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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C.
TH i FICTION CORNER
KITTENS HAVE CLAWS
By FAITH ELLEN SMITH
“■yoiTVE got to go after them,”
* Doris said. She sat on the up
holstered wall seat, opened her bag,
took out her vanity case and her
cigaret case. “That’s the trouble
with you. You’re mousy.”
“I’m what?” Nan asked. She sat
on the stiff, hard chair on the other
side of the little table and took off
her gloves. They were white gloves,
rubbed shabby by repeated clean
ings.
“Mousy!’ said Doris. “Mousy
girls never get anywhere. Remem
ber what I said that first day we
saw Ralph going up in the eleva
tor?’’
“You said, ‘There’s the man I’m
going to marry, unless he’s got a
wife and ten kids’.”
Doris studied her reflection in the
mirror of her vanity. Her hand,
long, crimson nails
gleaming, patted
the crisp blonde
waves beneath her
small hat. A large
diamond on her fin
ger kindled to
green and orange
flame under the
subdued lights of
the dining room.
“Well, he had a wife and one kid,
but I did it, didn’t I? Do you sup
pose I got him by sitting still and
wishing for him?”
“No." Nan said.
“I used my head. I found out he
worked for J. B. Simpson. I made
up to the Simpson crowd when I
met them in the washroom and took
to calling for that dumb egg of an
Adams girl for lunch. I got intro
duced to him ”
“I remember,” Nan said.
“I worked to get that man. If I
hadn't. I wouldn’t have an apart
ment on East Sixtieth Street and
this set of summer furs that cost
fifteen hundred dollars and my own
car—and a house in the country
next fall, when Ralph gets his
promotion .... Now, about this
man ?” she said.
“What man?” said Nan. Color of
a newly open wild rose flooded her
face. Her childishly honest brown
eyes were starry.
“How should I know what man? I
haven’t seen you since I had you to
the wedding six months ago. A girl
that's attractive to men and shows
some initiative might be married in
six months. But of course you’re
the kind that will drag along wait
ing for him to wake up and know
you’re on earth until he marries
somebody else. . . . You wouldn’t
be so bad, at that, if you took a
little pains with yourself and got
some decent clothes.”
Nan, who had started to slip off
the coat of her suit, buttoned it
again. The lining, she remembered,
had ripped a little on the shoulder.
“And you’d be a good bet for
some man who wanted a sensible,
economical wife that didn’t mind
housework.”
“Thank you,” Nan said.
“You would! I never could learn
to boil water; but the way you used
to cook and scrub and fuss around
when we lived together 1 Well,
it’s lucky I had what it takes to get
a fellow that can afford a servant.
. . . But, of course I’m younger than
you are.”
“Eleven months,” Nan said softly.
. . Just a baby, really. Ralph
always calls me Babe. . . . Did I
tell you he’s in line for the vice
presidency?”
“Is he?"
old maid, living on a pension and
loving a pet cat ”
“I don't like cats,” Nan mur
mured.
Doris extended a toeless suede
sandal and a slender, silk-clad leg.
“Cats!” she said. “Look at that
run.”
“I see it,” Nan said.
“Ralph bought me an angora kit
ten for my birthday. The dam thing
must have been at these stockings.
“I’ll have to dash in somewhere
and get another pair and put them
on. You come with me, and you can
have these. They’ll do for you, if
you’re careful mending them.”
“I can’t come with you,” Nan
said.
“You can’t? Why not?”
“I’ve got a—a kind of a date.”
“A date with that man, of course!
Where?”
“Oh—never mind.”
“There’s the man I’m going
and 10 kids now.”
“Sure of it, my dear! J. B. de
pends on him for everything. He
and J. B. are like that. . . . Re
member the fellow came up to the
apartment with him the week be
fore' we were married?"
“Of course. Why wouldn’t I?”
“Well, you moused around as if
you were only half there. Hardly
opened your mouth all evening.
That was J. B.”
“Was it?”
