Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C, AUGUST 14, 1942 •* WKV WrvtM U-1W4 Eleanor Roosevelt WOMEN AND WAR BONDS 1 have been told of an effort which is being made by the treasury de partment to integrate the interests and the work of women to boost the sale of war bonds and stamps. It is quite evident that men alone cannot make the maximum contri bution. They may allot part of their pay, but if the woman in the home does not learn to budget, does not see to it that she feeds her family well in spite of the economizing she must do, that family will not be making the greatest possible con tribution from their income. In some cases, it is going to mean doing without things, but these items must not be essential to the family health. • • • AMUSING BOOK An entertaining and very instruc tive little book was sent to me the other day. It is called, “Babies Are Fun,” written by Jean Littlejohn As- berg. If you are about to have a newcomer in your family, I think you will find it both amusing and helpful, for it is written with charm and common sense. • • » WARTIME THOUGHTS As we drove away from Campo- bello, Maine, I had a chance to enjoy the sunset, and the calm, beautiful water, surrounded by the rocks among which the dark green trees grow. Somehow I had a feel ing of remoteness, which I rarely experience anywhere else, and it was good to have that feeling even for dtfew hours, when the world is in such a turmoil. I had gone up on the train with a mother and father on their way to see their boy, who 1 was training somewhere on the coast of Maine, and when I flew back to New York city, I found myself sitting across the aisle from a father who told me his son was leaving college to go into a branch of the army air serv ice. He was going home to spend a few days with his family, after being absent on war work. I can well appreciate what it means to every father and mother, wife or sweetheart, to get a glimpse of the boy they know is soon going away, or who comes back from the service even for a few hours. Ev ery time I see a casualty list, or hear from someone who has had to give up hope of ever again seeing some loved one, I cannot help wish ing that there were a way in which one could express sympathy. Perhaps this is why I always feel that I want to talk to or smile to, or help in some way if I can, the boys in uniform whom I see on the street or meet in my travels. It seems as though even a kindly word spoken to one of these young men is something done for one’s own boy, and perhaps someone else will be on hand to speak or smile when the need is there. • • • SHORT VACATION It was fun being back on the island of Campobello, Maine, even for a day and a half. There is something bracing about the cli mate which gives me a lift. It was very pleasant to find Mrs. May Craig, one of the Washington cor respondents of the Maine newspa pers, on the train, and have her company during the trip. We visited the National Youth ad ministration Passamaquoddy proj ect. I wanted to see what changes had come about there, and found, to my joy, many improvements. The project really provides some of the best machine-shop training in the East, and therefore, the pick of the young men in the eastern states often come here for the last stages of their training. There is a farm here, too, and highly important is the self-government program, which prepares the boys for citizenship in any United States community. I think I told you last year that on th'eir own time, a group of boys constructed a glider, and were beg ging the navy and the army to come and look at it, because they were convinced that it might be of service in the war effort. Today the use oi gliders is no longer a novelty, and it is interesting to note that the idea came so early to the young men on this NYA / project. These boys are now going to aircraft factories all over the coun try, and into active service as well. Jobs are waiting for those who finish their training, and employers seem extremely glad not to have to break in these new workers, which is necessary in the case of inexperi enced newcomers. I think we can feel that the National Youth admin istration is hastening the training of manpower for work which needs to be done. • * * ‘THIS IS THE ARMY’ One evening, I took some navy boys to see Irving Berlin’s show, “This Is the Army.” It certainly was a wonderful show. There was so much spirit and life to it. From the first notes played by the orches tra, to the very last bar, we en joyed the music. The songs and lines were delightful, and I have never seen such acrobatics, or bet ter dancing. Perhaps because I can remember the last war, the thing which really stirred me most was the singing by Irving Berlin. Smart White Accents Bring Costumes Up to the Minute By CHERIE NICHOLAS A LL signs point to a continu- ance through fall and win ter of the high