Today's — -
SMALL TALK
By MRS. RENN DRUM
^TII CHRISTMAS, AND ITS ATTENDANT DINNERS
and parties just ahead, recipes for making holiday good
ly old and new, should be in order. Looking over a page of
menus and recipes these drew the points of my scissors like
i mairnet. which told me that other women would enjoy the
experience of clipping them and pasting them in their cook
juolcs, whether they ever try them out on their families or
Men In the audience, if any, are
turned to read no further, and that
Un-t one of those "For Women
Only" signs designed to attract at
trition either. Men simply wont
te interested in these recipes, 'though
they’re enough to make any one
hungry. , . . .
This sounds like an interesting!
„rlation of the old favorite theme, |
Turkey dressing:
Chestnut Stuffing
iPor A 14-Pound Fowl)
j cups cooked 8 cups soft
chestnuts bread crumbs
4 tablespo: ns
salt pork,
chopped
1-4 cup minced
onions
1-2 cup diced
celery
1-4 cup chopped
green ): ppers
•optional)
11-2 teaspoons
salt
1-2 teaspoon
paprika
1-2 cup butter,
melted
1-2 cup hot
cream
To cook the chestnuts, cover them
ever with water and let simmer for
15 minutes. Cool and remove shells.
Chop chestnuts—not too finely. Heat
pork and add to chestnuts. Brown
the seasonings (onions, celery and
peppers i. Mix with fork. Then add
rest of ingredients and lightly stuff
the fowl.
• • • •
That recipe requires more faith
in chestnuts than I, personally, have
but perhaps you don’t distrust their
internal relations. In case you do,
aomething else In the nut line, un
cooked. should fill the bill equally
as well.
• • • •
It requires more imagination than
I hare to think of-anything better
than plain cranberry sauce with
fowl, but, those who are slightly
tired of it after the tussle with us
ing up the Thanksgiving dinner
left-overs might try this:
Cranberry Frappe
t nips berries
J cups water
2 cups sugar
2 tablespoons
lemon juice
1 tablespoon
grated orange
rind
1-4 cup orange
Juice
Mix berries and water. Simmer
until berries are soft, mash well or
strain, add sugar and boil one min
ute. Cool. Add test of ingredients
md freeze. If mechanical refrig
erator is used pour mixture Into
trav and stir at 30-minute inter
vals for one and one-half hours.
Approximately four hours will be
required for the freezing. Serve In
mail paper cups or sherbet cups.
• * • •
If you want, to put on a little dog
to impress either family or guests
this Christmas, these ehould do
the trick:
Chewc Delight
N round 1-4 cup Roque
crackers fort cheese
1 tablespons j tablespoons
tottw salad dressing
Place crackers in a shallow pan
*tid spread with weU-bleeded in
gredients. Sprinkle with paprika.
Beat until slight brown and serve
immediately.
• • * •
Incase the ladies like these and
^ cm out, perhaps I’ll carry next
Bv. f<x>l-proof recipe for fruit cake,
"hkh is both cheap and good, a
rare combination.
deadlock holds
PACIFIC STRIKE
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 8.—(JPh
*«fir coast shipowners and mari
ne unions competed openly today
or pubiic support in the strike dead
, ,'h’rh has paralyzed ocean
commerce since October 30.
Countering mass demonstrations
' Striking unions, the coast com
iter f r shipowners announced "a
comprehensive campaign of public
toformarion.”
Assistant Secretary of Labor Ed
h a C. McGrady renewed efforts
, re for a settlement with opera
.rs of coastwise vessels as an open
* "cage for general peace.
. oastal operators have reached
_ ntattvp agreements with all but
'*o unions.
.J’r,r <oast committee for ship
ners, representing major off*
D 'rp operators, asserted its cam
2,5" for public support will "re
fbe original position” of em
t. expressed by a willingness
th/ direc% negotiations with
mm un,r>ns and to submit every
t.«i r".Vfr;ial M»». including con
. ■ o hiring halls, to arbitration
~n impartial board.”
