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Evening star., 1937-08-04

take advantage of any chance to make
money when opportunity knocks at
his door? How can any man keep
his faith in himself and his ambitions
alive when his wife continually be-
Titles him and tells him what Door
judgement he has and reproaches him
because he isn't go-getter like some
other man? How can a man have
enough optimism and enthusiasm TO 10
into new enterprises when his wife Is
wet blanket who takes all the pep
and vim out Of him by reminding him
OF every mistake ne ever made in his
life and prophesying dire failurei
WHAT man can have the heart or
think it worthwhile to struggle to
get things for wife who whines and
complains and pities herself because
she can't live like a millionairess? All
OF us know wives who do these things,
and We know that they were largely
responsible for the bullets that vent
crashing into the brains OF many q
poor, discouraged man during the de-
preston. His wife's reproaches and
complaints, added to his losses, were
more than he could stand.
And we know other wives who have
supplied to their husbands the An,bi-
ton they lacked. who have given their
husbands the backbones they were
born without; who have bucked their
husbands up when they taltered: who
have kept their husbands healthy and
able to work by taking care Of them;
who have kept them ON their tiptoes
by their batteries. and whose faith IN
them has enabled them to make the
most Of themselves.
It's what is in the wife that makes
man succeed just as often as what
Is IN him. What sort OF q wife ara
you? DOROTHY DIX.
fCopyright. 1879
Evening star., 1937-08-04
Exercise
For Thighs
And Legs
The New Short Skirts
Demand Slim, Well
Shaped Limbs.
BY ELSIE PIERCE.
TO ME overdeveloped thighs seem

TO ME overdeveloped thighs seem
just as much sign Of age as
wrinkles or jows. Perhaps it's just
personal pet aversion. But can
clearly remember, even as a child, q
definite sense Of sympathy for any one
whose thighs were too generously
proportioned or f1abby.
A few Summers ago my attention
was attracted to woman swimming
in the pool OF fashionable camp.
could see her face and it was lovely.
Her arm stroke was clear and fast,
the roll Of her shoulders powerful. l
was filled with admiration. Then, as
she climbed the little ladder out Of the
pool, came disappointment. And the
reason was. as you've probably guessed,
8 pair Of fiabby, heavy thighs.
1t is difficult to explain how one who
could swim 50 we'll had such heavy
thighs, except perhaps in the fact that
she did not swim sufficiently. At any
rate, ever since that day l am more
than-eVer thigh conscious.
There's nothing as unlovely as a
flabby feminine form in bathing
suit. On the beach one day, I heard
| woman say about another, IT I
looked like that I'd wear slacks or
overalls all the time, even in SWIM
| ming"
Once more, remember that exercise
| comes to the rescue. Do you think the
movie stars would be quite the svelte
| things they are without exercise? :?
Exercise is the all-perfect normalizer,
| exercise makes for smooth, rounded
contours, for firm muscles, for youth
and verye
And exercise need not be compli-
Gated or difficult. In my new booklet
called Reducing by Exercise" which
you may have for 10 cents. and which
covers exercises for spot reduction Of
every part of the body, have pur-
posely selected the exercises I know to
be simple yet effective-so simple that
any one can follow them from the
description.
One Of the thigh exercises included
in this booklet is the simple rising on
toes exercise which every woman can
do many times day, in her home, in
her oftice, while waiting for a trolley
car or train, while waiting for q parcel
to be wrapped, when shopping. 1t is a
very unobtrusive exercise-no one will
even notice. Add to that Gin your own
boudoir, you can't do that in public
very welD the squatting exercise
rising on toes, then flexing knees and
squatting, keeping hands on hips
Feel the pull and stretch through
calves and thighs. Keep back straight
as you bend knee, slowly. slowly until
you are sitting on your heels.
| (Copyright. 1879
Evening star., 1937-08-04

