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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C
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T HERE were cars in front of the
house. Four of them. And two
more in the drive. Clifford Oslow
cut across the Drake's lawn and
headed for the back steps. But not
soon enough. The door of a big red
cabriolet opened and a woman came
rushing after him. She was a little
person, smaller even than Clifford
himself. But she was fast. She
reached him just as he made the
gap in the hedge.
“You’re Mr. Oslow, aren’t you?”
she panted. She didn’t wait for a
confession. She pulled out a little
book and a pencil and held them
under his nose. ’Tve been trying to
get her autograph all week,” she ex
plained. “I want you to get it for
me Just drop the book in a mail
box. It’s stamped and the address
is on it.”
And then she was
gone and Clifford
was standing there
holding the book
and pencil in his
hand. VNever
mind,” she shouted
from the car, "mail
ing the pencil!”
He stuffed the
autograph book in
his pocket and hurried up the steps.
There was a lot of noise coming
from the parlor. Several male voices
all going it at once. A strange
woman’s voice insinuating itself ev
ery now and then. And Julia’s voice,
rising above the babble, clear and
kindly and very sure.
"Yes,” she was saying. And, ‘Tm
very glad.” And, “People have been
tremendously generous to me.”
She sounded tired, though.
Clifford leaned against the ironing-
board while he finished the sand
wich and the coke. He left the
empty bottle on the table, snapped
off the kitchen light and pushed eas
ily on the hall door. The hall light
was on and someone Clifford didn’t
know was pacing the carpet across
from the parlor. But it was only
three short steps to the rear stairs.
He didn't make it.
Someone who babbled inconppre-
hensively at him grabbed him by
the arm and bounced him along the
hall and into the parlor. “Here he
is,” somebody shouted. ‘Here’s Mr.
Oslow!”
There were half-a-dozen people
there, all with note books and busy
pens. Julia was in the big chair
by the fireplace, looking plumper
than usual in her new green dress.
She smiled at him affectionately
but, it seemed to him, a little dis
tantly. He’d noticed that breach in
her glance many times lately. He
hoped that it wasn't superiority, but
he was desperately afraid that it
vas. She looked, he saw, as tired
as she had sounded.
"Hello, Clifford," she said.
“Hello, Julia,” he answered.
He didn’t get a chance to go over
and kiss her. A reporter had him
right against the wall. How did it
seem to go to bed a teller at the pay
ment booth down at the gas com
pany and to wake up the hus
band ot a best-selling novelist? Very
startling, he told them. Was he go
ing to give up his job? No, he
snapped, he wasn’t Had he heard
the news that “Welcome Tomor
row” was going to be translated into
Turkish? No, he hadn’t
And then the woman came over.
The one whose voice he’d heard back
in the kitchen where he wished
devoutly he’d stayed.
“How,” she inquired briskly, “did
you like the story?”
Clifford didn’t answer immediate
ly. He just looked at the woman.
tive of this city and the husband
of . . .”
The second floor rooms might
have been vacant, but Clifford took
no chances. He kept on going until
he reached his study at the back of
the attic. He snapped on the light
over the table and dropped into the
chair before it. He put Julia’s book
right in front of him, but he didn’t
immediately open it.
Instead he squirmed back in the
chair and looked about him. The
room was familiar enough. It had
been his for over eighteen years.
The table was the same. The print
of the Jones flagship was the same.
And the old typewriter was the one
he had bought before Julia and he
were married.
There hadn’t been many changes
The fireplace had been re-bricked.
And the radio was a recent gift of
Julia's. And stacked all along the
bookcase were the manuscripts of
his novels. His rejected novels. On
top was his latest one, the one that
They bonnced him into the parlor. “Here he is! ” somebody shouted.
Everyone became very quiet. And
everyone looked at him. The wom
an repeated the question. Clifford
knew what he wanted to say. “I
liked it very much,” he wanted to
say and then run. But they wouldn't
let him run. They’d make him stay.
And ask him more questions. Such
as which character he had liked
best. Which he couldn’t answer.
“I haven’t,” he mumbled, “had
an opportunity to read it yet. But
I'm going to,” he promised. And
then came a sudden inspiration.
“I’m going to read it now!” There
was a copy on the desk by the
door. Clifford grabbed it and raced
for the front stairs.
B EFORE he reached the second
flight, though, he could hear the
woman's voice on the hall phone.
