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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C. Tribute to Soldier N EWSPAPERS carried a little note about President Truman driving his own car to Leesburg, Va., recently, but there was no other explanation of why he went there. Here is the reason why: Some weeks ago. Sen. Cabot Lodge, Massachusetts Republican, was visiting Gen. George Marshall at Leesburg, when the ex-secretary of state showed him the grave of Col. Edward D. Baker, former U.S. senator from Oregon, killed in action during the Civil War. The stone marker was covered with moss. Vines and vegetation had grown up over the spot, and General Marshall remarked to the senator from Massachusetts that it was a shame a senator from Oregon who had fought so gallant ly should be so ungallantly re membered. Later, General Marshall re ported this to President Tru man, and some days later. Senator Wayne Morse of Ore gon got a message from the President telling him that a former Oregon senator lay nn- remembered at Leesburg, and suggesting that they both visit the grave. Morse accepted. But before leav ing, he sent over to the library of congress to find out more about Colonel Baker. The library re ported that he was killed at Ball’s Bluff, Va., but buried at Lone Mountain cemetery, San Francisco. Furthermore, the late Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, who was wounded in the same battle, de scribed in one of his books how Senator Baker’s body was carried back to the west coast—at that time an unheard-of trip for a war casualty. Truman as Chauffeur Senator Morre, however, had no opportunity to break this news to President Truman until the two got in the White House car—a Lincoln —for their drive to Leesburg, Their first conversation was about the fact that the President was driving himself, the senator disueetly inquiring when the Pres- idem had last driven. Mr. Truman admitted he hadn’t driven for a couple of years, but said he still remem bered how. As the trip contin ued, it was evident that what ever the President lacked in skill as a chauffeur, he made up in sestful driving. With the secret service men sitting ner vously in the rear, the Presi dent enjoyed every minute of it. finally, Senator Morse broke the news. "I looked up Senator Baker of Oregon," he said, “and the library of congress informs me that while he was shot at Ball’s Bluff, he was buried at San Francisco." The Presidential car nearly swerved off the road. Recovering, Mr. Truman said that General Marshall would feel bad about bringing them all the way te Leesburg for nothing. We musn't hurt his feelings," he added. “You leave this to me.” So, after lunch, as General Mar shall escorted the party three miles away to the supposed grave of Senator Baker, Mr. Truman broke the news that he wasn't buried there after all. General Marshall wasn’t entirely convinced, however, and led them to the grave. There they found that the library of congress was right. The tombstone was merely a 'marker stating that “Col- Baker was killed here, Oct. 21, 1861." There was no indication that he was buried there. In fact, the bodies of 54 other fed eral soldiers had been removed to a near-by grave. General Marshall felt bad about bringing the President and Sen ator Morse down to Leesburg on a wild-goose chase, but they didn’t feel that way at all. They were de lighted to have the excuse to get away from Washington, and they arranged to have a gardener tidy up the spot where Colonel Baker fell. No new monument, they agreed, was necessary. Note—Senator Baker, bom in England, served in the house of representatives from Illinois, then moved to Oregon about the time of the gold rush and was elected to the U.S. senate from Oregon in 1859. He enlisted in the 71st Penn sylvania volunteers, and 'vas tem porarily commissioned a major general. Secret Lounge The story has never been told how the Democrats discovered a secret cocktail lounge in the Cap itol building after they took over from the Republicans. The lounge was fixed up by ex- Sen. Curly Brooks of Illinois and his political protege, ex-Sergeant- at-arms Edward McGinnis, in ona of the historic rooms of the Capitol. When Brooks lost, Sen. Hayden (Ails.) found the tsuago. WOMAN'S WORLD Many Homes Contain Valuable Space By Ertta Haley M odernizing the home does not always mean that you have to get an architect in to lift the face of the house. Much of the work can begin inside with such easily managed things as turning a door into a built-in bookcase, cutting down the legs of a dining room table to make a handy cof fee table, removing an old-fash ioned archway to make place for glass blocks or modernizing walls with plywood or plastic. Don’t be too startled with pic tures you’ve seen of houses of the future. Remember, these are prod ucts of evolution and take time. For most people, their various features are incorporated into homes little by little. Many older homes do not have as much light or storage space as is necessary. These are two impor tant features which it's important to try to achieve, even though you do only a small amount at a time. Lots of homes are full of clutter such as heavy old banisters and handrails on the stairs, semi-par titions with columns between rooms or in the hall, ugly cabinets over mantles, not enough space for books, heavy pieces of furniture Smart Storage Space Turn dining table into coffee table ... that take more space than they give use and too few narrow win dows which should be combined into one to let sunlight and air into the home. Modernizing the place by your