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I THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, S, C. HOITIE Town pSPOBTER IN WASHINGTON WALiER SHEAD. WNU Correspondent Postal Bates Boost •THERE' IS EVERY indication that this congress will boost postal rates. The increase will not be the figure which the post office department has asked, and because of the influence of big pub lishers in the magazine field, it is likely that some small newspapers may stand the brunt of the increase unless they take measures early to build a back-fire with their con gressmen. There is no question bnt that the post office department should be granted an increase in rates in most every class of mail unless the taxpayers de clare they are willing to cln- tinue paying into the kitty for a postal subsidy. It seems to this reporter however, that some of the big subsidies the department is now paying, specif ically to the airplane industry, should be investigated by the con gress. The cost of carrying mail |on the railroads and the competi tion of the express monopoly, all should have a thorough airing be fore the smaller users of the mail service are penalized by a 50 to 100 per cent boost in the postal rates. • • • Correct Prediction A reporter is even presumptious to attempt to predict what may hap pen in this new coalition congress, but despite this, we pred’eted ap proval by the Senate of Mr. James Boyd, who has been serving for a year without pay as director of the U. S. bureau of mines. Ap proval would come, for one reason: that John L. Lewis did the one thing that united the senate — he called his mine workers out on strike in opposition to the Boyd ap pointment on the slim theory that Boyd had never worked in a mine. Fact is that John J. Forbes, a 35- year veteran of the bureau and a veteran miner, is chief of the di vision of mine inspection and safe ty. Also all 400 mine inspectors in the bureau have had at least five years experience in the bureau. Lewis’ objection to Boyd, was pop pycock. Mr. Boyd is an administra tor and a scientist from the Uni versity of Colorado and the health and safety division of the bureau is only a small part of his job which includes research in metals, eco nomics. statistics, metallurgy, ex plosives and fuels. How big is your business? If you are doing tinder a half mil lion gross annually you will not be affected by the proposed min imum wage increase to 75 cents. As this is written that's the sit uation of the minimum wage bill as voted out by the bouse committee. Lucas Ineffective Two figures have come out of the filibuster which shot to pieces the President’s program in this 80th congress. One is handsome Sen. Scott Lucas of Illinois, who failed miserably as a leader of the admin istration forces. It’ takes a rough and tumble fighter the likes of Vice- President Alben Barkley to stand down there on the floor and do battle. Senator Lucas, it struck this reporter, was averse to get ting his hair mussed and was more intent on keeping his better profile turned toward the cameras. The other figure was that of Sen. Allen J. Eilender of Lou isiana, who reached the high light of his senatorial career when be proved that he could stand on his feet, without changing shoes, talk, without help, longer than bis former boss, the late Huey Long, of Louisiana. Senator Eilender was speaker of the Louisiana bouse of representatives when the late “King Fish’’ called the lance and every politician in Louisiana danced to his tune. And ironically, Huey Long's son. the 30-ydhr old junior senator from Louisiana, sat and wit nessed the Eilender talkathon. Said Sen. Raymond E. Baldwin of Connecticut one of my favorite Republicans: “The previous con gress has been called a do-nothing congress. But if the 80th congress had a housing problem to deal with it was because a Democratically controlled 79th congress, 78th con gress, 76th congress, 75th congress and 74th congress failed to deal with it” If the Connecticut senator had had second sight he would have included the 81st congress • • • Two Disagreed Sen. Claude Pepper of Florida and Estes Kefauver .of Tennessee were the only two southerners who didn’t go along with the 23 Dixie- crats and the 23 Republicans who joined hands to wreck the Truman campaign program. Said Senator Pepper: “I know that in my part of the country the first thing a man does, if he gets rich, is to buy him self a double-breasted suit, and the next thing is that he wishes he were • Republican.” ★ ★★ ★ HOUStHOlO Speed your Cooking with Pressure Pans (See Recipes Below) Quick Meals I F YOU’VE EVER come home at five o’clock after an afternoon of club activities, have you won dered how to get - a roast on the table and a meal cooked to com pletion within the hour? The solution to this problem lies in cooking the meal in one oJ those efficient utensils known as a pressure cooker or pressure pan. In an hour, and in many cases, less time, you can have a steaming hot meal with meat, vegetables and potatoes on the table for a hungry family. All this can be accomplished with no more previous preparation than market ing. Foods cooked under pressure cook quickly because the steam is held within the utensil. Food values are saved, too, so you can serve more healthful meals to the family. And, if you’re a busy homemaker, you can save hours of time in the preparation of