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TALK
TO
PARENTS
Juvenile ‘Shell Shock'
By BROOKE PETERS CHURCH
“Shell shock” was first diagnosed
and named during the war. Hence
its specialized name. But it is a dis
ease as old as mankind, and may
be found among children quite as
much as among adults. Sometimes,
in its more obvious forms, it is
called "soldiering."
The child who, to avoid an un
pleasant situation, develops sud
den lameness, blindness, Inability
to articulate, nervous affections, is
often suffering from shell shock.
The boy or girl who has a head
ache at school time, or feels in
explicably tired and unwell when
asked to do a Job, is soldiering.
There is little use in scolding and
punishing shell shock. It results
from an inner conflict which must
be discovered and resolved before a
cure can be effected. The affliction
is real, and the child is unable to
overcome it by mere will power.
It never occurred to Tommy for
example, that his lameness, which
prevented him from taking part in
athletics, was caused by the fact
that though eager 'to compete with
the others, he was unable to hold
his own on account of his small
size and could not endure defeat.
A very real and painful lameness
resulted which made it impossible
for him to be more than an onlook
er at sports, and so his problem
was solved.
It took days and weeks to dis
cover Tmmy's emotional conflict,
explain It to tym and help him to
settle it. He was quite as surprised
as his parents when he learned the
answer, but he accepted the situa
tion and worked it out.
Soldiering, which is a conscious
evasion of duty, is usually more
easily handled, for penalties and
indirect rewards will generally
prove, to parents and child alike,
that the child is only bluffing. .
Sundown Stories
For The Kiddies
The Finished Cost
By MART GRAHAM BONNER
It rained and it rained.
"There’s nothing like a rainy day.
cackle, cackle,” crowed Top Notch,
the rooster.
"Except,” quacked Mrs. Quacko
Duck, "a day when the sun isn't
shining and it's pouring."
“Mrs. Quacko, you may talk that
sort of foolish talk to your friend
Mrs. Quacker, but not to me. When
I say there is nothing like a rainy
day, I mean that no other day
lends itself so much toward getting
| things done—odds and ends.”
“What do you mean by a day
‘lending itself?’ ” quacked Mrs.
Quacko. “In fact I cannot be both
ered by your idle talk of being
busy. I want to get busy at once.
I have a great deal to do.”
“So have I,” cackled Top Notch
as he strutted off to his General
Store. “Oh, by the way, Willy Nilly,
you couldn’t lend me your umbrella,
could you?”
“Did I ever!” bleated Sweet Face,
the lamb. "What you mean is you
want Willy Nilly to walk down
with you to hold the umbrella
over your precious red comb and
white feathers.”
"I don’t mind doing that,” said
Willy Nilly. So they went off to
gether. Soon Willy Nilly was back
and at work while Sweet Face
rested on the couch.
“In a few days I’m going to take
off your plaster cast.” said Willy
Nilly, “but before this day is over
I’m going to fix up the wool'coat
you gave me for my birthday.”
The rain continued, there were
no more interruptions, and before
the day was over Willy Nilly’s lit
tle wool coat was finished and
ready to wear. Both he and Sweet
Face were very proud of it.
Preliminary Meet
TOKYO, Dec. 8.—Mb—Seven op
eight outstanding American ama
teur swimmers and diyers will be
invited to Japan next summer for
a 'preliminary Olympic meet." di
rectors of the Japan swimming
Federation decided today.
—
Warner To Stay
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 8.- Mb -
Glenn (Fop) Warner will be coach
of the Temple university football
team for at least three more years,
friends said they learned in Phila
delphia today.
AIR RAIDS ARE
KEPT UP, MANY
MADRID DEATHS
Defenders Get Ready
For Fascist
Storming
MADRID, Dec g —W — Fascist
artillery blasted a path through the
capital s suburbs today in what So
cialist commanders feared was the
rumbling thunder of an effort to
storm the city.
