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Evening star., 1933-09-05
GAS TAX RECEIPTS up
Increase in Maryland Is First Since
Drop Began in 1881.

Drop Began IN 1oo1'
Special Dispatch to The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, September s.
The gross receipts from the State gaso-
line tax during August showed an in
crease over the similar period OF the
year preceding for the first time since
the decline in this revenue began IN
the latter part of 1881, according to
figures issued today at the office OF the
State controller.
The gross collections for August were
$700 676.11 as compared with $685.
70351 collected in August, 1882. Col
lections In July last were $685., ,679.40 as
compared to $722 ,430 in July, 1882.
Evening star., 1933-09-05
~ s, DEPARTMENT OF AGR1CULTUEl
MOVING, PACKING AND STORAGE.

! WANTED-Load or part load to N =; Or
vicinity. - rate Assured service. x. =.
Omitted Van Service. 1912 18th. MA. 1922.
Evening star., 1933-09-05
U. S. Depository

SERIES OF FRIENDLY MESSAGES TO WASHINGTON
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11
|RESS FROM UNIFORMITY
Consr.ss by Straps

One dscoiIcts. for instance, ac- qulrss character when the strap treatment at the back is made of . vivid. and contracting color to the froclx, subtly introduced at the front for harmony's sake and the whole idea emphasized by jswelIed- ornaments. A second froci, with a relatively plain front is given character by . yoiant theme which starts fiat in front and ripples down each shoulder along the back of the skirt. For c third, . solid colored chiffon dress. allure and personality come via the addition of q velvet trimming which starts as a bow at the left shoulder. en- circles the waist and after disap- bearing under a fold of the pkirt, reappears in the guise of | sash end.
 An informal dinner dress of black crepe Bilitis acquires . dis tinctive air because of its bias- worked decollete. sleeves and belt. For cocktail parties, an elongated V decollete, finished off with q perky bow at the neckline and at the waist add zest and interest to a sober frock of crepe Bilitis. The bows are of the frock's material On a tulle jersey sports dress. for an amusing note a jabot, collar and cuffs of fine white pique are added. Gilt metal clips add tn- terest to a formal afternoon gown of navy crepe. Metal clips give a nice touch to a white beach dress.
 Sometimes these details or trim ming are merely an added attrac- ton and have no other useful pur- pose than that of enhancing the beauty of line or fabric. some times. however, the detail or trim ming is necessary and even indis- pensable. When this Is 50, one Is bound to acknowledge it's influence on styles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11
IN THE WHITE RACE TO
 SUMMER SHARPNESS
HoIlywOOd's Outdoor Girls Take a Light View of
 the Style Situation