foods which usually take three or four hours to cook. All of the recipes given today use meats that take long cooking time under ordinary circum stances. Use the directions care fully and follow the manufactur ers’ directions for using whatever kind of cooker you have. • • • THE RECOMMENDED pressure for most dishes including meats is 15 pounds. Study your cooker to see how this is obtained and main tained. • * * •New England Boiled Dinner (Serves 4) 1% pounds ham shank 1 cup water 4 small potatoes, peeled and halved 4 small onions, peeled 1 small turnip, peeled and sliced 4 medium carrots, scraped 1 small cabbage, quartered K teaspoon pepper Place ham and water in cooker. Adjust cover, exhaust air and bring pressure to 15 pounds. Cook for 20 minutes. Reduce pressure and open cooker. Add prepared vegetables and pepper. Adjust cover, exhaust air and bring pressure again to 15 pounds. Cook for five to eight min utes, depending upon size of vege tables. Cool and open cooker and serve at once. « • • CANNED TOMATO sauce added to a pot roast gives you a wonder fully rich but economical gravy, as in the following recipe: Savory Pot Roast (Serves 6-10) 3H-4 pounds pot roast of beef (chuck, round or brisket, boned) 1 clove garlic Salt and pepper to taste 2 tablespoons drippings 1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce 2 tablespoons cornstarch % cup cold water Rub the cut surface of the meat with cut surface of garlic clove. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Brown in the pressure cooker in the drippings. Add canned tomato sauce. Close cooker and exhaust air. Bring pressure to 15 pounds and cook 11 minutes to the pound. LYNN SAYS: Pressure Cookers Have Many Uses It’s amazingly quick to make custards in the pressure cooker. Simply pour the custard mixture into small, heat-proof cups and set on the pressure cooker rack with a little water at the bottom. Cook for 2 minutes at 15 pounds pres sure. Molds are now available for pud dings that fit right into pressure pans. They steam puddings per fectly and swiftly. LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENU *New England Boiled Dinner Waldorf Salad Crusty Bolls Chilled Berries Cookies Beverage *Recipe Given Cool cooker, following manufactur er’s directions, and open. Remove meat to serving platter. Mix corn starch to a smooth paste with water and add to tomato sauce in cooker. Season as desired. Stir over low heat to a clear rich gravy. Ham with Escalloped Potatoes (Serves 4-5) 2 tablespoons butter Hi tablespoons flour Hi cups milk 1 teaspoon salt H teaspoon pepper 1 small onion grated 1 tablespoon fat 2‘pounds ham slice, ent in serving pieces 5 medium potatoes, peeled and sliced . Melt butter, blend in flour, add milk, salt and pepper. Stir con stantly and cook until smooth. Add onion. Brown ham un til golden brown in pressure pan, then remove from cooker. Place potatoes in bottom of cooker and cover with white sauce. Lay ham on potatoes. Adjust cover, exhaust air, and bring to 15 pounds pressure. Cook 12 minutes. Cool cooker, and serve meal at once. * • • • DOES THE FAMILY like melt- ingly delicious spaghetti? Here’s the easy way to cook it. Spaghetti with Meat Sauce (Serves 6) 2 tablespoons salad oil 1 pound ground beef 1 clove garlic, chopped 1 No. 2 can tomatoes 1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce 2 medium onions, chopped I teaspoon chili powder 1 green pepper, chopped 1 teaspoon salt 1 (8-ounce) package spaghetti Parmesan cheese Combine all ingredients except cheese in pres sure pan. Adjust cover and ex haust air. Bring to 15 pounds pressure and cook for 12 -15 minutes. Serve over cooked spaghetti, topped with cheese. Wiener Schnitzel (Serves 6) 2 slices veal round, cut H* inch thick 4 tablespoons flour Salt and pepper 1 teaspoon paprika 1 cup sliced onions K lemon, sliced thin 1 cup soured cream Cut veal into serving size pieces and dredge in flour mixed with salt and pepper. Heat cooker, add oil and paprika. Brown pieces of veal on both sides. Add onion and saute slightly. Place a slice of lemon on each piece of veal. Add sour cream. Adjust cover, exhaust air and bring to 15 pounds pressure. Cook 15 minutes. Cool cooker and serve veal, garnished with parsley. The pressure pan may be used just as any other kettle for sauces, dressings, etc. without the cover. If you want to cook several dif ferent kinds of vegetables at the same time in a pressure pan, select those which require the same cook ing time. To soften cereals properly and to bring out their full flavor, use the pressure pan. It saves time. Many of the pressure pans can be used for processing fruit and vegetables for canning. Follow di rections. SPEAKS ^ Internal,onAT Umform^TJro j Sunday School I .irons PjjjjW By DR. KENNETH J. FOREMAN SCRIPTURE: John 5:25-29: 14:1-4; I Corinthians 15:1-8. 