“There you go! That’s just what
I mean. You don’t take any inter
est. Now if this man ”
“But what makes you think there
is a ”
“It’s written all over you, darling.
You’re in love. I never saw a worse
case.”
Nan’s big brown eyes lowered to
her glass. She became peony-red.
“Well, if you don’t see fit to con
fide in your best friend, that’s your
business. But you let me tell you
this for your own good. If he’s
worth having, don’t let some other
girl beat you to it! You will, though.
You're all set for being a neat little
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to marry—unless he’s got a wife
“Don’t be silly! I’m dying to see
him. I’ll drive you there.”
“You needn’t bother. It isn’t far.
Just back to the office.”
“Oh!” Doris said. “Waiter, bring
the check. We’re in a hurry. . . .
Didn’t I tell you? Nobody but you
would think of slaving away at the
office on a lovely Saturday after
noon. You ought to call your man
and make him take you to the
movies. You ought to keep after
him. . . . Ready?”
“I’m ready," Nan said.
They walked out of the dim cock-
'tail lounge into the sunny freshness
of the afternoon.
“I guess I’ll get my stockings
over there at Bryand’s,” Doris
said. “We have charge accounts at
all the big stores. If I buy them at
some little shop I’ll have to pay for
them myself, and they cost five dol
lars. You don’t mind if I don’t drive
you to the office, do you?”
“I don’t mind at all,” Nan said,
extending her hand. “Good-bye,
Doris.”
“I’ll give you a ring,” Doris said.
“You must come up to dinner some
night when I haven’t company and
tell me all about your romance. I’ll
be seeing you."
Nan walked the two familiar
blocks to the familiar building but
she did not go up to the office where
she worked. She took the elevator
to the floor below it and stepped out
into the spacious reception room of
the J. B. Simpson company. She
walked past the deserted informa
tion desk toward the private offices
and tapped lightly on one of the
doors with the tips of her gloved
fingers. A man’s voice called,
“Come in!” She went in.
The man got up from behind a
big desk and came to meet her. He
was tall and becomingly gray-
haired. There were laughter wrin
kles around his keen eyes.
“You’re late. Nan,” he said.
She put her arms around his
shoulders and lifted her face for his
kiss. “I’ve been with Mrs. Jen
kins.”
“Who in seventeen kingdoms is
Mrs. Jenkins?"
“You know. The girl I used to live
with. The one that married Ralph
Jenkins.”
“Oh!” he said.
“How is Ralph Jenkins, by the
way?”
“He was a good man until that
designing cat got hold of him,” the
man said. “Now he has alimony to
pay one woman and another run
ning him ragged for new cars and
this and that and he’ll be lucky if
he manages to keep his job. ... I
hope you’re not seeing much of
her. You’re not her kind, thank
heaven!”
“Oh, she’s all right,” Nan said
tolerantly. “She did us one good
turn, anyway. You know you al
ways say you fell in love with me
that night you came up to the apart
ment because I kept quiet the en
tire evening.”
“My little mouse!” he said
fondly.
Nan winced.
“But you won’t have much
chance to see her after we’re mar
ried anyway. When we come back
from abroad we’ll be at the country
house most of the time. Unless she
comes out there. . .
Nan smiled. “You needn’t worry,
J. B. She won’t come out there,”
she said with auiet certainty.
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I IN WASHINGTON
WALTER SHEAD. WNU Correspondent
No Drastic Upheaval
W HATEVER censure or
honor accrues, depend
ing upon the point of view,
from passage of the Taft-
Hartley labor bill, must be
assumed by both parties. The
measure was fostered and pushed
through both branches of congress
by the Republican party leadership
and it was vetoed by the President.
But it was those same 20 southern
Democratic senators who have
worked in the past as a coalition
with the GOP senators who were
able to pass the measure In the
senate over the President’s veto.
Outside of strikes brought about
by resentment of labor unions,
there likely will be no upheaval in
management - labor relations for
several months to come. Many col
lective bargaining agreements have
months to run before expiration.
