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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. Released by Western Newspaper Union. By VIRGINIA VALE FT’S just a matter of time till the movie moguls talk Jrdon MacRae into making Matures. Like Gregory Peck, ie was an NBC page boy for a while, in 1940; he got an audition with Horace Heidt, and a job singing with Heidt's band. A singing baritone, he’d had experi ence—sang with Harry James’ and Les Brown’s orchestras at the N. Y. World’s Fair. After a stint with the army air forces he started over again—radio sustaining, Broadway musicals, CBS commercials. Begin ning May 19th, he’ll be heard GORDON MAC RAE over 320 stations coast to coast, 220 transcribed; he’s heard now on the “Teentimer’s” program. Tall, good looking, he’s definitely star mate- rial * Phil Baker received a fan letter the other day that proved how well known he is. The envelope was ad dressed simply with a sketch of an accordion and a large question mark; immediately it was delivered to the "Take It or Leave It” quiz master. * William Keighley, movie director and Radio theater producer (his latest picture is the Shirley Temple- Franchot Tone "Honeymoon”), says “Inexperienced actors and ac tresses have a 100,000 to 1 chance of getting anywhere in motion pic tures, and it’s even harder to break into radio.” He recommends dra matic school and summer stock as training; “too much dramatic equipment isn’t possible.” * Marjorie Reynolds’ first "bad girl” role since she started in films at the age of six comes at a strange time. She plays a shady lady in Seymour Nebenzal’s "Heaven Only Knows,” which co-stars Robert Cummings and Brian Donlevy—and it’s her first picture since the birth of her first child, Linda, who was born last November. A fine break for a lovely young mother! * The deadliest moment in radio comes when sound effects fail, says William Spier, sound effects man. It’s happened to him twice on "Sus pense,” when guns didn’t go off as scheduled. Once an actor cried “Don’t shoot me!”, nothing hap pened, and another actor came to the rescue by exclaiming “Okay, I’ll use this knife!” Recently, when William Bendix did “Three Faces for Midnight," two guns balked; fi nally one delivered the fatal bang. —m— George “Gabby” Hayes showed up at the Saturday night "Round up” rehearsal the other day looking slightly green around the gills. He’d spent the entire morning riding a stagecoach in Paramount’s "Albu querque,” and just couldn't take the motion. * Parks Johnson and Warren Hull the famous Vox-Pop team, feel, like a lot of us, that radio com mercials have their place and shouldn’t mess up a broadcast. When the matter came to a show down between them and their sponsor, they lost the argument, and quit. More power to them! So, beginning May 20th, they’re re leased from their contract, re placed by Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts. * Don’t miss the new March of Time, "Fashion Means Business.” It shows backstage views of new Paris and New York collections, shows New York’s huge garment center at work, lets you see de signers in their studios, gives the inside of the fashion business. * Lamenting the difficulty of finding a singer to replace Betty Barclay, Sammy Kaye said “I’m not fussy; all I want is a girl who can sing like Dinah Shore, with a face like Lana Turner, a figure like Betty Grable’s, and the natural poise of Ingrid Bergman!” * ODDS AND ENDS—Vniv&rssl-In- ftmational Pictures bos bought "The Wistful Widow of Wagon Cap" for Abbott and Costello . . . Nice timing; within the past few months "David Harding—Counterspy” has had four shows on themes which made front pages the day before the broadcast. .. The reason so many well-known stage stars appear on "Crimes of Careless ness" is that Producer-Director Jim Sheldon has so many good friends in the theater . . . Cast Daley, comedy star of Paramount’s "Variety" collects osetiaues—bought an 1880 clock re cently, and found an old five-dollar biU inside it! Woman's World Gay Spring Coats for Children Are Easy to Make from Old Wool £rtta ^JJaley. M OST mothers are acutely aware that their youngsters are grow ing by leaps and bounds, and last spring’s coats are woefully unpre pared to cope with this year’s sizes. If the clothing budget doesn’t per mit buying material for new coats, then mother had best look to her old pieces of wool for available material. Grownups’ clothing can easily be converted into something useful for the youngsters, but this will take some care and attention. It’s not merely a matter of cutting the coat down, but rather of ripping it apart completely, and oftentimes dyeing it into an attractive color for the youngster. Children are too young and gay by nature to be clothed in somber colored things, so try to make even renovated clothes attractive. A young mother I knew recently made use of her ex-navy husband’s "blues” by converting them into spring coats for her two youngsters. On the little girl’s coat she added a crisp touch with a white pique collar; and on the little boy's coat she sewed some miniature navy in signia on the