Winter beige trimmed with q flattering
brown fox collar.
Although the fur coats had small
collars, many of the cloth coats Used
the wide notched lapel collar opening
IN to any desired depth. This
style is always good and is particularly
adaptable to the V-necked dress. Such
collar treatments in long-haired furs
are excellent for the tall girl who is
too slender, and in the fiat, shorter
haired furs the wide laped is well liked
by the mature woman.
FOR the more sports type CT cloth
coats, huge roll collars of fluffy fur
were used. A deep delft blue, feecy
tweed had a large collar of badger
that was most effective. Most Of the
coats were beltless, giving long, un-
broken line. However, some Of the
younger princess models were belted
in leather or self fabric.
A young-looking coat that was diff
terent had separate short jacket of
Baronduki over a plain brown coat
This offers lots of opportunities for
changes of ensemble Persian lamb
continues to be high style both for
coats and for trimming. and is ex-
tensively shown this year in the
higher priced coats.
All the fur shops are ready with
| their new Fall stock and they have
some handsome furs. all of which are
lower in price at this time than they
| will be later on. They all feature the
practical sWagger or boxy topcoat that
is useful for all occasions If your
| budget is small, get it in lapin and
dyed coney for under $100; silver and
dark muSkrat comes at Sl25 and up
then the dyed muskrats or Hudson
seal around 5000, and Jap weasel at
$3.50. Mink, of course, is much more
expensive. A new treatment in the
loose straight coat is a narrow shoul-
der yoke across the back, to which
the lower part is slightly gathered.
IHE three-piece wardrobe suit OF
fur coat ensemble is really a piece
of news that is filled with interest
especially for the younger set and the
college crowd. Here you have a little
woolen suit with short fitted jacket in
green. brown or red tweed. and a fur
topcoat or cape in three-quartel
length. The fur toppers have the
smart straighter lines, wide shoulders
small collars and are satin lined. The
capeS have lots of dash and will serve
the college girl for evening and dressy
afternoon wear, much to the delight
of those who hold the family purse
strings. We found these in shop
that caters particularly to young peo-
pie and they are not too expensive.
The fur wraps shown above are not
from Washington shops, but are typ
ical of the seasons smartest fashions
and similar models will be found in
the various fur stores here.
At the recent night races at Long
champs the elegance and luxury of
fox was shown in the true French
manner. A perfectly stunning floor
length wrap used the full length of
the pelts for the skirt, the noses point
ing to the waistline and mounted on
velvet. Above this the skins were
arranged around the shoulders with
the noses pointing downward and at
tached to the velvet backing just be-
tween the points of the skirt portion
Such lavish use of foxes was excep-
tional and created more than a ripple
of excitement.
Evening star., 1937-08-04
BY BARBARA BELL.

,TEEN age girls adore this
pretty daytime frock with its
gored skirt and slim, fitted
basque. The high waistline
accents the youthful lines OF this dress,
which will be worn back to school by
many high school and college students.
Note the prettily scalloped bodice and
the short puffed sleeves It's dis
tinctive dress that can be made up
later for dancing school and club
meetings. Is lovely now in sheer
cotton, will look stunning later in
taffeta or velvet.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1868 is
designed for sizes 8, 8, 10, IL and ~
years. Size years requires 2as yards
Of 39-inch material and ~ yards Of
pleating.
Every Barbara Bell pattern includes
an illustrated instruction guide which
Is easy to understand.
Send IS cents for the Barbara Bell
Fall and Winter pattern book. Make
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ana lIle pIlNlleSS ul spreading lIle
payments over longer period of time,
so that by the time the weather is
cold enough to wear furs and heavy
coats all that is necessary is to get
the new coat out of storage. with the
satisfaction of having completed pay
ments.
And don't for moment feel sorry
for the mannequinS wearing furs on a
hot day, for the room was air condi-
toned to such a degree that we had
"goosef1esh" and shlvers running up
and down our spine!
We we're told that there was S35 900
worth of merchandise on hand at the
present time to start the season. Now
that sounds like a good deal of fur
and lot of coats, and when you con-
slider that the average price of these
coats was well under Sl00 it is all the
more amazing. The coats represented
a cross-section of Fall fashions that
make a wide popular appeal and are
within the budget of the average
buyer.
AS starter there was shown a lapir
swagger in eel gray and mention was
made of the fact that swageers are
not quite so full as last year and the
shoulders are broader. Coats, Ike
skirts, are Short-l3 to Ia inches from
the floor. This first coat shown was
the classic type so highly priced BY
the college girl and her younger ano
older sisters, This particular coat
was of a "neva-split" lapin, which
sounds like very good kind to have
In view of the way that some of those
little rabbit skins pull apart after g
few months of wear.
X X
THE detachable cape was featured
on number of cloth coats as
offering a most acceptable between
season wrap to wear over early Fal
frocks. Several styles were shown, in
eluding skunk and squirrel A copy OF
one of Paquin's coats was shown, in
Evening star., 1937-08-04
Dorothy Dix Says
A Wife Should Realize That She Can
Help or Hinder Her Husband.