When these agreements expire,
then will come tests of the law, both
as to its fairness, justice and con
stitutionality in the courts. Employ
ers instituted test suits of the Wag
ner act early in 1935 and got a Su
preme court opinion in 1937, two
years later. It may take (longer on
this law.
• • *
Sen. Harley Kilgore of West
Virginia said the new labor law
reminds him of a Rube Goldberg
cartoon. "I remember one,” said
Senator Kilgore, "in which a
trained elephant upset a bucket of
water, which in turn disturbed a
bunch of bedbugs and they in turn
disturbed a human being who
was asleep in bed and that person
upon rising put out a fire in the
next house. However, all those
cartoons ignored certain laws of
physics and certain laws of human
conduct." Amendments already
are being offered in both the house
and the senate to the new law.
* • *
Circumvent Act
One objective of the congres
sional reorganization act of 1946
was to curb the number of con
gressional committees. It cut from
81 to 34 the number of standing
committees in house and senate. A
recent survey shows, however, that
instead of naming special commit
tees, both branches have named 146
sub-committees. So far only four
special committees have been
named, an improvement over the
past.
The story is told that Sen.
Glen Taylor of Idaho, the guitar
strumming “Hamlet” of the sen
ate, refused to sign the senate
payroll because he would have
been required to make affidavit
that he was not a member of
any organization which ap
proved striking against the gov
ernment. The senate clerk fi
nally ruled Taylor would not
have to sign the affidavit. Taylor
holds an A. F. of L. card.
Another Dilemma
When President Truman “reluc
tantly” signed the rent control bill,
which permits a 15 per cent in
crease in rents, he was in the same
box as he was in on OPA last year
at the same time. On both occa
sions the lav/ was scheduled to ex
pire on June 30. It was a case of
the President taking the law before
him or none at all.
• * •
Almost a quarter century
ago the name of Robert L.
Owen rang through the halls
of congress. From 1907 to
1925—a period of 18 years—
he was a member of the sen
ate from Oklahoma. Today,
at 92, white haired, blind but
spry and alert, he has per
fected a global alphabet by
which any language in the
world can be learned within
a few days.
• • •
Congressman Clifford Hope of
Kansas told the Dairymen’s league
recently that farmer cooperatives
constitute the soundest approach to
the solution of the farm problem.
The tax equality league and some
other business organizations don’t
think so and are attempting to
put cooperatives out of business
through various curbs and restric
tions.
Third Party Talk
Political gossip here in Washing
ton is that a third party movement
on a national scale next year is not
a probability. Although many are
taking the third party talk seri
ously, the best informed believe
that Henry Wallace may threaten
the Democrats but that he prefers
to stay within the ranks of the Dem
ocratic party. It is possible that
third - party movement in states
where laws permit, may get under
way but only in state elections.
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HOUStHOlD
Various Sandwiches
Make Good Porch,
Picnic Suppers
Sandwiches such as these “egg-
burgers” are the perfect answer
to summertime eating. When
served with salad and relishes,
beverage and fruit, you have a
complete meal ready in no time.
It’s estimated that sandwiches are
eaten at the rate of 30 million daily
here in the Unit
ed States, and
it’s no wonder, ^ y 4
because they are KaW S
one of the slm- "
plest, most nour
ishing foods to
serve.
Do you like to
make suppers
simple on hot,
s w s Itering
nights? Serve a sandwich-salad
supper on the cool back porch. Do
you like to whip up a picnic at a
moment’s notice? Then wrap to
gether a few sandwiches, fruit and
beverage to take along to beach or
woods.
Simplest of all sandwiches is the
slice of meat between two pieces of
bread; but it tastes even better if
you add some toothsome spread or
accompaniment to it, such as:
1. Cover with a thin slice of
cranberry jelly, especially ham
or roast pork.
2. Cover with thinly sliced
sweet or sour pickles or mus
tard.
3. Spread with horseradish
mixed with mayonnaise.
4. Cover with lettuce and
boiled dressing or sandwich
spread.
5. Cover with chili sauce or
catsup.