“At last,” she was saying, "diligent
digging has unearthed an adult
American who has not read ‘Wel
come Tomorrow.’ He is, of all peo
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had stopped going the rounds six
months before.
On the bottom was his earliest one.
The one he wrote when Julia and
he were first married. The one
whose people both of them lived with
in the two years during which he
labored over it. "How’s Vincent
coming along?” Julia would say.
“He’s got the house built,” Clifford
would tell her, “but I can’t think of
a valid way for him to get the
Gleason acre he needs for pastur
age.”
Yes, Clifford was a writer then.
Large W. And he kept on thinking
of himself as one for many years
after, despite the concerted indif
ference of the publishers. Finally,
of course, his writing had become
merely a gesture. A stubborn un
willingness to admit defeat. Now,
to be sure, the defeat was unques
tioned. Now that Julia, who before
a year ago hadn’t put pen to paper,
had written a book, had it accepted
and now was looking at advertise
ments that said, “over four hundred
thousand copies.”
Julia, Clifford sighed. Well, the
utter miserableness of his failure
wouldn’t be permitted to steal one
ounce from her merited pleasure
in her own accomplishment!
He picked up “Welcome Tomor
row” and opened it, as he opened
every book, in the middle. He read
a paragraph. And then another.
He had just started a third when
suddenly he stopped. He put down
Julia’s book, reached over to the
shelf and tugged out the dusty man
uscript of his own first effort. Rap
idly he flipped over the crisp pages.
Then he began to read aloud.
tj'ROM his own manuscript he read:
“The water was high above the
fence-top. Beyond on the hill the
cattle cowered. Vincent stood, si
lent and stricken, beside the ruin
of his farm.”
Clifford put the manuscript on the
table on top of the book. For a
time he sat quietly inspecting the
crease of his trousers. Then he
put the book in his lap and left the
manuscript on the table and began
to read them, page against page.
He had his answer in ten minutes.
And then he went back downstairs.
A couple of reporters were still in
the parlor. “But, Mrs. Oslow, nat
urally our readers are interested,”
one was insisting. “When,” he de
manded, “will you finish your next
book?”
“I don’t know,” she answered un
easily.
Clifford came across the room to
her, smiling. H6 put his arm around
her and pressed her shoulder firmly
but gently. “Now, now, Julia,” he
protested. "Let’s not quibble with
the young man.”
The reporter looked up.
“Mrs. Oslow’s new novel,” Clif
ford announced proudly, “will be
ready in another month.”
Julia turned around and stared at
him, quite terrified.
But Clifford kept on smiling. Then
he reached into his pocket and
brought out the autograph book and
pencil that had been forced on him
on his way home. “Sign here,” he
instructed.
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Serve Crabmeat Party Loaf for Luncheon
(See recipe below.)
Spring Luncheons
Now that spring housecleaning is
over and we are proud of our shin
ing, spic and span
homes, it’s time
to return obliga-.
tions for lunch
eons which have
piled up within
the last several
weeks. There is
truly no season
during which it’s more fun to en
tertain than these lusciously warm
days when garden foods are plenti
ful
LYNN CHAMBERS’ MEND
♦Stuffed Lamb Chops
Fresh Peas in Cream
Lettuce with Bacon Dressing
Hot Biscuits Strawberry Jam
Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
Beverage
•'Recipe given. •
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en stock and milk. Cook until thick
and smooth. Cover chicken and
ham with sauce and top with mush,
rooms.
Rhubarb Compote.
If you want to carry luncheons off
successfully, plan light in-season
foods. Use sufficient fruits and veg
etables to keep the menu sea
sonal, and let your table decorations
carry out the theme.
Lamb chops and chicken, aspara
gus and strawberries, and a few
other foods are reigning favorites.
Around them you can build a lunch
eon menu that will be both eye-
appealing and tasty. Plan to do
most of the cooking ahead of time
so you won’t be ruffled by the time
the guests begin to come in.
If you want to serve a nice meat
dish you might like to start off
with a stuffed lamb chop, follow it
with a tomato aspic or tossed salad
and asparagus, then top off with
strawberries and cream.
♦Stuffed Lamb Chops.
