The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, May 25, 1950, Image 4
THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C.
WOMAN'S WORLD
Dingy Drapes Look New With Inexpensive Trimmings
By Ertta Haley
Cleaning, painting and wallpaper
.sprees at this time of the year some
times yield only a small measure
■of satisfaction since they merely
*erve to point up how dingy cur
tains and drapes look.
You’ve suddenly discovered this
state of affairs and simply can’t
afford new curtains or drapes.
What’s to be done?
New and inexpensive trimmings
have saved many curtains and
draperies from being a complete
disgrace. A simple tinting or dye
ing job done quickly in the wash
ing machine is another answer to
this rather perplexing problem.
Neither of these involves much
expense or time and both offer
great satisfaction because they
make old things look almost new.
If you merely want a change, then
•add a touch of inexpensive trimming
Warm Weather Tonic
ZJse washing machine for dyeing . . .
temporarily which you’ll plan to
remove when fall comes around.
Effects rather than intricate stitches
-are what we strive for in both cur
tains and draperies, and this means
little work for you.
Look over problem window appar-
«1 carefully and decide from these
tips just what would be the best
ablution. It may be that shrunken
curtains or drapes may be more
easily used with smaller windows
in another room than trying to
make them fit the original room. If
ao, you may be able to afford new
draperies for this particular room.
On the other hand, some fringe
or other trimming might be used
for edging the drapes, thus giving
them a whole new aspect, very pos
sibly more effective than they were
originally.
If the color of curtains needs re
freshing, plan to use the washing
machine to do the work quickly
and without streaking. An agitator
will spread the color evenly.
Use These Tricks
To Lengthen Curtains
Ruffled curtains which have be
come rain-stained or worn out by
the youngsters pulling at the lower
comers are among the easiest of
curtain problems to remedy. Simp
ly remove the old ruffles and add
two or three rows of ruffling straight
across the bottom.
If curtains have shrunk, ruffles
all around the curtain answer the
problem perfectly. Make the new
ruffle wide enough so that the re
sulting curtain will look truly lux
urious.
Ruffles and fringe, loops and such
added to curtains do not have to be
Red, white and blue are fea
tured in this New York de
signed dress of silk tafetta.
Fashion-wise details include the
new shorter length, a huge bow
at the shoulder, the bared neck
line and slit hipline pockets on a
fuH skirt.
of the same material as the original
curtain. In fact, contrasting fabric,
color or design might be even more
effective.
One point you should observe,
however. If your curtains are very
old and look obviously that way.
and fringe for lengthening curtains.
v
do what you can to restore the
original new look with proper laun
dering, starching and ironing to add
body. If you are adding very new
and crisp material, it’s best to wash
this a few times before using so the
contrast between old and new is
not too pronounced.
What about marquisette curtains
which have small tears and pulls
in them? They should be completely
discarded or is there any possible
way of using them?
Yes, and here’s what you can do:
THE READER'S COURTROOM
Tricks, No Treat for Murderer
‘By Will Bernard, LL.B.
May the Police Use Trickery
To Obtain a Confession?
A wealthy recluse was found
slain in tyy*. garage one night, and
suspicion fell upon a woman who
lived nearby. However, the police
did not arrest her at once. Instead,
• detective called at her house—
pretending to be a cosmetics sales
man. He managed to draw the
woman into conversation, and she
confided that she was “in hot
water.” He Replied: “Tell me all
JUDGE, I BBBti Kj
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about it. I’ve got a magic potion
that Will keep you out of trouble!”
Thereupon the woman confessed
the murder—and, of course, was
immediately arrested. At the trial,
she protested that the confession
had been obtained by trickery.
However, the court said that didn’t
matter and found the woman guilty.
The judge pointed out that the trick
was designed merely to bring out
the truth.
• • •
An actor was divorced by his
wife, on grounds of immoral con
duct. At the trial, the main battle
was for custody of the couple’s 12-
year-old daughter. It seems that the
mother had been rather careful
and firm with the girl—while the
father had pampered her and hum
ored her in every possible way.