TT is strange thing that neither
men nor women seem TO have an
adequate realization of how much
influence a wife has in determin-
ing her husbands success or failure in
his career.
Indeed. as rule, men pick out their
wives with far less regard to suitability
and whether they are what they need
and whether they will wear well, than
they do their neckties. A mans rowing
eyes are caught by pretty face, or
some cute trick Of flapper, hits his
fancy, or he happens to meet some
girl when he is in marrying mood.
Forthwith he marches with her to the
altar without even taking into con-
sideration what effect she is going to
have upon his career. Yet the dullest
of his sex knows that most of the self
made men are really wife-made, as are
most Of the failures. Too often has
he seen pushing, ambitious little wife
lift an inert, ordinary man into sue
cess, and too often has he seen a
brilliant man sunken by wife who
was milestone about his neck
Possibly it is masculine vanity that
makes man think that he is the only
one who counts in a family, and that
he is big enough and strong enough to
climb to the top of the ladder alone
and l1r1oiHa1 u-it hN,lt hOncfjrp
! from his wife. Probably it is just
| dumbneSs that makes him fail to see
| that a mans wife is either his pace
maker or his handicap, and that
| whether he wins the race or is Just
| among the also rams, depends upon her
just as much as it does upon him.
OF COURSE, there is an occasional
exception to this rule, but it takes
a superman to succeed in spite of his
wife, while mediocre man can achieve
| the impossible with his wife at his
back. 1t takes financial genius to
make more money than an extravagent
wife can spend. 1t takes a doctor who
Is almost a miracle worker to hold a
| big practice if he has wife who makes
enemies for him instead of friends.
But the penny-pinching of wives is at
| the bottom of fortunes, and thousands
OF doctors owe their popularity to their
wives discreet press-agenting.
1t is strange that men, before mar
| OF Ia
| the part that their wives play in max
| ing or marring their careers, but it Is
stranger still that wives do not per-
ceive that they help or hinder their
| husbands at every turn, and that in the
great majority of cases every husband
| is what his wife makes him.
Every wife, for example, wants her
husband to make money. She wants
the comforts and luxuries OF life.
She wants security for her old age
and in case he should die She wants
him to make place for himself in the
world. Generally she wants him to
be happy Yet she deliberately does
| all the things that prevent his ever
getting anywhere, or doing anything
worthwhile, or being anything except
an ill-paid drudge. Half of the wives
| who complain of their husbands fall
ures were behind those failures.
How can q man accumulate q
fortune II he Is married to woman
who spends more than he makes and
keeps him in debt 80 that he cannot
Evening star., 1937-08-04
1868

yourself attractive, practical and be-
coming clothes, selecting designs from
the Barbara Bell ell-planned, easy
to-make patterns. Interesting and ex-
elusive fashions for little children and
the difficult junior age; slenderizing
well-cut patterns for the mature figure,
afternoon dresses for the most par
ticular young women and matrons, and
other patterns for special occasions
are all to be found in the Barbara
Bell pattern book.
Evening star., 1937-08-04
Spangles for Europeans.

PARIS (P).-Spargles sparkle on
frocks which Molyneux designed re-
Gently for chic Europeans. The
Duchess of Leeds chose a two-piece
gray jersey sports dress having a
wide belt covered with silver paillettes
Nine. Jacques Balsan selected a rose
and black printed organdy evening
gown worked on the black part of
the pattern with flashing jet spangles.
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- ', v
ways in which
the fruit can be
prepared a n d
served.
To begin with.
d 0 Mt overlook
fresh peach juice
for b r e a k I asst.
Peel peaches, cut
them in half, re-
move stones and
mash in a bowl.
S t r a in through
C h e e S e c ! o t h,
squeezing out ss
much iuice as
possible. Flavor
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eNAhNsSS o. v+s MOMENT


GARDEN party guests should try to
develop healthy respect for grow
ing things Some of them seem to
have an idea that the hostess has
nurtured her bed of pansies ever
nnce May for this one occasion. But
even at a garden party the guests
aren't expected to walk on the flowers.
OF course, the hostess might pick a
few flowers that she is willing to
sacrifice and strew them over one
corner of the garden. Then when any
one started tramphng on her plants
she could lead him by the arm to the
fower-strewn spot and say, Here.
trample on these, if you must
trample,'
Otherwise she'll either have to give
up her garden or her parties
JEAN.
(Copyright, 1879
Evening star., 1937-08-04
For Best Results.