HoIlywood--The white costumes, touched tip by contracting acc csssories, are good from the ball. room to the beach, these days.
 June vlasek wears one of the new oyster white knitted bathing suits. with a halter neckline, back less, and girdled with brown pat ent leather belt. Her beach para sol is oyster white. striped in red and brown.
 Hurrying down the Boulevard. Pert Kelton wore white pajama outfit, with huge blue tie, tied in sailor fashion at her neck.
 When Dolores DelTsio and her husband, Cederic Gibbons. sailed for q vacation, Dolores worc q white cotton broadcloth suit. with almost invisible black checks in 1t, and her white hat pulled down 50 far that her right eyebrow was in- visible.
 Airline Judge arriving at tho studio, wore a white skirt and white jacket with puffed sleexcs pulled up to her elbows and q white bow tied under her chin.
 At regular get-together for new mothers at Dick Arlen's. Helen Tweitvetfess and Airline Judge brought their baby sons to visit Jobyna Ralston and her new ton. Helen wore knitted wool white slacks, u flannel jacket and q white sailors cap. Airline wore | Suit of white linen, tailored pa- nmas and Jobyna, house pajanas C heavy white pongee.
 oxt playing tennis. Dorothy Jcr- e,n touched up her white enen sports dress with blue and white striped belt and q little cap to match.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11
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q won't close the typewriter" Sue told Kenneth Corbett. She had remembered his name sudden ly. Tt has to be used. But I'll come down to lunch. I'm hungry and I didn't know. It."
 Soft lights again. Low music. A man smiling across the table. Not Jack, though. odd that a woman could appreciate the admiration In another mans eyes even when she loved her husband devotedly. Life was a tangled skein, Bright threads and dull. Weak threads and strong. As long as those that held the key to the pattern didn't break and didn't dim there was nothing to be feared. :,
 Sue had U glimpse of the roll of bills in Kenneth Corbetts wal let as he paid the check. She mo- ticed the generous supply or silver that he left on the tray. and her lips vurled little grimly.. She could have done so many things with that amount! Little things, or course, but important. Money was nice to have. Convenient. not me- cessnry. though.
 She thought of Jack again and the warm little, glow that came with his name crept around her heart.
 Back at the office she forgot her luncheon engagement, Kenneth Corbett, her problems, and concen- trated on the letters. She must finish them in time to hunt for an apartment. Click of the keys. A stray black curl falling across her eyes and the upward motion of the slim white hand to brush 1t away. Telephone ringing. Silence again except for the chatter of the black and white keys. The tele- phone again. She glanced at the clock as she replaced the phone. Four-thirty now. Too late to hunt for living quarters. Besides she was too tired. one more letter to do. Then she could go home. But the attic apartment would be hot now. The day had grown warmer. The balcony would be n-baked. The living room would have c musty odor that not al the evening breexes--when there were evening breeses- blow away.
 It would be nice to be wealthy to have money enough to buy coolness and ease and relaxation. Not jewels and velvets and or- chids. Just the comfortable back. ground of living. She remembered how easily Kenneth Corbett had paid the luncheon check from q wallet that wtB crammed with bills. Money mattered so little when one had plenty of it. And
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11
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one on Greats bisque body.
 Silently she rolled the pink one into a ball and stuck 1t under sofa pillow. Then she went out side.
 At lunch her mother said. where's the little dress, Jahie z?
 "I threw 1t away. It wasn't any good" it."
 "No."
 why Jamie! Please do. I don't expect 1t to be perfect. l have q reason for wanting to see il"
 Bob will make fun of it."
 Her mother sent Bob a message with her eyes. "very well. If he does I'll go and get the can of paint he thinned with water to paint the steps with and show 1t to somebody"
 Bob squirmed. Jamie thought a minute, and then got the dress, spread 1t out on the tablecloth and stood silent. She was in an agony of humilia- ton and abasement. Its terri ble. I can't sew. It's all crooked and it's coming to pieces" Her mother took the small chin in her hands. Look here, my dear. Do know what see? It isn't a dress, but a beautiful piece of hard work done by little giri who stuck to something and fir- ished 1t. No one can do a thing right just at first. Not even the tenth time."
 "Come out here, you two." She went to the kitchen. II have made this same cake dozens of times. Today l forgot something and it fell. I'm ont ashamed. If felt everything had to be perfect should never work at all.
 1T would rather have you two children conceited about what you can do than to belittle everything yotI frv"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11

ways again and again-and any tune, sung often enough, clings!
 Perhaps, Elinor reflected, the really big puzzle of the affair was the fact that he had tarried near so long as he did.
 She wondered Cher conjecturea were endless) if he considered her the sort of a girl a man kissed easily before he rode away. Her cheeks famed at this thought. Per haps now he was smiling over the little affair."" She could not im- agine him faintly and ironically amused by such an episode and yet. sch realized, she had not known him really. She had only known her dream of him, her love for him and new need through him.
 She grew thin, strained. and her smile became rather forced. Bent we'll Stafford, seeing that smile, found his heart which had seemed inured to pain breaking anew as 1t had in youth and quite as painful ly.
 Lida's emotions were mixed. She was amused and sometimes rather annoyed. Just as well" she decided, flor the child to learn that happiness is not made by some ones smile but through ones hold on tangible things" Yet now and then she felt herself touched, and this always aroused resentment. She 1oathed "going soft" or feeling apologetic about anything that she had done.
 She gave Elinor q hat she had worn but twice. This donation came after 11linor had said-halt- ing at the threshold of Lida's sleeping room - Mother, did = did you say anything to him."
 Lida responded. Darling, what could I say? I can't think what you mean!"
 She was consumr1ate actress Every gesture she made was q pose. Her bafflement at Elin0r's question was completely con- vnicing.
 "He is tired of me-" Elinor tnuged, standing by a window, looking down on Park avenue and seeing nothing. "Or else he de- spises me because he thinks I'm one of those girls who let any man kiss them"
 ITO Be COntinucd)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11