20-26; II Corinthians 4:16—5:10. DEVOTIONAL READING: Acts 2:22-32. Heaven Is Real Easter Lesson for April 1?, 1949 WOMAN'S WORLD Give Your Rooms Personality By Making Mantels Decorative By Ertta Haley Dr. Foreman there is. mail H EAVEN IS just as real as Chi cago. More so, because Chicago will in time cease to be, while heaven lasts forever. A few atomic bombs, a whiff of some new plague, can make Chicago vanish; but no atomic bomb can touch heaven. The pity is, so few Christians really be lieve this. We can get mail from Chi cago, but who ever heard of mail from heaven? Wait, though . . from heaven, and you have it there in your Bible. If you accept it for what it is, the Word of God, then it is the Word from heaven. To be sure, it does not tell us much about heaven. If you were actually tra veling to Chicago, you would not begin by studying a street-map of that city. What you would need is map of the roads between. So the Bible is not a guide book to the “City Four-square;” it is more of a road-map to help* us find the way between here and there. Nevertheless, the Bi ble does assure us that heaven is real. v Christians have many reasons for believing in the reality of the future life, and some of these may not be in the Bible; but the best reasons are there. Jesus Believed It W INIFRED KIRKLAND has truly said that Jesus did not simply believp in immortality; he lived it. Jesus would never have called this world or this life trifling or unim portant. But all around, under and over and through this visible worlcf Jesus was aware of another. He lived and acted as a citizen of both worlds. He talked of life after death —or for that matter, of his own life before his birth—as calmly and na turally as you would speak of next week or next summer. Christ Is Risen M ANY PEOPLE feel it would be easier to believe in the future life is someone who had been across the line of death would return across that line to bring a message from the beyond. So they attend seances and they listen to table- tappings and go through all manner of weird performances in order to get a word or two from someone who has passed on. But all the time we do have a record of a Return. Indeed it la The Return. We call it the Resurrection. The message of Easter is not summed up in songs about some “Beautiful Isle of Somewhere;” it is in these three words: “Christ is risen!" He did not return in darkness, he was not under the control of any “medium," he did not make him self known by ghostly hauntings. He was seen at supper-tables, he spoke to his friends on a mountainside, he came to fishermen on a spring morning by a lake shore. The ear liest Christians doubted some things; but few doubted that the Lord was risen indeed. Heaven Begins With God T HE CURE for the troubled heart, Jesus said, is faith in God. One of the strongest reasons for believ ing that the future life is real, is the nature and character of God him self. Jesus said as much once, in an argument with men who did not believe in immortality: “God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.” If we were God’s paper dolls or toy soldiers, he might weary of us as a child wearies of its toys, and sweep us all into de struction without a moment’s thought. But if we are truly his children, then when life’s evening comes, he will call his tired child ren home. Eternal Life has two sides, the beaven-side and the earth- side. The church has never be lieved that simple immortality is the same thing as the heaven ly life. A Judas, when he dies, goes (as Peter sadly said) “to his own place.” A Judas carries out his own hell with him. But a man like Paul, or any Christian who has been at home with God here on this earth, when at last death comes, will, as Whittier said: “Find himself by hands fa miliar beckoned Unto his fitting place.” I Copyright by the International Coun- eil of Religious Education on behalf of 10 Protestant denominations. Released by WNU Features. J UST AS A WOMAN completes her costume effectively with a dramatic hat, so should a room be punctuated with at least one fea ture which draws the eye and creates a favorable impression. If you are the lucky owner of a mantel or fireplace in your liv ing room, then strive to make this the exclamation point for the room. One of the most common faults in decorating a place which ama teurs make is the lack of effect. They’re afraid to do something just a bit startling which would serve to give a room interest and personality. The thing to do, then, is to be daring and willing to try out sev eral ideas which might do the trick. Study the room from dif ferent angles; consider the light; take notice of the furnishings; and, above all, try to reflect your in terests and hobbies in decorating.. Use Imagination Instead of Stereotypes If many of us think of a mantel as a shelf with a mirror with two pots of ivy carefully placed on either side of it, then it’s no won der. Such has been the tradition al and over-used decorative effect employed for mantels from coast to coast. Such stereotypes are no longer considered good taste or fine de- Shorties for Spring 000 •33! Make the most of a mantel . . . sign. Mantels are now seen as something which guests will ex claim about and which the home maker can look at several times a day and purr with contentment. Are you interested in old prints or reproductions of fine paintings? Perhaps you have clipped out sets of attractive pictures which may be framed. All these reflect your taste and interest, and are natural to use in the room. With appropriate furnishings. Have the prints matted against a color that picks up the most dominant tone used in the room. Hang them above the mantel in three rows of four pictures each, or in another suitable arrange ment. How pleasing this will look! Think, too, of the conversa tions it can create while you en tertain. You’ll be well pleased over what the imagination can