sleeves. Both young sters are delighted with these addi tions to the wardrobe. This only goes to prove that even a navy blue shade can be lightened effectively with little crisp or bright touches which take only a few min utes to apply. If you have pastel coats of your own (or even suits) that have faded. Use old woolens for making ... plan to dye them into bright colors which are particularly attractive on the younger set. Don't become so beset with ypur cleaning and laundering problems that you shy away from gay, bright things for the children. We don’t want the youngsters to look like miniature wise old owls even if we have a little more cleaning to do. Fitting Is Important For Children I’ve emphasized this point before, but I'd like to mention it again. Never make things too large for the children, thinking they will grow into them. Little girls will look like dolls if they are dressed in short, perky dresses and coats, and little boys look all the more masculine if their clothes are of a proper length —not an inch or two too long. Of course you may make large hems on coats and such so they will last longer, but the point is, don’t make them long to begin with. If you do so, the child will dislike the garment so thoroughly by the time he really fits into it, that he will refuse to put it on unless there’s a major battle every time you insist on his wearing the garment. Try to make fittings as brief as possible, as it becomes tiresome for the little folk to stand still for a lengthy period. Have all your equip ment handy, set the children on a stool or table to make the task Be Smart! 'i /V' Wear the flowers and discard the hat, if that’s your mood! The flowers, colorful as life and twice as large, are anchored to a wisp or band of a brim—that’s the lovely head-dress fashion that is becoming more and more im portant. Sunbonnet Sue This little lady Is all iready for the sun and beach with this sun- suit and bonnet outfit made at home. Gathering in bloomer fullness is no problem if you use the gathering foot attachment for the sewing machine, according to directions by local sewing center experts. easier for yourself, and work quickly if you would avoid a trying time. Children’s clothes are primarily simple, but they may contain one or two little details to make them look even more attractive. Straight-Line Coats Easiest to Adjust Coats which have simple straight lines—those of a boxy style, for example—are preferred by many mothers because they are easy to adjust from time to time for length. Children do not get broad as fast as they grow in height, so have plenty of hem to let down as time goes by. Double-breasted coats for both girls and boys are popular, too, be cause these follow simple, straight lines and look good on the young sters. Having no belt, there is no belt line to be a problem when lengthening the coat. Tailoring is easy on these small clothes because there is not as much to do as on a larger garment. Spring coats for youngsters. Use basting generously, particu larly when applying the sleeves to the armholes and press and fit care fully after this is done to make certain the garment will give com fort. The edges of the collar and lining may be taped. Interfacing helps in giving a tailored look if you have planned pointed lapels on the coat. Baste the- canvas to the collar. Youngsters’ coats do not have to be lined for warm weather wear but they do hang better when lined. If you do not line them, finish the edges by binding them with match ing tape rather than using the pink ing shears. Coats such as these re ceive too much wear to withstand much tossing around unless finished properly. If you want to make a little prin cess style coat for daughter, it will need a little more work and tailor ing than the straight line models, but the attractive garment will re pay every care. Select a pattern and fit it carefully before cutting the woolen material. The linings of these coats should be sturdy as they will need to take a lot of wear. A closely woven cot ton and rayon fabric will give good wearability, provided it is sewed and fitted carefully to the coat. All buttons should be sewed se curely, and buttonholes must be finished carefully so they will not fray after a few wearings. Fashion Flashes Two-tone corduroy ensembles are very popular for the younger set and may be made at home now that more materials are reaching the stores. Some of the smartest hats are in tones of wheat. This is a shade that may be worn with anything, but is very effective with black lace or green velvet bows. Some of the shades of white you see will border on beige, especially in hats. If they are in straw, you’ll like those trimmed with pink roses. If you’re looking for something new in a spring hat, consider the popular half hat with gay flowers. If the hat is taffeta, you might carry out the theme with taffeta cuffs or puffs on your gloves. IttecMame (l&pxvde/i in WASHINGTON By Walter Shead WNU Correrpondtif WNU Washington Bureau. 