As might be expected, she told
the court that she chose to go
with her father. But in spite of this
preference, the judge granted cus
tody of the child to the mother for
Jttjqod of the girl herself.
A man who lived in a small apart
ment decided to move to larger
quarters. Since his lease still had
six months to run, he subleased
the place to a woman—after get
ting the consent of the landlord.
A few weeks later, the woman
skipped town. When the landlord
demanded that the man keep up
the rent payments, he flatly re
fused—on the ground that the land
lord had consented to the sublease.
However, the court felt differently
and held the man responsible for
the woman’s act.
Must a Will Be Written in Ink?
While thumbing through a maga
zine in a dentist’s waiting room, a
man came upon a form for making
out a will. On the spur of the mo
ment he seized a pencil, filled out
the form, and tucked it in his
pocket. A few weeks later the man
died. When his widow found out
that all her husband’s property had
been left to his brother, she went to
court to contest the validity of the
will. She argued that a document of
such importance is no good unless
made out in ink. However, the
court disagreed and held the will
valid. The judge said that, even
though the man had been foolish to
use a pencil, the will was just as
‘legal” as if wirtten in indelible
ink
if the curtains are white or ecru,
select colored mending tape which
goes well in the room in which cur
tains are used. Cut flowers or leaves
out of the mending tape and apply
scatter fashion to the curtains
simply by pressing with a hot iron.
These give a novel decorative touch
to the room as well as added life
to the curtains.
Faded Draperies Respond
To Treatments like These
Badly faded draperies often re
sult after long time usage because
they are exposed to sun as well as
windows which leak. Don’t feel too
low about this situation because it,
too, can be helped. \
If the draperies are light and you
want to cover all the waded spots
completely, plan to use a fairly dark
dye. If you don’t want too dark a
color on the draperies, then remove
the original color with remover.
Check a sample of the material to
see whether the drapes will take
both color remover and dye since
many of these require hot water.
Interesting results are often
achieved by dyeing printed drap
eries because the print remains
and background color is make dark
er. You can outline the print with
light colored yarns, thus giving in
teresting texture and new co’or to
the drapes.
If the drapes have been lined, re
move the lining and see what the
reverse side looks like. Frequently
this may have been saved from
fading and often this has an inter
esting texture of its own. In this
case, simply reverse the drapes,
lining the side that has already been
used. If it’s necessary you can add
some fringe. Deep “V” arrange
ments of this can be very effective
in living and dining rooms.
When it’s essential to dye a drap
ery a darker color that is less ef
fective in the room, you might con
sider adding a border that will light
en them sufficiently to be attractive.
Add Length, Width
By These Methods
There are several ways to remedy
skimpy draperies whether they
have shrunk through cleaning or
laundering, or were just too small
in the beginning. The easiest way
is to add a clever border along the
inside edges of the drapes, and pos
sibly along the bottom, too.
When drapes are plain, choose a
geometric print in the necessary
width, making certain the fabric
and texture match or harmonize
properly with the drapery fabric.
Five or six inch inserts as borders
can be extremely effective with
plain drapery fabrie. They may be
purchased frequently in this width;
otherwise, you may buy them wider
and cut to fit.
If desired, another effective way
to acquire a border is to buy ma
terial which goes well with the
drapes, then stamp and stitch it
with yarn to carry out an effective
idea for a border.
KATHLEEN NORRIS
At Times Advice Is Infuriating
I N MY MAIL this week was a re
sentful and angry letter from a
woman named Kate Bush, who lives
in Williamsville, New York. Kate
differs with me very definitely, and
wants me to know it.
The article that enraged her was
intended for those American women
who are worried about money.
