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PRESENT DAY ECONOMY UNDERMINES . . . Clink of Dime Is Death Knell of Parting Era ... THE PROVERBIAL NICKEL PHONE CALL By H. I. PHILLIPS THE NICKEL'S LAST STAND A merican telephone com panies are experimenting with 10-cent pay stations, which abolish the proverbial 5-cent call. Even talk is to be more expensive than ever. • • . In some cities field tests are feeing made with new phone booth dime-a-call machines. We presume the tests have two purposes: (1) to see how the apparatus works; (2) to note how loudly the user squawks. ... The telephone business “ain’t” what It used to be and the companies are np against terrific costs. For all we know the nickel phone call is as eco- PA&puQAcM&H GRACE NOLL CROWELL ( “V/ \ HAT shall I take into the coming year? f/\_/ And what shall I leave behind ? I asked my heart, And quick came the answer: "Lay all doubt and fear And anxious care aside before you start Take but life’s stark necessities along: The Word of God that you may be kept fit The staff of faith, the lamp of hope, a song Of high and dauntless courage; fill your kit With laughter, and take happiness to wear. Twill cloak you on the bleakest coldest day; And take an apple and a loaf to share With one who may be hungry on the way. Fill, your canteen from a wayside well, You may grow thirsty," said my cautious heart. And Hark, across the world a midnight bell Peels out a summons—it is time to start. nomlcally unsound as the nickel bus fare, the nickel hot- dog and the nickel movie. But a bigger fight is likely, as the public has been brought up on the 5-cent phone call. It may even regard the telephone booth as the nickel’s last stand. ... It has seen the 5-cent piece re placed in most every field, but there is something about disassoci ating it from a phone booth that fills many a heart with anguish. One of the few things left in Ameri ca at the old price is the nickel phone booth. It stands almost by itself as a place a man may enter without asking, “I wonder how prices have gone up in here since I was around last time.” ... There has always been some thing about the clink of a nick el in a phone booth that made sweet music, and of late it has conveyed unmistakably the soothing proof that there was still something in America not out of reach of a man in the lower brackets. Even if you made the call and found your girl has just left for dinner with somebody else, it didn’t seem exorbitant. But when it takes a dime to get the same news it will be something else again. ... We can see the phone com panies’ point. There is not the money in conversation that there used to be. It costs twice as much to produce “number please” as it did 10 years ago. The companies say they are losing money on the transac tion at nickel pay-station rates. Nevertheless we look for a hot time at hearings before the public service commissions. Elmer Twitchell is among those who will be present with some novel pleas. “I may not fight the abolition of the nickel call if the figures show it is necessary,” he said, "but I will demand that a 10-cent phone booth be made twice as roomy as a nickel one." “I want it better ventilated too,” he continued. “In a nickel phone booth you are practically in solitary confinement. If I pay a dime I may even demand a soft chair and maybe tele vision.” ... ("A $15,000 dream house raffled off on Sixth avenue, New York, had to be sold by the owner for $1,000 because of the costs of moving and reassembling.” news item) Want a lovely dream house? Take a chance—you must— Win it and, my dearies. How the dream will bust! Fifty cents a ticket . . . Give your luck a try! Who will get the building? Some fast dollar guy! It seems to us the dream house might have been advertised as having hot and cold indifference, a fine view of snafu, crossed-up ventilation and an acre of head aches. ... YE GOTHAM BUGLE & BANNER A British parliament member says John Bull will not be kicked around by unlettered pot bellied money mag nates from the US. ... This is the first indication anybody could look at Un cle Sam and ‘sing, "He’s too fat, he’s too fat, he’s too