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Evening star., 1937-09-02

Assoc Wsnens full IA shisned silk stock
ings. AIsA knee-1enEtA silk
stockings in the group ------------- pairs IL
Main Flosr-Hosiery Department-The Heeht CO.
Evening star., 1937-09-02
Curtains and UphOlSteries

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1i-sSo Pineh-pleated Novelty Stripe Curtains, =.
.s,s. ID. :n' to Soc pr.p.ry and Curtain Remnants.
Each zoe
o-2a5 Pinch -pleated Novelty Homespun Drapsx. ga
yards lsns. Pr 81
Sixth Floor. The Hecht CO..
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Evening star., 1937-04-10
Expressing Gratitude
For Others Kindness

YEAR MRS. POST: A friend of
mine has suggested that I try
for place as house mother in q COL
lege fraternity, since my income is
no longer sufficient to keep me. Will
you explain to me what the duties of
house mother are? We have a mans
college in this town, and I thought
perhaps I might be able to get in a.
fraternity here. I am not a socialite
IN this town, but am well known and
considered OF the nice people" Can
you help me?
Answer-I don't know ANYTHING
about the fraternity that you have
in mind and therefore cannot an
swer more than generally. At many
fraternity houses the house mother
Is merely a lady who makes an
agreement with the fraternity that
she can be counted on to go there, and
If necessary stay there whenever
young woman visitors are expected
either for house party week or after
ball games or at any time when men,
bers OF the fraternity are giving a
party. At other fraternities the
house mother is a resident in the house
who assumes the part of housekeeper
as well as chaperon and who looks
after the well-being of the young
men in the house very much as their
mothers would do at home.
Evening star., 1937-04-10
Elbows Are
Very Much
| n Y i e W
Scrubbing, Bleaching
and Dreaming Will
Work Wonders.
BY ELSIE PIERCE,

nON'T say we didn't warn you. All
through the Winter Paris,
paradoxically enough, was selling
sleeves short. And we told you so.
Still, we didn't see so very many wom-
en- Drawing the cold blasts mild
though they were). Or, rather, we
saw plenty Of long sleeves. But now,
just about SO per cent of all elbows
seem to have come out of hiding.
How are yours?
AS Nature made them, elbows, for
the most part, are nothing to be
proud of. They are usually hard
harsh, horny, dark What's to be
done about it? Go Nature one or two
or three better. The one, two, three
treatment consists OF scrubbing
bleaching and creaming.
Let's start with the scrubbing. A
fairly stiff little nail brush, a mild
bland soap and lukewarm water. Now
scrub like anything until the skin
fairly tingles. If the upper arms are
bit goose f1eshy or discolored you
can carry the scrubbing right up te
the shoulders and down to the wrists
concentrating, Of course, on the
elbows. Do you know that simple
scrubbing has bleaching effects or
the skin? Because it quickens the
natural shedding Of the outer layer
of dead scarf skin which is invariably
darker than the skin beneath it.
The scrubbing done, rinse thor
oughly, dry. Now make a fresh solu.
ton Of half lemon juice and halt
peroxide. Pat over the elbows and
allow to dry. Many women I know
like to rub the elbows gently with
pumice stone to remove horny dead
cells. Others tie slices of lemon over
the elbows and go about doing other
duties for an hour or so. A stronger
bleach consists of the lemon Juice
peroxide and enough powdered pumice
to make a paste. Allow to dry and
remove with wash cloth and tepid
water.
So much for the bleaching.
Bleaching may tighten the skin, but
it extracts natural oil. To counteract
this oil or cream is necessary. A good
nourishing cream applied to elbows
at night before retiring, soft flannel
bound around it, will do fine work
while you sleep Come the dawn and
your elbows will be softer, smoother,
silkier, whittier supply your own
adjectives). Anyway they'll be right
ready to do a peek-a-boo beautifully
from short-sleeved dresses. Another
thing you might try is partly filling
little bowls with warm olive oil and
allowing elbows to soak for Is minutes
to half hour. This is a favorite with
screen stars. AS q time-saver mas
sage your scalp while you're at it.
My Beautiful Hands" bulletins in
Guiding directions for home manicure
will cheerfully be sent to those in
quiring for it; be sure to inclose a
lf-addressed, stamped Scent en-
velope.
(Copyr1ght, 1877
Evening star., 1937-04-10
BY EMILY POST.

