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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. A 1956 Baby Speaks (Apologies to Thomas Hood) I .'emember, I remember The house where I was born— The crevices and cracks through whi-.h The sun peeped in each morn— The ceilings low, the shaky walls, The fragile, lumpy floors, The windows loose and noisy and The tissue-paper doors! I remember, I remember The cockeyed shape and size— The modernistic gadgets anu Contraptions not so wise; The buttons all around the house Which drove my folks berserk— (We should have seen at sight, I guess, The darned things would not work), A button moved the pantry out And put a guest room in; We threw a darling little switch And back it came agin! The dining room could be made small Or medium or large (And pressing lever Number Eight Would make it a garage!) I remember, I remember My father’s sad, sad tale Of how he was a veteran And got the home by mail; He ordered it by catalogue And got a G.I. loan For 10 times what the shack was worth But, still, it was his own! I remember, 1 remember My father always said, “I wish I’d bought a rugged home— Old-fashioned like instead. One thing,” he said, “a veteran Inside his hat should paste. ‘When you go out to buy a home Don’t ever buy in haste.’ ” * • * Farewell to Beer Beer is going to be so scarce this summer that they may serve it in punch glasses and demand a letter of introduction. * It will be almost as hard to get as during prohibition. And not any easier to drink. • In fact, some pessimists are pre dicting that by Fourth of July it will cost you 10 cents to hear “The Stein Song” from a juke box. ♦ It’s all because of the grai: that must be saved and sent to : .lieve the hungry in Europe. Nobody can complain when a thirst is sacrificed to such a noble cause. • But it is going to ruin the Elks picnic, the City Hall outing, and the ball games between the single and married men at Mulligan’s grove. * And we predict that it will do more to arouse the general public to a hatred of war than anything so far. A beer drinker is a beer drink er, and he has never thought ne was asking too much from life. » It seems to us that life is going tf seem extra drab for a while to the fellow who didn’t care for the haid stuff and whose only plea was: “Put a head on it, Steve!” • • • Now that the government has placed all those restrictions on new building we await the black market bungalow and the tie-in sales plan which makes you also take a light house, two cowsheds and a house- boat. • * • Beadin’, Writin’ and Drivin’. Automobile associations and edu cators are now starting a program in High school to teach young peo ple how to drive an auto and par ticularly how to do so with a de cent respect for others. “A main ob jective will be the development of a sportsmanlike attitude toward fel low drivers,” it is announced. We hope no instructor will get into bat tle with another motorist en route to and from the classroom. * The idea is good, but there will be no change in the situation on American streets until sombeody educates our police chiefs, traffic heads and cops as a whole so that they will give the pedestrian an oc casional break. * With the Want Ads. “I want the following books: ’Meet Mr. Hypen,’ ‘The Dawn of a Tomorrow,’ ‘The Brick Moon,’ ‘Xit and Doe,’ ‘The Silver City’; will swap iris and other perennials. Mass. M918.”—Yankee magazine. * Would you give us a couple of geraniums for “The Virginian” and “Quo Vadis”? * * * INCENTIVE “Is she pretty?” “No.” “Interesting?” “Not especially.” “What’re you marrying her for?” “She comes of a family that has a spare room." • • • SIGNS OF SPRING An ant is here, A worm is there. . . . Haul out the swing And garden chair 1 FRENCH PROBLEMS . . . Bread, fuel and shoes are greatest French needs. An adult is allowed a little over a half-pound of bread each day, while a French child is entitled to one-half litre, or less than a pint, of milk. Picture taken in the Village of Lagny. Europe’s Little People—1946 French People Will Feel Effect Of War for Many Years to Come By PAULINE FREDERICK WNU Foreign Correspondent. PARIS.—It will take France a long time to get enough leather to walk on, clothes to wear, fuel to heat her houses, and food for her tables. And it will take her children, who have been growing up without enough vitamins and cod liver oil and oranges and milk, a long time to develop the sturdy bodies they will need to face the years ahead in this part of the world. The enemy has gone from France, but there is still a great battle to be won at home. <$* I was never more aware of the everyday living problems that con front the average French family than when i went to visit a home in Paris which is experiencing many of the typical troubles of the day. It was bright and cold, so I was wearing my heavy lined field coat over my G.I. slacks and blouse. The car stopped in front of a modest stone front flush with the sidewalk. I was ushered through a hallway crowded with a baby carriage and a heavy dark chest. As I entered the living room, I might have been going into the room of a modest American home — simple but com fortable maple furniture, landscape watercolors on the walls, maga zines on the table and books in the bookcase. But the thing that distin guished the room