When you have leftover meat,
chop it or put it through the meat
grinder and serve in any of these
ways:
1. Mix with mustard and sea
son with chopped pimiento or
green pepper.
2. Mix with equal parts of
finely shredded cabbage and
serve with chopped pickle or
onion.
3. Season with chow-chow or
pickle relish and season with
enough boiled dressing or may
onnaise to mix through.
4. Mix with chopped olives,
green pepper and dressing.
5. Mix with chopped hard-
cooked eggs, chopped green
pepper and mayonnaise.
6. Mix with chopped celery
and moisten with mayonnaise.
When you plan to feed a bunch of
hearty eaters and
the weather is a
bit on the crisp
side, then serve
hot sandwiches
for a real treat.
The barbecued
type is ideal for
the occasion.
Barbecued Hamburgers.
(Makes S)
Vt cup milk
14 cup soft bread crumbs
14 pound ground beef
14 teaspoon salt
14 teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons Worcestershire
sauce
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
14 cup tomato catsup
Combine bread crumbs and milk.
Add ground meat, salt and pepper.
Form meat into patties, then brown
on both sides in two tablespoons of
fat.
Combine seasonings and vinegar
with catsup and pour over meat.
Cover and simmer slowly about 10
minutes, or until sauce is very
thick. Serve hot between heated or
toasted bun halves.
The above sauce also may be used
for sliced, cooked b^ef roast or for
frankfurters as barbecues.
LYNN SAYS:
*
Use These Memos
In the Kitchen
When ironing ruffled curtains, it’s
easier to do the ruffles first and then
the body of the curtain. Start at the
top of the hem and iron down. Use
a moveable ironing board, or lay
a clean blanket on the floor, cov
ered with a sheet to do the best
ironing.
Rub greasy containers with corn-
meal if you want to clean them eaa-
ily.
LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENU
Assorted Sandwiches
Potato Salad Cole Slaw
Sliced Tomatoes Pickles
/ Celery Carrot Sticks
Beverage Lemon Sherbet
If you want to use ham or pork
for barbecued sandwiches, use the
following sauce:
Barbecued Ham or Pork
Sandwiches.
14 cup chopped onion
1 clove garlic
14 cup tomato catsup
14 cup Worcestershire sauce
14 teaspoon pepper
1 cup tomato soup
14 cup vinegar
1 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoons sugar
Mix all ingredients together and
simmer a few minutes. Use to
baste meat while
it is cooking.
When meat is
tender, slice and
add to sauce in
pan with 1 cup
sweet pickle rel
ish, and serve
sauce as a relish
on the sandwiches.
If you are having a large crowd
in either for a picnic or for a porch
supper, plan to have several differ
ent varieties of sandwiches on a
large platter, a selection of salad,
fresh fruit and cookies and bever
age. The sandwiches may be made
In the morning and wrapped in
heavy waxed paper and chilled.
Here are some suggestions:
1. Beef or tongue, sliced thin
and spread with mustard-horse
radish on rye or pumpernickel
bread.
2. Cold pork, chopped sweet
pickle, salad dressing and let
tuce on white bread.
3. Sardir.es mashed with
chopped hard - cooked eggs,
moistened with lemon juice and
boiled dressing and Worcester
shire sauce.
4. Swiss cheese, tomato slices
and wafer-sliced beef with let
tuce and mayonnaise on rye
bread.
5. Chopped hard-cooked eggs
mixed with chopped stuffed
olives and salad dressing with
lettuce on whole wheat bread.
6. Ground, cooked chicken
mixed with an equal amount of
chopped cooked ham, seasoned
with chopped olives and may
onnaise on white bread.
A creamy iced beverage and
slices of a simple cake, or fruit
and cookies, fittingly top off a
sandwich supper.
For a nourishing “burger” type
of sandwich, you might like these
made with eggs.
De Luxe Eggburgers.
(Serves 6)
6 eggs
2 tablespoons fat for frying
6 round buns
6 slices cheese
1 medium-sized onion
Salt and pepper
Split buns. Lay halves, split side
up, on baking sheet, place cheese
slices on them and toast in hot oven
or under broiler until cheese begins
to melt and other half is toasted.