DEAR MRS. POST: Several busi-
ness executives in our company
were very kind to me during a recent
great trouble our family had. I very
seldom see these men, but would like
to write them notes, to be sent to their
offices with other departmental mail.
Will this be all right or do you think
1t would be better to send such notes
to their houses? had thought 7 would
typeWrite a letter to one Of the men
and make copies of this letter for
the others, but if you think I should
write the notes by hand, then shall
OF course do it that way.
Answer-It will be quite all right
to typewrite the letters, but do not
make each letter an exact duplicate
OF the other and on no account send
any carbon copies. You would send
letter to the house only if his wife
had In any way shared in his SYM
pathy. In any such particular case
you would of course write to the
wife rather than to her husband, and
say: THANK you and Mr.. Jones for
the kindness which you showed me,
ETC." II on the other hand you were
man, you would write to the hus-
bands only, and in the same way
acknowledge the sympathy shown
you by any Of their wives.
Evening star., 1937-04-10
CT a S sizes
Should Be
S a C r e d
Simplifying Litera.
ture for Children a
Murderous Idea.
BY ANGELO PATRI.

7 SEE by the papers that the classics
are to be written down to the
children. That is a double affront,
once to the children, once to the
classics. Children ought not to be
treated like imbeciles. The classics
should be sacred from the hacks.
Take David Copperfleld" 1t is
one OF the worlds greatest stories. 1t
is great literature, fine entertainment,
treat for the children who have
learned to read for the joy Of reading
I envy the boy or girl who is to have
the pleasure of reading David for the
first time. 1 would give good deal
to have again the breathless interest,
the flooding joy, the yelling emotions
OF one sort and another, that I knew
the three days read that story for
the first time.
The pictures 1t contains were drawn
by master of language. There was
none before him, and none after him,
who could lay word after word and
produce such an effect. The chapter
that opens the book by telling Of
Davids birth, and introducing his
grandaunt is only q taste of what
is to come. There are grand passages,
whole chapters that are tremendous
The chapter on the storm alone would
justify Davids place in literature.
Imagine writing this story in terms
Of the vocabulary of a dull 12-year-
old child! A dull child's limited
vocabulary in which to write David
Copperfield." Even dull children
should have the opportunity to read
such classics" say the advocates of
this murderous scheme. Can you give
child power to read David Copper
field" or Lorna Doone," or Hamlet"
merely by rewriting the language?
How can you take out the language
and leave David, or Lorna .or Hamlet?
My answer is that you can't.
There are primers enough for be-
ginners. There are readers enough
for slow readers to enjoy. The shops
are full of simple stories that even the
slowest, dullest readers can manage.
Why spoil a work of art? Why try
to tell child that he has read a
classic when the simple fact is there
to deny it?
This writing down the classics to
the level of the dullest child in the
group, so that he may enjoy what the
brightest enjoy, is only one phase Of
the mistaken notion that all knowl-
edge Is open to all men-that all men
enjoy the same things, benefit by
them, thrive under the same routine
That is not true.
The dull child, the retarded child,
the handicapped one, do not and can
not enjoy what other children enjoy
They cannot do the same work. They
cannot play the same games. They
never think the same thoughts, much
less do they long to do the same
things. 1t is joy for some children
to read the classics. 1t is cruel drudg-
cry for some others. Then why spoil
the classics? Why try to level in
tellectual attainments when it cannot
be done and when any effort toward
it is painful to both groups?
The best experience says "to each
his own" Give to each child then
the thing he can do, likes to do be-
cause he can do it well. Give him
entrance into worlds in which he feels
at home.
Evening star., 1937-04-10