him. "rhat will be all," Barrett said. You may lock up the house"
 He plodded slowly up the broad stairs. As Higgins looked at him a vision of Barretts father ap- peared before him. The Told master" had plodded slowly, wear fly up those stairs in almost the same way when he had known that something was wrong was going on behind his back, something no one would tell him.
 Higgins understood that some thing was wrong now. He hoped 1t was about Mrs Radnor's boy, for otherwise 1t might concern has se co%e yosns to caro ar great haaesi deal they all knew. Higgins could tell from the way, for instance, that Barrett reached for q note from her, letting the other letters wait while he read and reread 1t. He could tell from the fact that Bar retts appetite was capricious - very good or none at all. And from the way he spoke to her at the telephone. Higgins hoped with all hls heart that nothing had happened to spoil all this. Such a blow for his master would be too cruel!
 Higgins was saying prayer. as he often did without knowing 1t fully, but feeling it. And since the Kingdom of God is made by those who love others better than themselves, no doubt God knew.
 
 For three days Elinor waited. trembling if the butler drew near, hoping that this time he would say, MT Colvin is at the telephone, Miss Stafford"
 For three days and nights her mind whirled with conjectures of what could have happened to make the change. Lying full stretched and tense upon her bed, eyes widely open in the dark, she planned questions she would ask him. They were rather childish and very wistful questions which she shaped and reshaped until she felt they were perfect examples of worldly finesse. But with the coming of each day she shrank from beckoning and reckoning.
 The explanation of his silence she began to feel -- swallowing hard hs she thought on it, prob- ably lay in the blunt fact that he was tired of her. She was certain that she did not know how to please people. that she was as inept socially as her mother had said. Lida had repeated this in various
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11
GLORIFYlNG
 YOURSELF
By Alicia Hart
6I95ysY NE1 sER7icE iNS,

Summer heat has way of dis- solving your cosmetics. The best way to keep your face looking as though 1t has been freshly made up is to get cosmetics which stay on in spite of the heat.
 There is 8 new cream rouge which has about the same con- sistency as whipped cream. It goes on easily and evenly and stays on all day. It even resists clear wa ter. Soap suds, or a cleansing cream, must be used to take it off.
 The rule for all other cream rouges applies to this one too. You simply have to use foundation cream on your skin before you put on cream rouge. Dry rouge can be applied after you have powdered.
 When your face has been clean ed, smooth on a tiny little bit of foundation cream. Now take q small amount of the foamy cream rouge and make a dot in the cen- ter of each cheek. Blend 1t up- ward and outward, with your fore fingers, according to the shape of your face. When 1t Is all smooth and even, pat on your powder with a piece of clean cotton.
 Nery lipstick are designed to stay on a long time too. They are soft and creamy, blending easily. It is an excellent idea to get your
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11

1t mattered so dreadfully when one had little of 1t. Money Kenneth Corbett's wife could buy anything she pleased. Only he didn't have q wife, of course. Sue smiled and the smile made her face a little softer in the later af- ternoon dusk.
 "As if anyone would want to be anybody but Jacks wife anyway" she told the solemn typewriter keys. q don't mind the poverty it would be so awful not to be married to him."
 The outer door was opening. Jack came in. He was warm and his young face looked worn though the grey eyes flashed warm and sudden smile.
 Hired. darling" he asked. tossing his hat on q table and sitting down on the edge of Sues desk.
 Comfortably tired" she answer ed.
 Read this" He handed her a letter. "Ever hear of myN cousin Sarah Lou Baxter---the 19-year- old infant? We'll, the young lady's coming to town and But read the letter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11

i.-Since I mentioned this re- gently have had hundreds of let- ters asking why red-haired people seldom fall in love with each other. I have never seen any scientific data supporting the popular idea that redheads do not marry each other. We must remember that many considerations, apart from hair color, enter into the selection of a mate. Allowing for this and the fact that there are compara- lively few red-haired people, 1t is quite possible that redheads marry redheads just as frequently as they select marriage partners less beau- tifully endowed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11