from that of Amer ican homes which I knew was that as I talked with the pretty dark eyed hostess, our breaths were plainly visible. In my heavy G.I.s I was shivering. Why didn’t this gracious French woman light 'a fire or turn up the heat? There was one compelling reason. She and her family had only enough fuel to keep one room of the whole house moderately warm for six weeks between 10 o’clock in the morning and 5 o’clock in the afternoon. And there were not only the father and mother in that family, but three little children as well, aged 2, 7 and 11. The middle child was threatened with tuberculosis, which has become one of the postwar prices France is paying. Three children who have known the deprivation of war years because their parents were not wealthy enough to pay black mar- HOLDS BREAD . . . Pauline Fred erick stopped to talk to this Frenchman about the price of bread. ket prices, and also, because their mother happened to be a Jewess. Even now, the mother was selling one thing after another to get money to buy what she had to have for the mere existence of her family. This is not an unusual story in France today. It can be repeated over and over again. Of course, there are modifications. I dined in a French farm house where there was meat and cheese and whipped cream on the table from the farm’s resources, and trees that had been cut down on the broad acres sur rounding the house provided the heat. But even so, the little boy of the house walked stiff-legged on his wooden soles, and looked the thin, high-colored age of four instead of his seven years because he had nev er had vitamins and cod liver oil and orange juice. But back to the Family Jacques in Paris, as they shall be known, for they requested they remain anony mous. Today the official price for basic commodities in France are 703 per cent higher than the 1939 rates, while black market prices have soared to 3,117 per cent above the prewar cost of living. Under these intolerable financial conditions which have not been alleviated by the devaluation of the franc because prices have gone up, and with the scarcity of the essential items of food, especially bread and pota toes which make up 60 per cent of the French diet, Madame Jacques is able to give her family only be tween 1,300 and 1,400 calories a day. Germans in the American zone are permitted 1,500 calories for the average consumer with more for the pregnant mother and heavy work- ! ers. Moreover, in the American sec- | tor of Berlin, housewives who take I care of two or more persons who I are too young or unable to work, I have had their rations increased from 1,500 calories to 1,601. (The American army feeds its men be tween 3,500 and 4,000 calories a day.) Ordinarily the Jacques family eats three pounds of bread a day for six (a maid lives with them). But the new ration has been reduced, with adults getting a little over a half pound a day. The children get milk — when milk is available — but only one-half or three-fourths litre each. Butter and fat are almost non-existent, except as friends from the country bring them in. There has been no fruit for the children. They have had about two pounds of tangerines since the war ended, but have never seen bananas. Last winter there were only carrots and leeks, but this winter there was a little salad and spinach. The meat ration is about one-third pound a week for each person. Although M. Jacques earns about $2,000 a year, they cannot make ends meet. But Madame Jacques was anything but downcast. “I know there are many people worse than we,” she said. “I have an uncle in New York who helps us from time to time.” First Sight of Paris Is a Shock Now There is one thing I shall always remember about the first time I saw Paris. It was really something I heard rather than saw. Twenty-six hours after leaving the National air port at Washington, I was at Orly field just outside the French capi tal. It was early evening when I entered the city. There had been a government crisis and many people were in the streets. There was little vehicular traffic because of the gasoline shortage. France, walking on wooden soles because for five long years she had been drained by her enemies with in and without—drained oi shoes and clothes and food and fuel. . . . There is the clatter of wooden soles on the streets of Paris today, and there is cold and hunger and sickness. It will be some time before “Paree” can really be^ as gay in spirit as she may try to appear on the surface. The Nazis are gone, but the wooden clatter remains. EDITOR’S NOTE: This newspaper, through special arrangement with the Washington Bureau of Western Newspapet Vnion at 1616 Eye Street, N. IF., Washing ton, D. C-, is able to bring readers this weekly column on problems of the veteran and serviceman and his family. Questions may he addressed to the above Bureau and they will be answered in a subsequent col umn. No replies can be made direct by mail, hut only in the column which will appear in this newspaper regularly. Credit for Army Schools The Veterans’ administration is completing arrangements with high schools, colleges and universities so that veterans may be given aca demic credit on diplomas and de grees for study and technical ex perience acquired during wartime service in the armed forces. For this purpose