varian cream, beverages, nuts, mints,
etc.
You make your selection and five
minutes after the steWardeSs has TAX
en- your order your dinner appears,
served in courses on chromium and
walnut table, with real linen, silver
ware and china and glass designed
especially for the airline. Every
thing is piping hot, deliciously cooked,
and when you have finished up every
scrap you can settle down to reading
one OF the magazines carried by the
plane, or If you are busy man or
woman you can type letters on type
writer furnished for that purpose!"
GA typewriter weighs plenty, as ev-
cry one knows-think of the days
when every ounce was of such i'm
portance that passenger had to be
left behind if there was an extra sack
or two of mailD
X X
"OF COURSE" Miss stansbury
continued, mot all of our planes
have this tremendous amount of lux
ury and service as yet. But as each
new plane is built more and more of
the comfort element is being in
Cluded, and as We progress in air
travel even greater progress in pas
senger comfort is attained. What We
have now is only a forerunner of the
remarkable things to come, and al
though 1t seems hard to believe, l
suppose that eight years from now
these features that We are so proud
of today will have become as passe
as the shoebox lunch!'
When asked about the methods used
in preparing the hot meals now served
on the crack liners, Miss Stansbury
told us that the food is cooked by spe-
cial airline chefs, under the direction
of "maitre dairline,' and brought
aboard the planes in specially con-
structed thermos containers. These are
built in three sections and look like a
monster, New World version of the
old-fashioned curate used at lady
like tea parties.
Eventually it is planned to have
special commiSSaries at the large air
ports, which will also include the
kitchens, for restocking the planes
with a greater variation of fresh food
There will be day, 1 imagine"
smiled Miss Stansbury, when the ac-
tual cooking will be done in the air,
like the modern dining car. However,
We'll have lots of problems in that
line-the effect of altitude on heat,
rough weather and so on. But it's
bound to go on developing-thet thing
is like a SNOWFALL, gathering more facts
and practicability the longer it rolls"
JUST before gathering up her very
smart coat to dash on her way
these air-minded people always seem
to move at top speed-Miss Stansbury
paused to add: "Oh, yes, and did you
Evening star., 1937-04-10

YEAR MISS DIX: I am l9 years
old and engaged to a boy who
loves me dearly and would do any,
thing for me that I asked, but he
never gives ME candy or flowers or
any presents. I admit that he has
been head over heels in debt for the
last year and has been trying des-
perately hard to get out so that We
can be married, but these little things
mean so much to me. How can I
make him see that they do without
telling him? Please try to straighten
this out for me. o. H.
Answer-If you want your boy friend
to spend on corsage bouquets and
bonbons and trinkets the money he
is toiling for and saving to get married
on, you will just have to come out
flat-footed and tell him so. There is
no way in which you can subcon-
sciously project this knowledge to
him because he would never suspect
you of being capable of such Stiffness.
He thinks that the important thing
to you, as it is to him, is TO work hard
and scrimp every penny so as to get
married, and that he is proving his
love for you by doing that. 1t never
occurs to him that you are willing
to put off your wedding in order to
have him send you gifts that he can't
afford, and that you only want to
flash before the other girls, for I'll
bet my hat you don't spend your own
money in buying long-stemmed roses
| and expensive candies.
I never feel so hopeless about my
sex ever meeting the problems of life
with any real intelligence as I do
when I am confronted with their
never-ending wall over the failure
Of their sweethearts and their hus-
bands to show them the little atten-
| tions they crave and that bulks larger
| in their minds than all the devotion
| that man can give them.
Millions Of women doubt the love
of the men who work themselves to
death for them because their hus-
bands never tell them in so many
words how they love them, or notice
how they do their hair. Hundreds
OF thousands Of women whose hus-
bands furnish them with enough
money to buy out a jewelry shop or
a candy store are perfectly miserable
because busy men don't stop to buy
them a bunch of violets or a Scent
bag OF gumdrops.
X X X
DEAR DOROTHY DIX: I am en-
gagged to splendid young man
who makes good salary and is up
right, honest and hard worker. He
Is home lover, owns his own home,
Is considerate and kind, not only to
me but also to every one. He loves
me supremely and all my friends say
am the luckiest girl in the world,
but somehow I can't bring myself to
marry him. I don't love him. have
tried to force myself to love him, but
I can't. Shall marry him anyway
and take chance on learning to
love him or give him up? KAY.
Answer-Give him up. He is too
fine a fellow to have his life ruined
by being married to woman who
doesn't care for him. No woman can
do a more dastardly deed than to de-
ceive man about her feelings for
him and marry him just for the sake
Of getting a meal ticket.
The secret Of love is the profound
est mystery of life. No one, we least
OF all, can explain why one individual
attracts us and another repulses us.
We can only accept the fact that it
happens and that an individuals
worth has little to do with it.
(Copyrisht, 1872
Evening star., 1937-04-10