fashion rank ac corded during the past months to pretty, flattering and “fem inizing” white accents on dark costumes. The vogue for dark dresses and suits highlighted with lovely, lacy neckwear and various other frilly, immaculately white touches is particularly apropos at the immediate moment in that it so beautifully solves that tantalizing problem of smart and timely dress ing through the “betwixt and be tween” season which leads from summer into fall. For the touch that is warranted to lend a new lease of life to sum- mer-on-the-wane clothes that you are loath to give up as long as warmish days persist, regardless of what the calendar has to say about it, there is nothing that surpasses the refreshing prettiness of dashes and splashes of billowy, frilly white. That is why so many fashion-wise women have taken to collecting a “neckwear wardrobe,” just as the college girl once collected sweaters. What with suits registering as fashion “firsts” on the fall style pro gram, one of the mpst-to-be-desired items you can put in your collec tion of lacy fineries is a dainty dickey of exquisitely embroidered organdy like that pictured above to the right in the illustration. Note, particu larly, the cunning self fabric bow tie fastening, a new note in last-word chic. A dickey of this patrician type is a choice possession that will prove to be “a thing of beauty and a joy forever.” Incidentally, we might add that reports from neckwear de partments say there are more calls for dickeys to wear with suits this season than ever before. One of the clever diversions milliners are indulging in is the trimming of hats with dramatic lingerie touches, ruches and frills especially. You can see by the picture how effective the result is. The jabot of hand-crocheted lace pictured at the top left is another item that should be included in ev ery neckwear collection. It will prove a standby when an extra touch of allure is needed. You will be wearing it with your suit, and it will prove definitely “right” with your one-piece frocks and your blouses. As inspiring and as spirit lifting as a good repartee is the bright and piquant set of scalloped organ dy collar and cuffs illustrated below to the left in the group. A hand some set like this is a miracle work er when it comes to imparting a dressy afternoon look to a simple daytime frock. To set off a pretty face and to add glory to a dark dress, the ador able collar at the lower right in the above illustration possesses a fetch ing way all its own. Spanking white and crisp and immaculate, it will add a lilt to your walk and a gay ness to your spirit. The handsome Venise lace that edges it helps to make the vote unanimous that it is one of the prettiest collars brought out this season. Speaking of lacy accents, here’s news for fall that really is news. It’s in regard to the new velveteen suits now being shown in smart autumn fashion previews. The all lace blouse of Alencon or Chantilly to wear with it is cast for an impor tant role. Froths of lace in pretty confusion cascade down the front of some of the blouses. They will add grace and daintiness to fall and winter suits for cocktail and on- into-the-evening affairs. Sports blouses will be good, also, and neat, trim and spic-and-span looking. Colorful wool lace blouses are also scheduled for fashion prestige. Released by Western Newspaper Union. Fall Coat There is a movement a Along wom en, which is gaining momentum with each passing day, toward buy ing apparel of enduring quality and the genteel smartness which reflects discriminating selection. The sim ple good taste characteristic of the better fall coats is exemplified in the model pictured above. The Forst- mann woolen of which it is tailored has quality in look and in velvety texture. For the rest, the appeal of this coat centers in the gentle modu lation of its superb lines and in the color, for color is scheduled to play a most important role in coats and suits this fall. Show Wash Cottons For School, Dates The vogue for tubable cottons goes on at a rapid pace. Back-to-school wardrobes, especially, include cot tons, many which look like wool being made up into suits and even coats. Jacket suit-dresses of richly color ful plaid ginghams are high style for town wear, and black linen or shantung costumes are holding good and will continue to do so until really fall days set in. Young folks who eagerly don “aft er duty” dresses, when uniforms are laid aside after hours of war work, take keen delight in the crisp organ dies, dotted swisses and smart pi ques that make up so pleasingly into dance frocks. The honors for loveliness go espe cially to the new crinkled seersuck ers that are beautifully flower-print ed and are so sheer and tissue-like they are exquisitely dainty and fem inine. These are for the most part made with wide swirling skirts, or are ruffled in triple tiers for