These women, and there are mil
lions of them, are managing in
comes that range from $3,000 to
$6,000 a year. With the rising de
mands of their children, the drain
of visible and hidden taxes, the in
creased cost of living, they find
themselves in a constant state of
anxious discouragement. There
simply is no way to make ends
meet, to save the husband and
f ather the responsibility that is kill
ing him, to satisfy the demands of
the children.
Hundreds of letters come to me ev
ery year, emphasizing this predica
ment, and it was in answer to one
of them that I quoted in my article
the case of a Polish family that
arrived in America only seven years
ago, and that is now independent;
the daughter prosperously married,
the son in a contracting business
with his father, the mother secure
in the home she is so proud to keep
comfortable and happy for them.
Peace of Mind
I said that in the beginning these
exiles rented three rooms for $26 a
month, “near the river” in an un
fashionable neighborhood, and that
both son and daughter worked in
high school days, so that two-
thirds of the combined earnings
went into government bonds. Fresh
" in a contracting business . . .
from enslaved Poland, these people
found our world a veritable para
dise, and my point was that their
road to security and success is open
to all families, and that it is the
only way to peace of mind, when
domestic ways and means are the
problem.
More than that, to completely
change one’s way of life is a most
stimulating adventure. To stop wor
rying about one’s social standing
with utterly unimportant acquain
tances, to stop all consideration of
what is the right environment for
the children, to make a game of
getting way under the income in
stead of eternally overspending it
—this is really to live, and certain
harassed anxious housewives never
have known real living.
Doesn't Need Counsel
But this advice infuriated Kate
Bush, and her letter told me why.
Kate Bush doesn’t need such coun
sel. She has solved her problem by
moving to the country, which she
truthfully asserts is a much “more
wholesome place for children than
a cheap city slum. Our youngsters
go to a fine school,” her letter says,
and to Sunday school, and to a
show every two weeks. They have
pets and amusements galore, chick
ens, diffcks, rabbits, skates, skis,
sleds, every kind of fun at home.
They never tease for money because
there is no place to spend it.”
Of course, that is an ideal solu
tion for all problems, mother’s,
dad’s, the children’s, the budget.
everything. But it was not for wom
en like Kate Bush that I wrote. It
was for the troubled ones, the be
wildered ones, who feel that every
thing in the home must be as com
fortable and luxurious as things
always were in Mama’s house, and
who simply can’t manage it today*
Get Out from Under
To such I give the old advice, get
out from under it all. Move to the
unfashionable neighborhood — it
needn’t be a slum. As a matter of
fact, unfashionable neighborhoods
near the river or the bay, or up on
the hill, or out in the fields on the
fringes of the city, will be the
choicest locations of all in a few
years. When I was married in 1908,
large sunny flats on the river in
New York’s upper east side, run
ning from 40th to 90th Street, were
rented for $20 and $25 monthly.
That is New York’s most elegant
Mayfair now.
If—and the If Is underlined— you
can move your family, as Kate
Bush did, to country freedom, vege
table garden, pets, skates, skis,
sleds.
But so ideal an arrangement is
%iot within reach of many of the
housewives, who find themselves
caught in the confusions of a chang
ing world, and have not the courage
to realize that at such times each
of us must make her own world,
sweep away past sensitiveness and
prejudice, and give her children an
honest view of tomorrow.
If you are living over your in
come, then try living under it. It is
much more restful. Most of the
things you will have to sacrifice
are valuable only in your imagina
tion.
Sunken City
Lures Diver
To Explore Port Royal,
Old Pirate Stronghold
SOUTH GATE, CALIF.—Some
time this spring a lumbering tank
like tractor vrill slowly edge down
the streets of a private city sunk
since 1692 under the waters of the
Caribbean sea.
At the controls of the tractor will
be Lt. Harry E. Riesberg, a Cali
fornia deep sea diver. In 1935 Riese-
berg, hunting pirate treasure on
sunken Spanish galleons off Kings
ton, Jamaica, stumbled into Port
Royal, a fabulous city destroyed by
an earthquake and tidal wave in
1692.