know that now we are equipped to
make up babies formulas for them,
according to their doctors prescrip-
tions? We do this without extra
charge, and our registered nurses see
to it personally. If that isn't the
height OF luxury in plane feeding, I
don't know what Isl"
We stopped her for one minute more
to ask how she had started on her very
important job. That got another
laugh.
We'll" she replied, "it sounds so
silly nobody believes me, but if you
really want to know I'll tell you. I
Just walked into the Offices of the air.
line and told them that I thought
they needed somebody to interest
women in the comforts of air flying.
They said they guessed maybe they
did, and they gave me the job"
AS young, as modern, as keen as one
OF the planes she loves, she left us
with the feeling that being earth
bound Is a pretty dull business after
all
Evening star., 1937-04-10

was 100 long ago to think about.
Just mean stirring up more of the
appetite that he already had. One
full meal and he'd die happy Well
anyway, be happy TO die. what with
freezing to death in the Winter, and
| serving as board and room to a pack
Of flies in the Summer!
All, those days with a milk COM
panyl That was when a horse was
a horse. Didn't give a fellow much
time to get his early morning beauty
| sleep, but the food! Why, Just the
oats he'd nosed out on the floor would
be feast now. That laundry wagon
Job had its good points, too. Guess
things just went from bad to worse
after that
Say, who'd that auto think it was
honking at! He'd show it. Bet he'd
beat it to the crossing! Yes sir,
there's life in the old horse yet!
And there is. That's just the point
that some people forget. Maybe their
| memory would be more retentive if
they were in their four footed friends
place. It's very easy to forget and
ignore trouble when ones in the
| upper bracket.
Every day one sees old, worn out
horses pulling heavy wagons Nags
Of such antiquity deserve a bit of
pasture and leisure for pleasant mem
ories. What they get too often is
starvation, neglect or overWOrk! 1t
isn't just the ignorant owner who
perpetrates the crime. It's the theo-
retically intelligent dealers who boot
leg the horses into the District and
sell them for practically anything
that looks like its been near the
United States Treasury.
A LOOK at the books of one of the
humane organizations is enough
to make one Shudder! Here's a case
of gentleman and a trap. He set
it on the edge of his lawn. It's
long metal contraption, reminiscent
Of something snatched out Of an Edgar
Allan Poe story. This sweet, gentle
soul had it all arranged to grab the
children as well as the animals that
ran across his nice green grass! OF
course it couldn't catch but one at
time. Just too bad
Another incident OF cruelty came
to light during neighborhood
quarrel. One of the people involved
in the argument noticed that all was
not well around his neighbors stable.
He called in the authorities They
found horse that was too Ill TO walk
more than few feet without falling
over. Yet he'd been worked and
forced to his feet every time he hit
the ground The result in horsefeSh
was SO pitiful that it had to be shotl
DOGS grow up. That shouldn't be
difficult to remember. During
this natural occurrence their bones
harden. Now the tail is part of
CANNES bony framework Further
more, it's flesh covered and heir to
all of the ills. A very simple state
ment. It's meaning seems somewhat
cloudy to some They fall under the
head of those who would possess a
bob-tailed dog and don't care how
old the dog may be when he starts.
After the whiting, the remains are
left to the care Of kind Mother
Nature. She's usually out Injection
sets in and takes the dog along with
the tail.
One case on record tells OF a big,
brave man taking his full-grown dog
out in the yard, twisting a wire
around the tail, putting it across the
chopping block and finishing of with
an AK
Bozo spent long time in the hos
pital fighting infection and having
the remains of tail removed. 1t seems
Evening star., 1937-04-10

