions for them may be found on pages 4 and 19 of SEWING, Book 5. • • • NOTE: Book 8, In the series which Mrs. Spears has prepared for our readers, is now ready for mailing. There are 32 pages of these new ideas for homemakers with complete working drawings. Also a description of the first seven booklets of the series. Send your order to: MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS Bedford Hills New York Drawer 18 Enclose 10 cents for each book ordered. Name Address TOPS FOR YOUR HAIR Smooth It, add lustre—style, with fragrant, helpful dressing— MOROUNE TONIC Think in Silence Since word is thrall, and thought is free, keep well thy tongue, I counsel thee.—James I of Scot land. Greatest Benefactor He who increases the power to bear does even more than he who decreases the burden. 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