A broken fever thermometer Several discarded powder puffs. A couple of old safety razors, long since discarded and certainly never to be used again. A roll of gauge bandage, last used when his son cut his hand while ice skating, and which had been stained by some sort of medicine from an overturn- ed bottle. A hot water bottle that leaks, which he intended to patch some day - though months have elapsed and he hasn't patched 1t yet. An atomizer that would not work.
 A booklet giving directions for physical exercises, which was filed away at the time of It's receipt and never opened again. An old medicine dropper, all gummed up with some medicine. A wire hair brush, bought originally with an idea of using 1t regularly each morning to invigorate the scalp but which was put away after hav- ing been used for less than 6 week.
 And, of course, his cabinet con- tained the inevitable supply of old safety razor b1ades--for nobody ever seems to throw old blades away.
 Used safety razor blades are dangerous. Recently a man in q Chicago hospital was found to have swallowed seven, probably because he could find no other place to put them. There Is hardly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11
WOULD YOU BE ORIGINAL? GO INTO
IT'S OFTEN THE SMALL THINGS THAT SAVE A DRESS
By JEAN PAToU Written for NEA Service

Paris.-r have often said that beautiful dress does not distinguish itself by its details and that most of it's character depended first of all on it's architecture and com struction.
 However. it is logical to analyze the subject of detail in dress. Since details are on . secondary plane in the creation of my models, 1t is only natural that . special study must be made of them to keep them there.
 A useless thing Is always accept able provided 1t is useless with ele- gance. This may sound paradox icai but 1t is true. The most per. fectly constructed dress would look very bare and sober without the attraction of some unexpected detail.
 Importance of Detail
 
 It is this apparently unimpor- tant question of detail that dis. tinguisi1es one dress from hun dreds of others built along the same general lines. Details, there- fore, save clothes from the unfor- givable sin of banality and avoid uniformity. The smallest thing will often be sufficient to make dress attractive and amusing, but on the other hand, the wrong de- tail can very easily compromise all of its chic.
 Since the shoulder interest pre- dominates in the newest models, the detail work Is concentrated there. Sometimes a fold, few tucks, Q sash of directly contrast ing fabric, both in texture and coloring, will transform the most sober and conventional gown into something distinctive, which is the ultimate goal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11

It may be because so many bright colorful importations from peasant hand workers in Italy, Spain, and the Balkan states have been shown in the shops, or be- cause a cheery and engaging sim plicity Is the mark of the present day mode. but, at any rate, peasant designs particularly for table nap- cry, are very much in style now. Like the picture shown above, many of the most popular table covers are being made of lacquered fabrics that are washable, stain proof, pliabie, soft. light and have surfaces that look like linen, or damask or other fabric.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11

2.--No. They are much more dangerous drivers. An analysis of several thousand highway accidents by insurance companies shows that single men are involved in more than half of all highway accidents. And after we allow for the acci- dents caused by women, by railway trains, etc, this throws the respon- sibility for very much higher ra. tio of accidents upon the unmarried men. Safety experts attribute the more careful driving of married men 10 the fact that they are. as rule, older. have niAi'e mature Judgment, more respect for traffic rules and a feeling of responsibility for their families.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11

home in the country in which someone has not at some time cut his finger on q discarded blade while reaching into the medicine chest for something else.
 A good rule is to put the old blade in the package every time a new blade is taken out. Then when the package is filled with old blades the box can be thrown in the household rubbish.
 NEXT: Items that should be fin the family medicine chest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11