the skirt. Velvet Trim Very new and attractive are tha new black wool coats that are col lared and cuffed with velvet. Some of them are tied with a sash of velvet to one side. Other new mod els have velvet yokes or plastrons. Felt Flowers The newest felt hats are sporting cunning felt flower trims. The flow ers are cutouts in multi-colors. These are attached to the off-the- face brim so that the petals are left free and away from the back, ground T URNING back the pages of many, many ' ’deodars, your cor respondent sti i recalls the thrill that came when the first breath of early fall came along, and the dog days were over. That meant football. We began practicing around September 15, and the season came to an abrupt finish on Thanksgiv ing day. It’s all different now. Football is al ready at full swing in many colleges and many camps. Yale, for example, one of the most conservative of all the univer sities, has gone all out—not so much to develop a single outstanding team, but to have hundreds trained in the matter of condition and dis cipline that football demands. Cer tainly no university is doing a finer job. I also could mention Maryland and many others. The Change These teams want and will work for winners. But beyond that more attention will be paid to mass than to class. Students who never thought of football before now will be shown the feeling of hard body contact, of increased speed, of improved stam ina, of quicker reactions in compe tition. In the universities, the col leges and the prep schools there will be at least five, or possibly ten, football players in training against one for other seasons. “Why,” someone has asked, “shouldn’t these men be in active war service?” The main answer is that the war department wants it this way. First, because most of these men also are taking war training. Second, be cause the war department wants its coming replacements and reserves to be the best soldiers in the world, trained and conditioned for what is to come later on. Every university and college of any standing in the country is doing its best to comply with the demands or requests that come from the top. Football is already under full swing at the Naval Cadet camps located at the universities of Geor gia, North Carolina, Iowa and St. Mary’s. “War,” as the late General Sher man said, “is hell.” But football in Georgia and North Carolina through August is no part of a picnic. No one yet knows just how such coaches as Bernie Bierman and Jim my Crowley will be able to get winning teams with squads that come and go, with almost no stars from the pros or from the colleges. The odds are all against them. But football is a big part of their training, and this happens to be the main idea. These four Naval Cadet camps have over 40 games scheduled with the stronger university teams, facing one of the toughest schedules of the year. Other Games In the meanwhile the pros and the army squad are both on their way to camp, to many camps, for the eight games scheduled this month and through early September. This army division, under Bob Neyland and Wallace Wade, will set at least one football record. They will finish up their schedule by Sep tember 20, just about the spot when most of the others are swinging into action. Coaches Neyland and Wade have the “rush act” to handle. They have the material—many of the great football players of recent years—but the job of whipping these men into a football machine in a short while is no simple job. You can gamble that the Washing ton Redskins, the New York Giants, the Green Bay Packers, the Brook lyn Dodgers and others will be some thing to shove around, despite the fact they have lost close to a hun dred star men to the services. Messrs. Steve Owen, Curly Lam- beau, George Halas and others still have enough good material left to keep any team busy, no matter how many stars my be working against them. They, also, are out to win. And these games will play a big part for Army Relief. They are a big part of the bigger game. And they will be something to see. Stout Combination The Big Nine, plus Notre Dame, may easily be football’s stronghold for the new campaign. And this isn’t overlooking Iowa, which would be a serious mistake. There are linemen on hand to match the backs, especially at Min nesota, where Norse forwards usu ally have the call. Minnesota’s big line will be led by Dick Wildung, one of the greatest forwards in 1941 —a sure bulwark in the season that is not too far away, and which the fans are looking forward to Jim Crowley Grantland Rice 8199 Pattern No. 8199 is made in sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 and 40. Size 14 dress and jacket requires 6*4 yards 39-inch material. Send your order to: SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. Room 1116 211 West Wacker Dr. Chicago Enclose 20 cents in coins for each pattern desired. Pattern No Size Name Address o-. O-- O-- O-- C 1 -- o-- o- o- o* o- o- o-» 0-0-O-. o- o- o- l ASK ME O l | ANOTHER ■ | ? A General Quiz 7 0-0*0-‘0-0-0-0-0- O- O— O- O- O- O— o- 0-0- o-o- The Question* 1. Does February ever have five Sundays? 