to it recently I found ne had taken all
the valuables and in their place was
a letter telling me he was going to
make some money for me-" He had
hypothecated my good stocks and
bonds and speculated on margin with
the money thus obtained. Fortunately
recovered some of them, but only by
paying the losses. This boy is the
only person I have in the world
Shall I trust him again?
A MOTHER.
Answer-Not with money, unless you
want to end your days in the poor
house. He has shown you how little
faith you can put in either his honor
or his judgment AMI, If you leave
your stocks and bonds where he can
get his hands on them, you will lose
every one Of them as sure as shooting.
No doubt your SOL does love you
and didn't start out deliberately to
rob you. He just saw what he thought
was chance to make easy money for
himself by using your collateral with
out your knowledge and consent, and
so he took it. That is the alibi that is
offered by every defallting bank clerk
and swindling trust officer He al
ways means to return the money Only
the market goes the wrong way, or
something happens that he loses and
can't do 1t.
And 1t doesn't make much differ
ence to the poor unfortunate people
who have been robbed Of their all
whether 1t was done on purpose or
not. Think Of that, will you, before
you put your money where your son
can get hold of it again. And also
consider what terrible thing it is fer
woman who has had a comfortable
income all of her life to lose it and
be reduced to penury in her old age.
Don't trust to your son to take care
OF you if he loses your money. Prob
ably he wouldn't even be able to take
care Of himself and his own family.
And he wouldn't want you around
because you would be a constant re-
minder to him Of how he had de-
frauded you.
1t is hard thing to tell mothers not
to trust their child:en with their
money, but it Is a warning that should
be given them because so often when
children have got everything they can
out OF their parents they have no
further use for them. All of us have
seen cases where greedy son or
daughter could not wait for an old
father or mother to die, so anxious
was he or she to get hold of the old
mans or woman's property.
"Just deed the farm to me-" "Give
me your stocks and bonds" pleads
the child, "and I'll take care of you
the remainder Of your life" And the
old mother or father turns over to
John or Mary all tina; he or she has
and only too often mother lives to be
nothing but slave In her own house
and father Is knocked about and made
to know he Is unwelcome on the land
whose every acre he has earned with
his own labor and sweat.
Between old parents with a fat
pocketbook and old parents who are
penniless is the difference between
the honored guest in their children's
houses and sitting below the salt at
their tables. And that is why old
people should keep death grip on
their money and never turn the con-
troll Of it over to anybody. Not even
their children.
Evening star., 1937-04-10
Girdle of Porcelain Beads.

PARIS LPD.-NeW girdles for eve
ming wear are made Of many strands
of small porcelain beads twisted to-
gether Vionnet uses light blue beads
to girdle an evening dress of silver
lame. A strand of the beads also ties
the silver lame cape at the throat.
Evening star., 1937-04-10
Flags Signal Suit.

PARIS R.-Flags wig-wag their
signals to a new cornflower blue wool
suit designed by Schiaparelli. Its silk
blouse Is printed with the flags of all
nations. The sailor hat worn with it
has a trio OF lags stuck through a
blue ribbon band
Evening star., 1937-04-10

able that most
of them didn't
care VI h e t h e r
they got fed or
not.
Miss H e ! e n
Stansbury of the
United Air Lines,
who holds the
important posi-
ton of director
of the women'S
traffic division,
spends much of
her time flying
back and forth
all Ver the
country, check
Evening star., 1937-04-10

Tradionaly coored take the
the
little child cherish And Row children do love hem Surely
the glances
clothes made from the
pattern contains making sewing
much will need
Address
Evening star., 1937-04-10
BE Kind to Animals"
Is the Cause to Which
Next Week Is Devoted
Thoughtlessness on Part of Mankind Leaves
Trail of Suffering and Misery
in It's Wake.
BY MARY ALLEN HOOD,

oo morse podded down the street drawing rckcty
shaKy as ne car pulled
think smart! Time
Il conraplons in public bapmg He
peck OF oats for the whole
pretty SVEN something 10 remember The last time he'd
Evening star., 1937-04-10
Remarkable Progress
Has Been Made Since
First ''ShOebOX" Lunch
Miss Helen Stansbury, Who Holds Important
Executive Position With Airline, Makes
Interesting Comparison.
BY BETSY CASWELL.

MAGNE choosing fucou dinner from lavish menu printed
chromium table while hurg
That's mighty