The trouble most people have In
making an arrangement of flowers is
that they try to include too many
blooms. Next time, try extracting 4
few when you think you have done
your best. Oftentimes the result Is
surprising.
Evening star., 1937-08-04
Leftover Meat Loaf.

To make tasty dish for supper or
luncheon cut leftover meat loaf into
l-inch pieces and add it to cooked
macaroni, rice, lima beans, potatoes
or peas mixed with cream sauce or
leftover gravy.
Evening star., 1937-08-04

Use for Spiced Fruit Sirup.
sirup left over from spiced fruits
makes an excellent basting for ham,
pork and veal roasts and steaks,
Evening star., 1937-08-04
of Fur Fashions Indicates Lavish Use of Rich Pes for
Coats Will Be Shorter,
With Tiny Tight Collars
And Broad Shoulders
Detachable Capes Featured on Many of the
DRESSER Cloth Wraps
and Suits
BY MARGARET WARNER.

the benefit OF the there staged about
~ the midst Of
showing of fur coats and with fur trimming
Evening star., 1937-08-04
Peaches Will Not Pail
If Their Preparation
Is Unusual and Varied
Possible to Make the Most of Their Season
and Still Keep Menus From
Seeming MonOtonous.
BY BETSY CASWELL.

Ss VERIFYING IS PEACHES DOWN the old
songand certainly
here in Washington at the CIngones
juicy piled tempting
and markets Relatively the for
The trouble with the household
Evening star., 1937-08-04
A Dainty TId.bit.

Tart cake filings are preferred for
Summer serving. A lemon or orange
filling in baked sugar cookies makes a
dainty tid-bit to serve with chilled
beverages
Evening star., 1937-08-04

For Sunday Supper.
Sunday night treat: Cook sausases
inserted In tomatoes. sprinkled with
cheese and baked tor 20 minutes.
Evening star., 1937-08-04

fashion
problem making
realize
them The instructions include SMALL medium and large
sizes, too be suited.
illustrated
directions material
No 460 and nco Is cents
Address
Of The Evening Star.
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complain bitterly about the monotony
OF peaches, day in and day out.
Therefore, it helps to know a good
Evening star., 1937-08-04

How can man accumulate 4
fortune II he Is married to a woman
who spends more than he makes and
keeps him in debt 80 that he cannot
Evening star., 1937-08-04

TT is strange thing that neither
men nor women seem to have an
adequate realization of how much
influence a wife has in determin-
ing her husbands success or failure in
his career.
The Washington times., 1937-12-15
TRAFFIC AIDED
AT BALTIMORE

District motorists will benefit
from the new north-bound route
through Baltimore which will elm.
mate the necessity of driving
through heavily congested areas in
that city. Completion Of the
Twenty.ninth Street Bridge in
Druid Hill Park closes the final
gap in the short cut.
The new route is: Entering Bal
timore on Route No. /, north traf-
fic turns left on Cation Street to
Cation and Wilkins Streets, over
wilkins to Monroe, to North Ave
nue. to Whitelock, over new bridge,
through Twenty-ninth Street to
Charles to Thirty-third Street.
Traffic then turns east to Alame-
da and Lock Haven Road to Joppa
Road and east to Route /, which
connects which the bypass seven
miles north of Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1937-12-15
PAPERS LACKING,
OYSTERS SEIZED

One hundred bushels of oysters
have been seized by Health De-
partment agents from ships
moored along the waterfront whose
shippers failed to have the proper
health certificates to import the
bivalves, Chief Health Inspector
R. R. Ashworth announced today.
He said the seized oysters were
imported from Maryland waters.
A regulation prohibits importation
Of such food unless it has been Ger,
titled properly by the health au-
thorities of the state.
DR.. Ashworth warned restaurant
operators that possession of boot
legged" oysters would be scored
against them in the sccre-card rat
ings instituted here by the Health
Department on November /.
The Washington times., 1937-12-15
WEDNESDAY, D DEC. IS.
By E0alw Walsh Mclean