Meanwhile fry eggs medium firm,
turning once; season. Place eggs
on toasted halves. Top with onion
rings. Serve hot, open or closed.
Pass chili sauce, chopped pickle rel
ish or mustard.
For beverage at porch or picnic,
use 1 rounded tablespoon of all pur
pose grind, decaffeinated coffee to
every cup of water. Make by boiler
or percolator method. Freeze cof
fee in ice cube tray. At serving
time, heat milk but don’t let it
boil. Fill glasses with coffee cubes
and pour on hot milk. The result
will be a smooth, creamy, iced bev
erage.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Place newspapers under grass
and fiber rugs so they will catch the
dirt. Then on cleaning day remove
the newspapers and you will have
caught the dirt; replace with fresh
newspapers.
Shake turkish towels vigorously to
raise the nap on them after wash
ing. This also removes wrinkles.
Before washing the bathroom
floor, it’s a good idea to use a vac
uum cleaner attachment to pick up
dust and small particles of dirt
which are annoying when cleaning.
NEEDLEWORK PAHERNS
'Show Viece Doilies to Crocket
Offering Youthful Peasant Blouse
Blue Ribbon Doily
IF YOU’RE looking for some
restful pick-up work after the
holidays, crochet one of these love
ly doilies. The big Blue Ribbon
doily measures 21 inches, the Pan
sy doily has one and one-half inch
pansies crocheted in shaded laven
der and purple thread. It is 13%
inches across.
* * *
To obtain complete crocheting instruc
tions for the Blue Ribbon Doily (Pattern
No. 5632) and the Pansy Doily (Pattern
No. 5711) send 20* cents in coin for each
pattern, your name, address and pattern
number.
Use a paper napkin with a little
kerosene oil on it to clean sink and
lavatory. It removes stains and
grease rapidly.
—•—
Avoid soaking split peas, if you
want to preserve their natural fla
vor and color. Begin cooking in
boiling water, and cook split peas
only one and one-half hours at a
full rolling boil.
—•—
Keep an old thermos bottle cork
in a drawer in the kitchen. Push
thumbtacks into the cork and
they’ll always be handy when you
need them.
—•—
. When you find a flattened place
on the nap of the rug after chang
ing furniture around, dampen a
chamois, fold several times, and
place over the mark. After sev
eral hours, remove chamois and
mark will be gone.
—•—
If plain cake has become dried
out, wrap it in a damp cloth and
set the cake in a moderate oven
until the cloth is dry,
—•—
Decorate a lamp shade with
snapshots of last summer’s vaca
tion spots and then cover the shade
with cellophane.
—•—
Torn towels may be cut down
to guest size. If the towel is small,
applique amusing designs for a
patch. Make interesting figures
such as a bar of soap or small
hands.
—•—
When a sleeve tears at the un
derarm, rip the seam a little way
so that a square overcast patch
can be set in. Snip the seam of
the garment above the patch so
the sleeve will not draw.
—•—
The lace curtain of long ago is
back in favor for rooms with period
furniture. Rooms in the severe
modern style show no curtains at
all, but, of course, draperies are
used for a softening effect and
often a large room is divided by a
fabric panel instead of a partition.
—•—
Do not hang large rugs over a
line. This bends the fibers at a
sharp angle and strains them while
they are forced to carry the weight
of the entire rug.
Puffed Sleeve Blouse
A PET style for juniors is this
pretty puffed sleeve blouse.
It’s so easy to cut and sew, too.
Colorful embroidered flowers are
designed to give you a romantic
look.
• • •
To obtain tissue pattern, finishing in
structions, flower design, color chart tor
embroidering the Peasant Blouse (Pat
tern No. 5533) sizes 12. 14. 16 Included,
send 20 cents in coin, your name, address
and pattern number.
SEWING CIRCLE NEEDLEWORK
530 South Wells St. Chicago 7, HI.
Enclose 20 cents for Pattern.
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