VA is using as a guide a compendium of hundreds of educational and training studies given by the armed forces during the war compiled by the American Council on Education. School authorities may consult this guide and obtain the recom mended evaluation of courses taken from the U. S. Armed Forces insti tute, or at one of the four overseas Army Study centers, or in any of the service technical schools, civil affairs training pourses, etc. For instance, a veteran who stud ied the history of philosophy at Biar ritz American university in Biar ritz, France, and is credited on his AGO form 100 with completion of the course, would be given by the guide’s recommendation, 2V4 hours toward a baccalaureate degree. In many instances sufficient credits have been earned so that a veteran forced to leave high school to enter the service, finds he may receive a high school diploma upon his re turn. Questions and Answers Q. My son received his discharge in September and the first six months in the army I didn’t get my allotment or that for two minor children, one 13 and the other 8. Is there any way I can get this money? —C. E. J., HaUfax, N. C. A. An allotment to parents is not compulsory and you could get it only if the amount was deducted from your son’s pay. If the two minor children are your son’s chil dren they are entitled to the allot ment which every serviceman is re quired to pay his dependent family. Suggest you write to Chief Finance Officer, Allotment Branch, Adjutant General’s office. War Department, Washington, D. C., giving son’s name, serial number and all other data. Q. My cousin was killed in the Battle of the Bulge, December 25, 1944. I would like to know in what cemetery and in what town and country he is buried.—D. D., Potts- ville. Pa. A. Write to the Office of the Quar termaster General, Graves registra tion, War Department, Washington 25, D. C., giving the veteran’s name and serial number. Q. I have a son who was inducted into the army in January, 1943, and was discharged the following March, 1943. Is he entitled to mustering- out pay and the G.I. Bill benefits?— Mrs. E. M. P., Decatur, Neb. A. He is probably entitled to $200 mustering-out pay if he served 60 days in active service. He is not entitled to G.I. benefits unless he received a disability discharge, for this requires 90 days active service. Q. I am the mother of a boy killed in action in 1944. He made me bene ficiary for his insurance. I am 50 years old and get $52.80 monthly. Will I ever get any more monthly, and how soon?—Mrs. H. G., Sharon, Kan. A. If the insurance is National Service Life and has not been con verted there are two options ^/or payment: (a) If the beneficiary is under 30 years of age at the date of death of the insured, payments are made in 240 equal monthly in stallments at the rate of $5.51 for each $1,000 of insurance. However, the beneficiary may elect to have the insurance payable in monthly installments as a refund life income, payable for a definite period and continuing throughout the life of the first beneficiary and in event of death of the first beneficiary the re maining installments, if any, paid to the second beneficiary or, (b) If the beneficiary is 30 or more years of age 1 payments are made in equal monthly installments throughout the remaining lifetime of such beneficiary with the proviso that such monthly installments shall be payable for 120 months certain. If you are not satisfied with your installments, suggest you write to Insurance Department, Veterans’ Administration, at your regional of fice in Kansas City. Q. My brother was killed in action in Germany, leaving a wife and one child. Several months ago her in surance checks stopped coming. We have written to find out why but have been unable to do so. Can you help us?—Mrs. J. H. R., Riddle, Ore. A. The only suggestion I can make is that you contact, personally if possible, your nearest Veterans’ ad ministration regional offices, at the Veterans’ hospital at Portland, and tell them the whole story and case history. Woman's World Men’s Shirts Convert Nicely Into Dressy or Work Aprons £rtta e v ly/I EN’S shirts are scarce these days, and you may wonder at the wisdom of “making something out of them” in this case. But, when a shirt is so worn that it can no longer be used by the man of the family, it is welcome material for aprons, which are so useful and es- , sential. Shirts become worn around the collar and sleeves, also under the armholes and cuffs. After these | have been turned and worn again, i there’s nothing much that can be done with them. In this case, you’ll feel well justified and economical if you sew up an apron from them. I Before getting into the actual cut ting and sewing, let me point out that not all shirts will make good aprons. The materials which you ; can and should use for aprons are percale, broadcloth and poplin. Those shirts of rayon are much bet ter if converted into blouses for small fry. The above-mentioned materials which are suitable for aprons pos sess these qualities—they are easy to handle, they tear, crease, hem, gather, stitch and press easily. You will also want a fabric that launders easily and one that starches nicely. Do both washing and starching be fore you cut the fabric. If there is a goodly amount of material in the salvaged