4 double-thick lamb chops
2 canned peaches
1 cup crushed pineapple
% cup soft bread crumbs
% cup butter or substitute
Brown lamb chops in skillet on
both sides. Toss together finely
chopped peaches,
pineapple, bread
crumbs and but
ter, Pile on top of
chops which have
been placed in a
casserole. Bake
in a moderate
(350-degree) oven
for 20 minutes.
Asparagus Vinaigrette.
(Serves 4)
3 tablespoons vinegar
1 teaspoon salt
34 teaspoon paprika
34 cup salad oil
1 tablespoon minced parsley
1 tablespoon chopped pickle
1 tablespoon minced chives
1 bunch asparagus (1 pound)
(Serves 4 to 6)
4 cups cubed rhubarb
1 cup sugar '
34 teaspoon nutmeg
34 teaspoon cinnamon
2 whole cloves
Juice, pulp and grated rind of
1 orange
Combine all ingredients and place
in baking dish. Cover and bake
in a moderate
(350-degree) oven
for 40 minutes or
until rhubarb is
tender. Serve
warm or cold
with cream and
crisp cookies.
A more eco
nomical luncheon,
but one just as pretty, consists of
this salad loaf done with aspic and
crabmeat. This is delicious served
with hot biscuits and topped off with
pineapple sherbet with fresh straw*
berry sauce.
Crabmeat Party Salad.
(Serves 6)
Part I: Aspic
2 tablespoons gelatin
34 cup cold water
234 cups hot consomme
2 tablespoons lemon juice
34 teaspoon white pepper
34 teaspoon celery salt
Soften gelatin in cold water. Add
hot consomme, lemon juice, white
pepper and celery salt Stir until
dissolved. Pour Into an 834 by 434
by 234-inch loaf pan enough of the
aspic to make 34 inch deep. Chill
until firm. Place a smaller loaf pan
or container within the 834-inch loaf
pan; anchor firmly with weights or
tie in place. Pour remaining aspic
in the space, between the two pans.
Chill until firm. Remove inner pan
by loosening aspic with a small
knife. Chill for 10 minutes and fill
center with the following:
Parasite Dodder May
Be Killed by 2, 4-D
Selection of Clean
Seed Also Essential
By W. J. DRYDEN
Field dodder is an annual para
sitic vine, growing on lespedeza, al
falfa, clover and various members
of the dandelion family. It attaches
itself to other plants and sends
small growth into their tissue to ab
sorb the sap.
As preventive is easier than the
cure, it is essential that only seed
free from dodder be planted. Spots
in fields should be eliminated. This
Circle shows how dodder wraps
Itself around alfalfa to absorb the
sap.
is possible by the use of 2,4-D weed
killer. While the 2,4-D also will kill
tespedeza and other plants in the
sprayed areas, the loss usually will
prove negligible as the dodder usu
ally will be confined to small scat
tered areas.
The labor involved in cutting out
dodder is excessive and it is almost
impossible to remove all of the para
site by this method. Infested fields
may be planted to grain or corn for
several years. These crops are not
attacked, but care should be taken
that the dodder does not continue
growing on weeds in the field.
SUPERIOR LETTUCE
Slobolt lettuce, developed by the
CJSDA, is available for the first time
to the gardener. Non-heading, long
standing Slobolt produces wrinkled,
frilled, light green leaves. Plants are
of moderate size.
If the plants are set 10 to 12 inches
apart and only basal leaves used,
Slobolt lettuce may be harvested
over a period of several weeks. Slo
bolt makes a good fall crop from
midsummer plantings. It produces
usable leaves three wseks longer
than many well-known commercial
leaf lettuce varieties. It receives its
name because it is slow to "bolt”
seed stems in warm weather.
Herds and Flocks
For Greater Profit
Combine seasonings, add vinegar
and salad oil. Beat until thick and
smooth. Add remaining ingredients
and let stand for 34 hour. Clean as
paragus and cook in boiling salted
water until tender. Heat sauce and
serve over asparagus.
A luxury luncheon for special
guests uses both chicken and ham in
the main dish. However, you can
keep the rest of the luncheon cost
down by serving simply a tossed
salad and a rhubarb compote for
dessert.
Chicken DeLuxe.