self can be lots of fun because you watch ugliness transformed into loveliness with your own hands, step by step with your own eyes. The sum total of the effort is well worth the sense of achievement as well as a more livable and lovable place to live and truly call borne. Start with the small things first, and as your energy and zeal grows, as it certainly will, go on to the bigger tasks. First, however, plan, mull over and then replan what you want to do. Though you may start with smaller tasks, you should have an over-all, unified plan in mind so the house, or that part of it you’re redoing will give, finally, a harmonious appearance. Wipe Tired Look From Furniture One of the easiest ways to give a more pleasing appearance to rooms is to do a face-lifting job on some furniture. This is often economical because you yourself can do most of the work. Often old and discarded pieces can be re claimed from the attic by this method at very little expense. A few square feet of clay tile and some built-in cup boards worked wonders in giv ing this old kitchen more stor age space. Even space under neath the sink, so often wasted In old kitchens, was boxed in and now serves for storing the drying rack and cleaning mate rials. Drainboards and counter are finished with clay tile be cause of its ease in cleaning and waterproof qualities. Th£ tile was also used to face the lower cabinets, giving them a trim look, and for wall space over the counter tops. Take the case of an old dining room table which is round and was found too small as the family grew in size. The first thing to be done is to saw the legs down to coffee table height. Next the old, dark finish is .removed with varnish re mover and sanding. The table may be finished with lacquer or painted with a high glossy paint, whatever is needed to match the room. Other furniture renovating tricks may consist of taking off "ginger bread” the name frequently ap plied to ornate and excessive trim And door into bookcase. on legs, arms and backs of chairs, sofas, tables and cabinets. The furniture will then have to be re- finished, to show the good and simple basic lines of the pieces. -THE READER'S COURTROOM- Badgering a Widow -By Will Bernard, LL.B.- May a Creditor Badger A Debtor for His Money? A widow borrowed some money on her furniture, and then found aerself unable to keep up the pay ment. One morning, a man from the loan company came to her home and angrily demanded that she pay up at once. If she didn’t he threatened in surly tones, he would “go to court and take away your furniture.” The widow, who happened to be a very sensitive person, was so unnerved by the in cident that she filed a damage suit against the collector for up setting her. However, the court turned down her claim. The judge said that a creditor has a perfect right to demand his money — and he needn’t be too polite about it either! • • • A man was killed in a bus crash, and his widow sued the bus company for damages. At the trial, her lawyer worked himself up to a high emotional pitch. "This rich corporation,” he cried to the jury, “is trying to homswoggle this poor widow out of her rights!” TTie corporation’s attorney was so snocked by this language that he demanded a new trial. However, the court refused his request. The judge ruled that “Homswoggle” made sense to the average person, and was OK in court. A creditor got a judgment against a barber, and demanded — among other things — the barber’s chair, striped pole, hat rack, hair tonic, and cuspidor! At a court hearing, the barber pleaded that such items were exempt from attachment be cause they were the “tools” he needed to carry on his trade. And the judge agreed with him. Order ing the creditor to keep hands off these articles, the judge said that no self-respecting man would go to a barber who didn’t have “the usual incidentals." • • • How Strict May a Medium Be During a Seance? A spiritualistic medium invited a skeptical neighbor to a seance, so he could “see for himself” what happened. Soon after the lights went out, the neighbor felt the me dium’s chair slowly moving! In stantly he struck a match. The spiritualist got so angry at this in terruption that he knocked the neighbor down on the floor — and that was the end of the seance. Af terward, the neighbor sued the medium for damages. The latter claimed that he had a right to pun ish anyone who disturbed the se ance, but the court held him liable anyhow. The judge pointed out that the neighbor had been invited for the purpose of seeing what hap pened — so he had a perfect right to strike a match and look! It’s Easy to Renovate Ceilings and Walls Have you a cracked plaster ceil ing or one where the plaster is constantly falling? This is not only an unattractive sight, but also an unsafe one. Patching mere cracks may be done by yourself with many available preparations. In cases where there is a large piece out of the ceiling already, you may have to consult a profes sional plasterer who will have to cut out a section of the ceiling and then patch it. It may be necessary to give the whole ceiling a finish ing coat of plaster. When side walls need renovating, you have a wide choice of wall- board, in finished and unfinished varieties. A lumber dealer or building supply dealer can show you various types for specific problems, and also give you help in choosing. If walls are sound but shabby looking, why not try painting or papering them to give the room an elegant new look. If you do not consider yourself an experienced painter, you might try doing the job with a spray which is simple enough for a