1616 Eye St.. N. W Many Thousands of New Businesses Flourishing fN EVERY home town, in every * village and hamlet in the country and out along the highways, new small businesses are springing up like mushrooms, almost sprouting overnight. The department of commerce in a recent report shows that for the. first six months of 1946 new business enterprises numbered 365.000. and indications pointed to a total of 687.- 000 new small firms for the year. At the same time, the report showed that 178,000 firms closed their doors for one reason or another during the year, and that although this number is sizable, it was less than half the mortality rate in 1940 and only about a third of the number closing in 1942. The commerce department says that at the end of 1946 there was a total of 3,733.000 business firms in operation, or some 509.000 more than at the end of 1945. Adding up the business births and deaths since 1940, the department figures show that the country already has over come the more than half a million business deaths as a result of the war and there are now about 10 per cent more small enterprises do ing business than in the prewar rec ord year of 1940. This unprecedented growth in small business, particularly with re lation to the service firms, has been accomplished despite the high mor tality rate for small business and in the face of rising markets, rising prices, high taxes and unstable la bor conditions and in the midst of a period of more or less definite in flation. According to prewar standards, there are many more service firms in business than ever before. This is due, no doubt, to the backlog of needs which was piled up during war years. Too Many Laundries The fields of laundries, barber shops, auto repair shops, cleaning and pressing and other services are now on the overcrowded list. The only field where new businesses are not up to prewar levels is in the hotel and amusement enterprises. Another popular area of enterprise is in the construction business. Ac cording to the commerce report, there have been started approxi mately 98,000 new construction firms to help meet the demand for new homes and other buildings. Throughout the country there are huge signs reading that construction will start soon on a new theater for this site, the only thing retarding construction being lack of lum ber and other building material sup plies. During 1946 there were 291,000 new retail business firms started, rais ing the total retail enterprises in this field to 1,719,000. But there is still room, according to the report, for more retail firms in some lines, such as general merchandise stores, butcher shops, shoe stores and gro ceries. There also is room for more filling stations, using the prewar number as a criterion. Thousands of rural filling stations closed their doors due to the gas rationing, the draft and other factors during the war and many of them have not as yet reopened. But everywhere, even out along the highways, new appliance stores are opening along with home furnishing stores. The backlog in these lines is tremendous. Profits Satisfactory Despite the shortages in consumer goods in many lines and the high prices, the department report in dicates that profits of small busi ness have been good. The Fed eral Reserve board estimates that earnings of durable goods manufac turers with assets under $250,000 was 15 per cent of net worth in 1940 and 40 per cent of net worth in 1945, and while no figures are available for 1946 there is every indication that it was a profitable year. During these past three years, since 1943, small business has bro ken all records in the mortality field with the lowest number of failures on record. Dun and Bradstreet lists only 810 business failures among commercial and industrial firms for 1945; only 1,222 for 1944, and 3,221 for 1943, as compared to 13,619 in 1940 and 14,768 in 1939. The return of millions of veterans, the provision for veterans’ loans un der the G.I. bill and the tremen dously high national income, plus the business backlog of purchasing power and consumer demand due to the war, are all factors in this new high business census. Economists, however, do not see a continuation of universal profits indefinitely for all business due to more competition and the growth of a buyers’ instead of a sellers’ mar ket. Also, the very real threat of inflation could wreck all hopes for continued prosperity. Have Crusts Flaky, Fillings Delicious For Good Pies Two small spatnlas or pastry blenders are excellent for cutting fat into flour when making pastry. Nev er use the fingers, as this warms the ingredients, which ought to be kept well chilled if flaky pastry is to be achieved. “Yes, it’s easy to make a good piecrust, if you're not too ambi tious,” said a good cook to me •once. That may sound like a strange bit of ad vice, but it’s true. The more you work with the crust the tougher it gets. There’s another tip you should follow too, if you want to make a good pie, and that is in regard to the filling. Make it just as juicy and delicious as you pos sibly can. A good crust helps, but the filling has to be good, too! Chiffon pies should be light and downy, never tough. Never use too much of a thickening agent in fruit, berry