We all know the lovey-dovey couple who glue
their heads together and apparently think the
person sitting behind them has X-ray eyes and
can look straight through their skulls.
And then there are the human talking ma
chimes who keep up a constant chatter through
out the picture and seem to take delight in
predicting, for the benefit of all those around
them, what is going to happen next. If it doesn't
happen the way they crediCt they start COM
planning. They either ought to learn to shut
up or go home.
Only once in my life did I have any trouble
with an usher and that developed into com.
pletely amusing experience I was feeling sick
and faint in crowd that night and asked an
usher, Who locked like king to try and find
seat on the side ana If there were none I
would go outside and wait. He refused to bulge
began calling for the manager and was told
he was backStage. So stormet down the alley
to the stage door and met a sweet old man who
said no women were allowed back there.
Irish Stick Together
He relented when told him both of us were
Irish and should stick together and went in
search Of the manager He came back and said
the manager was on the phone. told him that
was a poor sick old woman with three chill
uten ano aSASo IL ne Coulu AiuC me seat. ne
said Of course he would and told me to meet
him in the front lobby.
Last year the movie houses did splendid work
in collecting toys for poor children and they are
doing the same thing this year From the man
ager on down everyone was deeply interested
in the work and the 1ereht on their faces when
brought them few little toys was beautiful
to see.
Yes, those people who go about their daily
task without any thought of praise or reward,
but with unbounded sweetness and kindness for
their fellow men, deserve unlimited praise.
The Washington times., 1937-12-15
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THUGS CHANGE

Nick varnavas, a cook, 1900
block Eighteenth st. N. W., paid
$3.50 last night for a practical
demonstration of the adage, "Dis-
cretion is the better part Of
valor."
Leaving work in the HOO block
Seventeenth st. N. W., Varnavas
was accosted by a colored foot
pad, who pressed something
against his back. Varnavas
argued as to what was in the rob
ber's hand, but handed over the
$3.50.
Two cab drivers reported to po-
lice they were the victims of
holdup men. disguised. as pa
irons. Richard German, of Arling-
ton, Va, was held up and robbed
of $3.75 by two flares" at Fiji
teenth and N Streets Northwest,
while Edward H. Mitchell, $500
block Thirteenth st. N. W., COM
planned he lost $3.50 to a colored
fare" in the 900 block of French
st. N. w.
A colored boy leaped on the
running board of the automobile
of Susie H. Dulaney, 218 Maryland
Ave. N. E., at Fourth and N Streets
Northwest last night, grabbed her
pocketbook from the seat beside
her and fled. The pocketbook
contained SIG and cards and
papers, including deed to a ceme-
terry lot in Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1937-12-15
By Helen Essary

tol, say: Gas for our warriors abroad and the
travelling Americans. who should be keeping to
their own back yards, bring them all home"
Not so long ago some of us got bored with the
epidemic of news about the Royal Windsor and
the Baltimore widow. In the presence of todays
frightening situation in the Far East, Edward
and the Woman He Loves" are an enlivening
page in international history. Therefore, here
add one more story to their repertoire
Senator Bennett Clark recently had request
for a speaker at celebration to be held in a re-
mote part of his Missouri constituency. "We want
somebody firstclasS to talk at our anniversary"
was the hopeful and completely serious order.
"Of course, we'd rather have Mr.. Roosevelt. But
if you can't get him, try Harry Woodring If he's
busy maybe we'll have to take the Duke and
Duchess of Windsor"
The Washington times., 1937-12-15
FEDERAL GROUP
ASKSPAY RAISE

Local No. los, of the National
Federation of Federal Employees,
meeing last night at the Willard
Hotel, Endorsed legislation that
would give Is per cent wage in
crease to Federal employees en-
gagged in night work.
The well-attended meeting pre-
ceded the annual Christmas party
Of the local which, composed Of
between $500 and 1000 women
employees of the Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing, is the largest
women's local labor organization
in the world.
Alvin w. Hall, director of the
Bureau, and Mrs. Hall, were honor
guests at the party. George O'Con.
nor and George Wilson were the
featured entertainers.