Insurgent batteries crumpled
blocks of bomb-weakened apart
ments with a smoking barrage In
the Arguelles sector, hardest hit by
recent fascist air raids.
Ths steady pounding of shells in
the devastated neighborhood, de
fense officers believed, portended a
swift effort by the fascists to strike
through Madrid’s outskirts from
that direction.
Others foresaw an insurgent drive
also from the north-east, until now
a comparatively quiet sector, after
23 trl-motored bombers rained ex
plosives in the vicinity of Ouadala
Jara.
Madrid’s defense line, which has
resisted the siege for more than a
month, was keyed up expectantly
for the onslaught all the way from
the cold wastes of University city
in the capital's northwest to the
dreary town of Villaverde, a sub
urb in the south.
Despite warnings the government
machine was not out of the “im
provisation stage,” the morale of
the militia and foreign volunteers
was high after this successful re
pulsion of fascist charges during
four weeks of almost Incessant
fighting.
Today, a month after the govern
ment lied to Valencia, Madrid was
the scene of daily air raids by in
creasingly large armadas of fascist
bombers. Shells, high explosives and
incendiary bombs have wrecked
many houses.
Many were killed and wounded
In the latest attack which struck
the fashionable Paseo De La Cas
tillana, Ayala street and San Ber
nardo Square. Several buildings
were destroyed.
HOW'S ifawi
HEALTH
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Chronic Fatigue
Within limits, the conception of
the human body as an energy con
verting machine is essentially cor
rect. Viewed thus, the body is seen
to be subject to the same laws of
mechanics as every other energy
converting machine, be it gasoline
engine, steam engine, windmill or
water mill. The food that the body
takes in is its fuel, and the energy
which the body puts forth in its
vital functions and in work per
formed is the energy output equi
valent in the gross to the energy
Intake (the fuel).
And yet the analogy is not quite
fitting, for the human body carries
a substantial energy reserve within
its own mechanism and it can, so
to say, run on its own substance.
Fancy by way of contrast a gaso
line engine consuming its muffler
as a source of fuel when the gaso
line is exhausted.
Still, engineers will tell you that
machines can become fatigued, and
that a motor may be'ruined by be
ing taxed excessively. Even inani
mate machines have optimal rates
of operation. These optimal rates
are easy to determine when dealing
with a machine, but difficult to es
tablish when dealing with the hu
man body. That makes fatigue an
extremely involved and difficult
subject.
Here is a simple definition of fa
tigue: "It is a demonstrable physio
logical condition arising from the
fact that energy is expended by
the muscles in excess of the rate of
the reparative processcss" (Hag
gard). But this definition does not
present an adequate picture of the
complexity of the problem of fati
gue, for it lays major emphasis on
the energy expended by muscle ac
tivity.
Fatigue may be local or general,
acute or chronic, conscious or un
conscious. In fatigue of the sense
organs, one can, for example, be
come "blear-eyed" from too much
reading. It may be fatigue of the
nerves, chemical fatigue or neuras
thenic fatigue.
In present-day life, fatigue is en
countered in the two spheres of
everyday existence, that is, at
work and at home. At work the
; factors causing fatigue are laborious
efforts, monotony, speed-up, con
stant standing, eyestrain, jarring
processes, loud noises and irreg
ular working hours. Overcrowding
bad ventilation — particularly air
dryness and overheating — contri
bute to fatigue.
Outside of work, fatigue is influ
enced by the individual's personal
hygiene and by his home environ
ment. Food, rest and recreation
1 exert more than a superficial in
. fiuence on his well-being and on his
fatigue. .
\
(Taken Prom The Cleveland Star of
Monday. December 6. IMS.) |
New York, Dec. 5.—Accompanied
by strong winds, the first heavy!
snow began to fall In some sections,
the east today. Early last night j
snow bega nto fall In some sections;
and 34 hours later was still falling,
the depth ranging from three to 14
inches.