child to use. As for wallpaper, there are many kinds of ready-pasted papers avail able which need only to be damp ened and hung, each step of which is quite simple. B« Smart! Pleats and more pleats are In the fashion picture for fall. Ton’ll And them large and stitched down over the hips In plaids, stripes and tweeds te fluttering accordians In light weight wool and many kinds of jersey. They’re wonderful for school or business because these modern pleats are treated so they are permanent! This fact plus fashion Impor tance make separates more Im portant than ever for the com ing season, so choose yours to wear as an ensemble, as a blouse and skirt combination or for wear with weskit, crisp pique and ever so many differ ent blouses and toppers. KATHLEEN NORRIS Divorce Isn't Happiness Road S TEPHEN JACKSON is one more victim of the divorce scourge. He was married for six years. He loved his home, he dearly loved his small son and daughter. He was a good provider, he didn’t drink or gamble or look at other women. But Adele fell in love with an other man, and was crazy with love and passion and pain. Stephen, after months of resistance, agreed to get a divorce, surrendered his children, and has never had a hap py hour since. Divorce brings more tragedies to American homes than infantile paralysis does. We should fight it with the same horror that we do the psysical disease. Wise mothers should warn their daughters of the dangers and symptoms that lead up to it; fathers should instruct their sons as to the best ways of avoiding it. Nobody should ever lightly suggest it as a solution to marital troubles, for it never is. Divorce Must Be True, if a marriage is childless, and if circumstances are unusually serious, there must be divorces. But where there are 50 now, there should be only one. No money paid to psychiatrists in years to come will undo what your divorce does to the minds and souls of your children now. But to come back to Stephen Jackson. Here is a man I have known since he was a cheerful, sturdy little fellow at 10. He de livered papers in high school days, took a part-time job to pay his "... with the usual white veil.. ." way through engineering school at college, and immediately upon graduation obtained a good job. He has changed jobs twice in these 10 years, but always upward. He married a nice girl, with the usual white veil and the usual promises—and Steve meant them. Little Georgia was bom, to com pletely captivate hqr father, and then a sturdy small edition of him self in Steve junior. He loves them, he loved his home, he deeply loved Adele. But Adele, three years, ago, fell in love. The man is a vocational adviser in a large institution. It makes me wonder who advises him. For, from the moment he and Adele decided to shake off their respec tive mates at any cost, they pro ceeded to make everyone con cerned thoroughly miserable. Adele took her children and .went to her mother’s home. Her mother warned her that she couldn’t stay, but at the same time she didn’t turn out Adele, and she loved her grandchildren. She prayed and hoped that the situation would clear up. Everybody Miserable Philip, the vocational adviser, got his divorce with no trouble, and he and Adele went to Steve and begged him to relent. Stephen finally gave in, but he claimed the custody of his children. Adele agreed, perhaps because she knew what would happen. Stephen hasn't a relative in the world; the care of children of five and three simply isn’t possible for him. As an engineer he comes and goes between the west coast cities; he couldn’t be sure of getting a house keeper who would care for them. So Adele has them. The children at first welcomed their father when he came to set them. But that is lessening. In the institution where their stepfather works they are absorbed. There are other children; community meals. They are not unhappy, Stephen tells me, although in. one sense they have no father and no mother. For Adele, three weeks after her marriage, after the achieve ment of her dream and her drekm man, was stricken with a disease that has baffled science. She ft bedridden in the big institution. She has books and callers and care but she will never walk again. li it is merely a fixation it is a very real one, for she makes desperate efforts to walk, without success. The children visit her. One wonders what goes on in their small minds about the whole thing. Stephen’s heart is broken. Or rather it is stilled and sobered in a way that makes seeing him hard for those of us who love him. He is very quiet about it, but he can not understand what went wrong. Here was a lovely home with a man and a woman in it; a garden; here twice were those tremendous hours that usher in a new life, and twice the delight of bringing home a child to its new home. What hap pened? Aren’t those things per manent, fundamental? If they aren’t, what 4s? Census Bureau Jumping Gun Running Tests Prior To 1950 Tabulation WASHINGTON. — Although the big 1950 census doesn’t start until next April, the federal bureau of the census isn’t waiting for the kickoff whistle to get going. Every month census bureau en umerators visit about 25,000 house holds in the United States. They ask questions about the marital status and employment of mem bers of these households. The employment census on which the bureau bases its estimate of the number of job holders and job hunters, is now rated more impor tant that the population count. Em ployment information is valuable to the government and to private industry as an indicator of business conditions. Some householders resent the