The cloth pictured is used as part of & cheery breakfast en- semble, the peasant design being in bright red and blue upon a background of tan. This Is in un- usually good taste for a breakfast get. The bright lively design and colors bring a note of cheer into the dining room at time when 1t Is most needed and the material, superlatively clean and neat in ap- pearance. holds no terrors for the inept member of the family who may spattcr the cream little or be remiss in his or her usual polite dexterity with the egg cup.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11
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3.-No. in many cases 1t runs as smooth as oil, or as summer zephyr waving the dresses of the evening star." or anything else you can think of that is as smooth as--- well, say, as smooth as grandmoth- OTIS fiaxseed syrup. In fact, It's smoothness depends largely upon whether the lovers are likes or op- posites. If they are opposites in so- cial station. education, likes and disiikes, races, social customs and background, etc, unless they are people of exceptional common sense and kindly tolerance. the course will likely be about as smooth as . bump-the-b bumps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11

rouge and lipstick at the same place. In that way the beau tician can tell just what shades of each you require. Also, you'll be sure that they harmonize.
 Dull finish powders are new and are highly recommended for sum- mer. They take away all shiny effects and they do stay on long time.
 NEXT: Summer baths.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11
By DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Editor, Journal of the American
 Medical Asso C iatiOn, and of
 Hygeia, the Health Magazine
 The wise person will go over the family medicine chest at least once every three months and dis card all materials not constantly in use. It is also well to have the family doctor take a look at the materials to offer his advice on those worth keeping and make suggestions as to what is needed.
 Unless measures of this kind are taken, the amount of dunk" that accumulates in the average medi- cine chest becomes something ap- palling.
 Just for example, I asked one of my friends to take an inventory on the contents of the medicine chest at his home and his report includes the following:
 A bottle containing about one tablespoonful of milk of magnesia, which had been there for more than Q year. The remnants of two prescriptions, for an illness long since cured and forgotten. A spool q adhesive tape that had dried to the point where it semeed almost ready to crumble, and could be of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11
GIRL, ii. TO ENTER HIGH

GIHI, IT, TO ENIEN HHUH
 Birmingham, Ala. (UP)-Vir- ginia Van der veer. age II, re. gently completed her grade school education and will enter high school next fall. among the youngest in the history of the city school system.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11

Jamie worked with her tongue out. The scissors shipped over the lines her mother had drawn on the pink muslin, although here and there they described an arc where no arc was intended and bit out q V where a straight line should have been.
 She did her very best and it was a good best.
 After n lot of effort the doll dress was cut out. And then her mother showed her how to sew the seams together. The stitches were an inch long and crooked Of course. But one could tell by her tongue and fingers that every nerve of her little mind and body was concentrating on production.
 In an hou.' the dress was fin- ished to all intents and purposes. It looked something like a hal lowe'en mask crossed with a salt sack, but it was a dress. It was more than that. It was the best dress Jamie could make. No Pari- sian couturier could turn out q creation with more earnestness application and ingenuity.
 She cut off the thread without fastening 1t and of course some stitches pulled out. That wasn't her fault. No one had ever showed her about fastening the thread.
 Something was wrong. She was very tired too. She looked at the dress, then over at the blue taffeta
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11
Up to the Minute Democrat Fashions
Organdie for Summer Evenings
 By RUTH ROGERS

Fashion has all manner of whims concerning stripes this sea- son. Some are vertical, some hor- izontal. and some diagonal as pic tured in today's style. You'll find the diagonal stripes particularly slimming. They adapt themselves perfectly to this pattern.
 It's really very simple dress in dark blue and white sheer striped organdie. The attractive collar is crisp white organdie. A vivid-red crepe bow adorns the waistline.
 Design No. 782 is designed for sizes 12, IA, 16. IS, 20 years, 36 and 3S inches bust. Size 16 requires 4 3-8 yards of 39-inch material with 1-2 yard of 35-inch contrast ing and 3-4 kard of 3-inch ribbon.
 Our Large Fashion Magazine Is 48 pages. Tn addition to new pat tern styles for women and chill dren, 1t contains valuable beauty articles. some of which are illus trated by Norma Shearer and other Hollywood stars. It Is q book every reader should have and it's price will be saved many times for the patterns are nominally priced and very economical in mn- terial requirements.
 Price of BOOK 10 cents.
 Price of PATTERN 15 cents in stamps or coin (coin is preferred). :. Wrnn coin carefullY
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11

Send your money and order to Pattern Department. Waterbury Democrat, Waterbury. Conn. Be sure to state size.