fat for me." , . .Ye ed hears Jolson’s next pictures will be called "Jolson Hits The Jackpot,” "Jolson Follows Through" or "Jolson Takes Fort Knox." . . .The driver who killed Margaret Mitchell and who is alleged to have been drunk, speeding, and on the wrong side of the road, as well as a repeated offender against traffic laws, is charged merely with involuntary manslaughter, the penalty for which is one to three years’.l! ... Why movie review readers go mad: ‘The second Jolson film is not as sentimental nor as heart warm ing as its predecessor.” — Kate Cameron. “Of course the plot of the new Jolson movie is soggy with senti ment. The songs drip with nostal gia."—Jim O’Connor. BY INEZ GERHARD N OW that it’s over, Robert Q. Lewis can draw a long breath and look back with pride on the ter rific job that he did from August 1 to October 1. He took over for Arthur Godfrey five morning shows a week on CBS and one television show, lasting an hour, on Wednes- The Fiction ^ASH OF 1 BRILLIANCE * Richard H. Wilkinson Corner ROBERT Q. LEWIS day evenings. Godfrey’s popularity made him a difficult man to fill in for, and Lewis was bound to be a target for a lot of criticism, just because he wasn’t Arthur. Now they’re saying that there couldn’t have been a better man for the job. Lewis did his best, of course, but he wasn’t worried; he’s done too many outstanding shows of his own for that. Sonny Tufts carried a container ke a knitting bag to the "Easy ■iving” set at F.KO every day; it eld a two-quart thermos of half- lilk, half-cream and another died with soup and sweetbread lixture. It was his daily lunch. The father-son team of Wal ter and John Huston, which won three Academy awards last year, will be reunited in Horizon Pictures’ next for Co lumbia. "Reminiscences of a Cowboy" will co-star Walter Huston and Montgomery CUft. John Huston will direct, and, foUowing tradition, will be seen in a small part. It should be good; everything John Huston does succeeds. Ihe cigarette company now spoo ring "Ladies Be Seated” and >ne Man’s Opinion,” with Walter eran, has shifted them from itual to ABC; they replace Lgainst the Storm,” daytime ser- „ and “Queen for a Day.” ”athy Lewis, “Jane” of “My lend Irma,” is back again after long illness. Marie Wilson Irma”) told me “sometimes I t sort of annoyed at Cathy, but could forgive her anything, she’s ch a wonderful actress!" /CONSIDERING the fact that the necklace was valued at $50,000 and it was not insured, Mrs. Hol brook should have been upset. The fact that she wasn’t astonished even her husband, for her husband knew her for — I a n emotional, S .Minut* excitable p e r- Fiction ,0 " Buti good lord, Bess! You might at least act concerned. I paid 50 grand for that rope. Maybe you think I’m made of money.” “That,” said Mrs. Holbrook, “is the point.” “Point? What point?” Mr. Hol brook was becoming irritated. “1 mean,” said Bess, “that I’m not the empty-headed, Ir responsible person you think me. The diamond necklace wasn’t stolen. I left It back In New York—in a safety deposit box.” “You what?” “The jewels that were stolen were imitations. I wouldn’t dream of wearing the originals without hav ing them insured.” Mr. Holbrook's mouth fell open. “So you see,” said Bess. It isn’t as bad as it seems.” Rita Fenway, one of the guests, suddenly said: “But it doesn’t alter the fact that there’s a thief aboard. And that means we’re all in danger of being robbed. And the cruise won’t be over for another week.” “Of course," Mrs. Holbrook said. “And nothing could be more satis factory. My dears, consider that we are to be on the high seas for a week. The criminal, whoever he is, will have to remain with us dur ing that length of time. A week, my dears, will give our clever and efficient captain ample opportunity to apprehend the thief.” An hour after Mrs. Holbrook had demonstrated her hidden genius she excused herself from a group in the main lounge and un obtrusively descended to her cabin. After a moment she rang for the captain. “Captain Talbert, my husband has undoubtedly told you about the theft and instructed you to appre hend the thief.” “Yes, ma’m. I have two of the