Now, with a costly expedition to
back him up, Rieseberg is going
back to Port Royal, the city under
30 fathoms of water. For 15 years
he’s been dreaming and planning to
revisit Port Royal. What he saw in
1935 is worth a second look.
He stood on the ocean floor. All
around him were crumbled relics of
buildings, now encrusted with daz
zling coral formations. Brilliant
tropical fish swam in and out of
200 year old windows.
All alone, he didn’t have the
equipment to venture too far from
his salvage ship. But he could see
other streets, other buildings.
Back on shore, Rieseberg learned
that Port Royal was the lair of fab
ulous pirates in the 17th century.
It was known as the richest—and
wickedest—city in the world. Cap
tive girls, bedecked in plundered
finery, presided over tables set with
gold and silver. Then, in 1692, the
whole city and 5,000 people were
plunged under the sea.
Rieseberg thought that some of
the pirates’ treasure-’ might still be
in the water covered buildings of
Port RoyaL
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_ SCULPTURE: Micah, especially 4:1-5;
8:2-4; 7:18-20.
^ DEVOTIONAL. READING: Psalm 111
God Has a Plan
Grandma’s Sayings
Lesson for May 28, 1950
G OD HANDS DOWN no blue
prints. He never yet has been
willing to save any man the trouble
of thinking. The Bible is God’s
guidebook, and in it is revealed
God’s will. But it is not a guide
book of such a sort that you can
take it from the
shelf and look up
in it the answer
to every one of
your problems in
detail. Neverthe
less the .Bible is a
guide, “the infal
lible rule of faith
and practice” as
soipe churches ex
press it Dr. Foreman
God’s will is shown there plainly
enough so that we can know wheth
er we are building on the right
foundation or not.
• • •
Sins Into The Sea
■MTOW THE PLAN of God is st
simple, that is, it can be so
simply expressed, that one is al
most tempted to say, “Oh, that!”
as if it were something we knew
already. Well, we do know it. But
the thing is, we don’t do it.
Part of God’s plan for mankind,
a very important part, in fact in
dispensable—something the Bible
talks about from the beginning to
end—is this: The forgiveness and
the destruction of sins. (Micah 7:
18-20.) Now everybody can see
others’ sins.
The Romans used to say that
every man carries others* sins
tn a bag in front of him where
he can see them very well,
but his own sins he carries in a
bag hanging down his back
where he cannot see them.
We are all in favor of other peo
ple’s forsaking their sins. But how
about you? The world does need to
confess its sin; but you need to con
fess your own. No sins walk by
themselves; sins exist only in sin
ners. Sin does not commit itself.
Sin is something a sinner does.
We shall never get rid of sins by
exhorting other people. We get rid
of them by repenting in the pres
ence of God and receiving his for
giveness.
It is always so easy to think: If
we only had' a good society we
could have better people. That is
backing into an idea the wrong
way. The right idea is: If we have
better people we shall be on the
way to the good society.
• • •
If Not Peace, Then What?
W E ALSO KNOW something
about God’s plan for society
at large. The Bible does not leave
us in the dark. One thing that
Micah brings out is the ideal of
peace. (Micah 4:1-5.)
.So long as we are making war,
preparing for and k expecting war,
doing or saying things that make
war inevitable or even likely, we
are out of line with the will of God.
Conversely, whatever we do to
foster peace is in line with the
plan of God. War was bad enough
in the days of Micah; it is incal
culably worse today.
War always was the effect
and cause of hate, it always
brought suffering and death,
war seldom settled anything.
But this is the htomic age.
Dean Rusk of the U.S. state
department has said that in all
present - day discussions wq
have to remember one solemn
fact: The human race now has
in its hands the means of its
own total destruction.
Any war nowadays is a war
against the whole human race, for
any large-scale war with atomic
weapons may well make the entire
globe uninhabitable by man. A
voice for war is a voice for uni
versal death.