or cream pies. These should be firm enough to stand up easily when sliced, but they should never be pasty. If you make pies often, have on hand a jar of homemade pastry mix such as this: Pastry Mix, 7 caps sifted Soar 4 teaspoons salt to 2 cops lard Combine flour and salt. Cut lard Into flour mixture until crumbs are about the size of peas. Store in cov ered container in refrigerator and use as desired. (Do not add water until ready to use, and then add just enough to hold together.) Fresh Strawberry Pie. 1 baked 9-lnch pie shell 1 quart strawberries 1 cup sugar 3 tablespoons cornstarch Dash of salt Sweetened Whipped Cream Crush half the berries and bring to boiling point. Stir in sugar com bined with cornstarch and salt. Cook, stirring constantly until thick ened. Spread other half of berries into baked pie shell and pour hot, cooked berries over them. Cool, then top with cream and serve. Pecan Pie. 3 eggs, beaten 1 cup light brown sugar 1 cup dark corn syrup 1 tablespoon flour 1 tablespoon melted butter 1 teaspoon vanilla % cup pecans Place all ingredients except pe cans into a bowl and mix thoroughly. Pour into an un baked pie shell and place pecans carefully over the top. Bake in a hot (450 - degree) oven for 10 min utes, then contin ue baking in a slow (325-degree) oven for 30 minutes or longer, until filling shakes like gelatin. Here’s a heavenly pie that de serves its name. Its crust is not the regulation type made of flour and shortening, but rather a meringue. The filling is a delightful combina tion of lemon and eggs made light and fluffy with whipped cream and chilled thoroughly before serving. Use it for your next party. Lemon Angel Pie. 1H cups granulated sugar 14 teaspoon cream of tartar LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENU Cheese Fondue Baked Tomatoes Slivered Green Beans ' Molded Pear in Lime Gelatin Melba Toast Honey •Lemon Chiffon Pie Beverage •Recipe given. 4 eggs, separated 3 tablespoons lemon juice 1 tablespoon lemon rind, finely grated % teaspoon salt 1 pint cream for whipping Sift together 1 cup of sugar and the cream of tartar. Beat the egg whites until stiff but not dry. Gradually add the sugar mixture, continuing to beat until thoroughly blended. Use the meringue to line the bottom and sides of a 9 or 10- inch well-greased pie plate, hollow ing out the center and being careful not to spread the meringue too close to the sides. Bake in a slow (275-degree) oven for one hour. Cool. Beat egg yolks slightly, then stir in remaining Vi cup of sug ar and lemon juice, rind and salt. Cook over boding water until very thick, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from fire and cool. Whip cream and com bine half of it with lemon-egg mix ture. Fill meringue shell and cover with remaining whipped cream. Chill in refrigerator for 24 hours before serving. •Lemon Chiffon Pie. 1 baked 8-inch shell 1 tablespoon gelatin Vs cup cold water 4 egg yolks Vs cup sugar !4 cup lemon juice Vs teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind 4 egg whites Add gelatin to cold water and let stand 5 minutes. Separate eggs and beat yolks in top part of double boil er. Add sugar, lemon juice, salt and grated rind. Mix well. Cook over hot water until mixture coats the spoon. Add gelatin and stir in well. CooL Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry, and add Vs cup more of sugar. Fold mixture into beaten egg whites and turn into a baked pie shell. Chill thoroughly. Coat with meringue or whipped cream. It’s not always necessary to bake a pie in order to serve pastry. There’s a banana puff dessert that can be very popular if you enjoy this fruit, and it’s topped off with a njeltingly delicious sauce. Mix sparingly when making pas try and don’t get too ambitious. This applies also to rolling dough, which should be done in outward directions with very little pressure on the roll ing pin. Banana Puff. Allow one banana for each serv ing. Roll peeled banana in sugar and cinnamon and roll in rich pie crust. Bake in a very hot (450- degree) oven for 15 minutes. Serve with the following sauce: Lemon Sauce. % cup sugar 1 tablespoon flour Vs teaspoon salt 1 cup boiling water or pineapple juice Juice and grated rind of Vs lemon 1 tablespoon butter 2 tablespoons raisins, if desired Cook sugar, flour, salt and liquid over hot water for 10 minutes. Add lemon, butter and raisins. Serve hot This sauce is also delicious served over baked and steamed puddings. Released by Western Newspaper Union. LYNN SAYS: There’s a Trick in Doing Even Simple Tasks When cleaning green vegetables, always add a handful of salt to the second water in which they are washed. This will cause the sand in the leaves to sink to the bottom of the pan and really help make veg etables clean. Use old soap scraps by grating them or putting through a food chop per. Then add water and make a soap jelly to use for laundry. To prevent brown sugar from lumping, store it in a damp place such as the bread box. Powdered sugar may be stored in tightly cov ered tin or glass containers. Door pockets or shoe pockets hung on the inside of closet doors are excellent for keeping such small ar ticles as whisk brooms and dust cloths in a handy place. Avoid hard-frozen pieces of fruits and berries in ice cream by allow ing them to stand in sugar before adding them to the cream mixture. Improved B SUNDAY International I SCHOOL LESSON Bv HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D. Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. Released by Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for April 6 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se- lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. THE RISEN LORD AND HIS DISCIPLES LESSON TEXT—John 20:19-23. 26-29: 11 MEMORY SELECTION—But now la Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept.—I Corinthians 15:20. Ever new and-blessed in its touch upon our souls is the message of Easter. To be assured once more that the grave could not hold our blessed Lord and Saviour, and that he arose in victory over sin and death, is our delightful portion In to day’s lesson. It is a very appropriate conclu sion to our three month study of the Gospel of John and comes in the new quarter because of Easter Sunday. Three helpful incidents make up our lesson. I. A Risen Lord and Glad Dis ciples (20:19-23). The appearance of our Lord to his disciples after he arose from the grave emphasizes the close relation ship between the resurrection and the life and ministry of his followers. Those who live for and serve the risen Christ have a triumphant faith, an inward peace, and an outward authority and power. Their convic tions are based on the Lord’s own words which came to assure the dis ciples as they secretly assembled for fear of the Jews. He stood in their midst and spoke the words of peace (w. 19-21) and authority (w. 22, 23). Peace of soul is absolutely essen tial to useful and satisfied living. Only as we are "steadfast, immov able,” can we be "abounding in the work of the Lord” (I Cor. 15:58). Steady at the center, active at the circumference. Commissioned and sent by the Son of God, clothed with Holy Spirit pow er, the Church of God has his au thority. While some have read too much into verse 23, others have read out of it the real authority that God has given. Little wonder that we read (v. 20), "Then were the disciples glad when they saw the Lord.” They had rea son for real joy! H. A Convinced Doubter and Glad Testimony (20:26-29). Thomas made the serious error of being absent from the gathering of the disciples when the Lord Jesus stood in their midst Let those who commonly absent themselves from the place and hour of worship take heed lest they miss a blessing, and coming later add nothipg to the spir itual life of the church, but rather become troublers and doubters. But God graciously turns the doubt of Thomas into a means of blessing to all of us who since then have read of his experience. Thomas was an honest doubter. God is always ready to meet such with satisfactory proof. The trouble is that there are so many in the world who use professed doubts to cover a life of sin. Doubt may come to any man. In itself it is no sin. But to cherish it and hold to it in unbelief—that is a different matter. One wise spiritual leader rightly counseled his people, "Believe your beliefs and doubt your doubts. Never make the mistake of doubting your beliefs or believing your doubts.” When doubting Thomas saw the Lord, his questions changed at once to' strong convictions and assured personal testimony to his blessed Lord. 111. A Restored Disciple and Glad Service (21:15-17). After meeting Jesus on the first Easter morning, Peter had been as sured of forgiveness for his denial of the Lord and had been taken back into fellowship and service with him. But then something seemed to have gone astray, for we find that Peter and the others had returned to their old life as fishermen. They seem to have lost their vision, or had become discouraged. But the Lord had not forgotten them. He appeared and told them where to catch fish, and then we have the lovely scene around the fire as they breakfasted together. There it was that the Lord met Peter, and as he had denied Christ thrice he is asked to thrice declare his devotion to him. The man who thus declared his readiness to serve Christ to the end had many an opportunity to prove the sincerity of that profession. He met persecution and imprisonment, but to every effort of man to close his mouth or to change his witness he had the simple reply of absolute obedience to the Lord. Tradition tells us that this faithful ness finally led Peter to a mar tyr’s death. So we see a life made over, made powerful, made glori ous for God through the matchless grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. He can do it for you, too. Will you let him? There could be no better time to meet the risen Lord face to face than onsthis day when we remember his resurrection. Let him come into your heart, dissolve your doubts, for give your sins—and make you gladl Simple Stitchery for Y our Kitchen Linens INSPIRATION for kitchen and 1 breakfast linens! 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