questioning as “prying into private affairs." A few others are scared by it in these days of agitation over Communists and charges of dis loyalty. Census officials say people have nothing to fear from the interview ers. The information is strictly con fidential. Names of individuals are not sent to Washington headquarters. The information is used only for com piling the number of employed and unemployed and other statistics. Not even the FBI or internal rev enue colectors can obtain census information for investigation or tax collecting purposes. Federal law prohibits its use except in statistics. Some people refuse to co-operate with enumerators or interviewers. However, relatively few persist in refusing after the interviewers have shown identification cards with their photographs and have explained why the information is being collected. Care is taken to put the questions In simple words and in terms which are well known in the community where the interviewed person lives. The interviewers take short train ing courses. **-* * A, * * * *, :*WS::*xW:¥ HOUSEHOLD MEMOS... Melt-in-Your-Mouth Pies Need Know-How (See Recipes Below) Pastry Perfection ’RE YOUR PIES wonderful to v look at? Do. they have a melt- i n g 1 tender crust? Is the filling a delight ful surprise in stead of a dis appointment? Unless you can answer a r e sounding “yes” to each of those three questions, better take a good look at tips given in this column. They’ll help you reach pastry making perfection if you put the hints into practice. Pie is a dessert to have at any luncheon or dinner, whether light or heavy. It might be a rich apple pie, topped with scoops of ice cream if the meal itself has been shy on calories. Pies may be baked or chilled. Their crust may be pastry or crumb. Their fillings may be fruit, berries, juice or eggs or combina tions of these, so you see how much variety pie can give your meals. If you have some especially bright and lovely berries or fruit, don’t hide them under a top crust. Place a lattice crust or crumb top ping or a lacy fluting of whipped cream on the pie, and let everyone enjoy the handsome looks of the pie. • • * H ERE’S a foolproof recipe for a single pastry shell. If you want a double crust, make twice the recipe: Pastry Shell / (Makes 1 8 or 9-lnch) 1 cup sifted flour 14 teaspoon salt v 5 tablespoons lard or shortening 2 tablespoons Ice cold water Sift together flour and salt. Cut in lard with two knives or a pastry blender. (Avoid using finger^, since they’re warm and will melt the fat.) Sprinkle water in, while stir ring with a fork. Press dough into a ball, then roll lightly on a pastry cloth or board. Fold over and fit pie plate. Trim edge, fold under and flute. For a baked pastry shell, prick bot- ' • tom and sides with a fork. Bake in a hot (450*) oven 10 to 12 minutes or until golden Arown. If the shell is to be baked with the filling, bake according to directions in recipe. • • • I F PEACHES are on your mind here’s a peaches and cream pie that is really delectable: Southern Peach Cream Pie (Makes 1 9-lnch pie) 1 unbaked pastry shell 6 peach halves, fresh or canned H eup sugar 1 tablespoon flour K teaspoon almond extraet 34 teaspoon salt 1 cup rich milk 2 egg yolks, beaten 1 tablespoon melted butter 2 egg whites, beaten Arrange peaches, cut side down in pastry shell. Mix sugar, flour and salt. Combine dry ingredients with milk, almond extract, egg yolks and butter. Fold in egg LYNN SAYS: Wise Use of Leftovers Makes For Economy Add variety to waffles by using any of the following leftovers: chopped bacon, 2 ounces of melted chocolate, whole kernel corn, minced ham, nutmeats or chopped raw apples. Many dabs of leftovers can be Added to French dressing to add interest to salads. Add the last bit of honey to the dressing for fruit salads, or a bit oi roquefort cheese for green salads. LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENU Broiled Lamb Chops Mint Jelly Hashed Brown Potatoes Buttered Zucchini Squash Grated Carrot Salad Date Muffins •Blueberry Pie Beverage •Recipe Given whites; pour over peaches. Bake in a hot (450°) oven for 10 minutes; reduce heat to moderate (SSO”) and bake for 30 minutes or until a knife comes out clean. Deluxe Chocolate Pie (Make 1 9-inch pie) 1 chocolate crumb crust 3 egg yolks, slightly beatea H cup sugar 34 teaspoon salt 1 cup milk, scalded 1 tablespoon unflavored gelatin 34 cup cold water — 1 teaspoon vanilla 3 egg whites, stiffly beaten 1 cup heavy cream, whipped Shaved Chocolate Combine egg yolks, sugar and salt; add milk slowly. Cook in top of double boiler until mixture coats spoon. Add gelatin softened in cold water. Stir until gelatin dissolves; add vanilla. Fold in egg whites and whipped cream. Pour into crust and chill until firm. Before serv ing garnish the top with shaved chocolate. (For doing this easily, use a clean razor blade on a bar of unsweetened chocolate to make the chocolate curls). •Blueberry Pie (Makes 1 8-inch pie) 234 cups washed, picked blueberries 1 cup sugar 2 tablespoons cornstarch 34 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon lemon Juice 2 tablespoons butter Double crust pastry Combine blueberries with sugar which was mixed with cornstarch, salt and lemon lillPIOpiijlinil juice. Fill a pastry lined pan and dot with butter. Top with crust and flute edges. Have gashes on top. Bake In a hot (450*) oven for 10 minutes, reduce heat to moder ate (350*). Bake 30 minutes longer. • • • TTERE’S a delightful variation of apple pie with its crumbly, nut topping that’s so delicious. 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