do. Let Personality Goide Yon Is your husband interested in world affairs? That means he un doubtedly gathers friends about him who have the same interest. What could be more effective 1 under these circumstances than having a large world map placed on the wall over the mantel? Have it simply framed and skip Be Smart! Newest role assumed by the star of the new season, soft silk scarves, is that of gilet or .blonse front. The gossamer- textured scarves are pulled through a close-fitting neck lace with ends worn in a side- bow effect or as a Jabot frill underneath the chin. This is as effective in contrasting dark colors or sombre colors, the latter very new, as in a print. Newest print whimsy is the petal-edge scarf, which is ef fective indeed when huge trop ical flowers are used. Shorties are the favorite length in gloves for springwear. Points and perforations on the cuff give a pert look to those Amer ican-made glace shorties. They’re finger-free designed for comfort, too. other decorations at that particu lar point. Then the men may gath er around the mantel where you’ve arranged comfortable chairs and discuss their hobby with map con veniently at hand. Do. you yourself like collecting quaint antique pieces? An old oval gilt mirror can be painted in modern colors, if that is the type of room you have, then placed on the mantel. If you can find old crystal candle brackets to go on either side of the mirror, the ef fect is complete. Mantel Cupboards Ideal H You Collect Do you collect interesting 'pieces of china', rare glass, pottery or knick-knacks? These would be very attractive in a mantel cup board which can easily be built or hung on the wall. Many of the new homes may even have a built-in set of shelves above the mantel, and this offers an ideal place for showing your hobby. If you have a lot of small items which you like to show, it isn’t too hard tc build a what-not over the mantel. Small items may be giv en the proper background by build ing or buying a mirror-backed shelf. This may have glass doors, too. A French provincial room or one in Early American can use a per iod what-not over the manteL Porcelain figurines, assorted bot tles, colorful pottery or miniature copper or brass pieces are set off to good advantage on it. Here’s How to Use Too-Small Mirrors In rooms in which you want to create an illusion of size, a mirror is quite acceptable over the man teL But what happens when your particular mirror is too small for the space? This problem is easily solved by placing attractive prints, framed simply, on either side of the mirror. Two prints hung one above the other, can look very handsome indeed. Just in case you are dissatis fied with the mirror arrangement, you might look for a clock in what ever period the room is furnished. Place this in the center and flank with candlesticks. For the modern room with a low fireplace and no manteL have a soft mantel light throwing con cealed illumination on a large- sized, severely framed picture. Mantels May be Added Easily to Rooms Just in case you want a mantel and have none, don’t despair. Good stock mantels may be pur chased. To keep down the ex pense, put it up yourself or hire somedfie while the season is slack. Bookcases and cupboards may be fitted on either side of the mantel, if you want to make this particular wall the focal point of the room. In this case, keep the mantel dec oration very simple as you will be using figures, plants and books on the shelves. Tongue and groove boards may be placed above and around a man tel with excellent effects If you are dissatisfied with the wall as it is. If the ceiling is poor, this is good treatment, particularly with a flat cornice and exposed rafters. What about the brick mantel that is so ugly as to be an eyesore? This, too, can be covered with tongue and groove boards, espec ially when the mantel is too high. Use simple moulding around the fireplace and for the shell Narrow shelves above the man tels which are panelled are best decorated with pottery that is simple in feeling. Use large green leaves as the plants in them, as they are more simple. Avoid a cluttered effect by keep ing the decorative pieces to two or three. Knitted Set Looks Smart Crinkly Wool Set JUST right for spring weather is this smart knitted set made of a crinkly wool and easy stitches. Good looking cable trimmed gloves really fit and the trim ascot scarf “stays put.” Only three ounces of wool needed for the entire set. To obtain complete knitting instruc tions, stitch illustrations and finishing di rections for scarf and gloves (sizes medi um and large) Pattern No. 5712 send 20 cents in coin, your name, address and pattern number. SEWING CIRCLE NEEDLEWORK 530 South Wells St. Chicago 7, 111. Enclose 20 cents for pattern. No Name — Address ? A General Quiz O- O-- O- O- O- O" C'- O - C*~ P- O-- 0- o-. o- O-- O-- P- o- o-- l ASK Me *) l l ANOTHER t j ■ ? ? The Questions 1. Whom should one set “to catch a thief”? 2. What is a vixen? 3. Name the tallest trees in the world? 4. What is a sampan? 5. Do you know Herbert Hoover’s middle name? 6. What is the name of the latest U. S. battleship to be launched? 7. And its cost? The Answers 1. A thief. 2. A she-fox. 3. The California redwoods. 4. A Chinese fishing boat. 5. Herbert Clark Hoover. 6. Alabama. 7. $80,000,000. 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