The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, September 30, 1949, Image 8
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.
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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.
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