Nearly 30 Cleveland county
teachers attended the general'
meeting held In the court house j
here Saturday at which time lead
ing interest was the discussion of
achievement tests which will be
started In the schools of the county
this week and next. By the plan
3.500 Cleveland county school chil
dren from the fourth through the
seventh grades will be tested by the
Stanford Achievement tests to de
termin their rating with school
children in other counties.
The new Cleveland county offi
cers, elected at the last genreal
lection, were sworn In this morn
ing at the court house. The first
sworn In was A. M. Hamrick, suc
ceeding George P. Webb as Clerk
of Court. The county commission
ers and the new register. A. F.
Newton, were among the other of
ficers being sworn in.
Los Angeles.—The marital rift
between Charles Chaplin and Mrs.
Chaplain, the former Lita Grey, is
to be permanent, announcements
from both domestic camps indicat
ed.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Richardson of Reldsvllle, a son, W.
B. Jr. Mrs. Richardson before
marriage was Miss Marie Line
berger, of Shelby, a daughter of
Mrs. Alice Lineberger.
'The many friends of Miss Mar
garet Beam and Mr. Roy Crowder
of Cleveland and adjoining coun
ties will be interested to learn of
their marriage in Oaftney, 8. C., on
Sunday, October 3.
Urge Shelby Folk
To Give Old Toys
Members of the City Fire depart
ment and Capt. and Mrs. Ben Jones
of the Salvation Army again call to
the attention of people of the city
their Santa Claus workshop for the
mending and working over of
broken and discarded toys, to be
used in bringing Santa Claus into
the homes of Shelby’s poor.
Residents of 8helby and Cleve
land county, who have such toys,
which they plan to donate to this
good cause, are asked to get them
together at an early date, if pos
sible, as those engaged in repair
ing the toys wish to get the work
done before the usual last minute
rush, which will limit their time.
Just prior to Christmas. In addi
tion to that, these two organisa
tions need to know as early as pos
sible Just what toys they can count
on having to fill tl|e empty stock
ings.
Members of the fire department
and Salvation Army workers are
co-operating on the project and
those who have toys to give are
asked to call headquarters of eith
er group and someone will call to
collect the donation.
Mt. Sinai News
Of Current Week
(Special to The Star.)
MT. SINAI, Dec. 7.—The Home
Demonstration Club will meet with
Mrs. J. M. Hunt Thursday after
noon, Dec. 10th.
W. M. U. will meet at the church
Sunday afternoon, Dec. 13th.
Those on the sick list at pres
I ent include Mrs. O. M. Holland
and Miss Nell Ellis.
Those visiting at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bridges Sunday
were Mr. and Mrs. Ben Bridges and
family and Miss Grace King of
Patterson.
Mr. and Mrs. Gay Putnam spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr. and
Mrs. Shatters of Earl, and Mr. and
Mrs. F. L. Wright of Patterson.
HUNTING ROBBERS OF
STORE AT CANDOR
TROY, Dec. 8.—(JP)—Sheriff Earl
B. Bruton held two men In jail to
day and hunted a third in connec
tion with the attempted robbery of
a Candor store at midnight Satur
day, in which the robbers fled In a
policeman’s car after firing on the
officer.
The men held were listed as Wil
liam Barber and Robert Kennedy,
of Durham.
Sheriff Bruton said they were
traced through license plates on the
car left at the scene of the attempt
ed robbery.
Lumber Business Up
WASHINGTON. Dec. 8.— (JP\ —
The national lumber manufacturers
association reported today new bu
siness received by the lumber in
dustry during the week ended No
vember 28 rxceedd production by 37
[per cent.
Hollywood
Sights And Sounds
By ROBIN COONS
HOLLYWOOD.—-Chairs and rub
ber mat* and bass tubas would
seem to have no relation to singing
tot the screen, but knowing that
they do keep Mike McLaughlin’s
Job safe from monotony.
Mike is the ''mixer” (or sound
modulator) on all musical record
ings at the Metro studios where
voices are prolific. Mike Is a musi
cian as well as a sound engineer.
Through his modulating panel, in a
sound-proof room over the record
ing stages, pass all the notes that
later you hear from the screen.