crew making a search now.” “Instruct them to desist. It will not be necessary.” “But, Mrs. Holbrook, your hus band said—” “Never mind what my husband said. The necklace has been re turned.” She nodded toward a box on her dressing table. “Returned? The imitations, you mean?” “No. The real ones. Cap tain Talbert, I’m going to take yon into my confidence. The story I told abont the necklace being imitation was false. I’ve never worn false jewelry and I never shall. I merely told that story so that the thief would think his loot valueless.” C APTAIN TALBERT’S face lighted. “And then you spoke about apprehending the criminal by searching for the imitations so that the thief would return ” “Exactly. The imitations weren’t worth keeping, and in order to dis pel the possibility of having them found in his possession he decided to return them. In doing so he un intentionally returned the originals —and spared me the unpleasant ness of facing my husband—alone.” Captain Talbert nodded un- derstandlngly. He knew what the word “alone” meant. He regarded Mrs. Holbrook with frank admiration. “Mrs. Hol brook, allow me to congratu late you, and please under stand that you will have my fullest co-operation. After a reasonable length of time I’ll announce that we have been unsuccessful in our search.” A moment later Captain Talbert went out. Left alone, Mrs. Holbrook sat down before her mirror. It had been a strain. A great strain. She sighed wearily. It was such a relief to feel that once more she could return to the role of the irresponsi ble spouse that her husband under stood and expected. a CClAl D 11 " LAST WEEK'S J jjW LL ANSWER ■ ACROSS 1. Kind of ax (archeol.) 5. Subsides 9. Scope 10. Additional amount 11. Removed moisture 12. A support 14. Devoured 15. To go to bed 16. Sign of the infinitive 17. Scorch 19. Lair 20. A song of praise 22. Suitable 23. Hebrew letter 24. Is able 25. A mere taste 26. Cant 29. Trouble 30. Wall border 31. Board of Ordnance (abbr.) 32. A social gathering of men 34. A limb 35. Spring month 36. Buckets 38. A spring fast period (Eccl.) 39. Ostrich-like bird 40. One of Old Norse works 41. Soft bunches, as of cotton DOWN 1. Box 2. One 6f the Great Lakes 3. Sheltered side 4. Little boy 5. Live coal 6. Material made of poor diamonds 7. Plaiting 8. Private 11. Facts 13. Even (poet.) 15. Male sheep 17. Fragment 18. Female fowl 21. Made to fit 22. Game of charice 24. Bounder 25. Straight forward 26. Jolt 27. Mark used to denote a spurious passage 28. Wooden pegs 29. King of Judah 30. Greek letter 33. Variety □ □!]□ HQaDQD □nu □uiT. noaDQG uuaa □□ □□□ □□□ ■ S A MMN e itffla iH □□BD □□□□ Answer to puzzle No. 17 34. Told a falsehood 36. Bench-like seat 37. Wine receptacle i 2 5 4 5 6 7 0 I 1 9 IO it >2 13 \ f 17 18 I 19 Zc Zl i zz I zs 24 1 1 /v/y 25 Z6 27 28 Z9 30 31 52 53 34 55 i 57 i 58 39 V/A 1 40 m. 41 1 PUZZLE NO. 18 ^ "~ri SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 6. DEVOTIONAL. READING: Hoses 14. What is a Call of God? Lesson for October 2, 1949 Dr. Foreman I F YOU knew exactly what God wanted you to do, would you do it? Of course you would. Th. trouble is: How does any one know what God’s will is? For example, a young man is thinking about his life’s work; what shall he choose? Most young men would do what they were sure God called them to do, but what is a call? The story of Isaiah throws some light on thli problem. (We are beginning thi. week a three months’ study of tha great prophets Isaiah and Jere miah.) True, he lived some 27(M years ago, and half way to tha other side of the world; but human nature has not changed in 27(X years. • • • From Man about Town To Man of God I SAIAH was a young man about town, in the small but wealthy city of Jerusalem, about 700 year, before Christ. He was a persona] friend of all the important people, a man of good education, with wide horizons of interest, of inde pendent means, eloquent, polished, the sort of man who makes a good career diplomat. He tells in some detail the story of how he came to be a prophet. The story is in Isaiah 6. Perhaps if we had been there with a camera and a wire recorder we might have been able to