shirt, an apron with a bib may be made. This type of apron is especially practical if you want one for work ing around the kitchen or laundry. Cut Apron on Correct Grain of Material Cutting the apron on the correct grain of the material is very impor tant in the appearance of the fin ished article. If .necessary make If you have a man’s shirt . . . basting stitches of the fabric both lengthwise and crosswise as a help in laying out the pattern. If you are utilizing the back of the shirt for the front of the apron, fold this in half when cutting. The front of the shirt may be used for side pieces of the apron. If you are A tall person, allow for sufficient length both in the front of the apron and the neck bands. Whenever possible cut the apron lengthwise. Snip tiny notches (as you see on regular patterns) where seams are to meet. In some types of aprons where you want one particularly well fit ted, you’ll want darts at both sides. Make these deep or shallow, depend ing upon the amount of material you have or the amount of fitness you want in the apron. The back edges of the apron are finished with narrow hems, whereas at the bottom of the apron as wide a hem as is practical is used. Even though this article is “just” an apron, learn to turn it properly Make a pretty apron. when hemming. Measure the turn every inch or so, and baste before sewing. If you want pockets, finish the hem on them before attempting to place them on the apron itself. Aft er the hem is in turn the sides in, basting them, and then they will be easy to place on the apron itself. All fancy pockets should be turned end basted carefully, as they attract attention and will either make or mar the appearance unless they are properly finished. Since the pockets will usually have a lot of wear in such an article as the apron, it will be absolutely necessary to double Panel Interest Print and plain combine in a coat dress from Eta’s spring col lection. Black sleeves and skirt panels accent the black and white of the cable print. stitch the pockets at the top and prevent tearing if they catch. Pull thread ends through to the wrong side and tie. Making the neck strap illustrates a principle of sewing which you will use often in other types of sewing such as belts, bands, double ties and trims. Piece the strap togeth er to make it long enough. Fold the right side in. Bring two raw edges together and stitch, making a scant one-quarter inch seam. Close only one end, leaving the oth er open. Clip raw edges every three or four inches. Press the seam open its full length as this will insure an even edge when the strap is turned. Now, place the end of an orange stick at the closed end against the stitched end and with your fingers crowd the strap down on the stick to turn it right side out. Clip stitched end off and press strap with seam to one edge. The bib hem must be creased and hemmed before the neck strap is sewed onto the apron. Make Dress-Up Aprons With Ruffle or Shirring Women who want to look pretty in the kitchen as well as when dressed to go out will use ruffles on their aprons. If the sleeve of the garment is not to be used for pockets and such, this material can easily be cut into ruffles. If two pieces of material are joined for the ruffle, try to use sel vages and stitch a three-eighths inch seam. Hem the ruffle, using a very narrow hem. If you are making a one-piece apron for dress-up, you will want hip tucks on each side, or cluster tucks on each side of the apron. These tucks help to take up fullness and fit the apron to the body. Three cluster tucks will do very nicely for the average apron, and the thread of the fabric should be used to guide you in stitching straight. Your Sewing Machine Well-finished clothes depend on proper use of the sewing ma chine. Here are some minor dif ficulties which can be corrected easily. If your machine skips stitches, one of the following may be re sponsible: needle improperly set in bar; needle too short or too long; needle bent or blunt; needle too fine for the thread you are using. Puckers in the material may be caused by tight tension, a blunt needle, too long a stitch on fine material, or a fabric which is too light to carry over the feed. In the latter case, use a news paper or tissue under the fabric. If your bobbin or shuttle thread tends to break, look to one of the following for the reason: incorrect threading of the bob bin; tight lower tension; bobbin wound too tightly or unevenly; bobbin wound too full. Spring Fashion Notes Black Swiss eyelet is used with black crepe, navy eyelet may be trimmed with a wide band of navy satin, or the hat may carry the deco rative effect desired. Pink is a favorite color as is black with touches of pink in the veiling or flowers. If you like white and wear the sailor type of hat well, you II be in high style. Most hats are livened with bunches of the most natural looking spring flowers. Yellow daisies, roses, peonies, violets and assorted flow ers are seen. Cool, summery looking dresses are important for daytime wear. They all stress slim, trim lines and many dresses have a high neck, while others are cut quite low. Popular Doilies for Those Who Crochet H ERE are two of the most pop ular crocheted doilies you’ve ever put a hook into. 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