"AH singers,” *says Mike, "have
unexpected tricks that the mixer
has to learn. For instance, the mi
crophone showed a waver in Nel
son Eddy’s high notes — until I
found that he shakes his head
slightly as though shaking out the
song. This caused him to sing into
the microphone apd past it, in quick
alternation. A new placement of
two microphones flxed that.
Swaying Stepped
"Jeanette MacDonald has a lot
of dance instinct In her, and she
was prone to sway with the music.
We fixed that by having her lean
against the back of a chair with
her hands on It while singing.”
(The chair doesn’t show on the
screen, since all recording is done
without benefit of camera, in ad
vance of filming.)
"One day Miss MacDonald.” Mike
continues,” complained of a funny
overtone in her high notes when
the recording was played back to
us. To the ear the note was per
fect. Finally we moved the big bass
tuba in the orchestra which had
been pointed toward her as she
sang. It was catching her echo and
shooting it back. While we could
n’t hear It with our ears, the mi
crophone had."
It Is Eleanor Powell whose vo
calizing calls for the rubber mat.
The lady can't help tapping while
she sings, so they stand her on the
mat and she can tap to her toes'
content. Robert Taylor, when he
sang in “Broadway Melody of
1936,” was required to keep his
hands in his pockets. That way he
couldn’t keep snapping his lingers
in time to the music. But James
Stewart, who sings to "Born to j
Dance." Is an actor who can eta*
without doing anythin* alee, eay*
Mike. Stewart told him he couldn't
do anything scared him tntatOWtn
stillness.
Problems Of Glamor Girl
Jean Muir is having a tough
time, what with her "glamor cam*
i paign" and her conflicting desire
to talk about serious things like la
I bor problems, economics and poll
| tics. A glamorous gal Is supposed to
i be aloof from such mundane af
, fairs, to talk about her art art* her
amours, and most particularly about
herself.
Jean does such unglamorous
things as telling the real reason she
' changed from blonde to browmette,
1. a.: "My hair wouldn't take the
bleach any more, it was too much
trouble, and it oost •13.50 a treat
ment. I'm going to like the natural
shade better, anyway."
Moreover,, she goes to night
school, once a weak, for an econ
omics oourse.
Probably as a concession to gla
mor, however, she attended a movie
premiere the other evening — her
first in three years in Hollywood.
Love Quadrangle
Woman Marries
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Dae. t.—(JP)
—Mrs. Leah Olampitt Sewell, once
named in a love quadrangle in which
the other woman told of exchang
ing mates for the night at a beach
party, was on a honeymoon today
with her fourth husband.
The divorced wife of the wealthy
California sportsman, Barton Sewell
—he later married the other wom
an—was wedded here last night
after an airplane elopement from
Palm Springs, Calif., to Charles
K&ley, singer and orchestra leader.
Mrs. Sewell's previous throe mar
riages and Kaley's previous one end
ed in the divorce courts.
Mrs. Sewell denied any miscon
duct in the love quadrangle which
also Involved Sewell, Walter M.
Emerson, actor-writer, and Mrs.
Emerson and which resulted In a
snarl of love suits, sensational
charges and fist fights.
The Portuguese man-of-war Is
not a single animal but a colony of
several so Integrated that they act
as one creature.
Artificial ruble* differ from the
natural ttonea in eonUinini minute
air bubble*.
Opal* differ from other principal
gem atone* in being not orystalllne
but a solidified Jelly.
AUTO REPAIRS
On AH Make Cam
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COMING WEDNESDAY
DR. THOS. M. FUNK, O.teop.thic
Physician of Mooresville, N. C. will be
in Shelby at the Hotel Charles
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 9th at 10 A. M.
Treatments: Straight Osteopathy
We Gin Cotton
6 Days A Week
We pay market
prices for ycvr
cotton seed.
See us before you trade your seed.
We have cotton seed meal and
hulls at all times.
Southern Cotton Oil Co.
SHELBY, N. C.
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