(Serves 4)
4 thick slices ham
4 breasts of chicken, cooked
4 tablespoons melted butter
4 tablespoons flour
2 cups rich chicken stock and
milk combined
1 teaspoon salt
34 teaspoon pepper
Whole sauteed mushrooms
Arrange breast of chicken on top
of ham slices. Melt butter, blend in
flour and seasonings, then add chick-
LYNN SAYS:
Add Imagination to Serving
Garden Vegetables
Asparagus takes on extra glamour
when served with a white sauce,
crowned with grated hard-cooked
eggs.
To use asparagus as a luncheon
dish with first quality protein food,
wrap several asparagus stalks,
cooked, in thin slices of boiled ham.
which has been made tasty by grat
ing some American cheese into it
Asparagus becomes a gourmet’s
Part II: Crabmeat Filling
1 tablespoon gelatin
2 tablespoon cold water
34 cup cream or top milk
34 cup real mayonnaise
2 tablespoons lemon juice
34 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon onion, minced
134 cups crabmeat, flaked
1 cup celery, chopped fine
34 cup parsley, chopped fine
Tomato slices
Watercress
Soften gelatin in cold water. Add
cream and heat over hot water until
gelatin is dissolved. Add real may
onnaise, lemon juice, salt and on
ion. Add crabmeat, celery, parsley
and mayonnaise to gelatin. Pour
into center of aspic mold and chill
until firm. Unmold and garnish
with slices of tomato and watercress.
Serve with additional mayonnaise.
Variation: Pour aspic into ring
mold, and crabmeat mixture into a
smaller mold to fit in center of ring
mold. Or. use chicken or tuna in
place of crabmeat filling.
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Green beans cooked until tender
may be served with a mustard
sauce made by preparing a medium
white sauce, adding to it leftover
uncooked egg yolks for color and
nourishment, and seasoning to taste
with mustard.
Green beans take on a southern
note if they are served with chili
sauce seasoned with salt and a bit of
oil to facilitate blending.
Leftover green peas are dellclou#
mixed with bits of crisp crumbled
bacon and a bit of heavy cream.
Pickled onions nerk uo green neas
Even up the size of litters. A sow
will take strange pigs before hers
are two days old.
Make changes when
pigs are ready to
suck. Sprinkle the
strangers with a
weak solution of
stock dip.
Dock all lambs
and castrate all buck lambs at one
to three weeks. Combine the two
operations—castrate first, then dock.
Use a reliable disinfectant on
wounds. Bloodless docking and cas
tration can be done with instruments
made especially for the purpose.
Dehorn calves when young (under
10 days) with a chemical dehorner
that won’t rub off on the udder or
flanks of the cow. A chemical de-
homer works best on young calves,
and calves are easier to handle
when young.
To help prevent damp litter in
brooding and laying houses, mix hy
drated lime in the litter at the rate
of one pound to eight square feet of
floor space. Hydrated lime, re
member—not ground limestone.
Treat Egg Right to
Keep in Cold Storage
Treating an egg right means stor
ing it clean, covered and cold, say
University of Nebraska specialists.
Eggs when clean should be stored
in a covered bowl or pan, away
from strong-smelling foods. Without
a cover, eggs lose moisture and are
likely to absorb odors. When kept
in a cold place, even for part of a
day, they stay good longer. Stored
at room temperatures, eggs may
lose much quality in three days.
SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS
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A S ADORABLE as her smile is
this easy-to-make play dress
for the sand-box set. The bottom
is cut all in one piece, forms
panties and ties in front. Wing
sleeves are so cool—note the pert
keyhole neckline, the ribbon bow.
* * *
Pattern No. 1627 is for sizes 1, 2, 3, 4,
5 and 6 years. Size 2, 2\'t yards of 35
or 39-inch; 3 yards purchased ruffling.
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Silver tableware tarnishes more
quickly if it is not thoroughly
rinsed of soapsuds.
When cutting flowers, slant the
stems. This gives your posies,
longer life.
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A good way to detect dry rot in
wood is to insert a pocket knife
into the board. If it penetrates
very easily it is almost a certainty
the wood is infected.
If the shoulderline is the atten
tion-getter of your new suit, why
not make it more attractive with
beaded embroidery? This style is
especially becoming to matronly
women.
The Summer issue of FASHION will
give you lots of ideas for a smart summer
wardrobe. Special features, ways to
brighten your home, free pattern printed
inside the book. Price 25 cents.
Send your order to:
SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT.
530 South Wells St. Chicago 7, 111.
Enclose 25 cents in coins for each
pattern desired.
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