photograph the sera phim and take down their cries, just as Isaiah saw and heard them. What we do know is that that experience changed Isaiah’s life, Up to that time (on his own show ing) he had been a “man of un clean lips;” from that time on h« began to be a spokesman for ths Lord. Let us try to say what the story of that life-changing vision, that call, means in terms of oui own experience. ... The Flame of God F IRST there was the overwhelm ing sense of God’s reality and power and holy majesty. No one can ever experience a call who does not take God seriously. A God “afar off,” a God who is only a problem, an idea, a hypothesis, never called any one. God alone can make him self real to man; and only a man with a real sense of a living God is going to hear his call. Next came Isaiah’s realization of his own unfitness and sin. A man who feels equal to a great task is probably not equal to it “Them as knows nawthin’ fears nawthin’,” as the Irish say. A man who feels good enough to serve God, just as he is, is not good enough. A man without a sense oi sin is too full of it. Then comes the burning coal from the altar; Isaiah feels that his guilt is gone. No one can fully do God’s will with an unforgiven heart. Isaiah was not sinless at one stroke, of course, yet it is possible to turn from all known sin; it is possible to devote one’s loyalty to God; and this Isaiah did. It was only then that he heard the call: Whom shall I send? In modern and less pic turesque language, Isaiah was conscious of a need he had not felt before—that is, of God’s need, of his people’s need. What those needs were will come out in later studies. Ths point is that young Isaiah, who hitherto had lived only for himself, now saw the need of the city and the people among whom he lived. ... Here Am I; Send Me.” T HEN comes the last stage— Isaiah’s willing offer of himself. His great talent was the ability to use language. He could make words march and sing as few men of any race have done. But up to that time, it seems, his gift ol eloquence had been used chiefly in telling dirty stories. Now he has repented, and been forgiven, and he says to God: Use me. His voice, his knowledge, his eloquence, which he had been using against God (or at best, only for Isaiah) he was now to use for God and man. So there is a call: A sense of God, near and commanding and holy; repentance; forgiveness; a sense of need; willingness to de vote all one’s gifts to fill that need. (Copyright by the International Coun cil of Religious Education on behalf of ftO Protestant denominations. Released by WNU Features Provide Healthy Snack For School Youngster After Busy Study Time H OW’S your cookie jar standing up these days? Do the young sters make a short and snappy line to your back door because they know you always have a nice hand out for them? Or, is yours the home deserted by your own young sters as well as their friends in favor of a more friendly kitchen? Cookies are so simple to make, it’s a wonder any home is with out an ample supply at all times. Most recipes make several dozen cookies and they’re both easy to mix and quick to bake. The recipes chosen for today will make a hit with youngsters because they’re flavorful but not too fancy. Chewy Raisin Wafers (Makes about 4 dozen) cup seedless raisins H cup shortening Vi cup water 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup brown sugar (packed) IH cups rolled oats Vi cup chopped nuts Vi cup sifted all-purpose flour Vi teaspoon salt Vi teaspoon soda Vi teaspoon cinnamon Vi teaspoon nutmeg Rinse and drain raisins. Heat to gether raisins, shortening and water to melt shortening. Cool. Blend in flavoring, sugar, oats and nuts. Sift together flour, salt, soda and spices to blend into raisin mixture. Chill dough. Drop by teaspoonfuls on a greased cookie sheet. Bake in a moderate (350 c ) even 8 to 10 minutes. Applesauce Cookies (Makes 6Vi dozen) 2 cups sifted flour 1 teaspoon baking powder Vi teaspoon soda Vi teaspoon salt Vi teaspoon cinnamon Vi teaspoon cloves Vi cup shortening Vi cup light brown corn syrup Vi cup sugar 1 egg, beaten 1 cup canned applesauce (sweetened) Vi cup raisins