• • •
Christ The King
S INLESS MAN in a warless
world: such is God’s plan. Is
thia possible? Only on one condi
tion; that Christ shall .be king.
(Micah 5:2-4.) This has two mean
ings, one far-off, and one near;
one complete and one partial. The
far-off, completed meaning (which
may be nearer than we think) is
that after the history of this planet
is over and done with, in the “new
heavens and the new earth” the
final destiny of God’s people is
to live under the Lord Christ as
leader and king.
The nearer, here - and - now
meaning of Christ’s kingship is
this: Wherever, in the plans of
men, the spirit of Christ, his
way and his ideal, are being
trampled on or ignored, there
God's plan is forgotten and
there disaster is certain.
But wherever the spirit of Chris
is in control, there God’s plan U
being carried out and there the
Kingdom of God is coming nearer.
(Copyright by the International council
of Religious Education on behalf of 40
Protestant denominations. Released by
WNU Features.)
Use Dry Sugar Pack for Frozen Berries
(See Recipes Below)
. Stock Your Freezer
S O MANY FOODS like peas, as
paragus and strawberries which
are coming to their peak of season
now yield excellent results when
frozen. If you have either home or
commercial facilities for keeping
them in this way, then it’s time to
make your plans soon.
Freezing foods is quick and
easy. Results are excellent, and
your table in
mid- winter,
showing off
these delicacies,
takes on the ef
fect of a ban
quet.
The flavor
and goodness of
fresh foods is
preserved dur
ing the freezing process. However,
it’s important to remember that
foods come from the freezer |ust
as good as when they are frozen,
and no better.
Speed is Essential
Utmost speed should be used in
getting fruits and vegetables into
the freezer. The two hour rule
which applies to canning should
be used here, too. It’s easier to ob
serve, however, because there’s no
processing time to consider.
If you have your own garden,
pick vegetables and fruits early in
the morning while the dew is still
on them.
If you have to arrange to buy
them, try to observe the same
rule. Fruits and vegetables which
have stood around are not as
tender as when first picked; neither
do they have the food values as
freshly picked produce.
Have all equipment in readiness
so that you can go ahead with full
speed. Vegetables will have to be
scalded, then dunked in ice water.
Containers should be ready to fill
and seal. #
Plan to put foods in your own
refrigerator promptly and plan to
get them into your own or the
commercial freezer as quickly as
possible.
• * •
Freezing Raspberries, Strawberries
Both raspberries and strawber
ries give best results when they
are frozen with sugar rather than
with syrup since they will make
their own juice in the carton.
Choose varieties which have been
successfully tested for freezing. In
raspberries these are Cuthbert,
Latham or Viking. A 24-quart crate
or about 36 pounds of raspberries
will yield 24-26 quart cartons, each
quart serving 6 to 8 people.
Marshall is the best common va
riety to use for frozen strawberries,
a 24-quart crate will yield about 30
quart cartons.
Wash the berries in water which
has been cooled with ice to 40°. Do
not allow them to remain in the
water for more than 30 seconds.
A good way to do this is to place
the berries in a colander, after
sorting, and then place the colan
der in water sufficient to cover.
Shake gently, lift from water,
drain and remove caps, using a
sharp knife.
Place the fruit on a tray which
has been lined with several thick
nesses of absorbent toweling agd
pJace in refrigerator to drain and
cool.
Place drained and cooled berries
In a bowl and sprinkle sugar over
LYNN SAYS:
Dress Up Ordinary Foods
If You Serve them Often
Are fruit salads an almost daily
Item at your table? The family will
appreciate new color and flavor in
the dressing. Beat some currant
jelly into sweet French dressing for
that nice, extra change.
If sandwiches are a stand-by on
your luncheon menus, try this one
for something different; use broiled
bacon, lettuce and sliced tomato on
buttered toast and serve with thin,
hot American cheese sauce.
LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENU
Minute Steaks
Asparagus Salad; Vinegar
Dressing
Corn Pudding
Bran Muffins Beverage
Strawberries with Cream
Cookies
WORSTIN' takes up jest aa much
time aa workin’, but wozkln’ pays
off better-
IS P«ld Mis. Edith a Fsck. Ossusrffls, Ft*
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I MAY BE a Grandma in yean, bat
when it comes to cookin’ I’m up to
the minute. That’s why I prefer
♦‘Table-Grade’’ Nu-Maid—the com
pletely modem margarine. Yessir,
Nu-Maid is modem in texture .. •
spreads on smooth! It's modern in
taste—full of sweet, chumed-fresh
flavor!
GUESS THERE AUNT no surer
way to success in marriage than
realizin' that it depends on both
flndin’ the right person, and
the right person.
is paid Mrs. T. a Elder. NlsnUa. UL*
TALK ABOUT CALIFORNIA set-
tin’ the style, the Golden West Jest
started a new idea in margarin
with modem table style 34 pot
prints that fit any servin’ dish,
as you’d expect, they’re in the
age that has Miss Nu-Maid’s p
on it. Like I told you, yello’i
Maid is a right modem
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^ will be paid upon publk
to the first contributor of
accepted saying or idea.
“Grandma” 109 East Pearl St
Cincinnati 2, Ohio.
minute.
them, using one part sugar to 4
parts of berries. Or, alternate su
gar and berries in freezing carton.
Seal and freeze carton at once.
Frozen Peaches
Use tree-ripened varieties, such
as Hale Haven or J. H. Hale in the
yellow types.
One bushel of
peaches will
give about 24
quart cartons
frozen.
Place about 18
wire basket and
plunge. into hot
water for one
then in cold water and
slip off skins. Slice and place
bowl, sprinkling with ope tat
spoon of lemon juice as you do so.
Add sugar, one part to four of
fruit. Turn gently with wooden
spoon.
Pack gently into carton and seal.
Freeze at once.
Handle peaches gently and make
certain all sugar is mixed with
fruit before packaging.
Allow 34-inch head space for
fruits an vegetables packed in
pint cartons. Allow about %-inch
additional when using quart car
tons.
Frozen Peas
Tender, not fully matured peas
are best to use. Wash pods before
shelling and dis
card all small or
wrinkled peas.
If pods are full
and difficult to
shell, scald with
boiling,water for
one minute.
Peas then, should be scalded,
after shelling, also: by steam, three
minutes; by boiling water, one min
ute; or by pressure cooker for two
minutes. Cool in ice water and drain
on absorbent toweling.
Seal at once and place in freezer
or refrigerator immediately, not
allowing more than one hour to
elapse from the
time they are
packaged to the
time freezing
starts.
The varieties
giving best re-
suits are Thos,
Laxton and Al
derman. One bushel yields 6-8 quart
cartons.
Frozen Green Beans
Iron utensils should not be used
for scalding as they will discolor
beans during scalding.
For small beans, cut shoestring
style, scald with steam for five
minutes, or by boiling water for
three minutes. For medium whole
beans, use steam for six minutes,
boiling water for four minutes or
give them five minutes in a pres
sure cooker.
Cool in iced water, drain, pack
and freeze.
For quick preparation, after
washing, grasp as many beans in
hand as possible and snip off the
stem end.
You’ll never need to apologize for
fish fillets which have been baked
in thick cream with sliced mush
rooms, chives and a sprinkling of
paprika. Icy cold sliced cucumbers
and new potatoes are perfect with
it.
Omelets can be improved with
herbs. You might like to try this
egg dish with sweet marjoram, tar
ragon or basil.
Cinnamon sprinMed into apple
sauce is a perfect accompaniment
to French toast be they served for
luncheon or breakfast.'’
ALWAYS LOOS FOR SWEET,
wholesome Miss Nu-Maid on tha
package when you buy margarine.
Mias Nu-Maid is Jrour assurance of
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acid resistant one mol on gold lao-
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4. Easier "off" too—Exclusive
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