2. To what political party did George Washington belong? 3. Does a beam of light from the sun travel equally as fast as a beam of light from a candle? 4. What had the following wom en in common—Lot’s wife, Blue beard’s wife and Adam’s wife? 5. How many Pilgrim Fathers landed from the Mayflower? 6. What capital city of what country has had three names all within this century? 7. What is the date of the year following 1 B. C.? b. What is a shaddock? 9. How many countries does the Iberian peninsula contain? 10. We apply the slang expres sion “cock-eyed” to an intoxicat ed person. Is this expression in any sense true? The Answer* Soothe and cool away heat rash and help prevent it— dust all over with Mexican Heat Powder — use after your bath. Costs little. Love Creates Beauty We look upon the object of our love until the very plainness with which it is endowed “rows into beauty.—Mrs. S. C. Hall. ★★★★★★★★ Famous fur Flavor and they give yon Me Grain Hiitrifive Values..! os recommended by the U. S. NUTRITION U.S. NIIDS US~S EAT NUTRITIONAL FOOD FOOD RULES i CO, YOU are going to have a ^ baby! Well, the clothes prob lem can be settled very easily— with a frock and jacket—just the type we offer in this pattern. Frock has cap sleeves, pleats dowm the front provide all the ex tra fullness needed and is very easy to make. The jacket tops off a very successful outfit which can be produced at small expense at home. Gems of Thought W E SLEEP, but the loom of life never stops and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up to morrow.—Henry Ward Beecher. / walked a mile vjith Son aw And ne’er a word said she; But, oh, the things l learned from her When Sorrow walked with me. —Robert B. Hamilton. Wisdom is oft-times nearer when we stoop than when we soar.—Wordsworth. I am not a teacher: only a fellow-traveler of whom you asked the way. I pointed ahead —ahead of myself as well as of you.—Shaw. * 1. Yes. It will again have five in 1948 and 1976. 2 The Federalist party. 3. They travel at the same speed. 4. Curiosity about forbidden mat ters led to disastrous conse quences. 5. One hundred two. 6. St. Petersburg, Petrograd and Leningrad, in Russia. 7. 1 A. D. 8. A pear-shaped citrus fruit. 9. Two, Spain and Portugal. 10. Yes, literally so. The alco hol progressively weakens the muscles that draw the eyes out ward and, consequently, the pupils gradually converge and the drink er becomes cock-eyed. From an old French word “mes” derived from the Latin word “missus” meaning a course at a meal, comes the Army’s name “mess” for its breakfast, dinner, and supper. Favorite meal with the soldier is chicken dinner —his favorite cigarette. Camel. (Based on actual sales records from Post Exchanges.) A ’arton of Camels, by the way, is the gift he prefers first of all from the folks back home. He’s said so. Local tobacco dealers are featur ing Camel cartons to send any where to men in the armed forces. —Adv. Kellogg’s Com Flakes are restored to Whole Grain Values of Thiamin (Vitamin Bi), Niacin and Iron. Every one needs these vital food elements every day. HOUSEWIVES: ★ ★ ★ Your Waste Kitchen Fats Are Needed for Explosives TURN ’EM IN! ★ ★ ★ * "//V THE /t/R OR OAT THE OROUHP'L- * Says • With men in the Army, Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard, the favorite cigarette is CameL (Based or actual sales records in Post Ex changes and Canteens.) ALTITUDE ENGINEER TOM FLOYD CAMELS ARE STANDARD EQUIPMENT WITH ME, THEY'RE EXTRA MILD WITH A FLAVOR THAT CLICKS EVERY TIME IMPORTANT ,0 STEADY smokers, of sSoie-iumfoa. £ESS /V/COTTA According to j * them- fi* ^Z/T eat scieotific *«. aro 103? 1T® 1OT V© a . Q Most large organizations today have skilled men whose job it is to create a public opinion favorable to the organization and its products. This is known as the creation of good will — one oi the most necessary in gredients in business. Q But the peculiar thing about good will is that it only comes to those who deserve it. In other words, asking the public lor good will is’nt enough: the busi ness must be worthy oi that good will through giving good service, through selling good merchandise, through Tnainfaining fair prices. Q One of the chief services of advertising to you as a consumer has been in pointing out the manafseturera and merchants who deserve your good wilL It has done this by telling you the story of their goods and their policies — and then letting you judge for yourself if they are worthy of your support. Q Advertising shows you exactly where you can buy, with perfect assurance that here you will find a man who is worthy, a product which is honest, a price which is right.