Vi cup chopped nuts Sift together flour, baking pow der, soda, salt, cinnamon and cloves. Cream shortening until smooth, then gradually blend in com syrup and sugar. Beat until light and add egg. Add sifted dry ingred ients alternately with applesauce; add raisins and nuts. Drop by tea spoonfuls on oiled sheet and bake in a moderately hot (400°) oven for 15 to 20 minutes. Honey Crisp Cookies (Makes 2 dozen 4-inch cookies) Vi enp shortening Vi cup honey 2 eggs Vi cap soured cream IVi cups sifted flour 1 teaspoon baking powder Vi teaspoon salt Vi teaspoon soda Vi cup chopped nuts Vi cup chopped dates A few cookies and a glass of milk makes a healthful snack for youngsters after school. It gives them that necessary boost in energy that’s needed in play before the evening meal. LYNN SAYS: These Cookie Making Tips Help You Ingredients for cookies will blend together more readily if they have been allowed to reach room tem perature. If the dough is too soft for drop cookies, let it chill until proper texture is reached. Fragile cookies keep best in tins, with waxed paper in between the layers. Do not store crisp cookies with moist ones in the same container, as the crisp ones will become segov. The look of approval on Junior’: face Is only an indica tion of how good these “chewy raisin wafers” actually are. Whether they’re eaten hot off the cookie rack or are several days old, they’re going to taste like more. LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENU Fricassee of Lamb Mashed Potatoes Buttered Green Lima Beans Gelatin Fruit Salad Biscuits Honey Beverage Coconut Cake V4 teaspoon nutmeg 1 cup oven-popped rice cereal Blend shortening and honey. Add well-beaten eggs and cream. Sift flour with bak ing powder, salt, soda and nut meg Add to f i r £ t mixture. Stir in nuts, dates and cereal. Drop from spoon onto lightly greased' baking sheet and bake in a moderate (375°) oven about 20 minutes. Orange Drop Cookies (Makes 4 dozen 2V4-inch cookies) V4 cup shortening 1 cup sugar Vi teaspoon salt 4 egg yolks 1 orange rind, grated Vi cup orange juice 2 Vi cups all-purpose flour IVi teaspoons baking powder Vi cup hickory nuts or black walnuts, chopped Blend together shortening, sugar, salt and egg yolks until light. Add grated orange rind and juice. Sift together flour and baking powder. Stir into creamed mixture, then add nuts and stir until smooth. Drop by teaspoonfuls on a greased cook ie sheet and bake in a moderate (375°) oven, about 15 minutes, or until delicately brown. Remove cookies from pan to a cake cooler, and ice each cookie separately, holding the cookie in hand while doing it. These cookies are iced while still warm so they will have a nice glaze when cooled. Ice with: Orange Frosting 2 tablespoons orange juice 1V4 orange rind, grated 1 egg yolk 2 cups confectioners’ sugar Vi teaspoon salt Add orange juice, grated rind and salt to egg yolk. Stir in sugar and work until smooth. Gum Drop Bars (Makes 3 dozen) 4 eggs, beaten thoroughly 2 cups light brown sugar 1 tablespoon cold water 2 cups sifted cake flour Vi teaspoon salt I teaspoon cinnamon Vi cup pecans, chopped Vi cup shredded gum drops Add sugar and water to eggs which have been beaten thorough ly. Sift together dry ingredients and sprinkle a portion over the gum drops and pecans. Add remain ing dry ingredients to sugar and egg mixture: fold in nuts and gum drops. Spread thinly on an oiled and floured shallow pan, 10V4"xl5", and bake slowly in a moderate (325°) oven for 25 to 30 minutes. When cool, cut into bars. Drop cookie doughs may be chilled if you do not wish to bake them all at once. Simply wrap in waxed paper or store in a well- covered bowl and refrigerate. Let soften before using by allowing to stand at room temperature. Cookies will bake to a more even brown if the pans or sheets on which they are baked are not shiny surfaced. When the recipe for cookies calls for a generous amount of fat, II is not necessary to grease the cookie sheet. Relieve Stuffy FAST! Quick. Put a few Vicks Va-tro-nol Nose Drops In each nostril. Va-tro-nol works right where trouble is. 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